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Includes online writing markets, writers' guidelines, and a directory of over 100,000 publications!

The Shy Writer - $14.95 - paperback (180 pp.); $6.95 e-book (180 pp)

AN EASY WAY TO SEARCH ON INDUSTRY LINKS

A free gift from our affiliate, Write4Kids.com: a Toolbar with Children's Publishing favorites already marked for you! Just go to http://www.write4kids.com/smart/setup.exe choose "save file as" when prompted and download to your computer.

When you get there, you might want to save the file as Write4Kids Toolbar setup.exe so as not to confuse it with the other setup files in your computer. When it's loaded, go to the View command on your browser menu bar, then go to Toolbars and click the Write4Kids toolbar to enable it.

CURRICULUM STANDARDS FOR EACH STATE

Writing curriculum-based materials? Need to know what the standards are for your state? Check here: http://www.educationworld.com/standards/state/index.shtml

GENERAL WRITING RESOURCES

Chat About Writing
Writing Message Boards
Top Sites for Writers
All-Around Writing Sites
Other Writing Resources
Free Newsletters for Writers
General Writing How-To's
Historical Research
Fun With Language
Self-Publishing
Writing Software

PROMOTION AND REVIEWS
Marketing Your Book
Get Your Book Reviewed Online
How to Review Books
Review Magazines Online

GENRES
Children's Writing
Romance Writing
Creative Non-Fiction Writing
Journalism
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing
Horror Writing
Poetry
Screenwriting
Special Niche Writing

FREE NEWSLETTERS FOR WRITERS
You can sign up for these newsletters on their respective websites and they'll come regularly right to your email box. Of course, there are many more informative newsletters available for particular interests (geneaology, books, space, etc.). Look for them at your favorite research websites.

Writer's Digest Newsletter
The Writer
Children's Book Insider
Chicken Writer (for freelance journalists)
Writing World
The Institute of Children's Literature
Funds for Writers, edited by Hope Clark

WRITING SOFTWARE

WRITE IT NOW: NOVEL WRITING SOFTWARE for writers who want a software application that will help them organize their writing, develop their characters, generate authentic names, and smash through writers block.

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Thanks to writer Alan Fisk for recommending this site: The Historical Novel Society, international group devoted to promoting historical novels and their authors.

The Society of Creative Anachronism is a national group who celebrate the Medieval and Renaissance historical periods with Ren Faires and other live gatherings across the country. If you need a recipe for 12th Century beer, or pretty much anything else in these time periods, this is your source.

For information on resource books and (lucky you!) research travel to the British Isles, come check out King Arthur Books.com.

For general help from regional Historcial Societies, go to any search engine and type in "+Historical +Society +the region you need help with" and the search results should come back with a list of sites you can try. If the society doesn't have a Website, you can try any number of online Yellow Pages services, including Yahoo! Yellow Pages.

FUN WITH LANGUAGE

Now and then even the best writers have grammar questions. When I'm having trouble with punctuation or word usage, I always check my handy-dandy Nitty Gritty Grammar by the brilliant, lovely and talented writing duo, Edith Fine and Judith Josephson, affectionately known as the Grammer Patrol.

If you love just playing with words, you'll like Richard Lederer's Veribivore website. You can read his monthly column in Writer's Digest.

And for a fun trip down Etymology Lane, take a look at the Roots Web's Ye Olde English Sayings.

WRITING HOW-TO'S

Harold Underdown offers over 60 articles and interviews, plus lots of other information for writers and illustrators on his Purple Crayon site. This is a wonderful resource for both new and experienced writers and illustrators.

Margot Finke offers a critique service for beginning writers. Step by step help and encouragement. Very reasonable fees. Check out her monthly "Margot's Musings" column, writing helpers page, and self-editing tips. http://www.underdown.org/finke.htm

iUniverse.com is a great resource site for writers of all levels, offering online workshops, an Author's Toolkit, and affordable print-on-demand publishing services.

Writer's Digest Magazine's website is full of information on the mechanics of the publishing industry, including how to submit manuscripts, how to make the most of writing conferences, marketing tips, and information on what publications are currently seeking manuscripts. One of my favorite things they offer here is the weekly email newsletter.

The Writer is online, too, and has a fresh new look and complete redesign of their website to go along with it. Find superb resource links for writers, job listings, classifieds, a bookstore, and great articles on the writing craft.

Poets & Writers has a fine site with all of their magazine contents, including their extensive lists of contests and poetry markets.

Writing World is run by Moira Allen, former editor of Inklings, and offers dozens of valuable links and hundreds of articles on various aspects of the business and craft of writing.

Write-Resource has Internet Links and other Resources for Writers, it also has Writing Terms, Inspirational Quotes, Event Calendar, and Writing Downloads.

TOP WRITERS WEBSITES
by Kelly Milner Halls

These are my favorite all around sites, not children's writing sites:

Parenting Publications of America - Learn, Network & Grow
http://www.parentingpublications.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=MemberSearch
Search for online writer's guides for national and regional parenting magazines.

Link: Freelance Writing Organization Writing Links and Resources
URL: http://www.fwointl.com
A free site that hosts thousands of writing resource links in a massive online database, 40+ genres, funds for writers, job listings, education, news, submission calls, research library. From adventure to westerns, agents to publishers, all forms of writing information available. Professional resources for editors, journalists and writers of all mediums.

