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I am more discriminating about who I accept as friends here. If you found my page through this site, drop me a note first so I know who you are.
My favorite resources on the craft:
Preditors & Editors
These people will save your ass if you're looking for an agent, editor, or a writing contest.
Edittorrent
These ladies really know their stuff. Great conversations about writing here.
Author! Author!
The Queen Bee of all industry blogs.
Writer Unboxed
A great blog on genre writing.
Tools of the trade:
These handy dandy little portable word processors are perfect for those who want to write either on the go or without distraction. You can also read my in-depth review here.
Although I'm an unabashed user of Microsoft Office products, OpenOffice is a fantastic open-source program and makes for a great back-up. It's fast and it's free and it helps to have more than one piece of writing software.
Fantastic free database of publishing markets for short and long fiction
yWriter:
The ultimate organizing work horse for a novelist that allows you do everything from character bios, scene organizing, and can even help you generate a synopsis of your work as you go. It's free, it has no ads, it runs slicker than poo from a goose's arse. Get it.
Fantastic site for helping to organize your queries and the agents you've submitted to in the never-ending search for author representation.
Favorite Books for Writers:
Anyone who wants to learn how the most successful mainstream author does his thing needs this book. Great insight here.
While some say this book is getting a little old-fashioned, it's still a standard
Witty and helpful book about humanity's assault on punctuation
The wisdom within these pages is invaluable.
The Sites of My Favorite People, Writers and Non-Writers Alike
My husband Ken's blog. He's my favoritest of favorite people.
Partner in writerly crime.
My friend Rachel Madsen's blog. She's wicked smaht.
Get Sauced
My friend Bill Fishburn's food and drink blog.
Get Sauced
My friend Bill Fishburn's food and drink blog.
My darling sister-in-law, Kimberly
Fellow writer and great person
Gae Polisner
Wonderful author of Young Adult books and the soon-to-be released Pull of Gravity.
The Angsty Writer
The observations of Young Adult author Megan Messina Bostic. She also does video reviews of books. Check out her YouTube page
Gae Polisner
Wonderful author of Young Adult books and the soon-to-be released Pull of Gravity.
The Angsty Writer
The observations of Young Adult author Megan Messina Bostic. She also does video reviews of books. Check out her YouTube page
From the time I read Misery at age 11, I wanted to be a writer. I'm a King fanatic. He has to be here.
He's a rock star, in the literary sense.
The wisdom of Mr. Ebert far exceeds his astute and well-written film reviews. His journal is one of my favorite things to read on the web.
