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Welcome, writers! If you're interested in freelance writing, screenwriting, playwriting, writing novels, nonfiction, comic book writing, greeting cards, poetry, songwriting, or-- well, you get the idea-- you're in the right place. Thanks for visiting the one-stop web home for professional and beginning writers.
"At Allreaders.com, we categorize and review books by plot, character, setting, and writing style and make books searchable by said characteristics. Many people have found our free service useful."
The focus is to help writers develop their creativity and expression and hone their writing skills.
Categorized resource directory for writing.
"Visit our new bemorecreative link directory - 700+ website links for thinking, working & living more creatively!"
"With 35,000 quotes online Creative Quotations is one of the largest and oldest quotation resources on the Internet. You can search quotations by keyword, source, topic and author (including name, nationality, profession and birthday). Biographical information and search links are provided for more than 3,000 famous persons. This makes it an excellent research tool for students, teachers, and other professionals. CQ inspires creative thinking!"
A tabulation literary agents, agencies, and author's book, sorted by either:
- Agent
- Agency
- Book's Author
- Author's Book
If you are an author or publisher who wishes to increase public awareness of your books, for free, you can list them at Bookhitch.com, along with key search words. Readers can then search for your book, read about it, and click on a link to buy it (provided by you, usually your own website or your publisher's website).
Don't just research. Reseach a lot. Resource site on book publishing. Full of newsletters, articles, links and other resources - ALL FREE - in one easy to navigate site to save time and money.
"Welcome to BookWire, the internet resource dedicated to new titles, new authors, and the general scoop on the book industry! Use this site to search book reviews, read about the latest releases, watch author video clips, and learn about upcoming book events."
A rich source of articles and information for writers of children's stories. By Jon Bard and Laura Backes
Critters is an on-line workshop/critique group for serious
Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror writers moderated by Andrew
Burt Victory Note: A very good workshop for short story writers
of SF/F/H. If you write SF novels, you might want to
check out SFNovelist.
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, of Calgary,
Alberta, Canada, is currently looking for submissions.
In short, what we want is high-quality science fiction and
fantasy novels of between 75,000 and 100,000 words.
EDGE deals with new and established authors. We don't accept
in-progress works or simultaneous submissions, and we really
prefer novels that have already been severely edited, revised,
and polished, but if a story has potential, we will work with the
author.
Authors do NOT need to be represented by agents to submit to us.
We have specific submission guidelines; they can be found at
Author Guidelines.
The guidelines (and the FAQ) will also give you a better idea of
the kind of material we'd like to see.
Questions regarding submissions should be directed to Cheyenne
Grewe at editor@edgewebsite.com.
"Welcome to a sampler of articles originally printed in The Editorial Eye, a 12-page monthly newsletter published in Alexandria, Virginia (near Washington, DC). To read the articles, you can consult the index or read a randomly selected Eye article from the sampler. You can also preview a complete .pdf version of a past issue of The Editorial Eye."
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The Eye is a resource for writers, editors, designers, project managers, communications specialists, and everyone else who cares about contemporary publishing practices. Any aspect of effective printed, electronic, visual, or spoken communication is likely to appear as a topic in the Eye. If you think that sounds like a lot of territory to try to cover, you're right. But the Eye is up to the challenge. In fact, it's our mission."
Has links on Writers, Readers, Workshops, Listings. Under "Listings", then "Agents", there is an alphabetized list of many literary agents, publishers, etc.
Victory Note: I have found their listing of agents to be useful.
"A fiction writers website with interviews of best-selling
authors and great book reviews of old and new releases. There's
also a great Q and A section on self-publishing a book and ideas
on forming your very own writers critique group."
is maintained by volunteers who feel that resources for
writers should be more readily accessible. This site is
designed to address that need. Here you will find links to
news, reviews, agents, publishers, reference material,
opinions ... and writing, of course! Whether you are looking
for information on how to find an agent or how to use an
apostrophe correctly, this site will point the way.
The Internet Writing Workshop is a set of mailing lists (groups) that communicate in English by email. We are: The Workshop is open to all styles and genres of writing: literary fiction, genre fiction, poetry, children's writing, essays, newspaper articles, scripts, you name it. Members do not need to be published writers, only to be serious about writing and about wanting to improve. Kathy Krajco provides daily writing tips for both fiction
and nonfiction. Victory Note: Some of her blogs are very good. All are
short and quick to read. Guide to Literary Agents.
Victory notes: An excellent source that I have used! I highly recommend.
"Showcase your work to 100 million viewers on the Premier Web Address for Literary Agents Online!"
"The Online Resource for Genre Fiction Writers"
"The Market List - A Writers Resource for all Fiction Genres
www.marketlist.com is the original electronic writers market resource. Started in 1994 as an online ezine on AOL and Compuserve, and with the first fully comprehensive writers market guidelines index online, The Market List has a ten year history of providing aspiring and professional writers with potential markets for their fiction."
Comments from Debi Ohi in Inklings: "Current listing of
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror short fiction markets,
compiled bimonthly in windows helpfile format. Over eighty
markets are included, categorized by professional, semi-pro,
'zine, anthology, and contest. Also, short articles and Q & A
with writers and editors, and tips and hints on submitting
your work. Searchable keywords include genre, story length,
simultaneous submissions, new listing, and average response
time. Both Windows and Mac downloadable text files available.
