Resources for Writers

Editing

chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html nonfiction

Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus

mla.org - Modern Language Association style sheet

The Elements of Style by William Strunk

Rules for Writer by Diana Hacker

camlang.com – Cambridge Language of Style

Self-Editing For Fiction Writers: How to edit yourself into print by Renni Browne and Dave King.

Stein on Writing by Sol Stein

The First Five Pages: A writer’s guide to staying out of the rejection pile by Noah Lukeman.

Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript, Edition 2 by Cynthia Laufenberg and the editors of Writer’s Digest Books

The Writer’s Digest Writing Clinic by Joe Feiertag and Mary Cupito

http://www.underdown.org/mf-self-editing.htm

            http://www.notrain-nogain.org/Train/Res/Write/rev.asp

            http://www.writing-life.com/style/editing.html

Publishing

AuthorSmart.com – nonfiction publishing

writeandpublishyourbook.com

azbookpub.com – Arizona Book Publishers Association

booksandtales.com/pod/index.php – a guide for Print on Demand

book-publishers-compared.com/ - a good book

parapublishing.com/sites/para/ - information on self-publishing

communicationcreativity.com/index.html – good books

Libraries

Gutenberg.org – free books

ipl.org Internet public library

Legal

publaw.com - articles on copyright and other writing-related law

copyright.gov/Go to Literary Works and follow the directions.

everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1265997

irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html

Agents

agentquery.com

anotherealm.com/prededitors/pealw.htm

fictionaddiction.net/agents.html

writers-free-reference.com/agents/

kitwhitfield.com/publisherdating.html

Technique

How to Write Attention-Grabbing Query & Cover Letters by John Wood

How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larsen

The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published by Evan Marshall

           

writersdigest.com/ - books and articles on writing – good technique books

fwbookstore.com/category/writing - Writer’s Digest books on writing

Writingcareer.com

Moviebytes.com

Internetwritingworkshop.org

Marketing

literarymarketplace.com/ - one week subscriptions online – also in libraries

Radiolocator.com

Newspapers24.com

Newslink.org

Absolutewrite.com

Inktip.com

authorsandspeakersnetwork.com

Writersreaders.com – local website host for independent authors

newvoicesbookstore.com/ accepts self-published books on consignment.

writersmarket.com – places to sell your writing

writerbeware.org – sfwa.org (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America)

– warnings about literary fraud and other schemes, scams, and pitfalls that target writers

azauthors.com – links to other writers’ groups, associations, magazines, media, publishers, services for writers, bookstores, events