Link: AuthorsDen
URL: http://www.authorsden.com/
Contact: Unknown
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Phone: 408-835-7253
Electronic Newsletter: yes

Link: ByLine Magazine
URL: http://www.bylinemag.com/
Contact: Marcia Preston, Editor
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Phone: 405-348-5591
Electronic Newsletter: no

Link: Writing-World.com
URL: http://www.writing-world.com/
Contact: Moira Allen
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: Yes
Circulation: substantial

Link: Writing Children's Books @ Write4Kids.com
URL: http://www.write4kids.com/
Contact: Laura Backes
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: Yes
Print Newsletter: Yes
Circulation: Substantial

Link: WritersCollege.com
http://www.writerscollege.com/
Contact:
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Phone: 888-311-2196
Electronic Newsletter: Yes

Link: Inscriptions, the weekly e-zine
URL: www.inscriptionsmagazine.com
Contact: Bev Walton-Porter
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: Online 'Zine with membership base
Circulation: Unknown
Print Newsletter: No

Link: Fiction Writer's Connection
URL: www.fictionwriters.com
Contact: Blythe Camenson, Director
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: YES
Circulation: 4000
Print Newsletter: YES

Link: The Writers Store
URL: www.writerscomputer.com
Contact: Adam Schiff
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: YES
Circulation: UNKNOWN
Print Newsletter: UNKNOWN
Circulation: UNKNOWN

Link: The Official Page ONE Literary Newsletter Website URL: http://pageonelit.com
Contact: John Weaver
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Newsletter: yes
Circulation: 34,000
Print Newsletter: no

Link: Zuzu's Petals Quarterly Online Homepage URL: www.zuzu.com
Contact:
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Link: Author

Link: About Writers, Writing, Editors, Literary Agents: Main Index URL: www.authorlinks.com
Contact: Doris Booth
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: Zine
Circulation: 250,000
Print Newsletter: no

Link: WritersNet URL: www.writers.net/
Contact: Brian S. Klais
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Electronic Newsletter: No
Circulation: unknown (very active message boards)
Print Newsletter: no

Link: SharpWriter URL: www.sharpwriter.com
Contact: John T. Cullen
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it : yes

Link: iVillage: readers & writers URL: www.ivillage.com/books
Contact: Submit Company Info/RFP

Link: BookSense.com URL: www.booksense.com
Contact: unknown
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Electronic Newsletter: yes
Circulation: unknown

Link: BookZone
URL: www.bookzone.com
Contact: Donovan A. Montierth
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Electronic Newsletter: Unknown
Circulation: 175,000 visitors per week

Link: WriteRead - The Writer's Site URL: www.writeread.com
Contact: unknown
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: yes

Link: PubLink.net The Source For Book Information
URL: www.publink.net
Contact: unknown
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Link: Writing-Etc.com URL: http://writing-etc.com/
Contact: Nan Yielding
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: Yes Other Ad Banners: yes

Link: Bookreporter.com URL: www.bookreporter.com
Contact: Carol Fitzgerald
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: yes
Circulation: more than 100,000

Link: Authors On The Web URL: www.authorsontheweb.com
Contact: Carol Fitzgerald
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: yes

Link: Literal Mind Book Reviews
URL: http://literalmind.com
Contact: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: yes

Link: Writers Write -- The Write Resource -- Books, Publishing and Writing URL: www.writerswrite.com
Contact: see www.writerswriter.com/advertising/ for rates
Email: : This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: Yes
Circulation: over 150,000

Link: The Write News -- Writing, Publishing and Internet News URL: www.writenews.com
Contact: http://www.writenews.com/adv.htm (for advertising info)
Electronic Newsletter: Yes

Link: Writers' Guidelines Database URL: http://mav.net/guidelines/
Contact: Susan Shumway Molthop
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Link: Book Marketing Update
URL: www.bookmarket.com
Contact: John Kremer
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it : Yes
Electronic Newsletter: Yes
Print Newsletter: yes

Link: Writer's Resource Center URL: www.poewar.com/wrc
Contact: John Hewitt
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Link: BookSpot.com
URL: www.bookspot.com
Contact: Josh Inch
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Contacted: No...advertising request form

Link: BookSpot Feedback
Electronic Newsletter: yes

Link: The Burry Man
Writers Center - Contact Information URL: http://burryman.com/
Contact: Jennifer Greenhill-Taylor
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: YesCOMMENTS: "We don't take any advertising."

Link: Fiction Factor Home - Fiction Factor - Writing Tips For All Writers URL: www.fictionfactor.com/
Contact: Lee Masterson
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: Listserv

Link: Bowker's Literary Market Place.com ™
URL: http://www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: expensive

Link: ShawGuides, Inc. | Writers Conferences & Workshops
URL: http://writing.shawguides.com/
Contact: Dorlene Kaplan, Editor
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it (Dorlene Kaplan)Electronic Newsletterr: yes 110,000 unique visitors per month.

Link: forwriters.com
URL: http://209.25.254.50/groups.html
Contact: John J. Beslanwitch
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Link: Writer's Digest
URL: www.writersdigest.com/
Contact: Tammy Workman (334) 263-6050 ext 109
Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Electronic Newsletter: Email market updates
Print Newsletter: Magazine
Circulation: 215,000