Welcome to
Writer's-Link-Lounge
In an effort to provide tremendous value, help and support for you in
your writing career, we’ve gathered up an enormous collection of web
sites. They all offer great value and tons of information, and several
provide products and tools to help you in your career.
Although I have personally been to many of these sites, I have NOT USED
many of the products or services that are offered. If it seems to you
that the site gives you good, valuable information, it is likely that
their products are valuable also, but use your good judgment and don’t
base any decision to purchase something on our recommendation. We are
recommending ONLY the site for the information it offers, not the
products.
We hope you find whatever it is you need to help you become the author
you dream of becoming.
WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE PUBLISHING WORLD?
The Publishers Lunch subscription is free. It’s a weekly digest of
publishing deals and industry news.
www.publisherslunch.com
Publishers Weekly is the “bible” with everything you want to know that
happens in the world of publishing. The subscription is fairly
expensive; it’s a weekly.
http://publishersweekly.com/
WANT AN ONLINE MAGAZINE TO HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR WRITING?
Writers Digest offers tips of the day, ideas on making good impressions
with editors and publishers, contests and competitions, wonderful
articles on almost all aspects of writing – poetry, screen writing,
memoirs, books and more.
www.writersdigest.com
WANT TO TAKE AN ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOP?
You will find FREE workshops at
www.barnesandnoble.com
Plus, here's one that (sadly) you have to pay for but (happily) they
have an extensive selection of workshops including how to write memoirs,
songs and screenplays
www.writersvillage.com
NEED HELP MANAGING KIDS AND A WRITING CAREER AT HOME?
Columns, advice and general camaraderie, and, of course, they sell books
and software, too.
http://WriteFromHome.com
LOOKING FOR A LITERARY AGENT?
Association of Author’s Representatives
www.AAR-online.org
WANT TO SUBMIT YOUR WRITING TO A MAGAZINE OR PUBLISHER BUT YOU DON’T
KNOW WHERE TO START?
Writer’s Market tells you the how, what, where and when of material that
magazines and publishers will accept. Also provides expert advice from
top editors, agents and writers on how to improve your query letter. If
you want to write for magazines, this is the place to go.
www.writersmarket.com
LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR TYPE OF PUBLISHER?
Literary Market Place helps you find publishers of a particular subject
and/or type of publication, or in a specific city, state or area, and
tells you the size of the company. They claim to be the world's largest,
most complete database of the book publishing industry.
www.literarymarketplace.com
WANT INFO TO SELL BOOKS IN MARKETS OTHER THAN BOOKSTORES?
www.bookmarketing.com
WANT HELP IN PROMOTING YOUR BOOK?
People say that the section on promoting books in this workbook is the
most comprehensive gathering of information they’ve ever seen.
http://www.ritaemmett.com/how-to-write.htm
Also, here is a list of 22 Ways to Promote and Sell Books by John B.
McHugh.
http://www.johnbmchugh.com/pdfs/B-10%20Ms.%20Marketing%20CL.pdf
ARE YOU A RHYMER (rhymes with climber) WHO WOULD LOVE TO ACCESS AN
ONLINE RHYMING DICTIONARY?
www.rhymer.com
WRITING A BOOK THAT NEEDS INFO ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON A CERTAIN DATE
IN HISTORY?
You’ll find dates for births, deaths and significant events at
www.scopesys.com/today
WORKING ON A HISTORICAL NOVEL?
This web will become your best friend, with over a hundred links from
Egyptian museums to the New York City subway
www.members.tripod.com/~HistoryMediaReview/index-4.html
LOOKING FOR JUST THE RIGHT QUOTE?
www.quotationspage.com
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT GRAMMAR OR PUNCTUATION, BUT YOU DON’T HAVE A COPY
OF STRUNK’S THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE?
The entire text of the book is listed
at
www.bartleby.com/141/
WANT EVEN MORE TIPS ON GRAMMAR?
www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm
WANT TO AUTHOR A CHILDREN’S BOOK?
Great place to begin with articles, seminars, tips, advice and a
newsletter
http://Write4Kids.com
INTERESTED IN A SOCIETY FOR WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS
WITH INFORMATION ON CONFERENCES, CONTESTS AND MORE?
The site for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is
www.scbwi.org
WANT TO CONNECT WITH A SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN’S AUTHOR?
This web has a monthly list of children's author's birthdays, each
linked to the author's official website. Find an author whose work you
admire and send off some personal birthday greetings. You might just
find yourself with a new e-mail buddy!
(Note: please use courtesy and common sense when doing this -- keep your
e-mail brief and don't send a bunch of follow-up e-mails unless the
author responds. The goal is to establish a professional connection, not
to pour your heart out to someone you don't know!)
http://www.childrenslit.com/home.htm
NEED A GREAT SEARCH ENGINE FOR CHILDREN?
Go to the kid’s version of Ask Jeeves where you pose your search in the form of a question.
WWW.ajkids.com
WANT TO GET THE LATEST INFO ON
YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR?
AuthorTracker is a unique
tool that notifies you whenever your favorite authors come out with new
books, go on tour, and more.
WANT TO BECOME A SPEAKER TO HELP PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS?
These organizations will help you improve your speaking and training
skills:
WANT TO SELF-PUBLISH IN A BIG WAY?
Tom & Marilyn Ross
www.about-books.com
or
Dan Poynter,
www.ParaPublishing.com
Here’s lots of info from DanPoynter for self-publishing
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BOOK PROMOTION MAILING LISTS.
Magazines, newsletters and other places
to send review copies and news releases. See
http://parapub.com/maillist.cfm?
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NEED SOMEONE TO WRITE ADS OR NEWS RELEASES?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED SOMEONE TO DESIGN AN AUDIO OR VIDEO PACKAGE? See the Supplier
List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED A BAR CODE?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED SOMEONE TO DESIGN, TYPESET AND LAYOUT YOUR BOOK?
See the
Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED A CONSULTANT ON BOOK PUBLISHING AND PROMOTING?
See the Supplier
List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED A COVER DESIGNER?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED AN EDITOR OR PROOFREADER?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED A FULFILLMENT SERVICE?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED SOMEONE TO EVALUATE YOUR MANUSCRIPT?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED SOMEONE TO HELP YOU WITH BOOK MARKETING AND PROMOTION?
See the
Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED A BOOK PRINTER?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED SOMEONE TO GET YOU ON RADIO AND TV?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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NEED RADIO AND TV COACHING?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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WANT TO MAKE A VIRTUAL (ONLINE) BOOK TOUR?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
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WANT A WEB SITE DESIGNED OR PROMOTED?
See the Supplier List at
http://parapub.com/supplier.cfm?
WANT TO SELF PUBLISH JUST A FEW
BOOKS FAST?
If you want to run off just 25 books or so for family and friends, you
can have them in 10 days for a surprisingly reasonable price.
www.InstantPublisher.com
WANT SOME WEB SITES THAT WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO TONS OF OTHER SITES
(Whether you want to work with a Publisher or to Self-publish)?
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