Some Sites I Like
On Writing Fiction or Nonfiction:
http://www.wherethemapends.com/writerstools/writerstools.htm Where the Map Ends: Jeff Gerke on speculative Christian fiction
http://sff.net/paradise/plottricks.htm Fun and useful site for plot ideas
http://www.bloomington.in.us/~dory/creative/class9.html An quick overview of story structure, characters, dialogue
http://www.writingforward.com/ Useful writing tips and ideas
http://www.behindthename.com/random/ Name generators
http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2009/05/26/ask-the-editor-do-publishers-have-rules-about-pov/ Editor Alan Rinzler’s comments on Point of View
http://hollylisle.com/fm/Articles/wc2-4.html Holly Lisle’s suggestions for revising a novel
http://www.ritaherron.com/writing_tips.html Rita Herron gives tips to beginning writers, but it’s helpful at any stage of writing
http://www.creative-writing-now.com/ Creative writing ideas, tips, and contests
http://www.writing-world.com/ Writing tips and helpful articles
http://www.musik-therapie.at/PederHill/Structure&Plot.htm Learning the Elements of a Novel, by Peder Hill, covers plot and structure within a novel, but has related links to other topics.
http://novelmatters.blogspot.com/ Published Christian authors discuss how they write their novels; their techniques will apply to any type of novel.
http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/ Kristen Lamb has lots of useful tips on writing
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Reference Materials:
http://www.sldirectory.com/cal.html Directory of Events, Important Dates, and Misc. Info
http://h30187.www3.hp.com/all_courses.jsp?mcID=em15sabody&dimid=1161132012&dicid=null&jumpid=em_edm/us/aug09/smb/across-bg/newsletter/mrm/mcc/loc/sabody/model_desc A list of the free courses HP offers, including Word 2007, Excel, photo help, email, building a website, and much more
http://mymarketer.net/819/blog-marketing/the-mother-of-all-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-10434 This has a list of over 600 sites categorized by topic. Really interesting, and this guy was nice enough to include my blog in his list.
http://www.bartleby.com/ This lists sites with resources, from dictionaries to full-length books, on many topics.
http://changingminds.org/techniques/body/body_language.htm Body language explained. Excellent source.
http://www.irs.gov/ Home page for Internal Revenue Service–helpful for filing your U.S. income taxes
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=109807,00.html Business deductions to consider when filing income taxes.
http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager Excellent site for researching name meanings, popularity in different time periods and countries.
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_A.html Dr. Wheeler (Carson-Newman College assistant professor) has an amazing list of literary terms defined on his site.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp Quiz to determine which of 16 basic personality types you are
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Preparing Your Manuscript:
http://hollylisle.com/fm/Articles/manuscript_formatting.html Holly Lisle on formatting novels and short works
http://www.pwcwriters.org/penpoints4.htm This lists the average length expected for manuscripts, including short stories, novels, articles, queries, cookbooks, and just about any other type of writing.
http://www.sfwriter.com/mschklst.htm Rober J. Sawyer provides a quick summary of proper format, and includes a link to a full pdf example of a manuscript for a short story.
http://www.charlottedillon.com/ManuscriptPreparation.html Charlotte Dillon has a useful article on format, plus links to other good sites.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/mw/table/proofrea.htm This is a table of proofreader marks for editing manuscripts.
http://www.gkbledsoe.com/articles/submissions/query.html This site by Glenn and Karen Bledsoe, children’s writers, has great info on queries, synopses, and proposals, as well as links to more info.
http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter5.html This site has a free download of yWriter5, a software program to help writer’s organize their novel as they write it. It has a helpful tutorial and only takes a few minutes to get started. Of course, then you need to actually write a novel to make it useful…
Advice About Agents:
http://editorialass.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-you-should-never-submit-unagented.html Explains why writers should ALWAYS use an agent instead of submitting work directly to publishers.
http://www.foliolit.com/res-steps.php Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Published, by Jeff Kleinman, agent at Folio Literary Management
http://accrispin.blogspot.com/ Writer Beware Blog
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/pubagent.htm A guide to agents and agencies that represent writers. Helps you make an informed decision on who to query.
http://www.sff.net/people/victoriastrauss/trackrecord.html Victoria Strauss advice on researching agents.
http://www.writers-free-reference.com/agents/index.html Lists of agents and their contact info.
http://www.aaronline.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=9693&orgId=aar Association of Authors’ Representatives site, with info on what to expect from agents, and their contact info.
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Writing for the Web:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging A beginner’s guide to blogging. Explains technical stuff like pingbacks, feeds, archives, etc.
http://www.coachezines.com/ Patsi Krakoff, writing coach, gives tips for developing content that attracts viewers.
http://www.problogger.net/ Darren Rowse, ProBlogger website, full of useful tips for bloggers
http://konstruktors.com/blog/ Kaspars blog, useful for web design info
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/purple-prose-and-link-building/16426/ Search Engine Journal, has tips for writing content that generates links
Agent/Editor Blogs On Writing:
http://www.rachellegardner.com/ Rachelle Gardner, agent at Books & Such
http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/ Nathan Bransford, former agent
http://chipmacgregor.typepad.com/ Chip McGregor, agent
http://queryshark.blogspot.com/ Query Shark (Janet Reid)
http://www.jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/ Janet Reid, agent
http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/ Alan Rinzler
http://rejecter.blogspot.com/ The Rejector
http://arcaedia.livejournal.com/ Jennifer Jackson
http://behlerblog.wordpress.com/ Lynn Price, editor of Behler Publications
http://nephele.livejournal.com/ Nephele Tempest, Knight Agency
http://theeditorsblog.net/ Beth Hill, fiction editor
Hello. I have stumbled upon this blog purely by accident, and when I saw this list, I saw that you had a few sites that I knew of and visited frequently.
However, you don’t seem to have another rather amazing site – and I double-checked to make sure – http://www.creative-writing-now.com. I use it sometimes, to kill off writer’s block, and maybe anyone else who reads The Writing Place can use it, too, and perhaps for many other purposes.
Thank you!
That looks like a very helpful site, so I will add it to my list. Thank you for your recommendation.
Carol