• LINKS TO WRITER'S RESOURCES

• literary Leaps : Thousands of links to book-related sites, arranged by category and searchable by key words.

• FREE MEDIA LISTS
  • www.gebbieinc.com : PR and media directory with free listings of newspapers, radio and television. Click on media links then indicate state for individual lists and links.
  • http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media : Choose media categories and regions.
  • www.congress.org   Click on Media Guide on left side of page. Click on state on map. Get direct links to all newspapers, magazines, and TV stations in that state.
  • Thru-the-Cracks-of-Time - Radio Talk Show : Artist First World Radio Network, Ann Arbor, MI

• FREELANCE WRITING TIPS AND MARKETS

  • www.writingfordollars.com : free e-zine for writers. Tips, Tricks and ideas plus some current markets.  Free e-book on 83 Ways to Make Money Writing with free subscription. One of best newsletters.

  • www.worldwidefreelance.com : Lists over 1000 publications with writer’s guidelines. Paid listings, but worth the nominal cost.

  • www.writersweekly.com  : Largest freelance e-zine. Great articles and resources. Frequent writing contests.

  • www.mediabistro.com :  Writing courses and freelance markets. Has paid and free levels.

  • www.writejobs.com  Job listings for journalists and publishing professionals. Good free newsletters.

  • www.write4kids.com :  resources for those interested in children’s markets.

  • www.writing-world.com  : choose your writing category for tips on virtually every aspect of writing.

  • www.writers.com  :  Classes, tips and a good free newsletter.

  • www.sharpwriter.com  :  1000’s of links to resources for writers.

  • www.absolutewrite.com  : Welcome, writers!  If you are interested in freelance writing, screenwriting, playwriting, writing novels, nonfiction, comic book writing, greeting cards, poetry, songwriting, or-- well, you get the idea-- you're in the right place. Thanks for visiting the one-stop web home for professional writers.

  • http://filbertpublishing.com :  Free e-mag for writers. Free e-booklet “Power Queries” for subscribing to free newsletter.

  • www.anniejenningspr.com  Lots of links for info on getting free publicity and book marketing resources.  Free publicity newsletter.

  • www.bookcoaching.com/freearticles.shtml  Dozens of free articles on all aspects of writing.

  • www.freelancetravelwriter.com  markets and ideas for travel writers.

  • www.writerscrossing.com   Excellent free newsletter. Hundreds of paying markets for fiction and non-fiction.

  • www.prweb.com  Great way to get your press releases. Free and paid submissions. For $10.00 submit to hundreds of media and web outlets and get stats on number of hits.

  • www.creativemoonlighter.com  Free basic membership for work for hire writing.

  • www.parapublishing.com   Web site for Dan Poynter, nationally recognized self-publishing expert. Lots of free resources for all publishing.

  • www.bookmarket.com  Book marketing guru, John Kremer. Lots of great free marketing ideas and valuable paid reports.  Author of great book!  1001 Ways to Market Your Books!  Highly recommended.

  • www.literarymarketplace.com  The best of the best in market listings. In addition to paid listings…there is a large free section of markets and resources.

  • www.publishersweekly.com  International resource for news on book publishing and book selling. Some free info. Paid membership for full access.

  • www.writersdigest.com  Site for Writer’s Digest magazine. Free and paid resources.  Worth spending time here.

  • www.fwointl.com  Freelance Writing Organization. Over 2000 resources and some paying markets. Must register, but free

   

• LARGE BOOKSELLERS

  • Barnes & Noble.com - Gateway

  • Books-A-Million, Inc.

  • www.booksense.com Family of independent booksellers.

