Author Jeffrey A. Carver offers a free, online course of science fiction/fantasy writing, which “grew out of a course I created for MathSoft’s ‘Studyworks Science!’ a few years ago, which in turn grew out of a series of distance-learning TV shows I created for middle school classrooms back in 1995.” Though aimed primarily at young adult writers new to the field, older new writers will also find some use in the course. Carver blurbed the course thus: “Free online guide for young writers, created by SF author Jeffrey A. Carver. Useful to aspiring writers of all ages, it covers the fundamental skills needed to write successful SF and fantasy stories. Topics include getting from idea to story, world building, creating human and alien characters, plot and conflict, language and style, finishing what you start, rewriting, workshopping, getting published, and more.” He posted it as a public service to aspiring writers, and sff.net is hosting it for free, also as a public service. The course is available at www.writesf.com.