Helpful Links

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