Links for WRITERS


    The best of the best from around the web:



    On writing

Tips from Sam W. Lantz, Teen writer
3 REASONS WHY THINKING LIKE AN ACTOR WILL HELP YOUR WRITING
WHY YOU SHOULD BLOG A BOOK: TO BUILD YOUR WRITER PLATFORM
How to Write a Synopsis
How to Write for Boys
Writing from a Male Perspective
Writing YA and Middle Grade (including word counts, audience expectations)
Understanding Children's Book Genres (from PB to YA)
The Line Between MG and YA
How to Write Middle Grade
911 WRITER'S BLOCK by WEBook.com
A Brain Scientist's Take on Writing
A steam-punkish fiction generator
A Veritable Smorgasbord of Random Generators
Creative Writing Prompts 
Finding Your Story's Right Length- the writing runner
How to Set Writing Priorities by author Jody Hedlund 
Interview with Robert McKee, Master of Plotting
Plot Generator  
Scrivener 
Writing Prompts from Writer's Digest 
The Career Novelist by Donald Maass (full book in PDF) 
Write or Die by Dr. Wicked (his web-based word processor scares you into meeting your word count goals) 
How to Find the Perfect Character Name by Amy Dahlke
5 Steps to Writing a Novel That Sells
Your Novel Blueprint
StoryCraft videos for World Book Day
Magic Systems
Everything you ever wanted to know about writing middle grade by Dystel&Goderich Lit Agency


    On literary agents
Rookie Mistakes by literary agent Jenny Bent
The Importance of Agent/Author Fit by Allison Winn Scotch
Publisher's Marketplace (find out what your favorite agent represents)
1000 Literary Agents - a place to agent search
Casey McCormick's Feature: AGENT SPOTLIGHT
THE 5 STAGES OF QUERYING
5 MYTHS YOU SHOULDN’T BELIEVE ABOUT AGENTS
ANNOUNCING THE BEST AGENT BLOGS OF 2011
Will Literary Agents Really Read Your Query Letter?
Chuck Sambuchino's GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS
So You Wanna Be A Literary Agent by Nathan Bransford 
How to Write Queries (by Joe and Lydia Sharp)
The ultimate WORD COUNT info -Guide to Literary Agents


    On revision

New Year's Revisions Conference
Story Fix - Novel Tips by Larry Brooks 
One-Pass Manuscript Revision by Holly Lisle
The Difference Between a Line Editor and a Copy Editor


    On publishing

Writing Careers: The Business Behind Becoming an Author (thanks for the recommendation, Amelia)
Pimp My Novel - inactive, but filled with archived goodness
Publishing Dictionary of Terms (including abbreviations) by BookEnds Lit. AgencyBOOK CONTRACT: WHAT’S NEGOTIABLE AND WHAT’S NOT
3 WAYS TO GET PUBLISHED: HOW TO TURN YOUR MANUSCRIPT INTO A PUBLISHED BOOK
All about ZINES 
Book News from Publisher's Weekly 
Books in the Age of the IPOD by Craig Mod
Chersti Nieveen: a promising writer who blogs about the industry-
Fantastic blog (industry links by Carrie Kei Heim Binas)
Financial Wisdom: "Tax Man Cometh" by agent blogger Rachelle Gardner
How the VOOK is changing publishing-by Joanna Penn
How to have a successful BOOK SIGNING by Backspace
Six Myths About Publishing by Jennifer Crusie 
Kickstart: a new way to finance your writing habit--er, hobby 
Jason Robert Brown on Intellectual Copyright and Piracy--BRILLIANT 
The Fear of Publication -Bubblecow 
Who's Who in Publishing News by Sarah Weinman 
Why Publishing is Embracing Social Networking by Jason Pinter
IndieReCon-archived 2013


    On blogging



    Groups, events, and conferences
Operation Awesome
New Year's Revisions Conference
LDS STORYMAKERS CONFERENCE
YA Highway
Bologna Children's Book Fair
ABSOLUTE WRITE (invaluable)  
The Next Big Writer - Online writing workshop- ongoing


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