From My Blog:
How I Got My Agent
Tough Love for Writers
When Someone Reads You, I Mean, Your Novel
Query Me Crazy
Querying: Where to Begin?
Guide to Writer’s Workshops
How to Beta Read
Freewriting vs. Outlining
Editing Tip #1: Passive Verbs
Editing Tip #2: Beginnings (Abusing the Pronoun-Verb Combo)
Guest Post: Kate Hart on Querying and Applying to College
Outlining a Novel in Three Acts
How Writers Do It (A Four-Part Series with 10 Writers Exploring Popular Writing Guides):
How Writers Do It: Part One
How Writers Do It: Part Two
How Writers Do It: Part Three
How Writers Do It: Part Four
MFA Crash Course (A Multi-Part Series with Tips from the Spalding MFA Residency):
MFA Crash Course: Day One
MFA Crash Course: Day Two
MFA Crash Course: Day Three
MFA Crash Course: Day Four
MFA Crash Course: Day Five
MFA Crash Course: Day Six
MFA Crash Course: Day Seven
Things I Belong to:
The Class of 2k12 – 2012 debut authors
YA Rebels – Young Adult Vloggers
The Bookanistas – Children’s Book Recommendation Group
The Apocalypsies – YA and Middle Grade Writers Debuting in 2012
SCBWI – Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
AWP – The Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Litquake – San Francisco’s Literary Festival
Helpful websites:
YA Highway
Got YA
YALITCHAT
YARN (YA Review Network)
Absolute Write Forums
QueryTracker
Great writer blogs:
Jennifer Crusie
Neil Gaiman
Veronica Roth
Debra Driza
Kate Hart
Helpful craft books:
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamotte
From Where You Dream by Robert Olen Butler
Don’t Murder Your Mystery by Chris Roerden – Great tips for all writers on plotting and more
First Draft in 30 Days by Karen S. Wiesner – Great worksheets to help outline your story and characters
Forensics and Fiction by D.P. Lyle, M.D. – Awesome for mystery or crime writers
Body Trauma by David W. Page, M.D., FACS – A writer’s guide to wounds and injuries
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