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Writers Links ●The Single Best Piece of Advice I've Gotten as a Writer Great Sources for Writers: ●Poets & Writers Magazine ●The Nebraska Center for Writers Books on Writing that I've Found Particularly Helpful: ●The Art of Fiction by John Gardner: perhaps a little overwhelming for new writers, but I go back to the chapter on plotting again and again ●The Weekend Novelist by Robert Ray: a goofy title, but it does a nice job of laying out for the beginner a way to write a novel from start to finish ●How Fiction Works by Oakley Hall: The Oakley Hall book I have on my shelf isThe Art and Craft of Novel Writing - a great resource for writers at any stage, writing any kind of narrative literature. It's (sadly) out of print, but his How Fiction Works is a good substitute Two Writers' Conferences That Helped Me Find My Way: ●The Sewanee Writers' Conference ●Community of Writers at Squaw Valley Sources for Meeting Writers and Learning About Writing: ●She Writes ●Sans Serif ●Redroom ●Critical Mass ●Readings at Your Local Bookstore ●1st Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started Submitting Short Works: ●A Few Tips for Submitting Short Work to Literary Magazines ●Top Five Cover Letter Errors ●The Poets & Writers Listing of Literary Magazines Agents: ●How to Write a Query Letter ●The AAR Listing of Agents ●On Slush Piles and Finding Agents ●Publisher's Lunch, a publishing industry email that includes a Friday email of recent deals, including agent names ●QueryTracker, an online agent database I offer with the caveat that I don't actually know how accurate it is |
