RESOURCES FOR WRITERS FROM WRITERS
On writing query letters...
How to be concise, professional, and intelligent in your cover letters...
http://www.agentquery.com/writer_hq.aspx
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/query-letter-_n_2434095.html
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/the-10-dos-and-donts-of-writing-a-query-letter
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/successful-query-letters-for-literary-agents_b62590
http://www.eclectics.com/articles/query.html
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/apr98/keegan7.htm
http://www.agentquery.com/writer_hq.aspx
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/query-letter-_n_2434095.html
http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/the-10-dos-and-donts-of-writing-a-query-letter
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/successful-query-letters-for-literary-agents_b62590
http://www.eclectics.com/articles/query.html
http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/apr98/keegan7.htm
On setting your rates...
What is your writing worth?
http://www.freelancewriting.com/articles/how-to-set-your-freelance-writing-rates.php
http://freelancewrite.about.com/od/finances/f/rates.htm
http://menwithpens.ca/setting-writer-rates-it-costs-money-to-make-money/
http://freelancefolder.com/how-should-a-freelance-writer-price-their-services/
http://www.freelancewriting.com/articles/how-to-set-your-freelance-writing-rates.php
http://freelancewrite.about.com/od/finances/f/rates.htm
http://menwithpens.ca/setting-writer-rates-it-costs-money-to-make-money/
http://freelancefolder.com/how-should-a-freelance-writer-price-their-services/
Do I need an agent?
Agents know the business but they are not always essential.
http://publishing.about.com/od/BookAuthorBasics/a/Literary-Agents-Do-You-Need-A-Literary-Agent-For-Your-Book.htm
http://www.spacejock.com.au/LiteraryAgent.html
http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/do-you-need-an-agent-faqs/29293
http://publishing.about.com/od/BookAuthorBasics/a/Literary-Agents-Do-You-Need-A-Literary-Agent-For-Your-Book.htm
http://www.spacejock.com.au/LiteraryAgent.html
http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/do-you-need-an-agent-faqs/29293
On tracking your submissions...
Avoid double subbing your work. Know what you sent where and when.
https://duotrope.com
http://www.writersdb.com
http://www.spacejock.com/Sonar3.html
http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/103/084-086_workspace.pdf
https://duotrope.com
http://www.writersdb.com
http://www.spacejock.com/Sonar3.html
http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/103/084-086_workspace.pdf
On market selection...
Your work has a place. Find it.
http://www.shennandoahdiaz.com/2013/03/27/how-to-find-markets-for-your-writing/
http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/fiction08.shtml
http://www.writersmarket.com
http://www.shennandoahdiaz.com/2013/03/27/how-to-find-markets-for-your-writing/
http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/fiction08.shtml
http://www.writersmarket.com
When creating your writer's bio...
Publishers and readers want to know who you are.
http://www.scribophile.com/blog/how-to-write-a-stellar-writers-bio/
http://www.writers.com/feature_bio_blurb.html
http://www.absolutewrite.com/freelance_writing/bio.htm
http://www.everywritersresource.com/writingsense/2013/01/how-to-write-a-writers-bio/
http://www.scribophile.com/blog/how-to-write-a-stellar-writers-bio/
http://www.writers.com/feature_bio_blurb.html
http://www.absolutewrite.com/freelance_writing/bio.htm
http://www.everywritersresource.com/writingsense/2013/01/how-to-write-a-writers-bio/
Some poetry writing advice...
Because we could all use a little advice every now and then...
http://www.writingforward.com/writing-tips/poetry-writing-tips
http://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-a-poem.html
http://poewar.com/poetry-writing-tips/
http://www.pw.org/writing-prompts-exercises
http://www.litbridge.com/creative-writing-prompts/creative-writing-prompts-for-poetry/
http://www.writingforward.com/writing-tips/poetry-writing-tips
http://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-a-poem.html
http://poewar.com/poetry-writing-tips/
http://www.pw.org/writing-prompts-exercises
http://www.litbridge.com/creative-writing-prompts/creative-writing-prompts-for-poetry/
Some fiction writing tips...
And one should never stop developing your fiction writing skills.
http://socialpolitan.org/fiction-writing-craft/m/articles/view/Narrative-Structure-and-Infinite-Creative-Possibilities
http://paper.li/WritingCraft/1354837007?utm_source=subscription&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=paper_sub
http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/10-tips-to-bypass-cliche-and-melodrama
http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/description.shtml
http://www.tameri.com/write/characters.html
http://www.fictionaddiction.net/Writer-s-Toolbox/writing-tension-writing-conflict.html
http://socialpolitan.org/fiction-writing-craft/m/articles/view/Narrative-Structure-and-Infinite-Creative-Possibilities
http://paper.li/WritingCraft/1354837007?utm_source=subscription&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=paper_sub
http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/10-tips-to-bypass-cliche-and-melodrama
http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/description.shtml
http://www.tameri.com/write/characters.html
http://www.fictionaddiction.net/Writer-s-Toolbox/writing-tension-writing-conflict.html
On critiquing in a workshop...
Feedback is necessary for an effective revision.
http://www.writersdigestshop.com/writing-critique-service
http://www.critiquecircle.com
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/10-tips-for-critiquing-other-people’s-writing/
http://www.reviewfuse.com
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/comm-skills/critiquing-kline.htm
http://www.writersdigestshop.com/writing-critique-service
http://www.critiquecircle.com
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/10-tips-for-critiquing-other-people’s-writing/
http://www.reviewfuse.com
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/comm-skills/critiquing-kline.htm
On tackling writers' block...
It happens to the best of us.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/567/1/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/brainstorm_block.htm
http://flavorwire.com/343207/13-famous-writers-on-overcoming-writers-block
http://io9.com/5844988/the-10-types-of-writers-block-and-how-to-overcome-them
http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/writingroadblocks/tp/block.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/567/1/
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/brainstorm_block.htm
http://flavorwire.com/343207/13-famous-writers-on-overcoming-writers-block
http://io9.com/5844988/the-10-types-of-writers-block-and-how-to-overcome-them
http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/writingroadblocks/tp/block.htm