I downloaded the Mac version and was extremely impressed by
the volume of information. Looks like the info is frequently
updated, too. This is definitely a 'must-see' for anyone
interested in sf/f/h markets. The site also has a list of
'market listing' websites for writers of all genres."
Authorized free online dictionary and thesaurus.
Includes illustrations from the print version plus
hypertext links between related words, a word of the day, and
an online bookstore.
Start here for the creative writing help you need to fulfill your writing dreams. Learn how to write stories, letters, poems, books…and so much more!
Victory Note: A source of inexpensive booklets on writing fiction and nonfiction, with a free bi-monthly newsletter.
A list for aspiring fiction writers who have drafted a
novel of at least 60,000 words. NovelDoc's 20 "rooms" are
available for its Novel Clinics and Critique Circles to meet
in private and give feedback. Primers, tips, and talk are
also available. Guidelines and application.
From the Hampstead School of English, London. Maintained
by Anthony Hughes. Searchable.
Victory Note: Excellent source, well organized.
"Novalearn ('new learning') is dedicated to the writer. We are striving to connect you to resources in every category that we think is relevant and helpful to both the amateur and to the professional writer."
Manage your ideas and research notes with this keyword-based free-form text database software for Windows.
Miscellaneous information on publishers.
"Has 19 articles on legal issues of concern to publishers,
editors, writers and authors. These articles cover contracts,
copyright, fair use, public domain, subsidiary rights,
electronic rights and more. The site also offers a free
e-mail newsletter where subscribers can get new articles
delivered to their mailbox about once a month."
Victory Note: Some of it is fairly detailed and
complicated, but hey, the world of publishing rights is no
longer a gentleman's handshake. Articles cover electronic
rights, etc.
One of the best sf-related pages: informative, up-to-date,
and has market lists. For short stories, the web site has
excellent links to markets.
Rich Hamper's home page which has a section on
Fiction Writing, with an Emphasis on Science Fiction/Fantasy Writing.
SFWA is the leading organization for SF/F writers.
Provides membership info and some valuable tips on writing.
It also has three good sample contracts for writers. See also
SFWA
workshops
A portal site to many links of interest on science fiction.
Word-processing program for scriptwriters (film, tv,
theatre, video, etc.). The July, 1996 issue of the 'Journal
of the Writers Guild of America West' said: "Scriptware is
the best overall program for scriptwriters on the market
today."
Are you interested in writing hard science SF novels?
This online writing workshop is dedicated to novelists who
write 'hard science' SF, where the science is believable or
at least does not violate currently known science, with a
wink toward FTL. If that sounds like what you do, please
visit our Web site for more information.
Victory Note: This is a writing workshop I started in
April 1997.
"The Guide to Writers Conferences & Workshops"
An excellent source to 292 writers conferences and workshops
around the world.
National professional association for technical writers.
SpecFicWorld.com is an online resource guide for
speculative fiction fans and writers. Inside you'll find
thousands of helpful links to several publications and
resources from around the globe.
You have your own hardcopy of this vital reference, right?
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Internet useful to writers and anyone looking for free
information.
A list of literary agents' e-mail address, along with
names and web page addresses.
Novel writing software for PCs and Macs. You can take a Quick Tour of its features, study the tutorials, and download a free demo of this inexpensive software. It enables you to write and store complete novels, keeping track of information on story structure, characters, names, events, settings, ideas, etc. The optional "Writer's Interface" has story ideas from experienced writers.
A searchable directory of literary agents.
Victory Note 2005: This page has some good articles about finding
an agent, BUT when I searched for science fiction agents, I found
a lot of errors, questionable agents, agents who don't really
handle SF, etc. Therefore, I must urge caution when using this site.
Information for writers about publishing. Find writing tools and resources for book writers, script
writers, and others at WritersSoftware.com. If you are looking for software to help with your writing projects, look at our Book Writer (TM). If you are a writer—not a business person or secretary—try this word processor made for writers!
The writer's path to health and creativity. Tips from the
book "Writer Wellness: A Ccmplete Program of Health and
Creativity for Writers" by Joy Held.
By John Hewitt. Has nice sections on Technical
Writing and Quotations About Writing. "The Writing
Resource Center includes articles on: Writer's Colonies,
Press Releases, Creating Memorable Characters, Technical
Writing, Getting Published, Books on Writing, Quotations
about Writing, and Writing Poetry. It also includes over 400
links to: Publishers * Classic Works * Internet Search
Utilities * Poetry * Fiction Writing * Genre Writing *
Children's Writing Authors * Journalism and Reporting and
more."
"A World of Writing Tips - for Writers Around the World".
When "Inkspot" ceased its famous website, Moira Allen, a
long-time contributing editor to that website and its
associated "Inklings" email newsletter obtained permission to
continue with many of its offerings.
Moira has added lots more to produce a valuable web site
for fiction and non-fiction writers alike, as
well as providing links to her own books on writing.
As Debbie Ridpath Ohi, founder of Inskpots and Inklings,
said "I *highly recommend* that you go visit Moira Allen's
Web site for writers, Writing-World.com. She has an
incredible resource here, including her Freelancing 101
column and archives, link resources, and a free biweekly
newsletter for writers."
Victory Note: This is one of the most valuable web sites
for a writer.
By Deborah Morris. A source of ideas for young people who
wish to become writers from the experiences of this
successful writer of children's books.
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