  • http://www.locusmag.com/ E-zine of the best new science fiction and fantasy

   

• PUBLISHERS (Mainly S.F. and Fantasy)

  • Ace

  • Baen

  • Bantam Spectra

  • DAW

  • Del Rey (Ballantine)

  • Eos (HarperCollins)

  • Leisure

  • Roc

  • Tor (+ Forge/ Orb / Starscape)

  • Warner Aspect

  • Earthlight (Simon & Schuster UK)

  • Orbit (Time Warner UK)

  • Transworld (Bantam UK)

  • Voyager (HarperCollins UK)

  • Locus Magazine Publisher Links - Hundreds of links to publishers of science fiction and fantasy.

• REFERENCE WEB RESOURCES FOR WRITERS

  • http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/links.html

  • http://www.authorlink.com/aserv.html Writer's Resources

  • www.bartleby.com  Free access to practically all information in the world. Encyclopedias, Quotes, Grammar, Etc.

  • http://www.burningvoid.com/write/

  • Crime Library Crime stories on serial killers, the mafia, terrorists, spies, assassins and gangsters.

  • http://www.diane.com/readers/tools.html  There's a bunch of links to writing related spots here.

  • www.dictionary.com  : easy definitions

  • EPIC - Electronically Published Internet Connection

  • http://www.forwriters.com/

  • http://www.indranet.com/writinginfo.html

  • www.libraryspot.com  Personal favorite!  Everything you need in easy to use format.

  • http://www.locusmag.com/Links/Portal.html  Science fiction writer's links by the hundreds.

  • Lulu Marketplace for a World of Digital Content  Websites for writers to sell works online.

  • www.onelook.com  : More than 3 million words in more than 600 dictionaries currently indexed.

  • www.refdesk.com  A great and well-organized collection of reference material links.

  • Resources  A link to even more links for writers on all topic levels!

  • www.rhymezone.com  use it to find rhymes, synonyms, definitions and more

  • www.robinsnest.com  A great collection of writer’s links…all in one location.

  • www.thesaurus.com  Easy index and word locator

  • www.writers-free-reference.com   Lists of free reference sites useful to www.quintcareers.com/writing  You'll find everything on and off the Net that you could possibly need in writing or researching a paper, including links to all sorts of reference material, links to writing labs, links to Web search engines, and links to writing-related Web sites.

  • www.ipl.org  Internet public library. Name it…it’s here.

  • www.copyright.gov  All you want to know about copyrights.

  • www.loc.gov  Library of Congress site. Surf in and learn about just about anything.

  • Midwest Book Reviews Get reviewed and find tons more writer's links.

  • www.googleduel.com  Fun and useful web site. Click on GoogleDuel Ultra and enter names and adjectives to see how many pages they appear on on the Web via the Google search engine. Click on GoogleDuel for Writers and enter a list of alternative words you are considering using to see which are most popular.

  • Publishing Basics  The Independent and Self-Publishing Resource

  • rejectioncollection.com Read funny and heartbreaking reg

  • Realitys Edge Writers Community - genre fiction online writer's community.

  • SCI FICTION - Everything happening in the science fiction realm.

  • Short Fiction Site - Visit our pages and help us help new writers.

  • www.whowhere.lycos.com To find email addresses using names of editors and publishers.

  • http://www.writerswrite.com/

  • WritersWeekly.com - ezine for freelance writer's, a mega resource!

   

•   WRITER'S ORGANIZATIONS

  • http://www.abfc.com/  Association of booksellers for children.

  • www.emeraldcoastwriters.org  Literary organization for aspiring and established writers in northwest Florida.

  • www.floridawriters.net  Writers group for all Florida writers. Dues $35.00 annually.

  • www.naww.org  National group of women writers of all genres. Dues range from $55 - $75.00 annually.  Good free newsletter without membership. Good resources on Web site.

  • www.spannet.org  SPAN is the home of authors and self-publishers and independent presses. A one-stop online resource for book publishing know-how. Dues:  $95.00 annually.

  • www.authorsforcharity.com  National organization where authors learn where and how to team up with a favorite charity for book signing with a portion of sales going to the charity.  $15.00 annual dues.

  This resource list is a work-in-progress. I do not recommend or endorse any site.