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Professional Organizations

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America: A site well worth exploring, with lots of useful information and advice.
Horror Writers' Association: The place to go if you write horror.

Networking

SF Writer Meetup Groups

Meet other local SF writers in your own hometown. For an example of one local SF Writer group, check out the Twin Cities Speculative Fiction Writers Meetup.

Speculations: For Writers Who Want To Be Read

Speculations is an e-mailed magazine devoted to writers of SF and Fantasy. It has great how-to articles, up-to-date market information, and is well worth the cost of subscribing. Their website also features:

The Rumormill, one of the most informative and entertaining forums for SF writers around.
Manuscript Formatting for Beginners
Sweeping Back the Slushpile: A First Reader's Primer
Dead Markets List -- Save your postage!

Sff.Net

Resources include: author websites and newsgroups, general newsgroup discussion forums, hosted IRC chats, and more.

HollyLisle.com

A phenomenal example of paying forward, Holly Lisle's site contains over 600 pages of writing-related discussion forums and essays.

The John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award Eligible Author Site

This is an award that every aspiring SF writer should know about. Also a wonderful place to find the websites and publications of writers that have just started selling on a professional level.

Market Information

Preditors & Editors: Want to find out if a literary agent is reputable? Worried about scam artists? This site is one you must visit. There is a wealth of information here, and hundreds of useful links. It is updated on a weekly basis.
The Market List: A popular web-based market list.
Ralan.com: My personal favorite web-based market list. Ralan.com is a labor of love that is updated almost daily. Great listings for SF and humor markets.
Writer's Postage Chart: Postage charts for USA, Canada, Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Australia & New Zealand. If you know how many pages are in your manuscript, you can find exact postage here.

Writing Theory

The Evil Overlord List: This site gives great advice on how to avoid all the mistakes commonly made by fictional villains. A must read.
The Savage Beast: Literary Reviews and Resources on Science Fiction: John Savage, lawyer and literary critic, has a delightful take no prisoners approach that makes his site an addictive read. Excellent essays, "savage" reviews, and one of the best lists of SF resources on the net. Also features the SF writer's bookshelf, a list of classics that all SF writers should read. Warning: you may learn something if you check out this site.