Donna Norman Carbone
The WRITE Resource Guide
It’s easy to get lost looking for writing resources. When I first signed up for Twitter to build a social platform, I simply didn’t know where to begin. Through writing courses, online writing buddies that I’ve acquired, beta readers and critique partners I’ve had the pleasure of working with, I’ve built this list. I call it my WRITE resource list for writers, no matter the stage of writing, who are finding their way establishing their craft. I have personally visited/used/read all of the resources below, so if you have any questions, send me a message and I’ll be sure to respond. Also, if you have other sources to share, do that too!
While writing is something we do in isolation, it takes a village to publish.
PUBLISHING/AGENT LINKS
Literary Agents:
Some of the best resources:
Writer’s Market – online at http://writersmarket.com and in print
Query Tracker – online; http://querytracker.net/
Agent Query – online; http://agentquery.com/
Publishers Marketplace – online, http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/
Guide to Literary Agents – online, https://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/
Association of Authors’ Representatives, Inc. (AAR) – online, http://aaronline.org/Find and in print
ManuScript Wishlist
https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/
Poets & Writers Literary Agents
https://www.pw.org/literary_agents
Writer’s Digest
https://www.writersdigest.com/
TWITTER’S WRITING WORLD
For TWITTER Pitches
http://www.charactercountonline.com/
TWITTER PITCH PARTIES:
#PitMad, #PitchWars, #Pit2Pub, #AdPit (adult), #pitdark, #faithpitch, #KissPitch
TWITTER Writing Hashtags to follow:
#MSWL, #WritingCommunity, #amwriting, #amquerying, #amediting, #amwritingfiction,
#writertips, #writerlife, #cpmatch, #betamatch
Pitch Madness
WRITING RESOURCES
Revise & Resubmit
https://www.reviseresub.com/annual-contest
Ten Queries - agents responses to queries
Query Hack
IWriterly
https://iwriterly.com/query-hack/
Query Shark
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/
Jami Gold’s Writing Website
Women’s Fiction Writers’ Association
http://womensfictionwriters.org/
Literary Rambles
http://www.literaryrambles.com/
Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity
https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/
Megan Lally: CP Matchmaker
http://meganlallywrites.blogspot.com/p/cp-matchmaker.html
What should I read next?
Comp books
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/
Goodreads
WRITING AIDS
Story Maps
The Writer’s Diet: Test
http://writersdiet.com/?page_id=4
Scrivener (Writing aid)
https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview
ProwritingAid
Grammarly
NaNoWriMo
MUST-READ BOOKS ON CRAFT
(good ‘ole fashioned reading from a book)
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Lisa Cron, Story Genius, Wired for Story
William Kenower, Fearless Writing
Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones
Stephen King, On Writing Well
Sark, Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper
