Pros Who Blog

• Colleen Lindsey Literary agent and publishing marketing/publicity professional. Check her sidebar under “Some Posts You May Find Helpful”.
• Editorial Ass Current editor/former editorial assistant. Be sure to check the sidebar under “Favorite Backlist” for various articles very useful to aspiring writers.
• Nathan Bransford Literary agent. Check his sidebar under “The Essentials” for useful articles for aspiring writers.

Tips and Techniques

• First Person or Third Person? Tara Harper on choosing point of view.
• Reading Aloud Tips for giving a reading

The Business of Writing and Publishing

• 12 Steps to Better Book Publishing Jonathan Karp (publisher of Twelve) on how publishing can survive the current industry upheaval.
• A trip through the editorial process
• Book Oven “Cloud-publishing” to edit, publish and distribute your book
• Book Publishing Glossary Definitions of common publishing terms
• Booksquare Analysis of publishing trends, challenges and the future of the industry.
• Guide to Literary Agents Blog by the editor of A Guide To Literary Agents with interviews, tips and resources
• Health insurance resources for the self-employed
• How Books Get Published Agent Nathan Bransford on the publishing process
• Podiobooks Free serialized audio books
• The Book Publicity Blog Book publicity tips and trends
• What copyediting looks and feels like
• What literary agents do An overview from agent Nathan Bransford.
• Word Count for Novels and Children's Books Excellent and detailed guidance on word count.

The Writing Life

• The Talent of the Room Michael Ventura’s classic essay on the most important talent a writer must have.

Editcast 01 – First person

Editcast 02 – Dialogue

Awards, Grants and Contests

• Bridport Prize The richest OPEN writing prize. SHORT STORIES: £ 5000 (approx. 7100 US$) POEMS: £ 5000
• Poets & Writers Contest Database Searchable database of writing grants, awards and contests.
• RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers For unpublished Canadian writers under the age of 35.
• The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award The world’s largest short story prize, for authors previously published in the UK or Ireland.

Literary Organizations

• A Room of Her Own Foundation Committed to bridging the gap between a woman’s economic reality and her artistic creation.
• Lambda Literary Foundation The country’s leading organization for LGBT writers and readers. Advocacy, Celebration, Education.
• PEN American Center An association of writers working to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship.
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)

Places to Read Good Work and Submit Your Own

• American Short Fiction
• Narrative Magazine Fiction, nonfiction and poetry

Residencies

• Rocky Mountain National Park
• Santa Fe Art Institute
• The MacDowell Colony
• Vermont Studio Center
• Yaddo

Workshops and Classes

• 31 Free Online Writing Courses
• Clarion West Writers Workshop For speculative fiction writers at the beginning of their careers

Writing Communities

• Backspace: The Writer's Place
• The Outer Alliance Writers, readers, editors and critics advocating for queer speculative fiction

Tools

• 49 Free Online Reference Tools for Freelance Writers
• AgentQuery The internet’s largest database of literary agents.
• Lis Gold: Research Maven Research strategies, tips and resources from one of the industry’s experts