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Offers information on how to write, publish and market a book. Provides seminars on writing, marketing, publishing, short stories, and memoirs.
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Plain text handouts from a college professor, Crawford Kilian.
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Essay regarding the advantages and disadvantages of indexes developed by the authors themselves. Written by Seth Maislin, indexer and information architect.
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Reviews and abstracts about diverse books. Comments about writers' styles, writing, publishing and other subjects of interest to readers and writers.
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Tips for writing your book.
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News, resources and tools for the international publishing community.
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About agents, publishers, deals, and proposals.
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Insights on non-fiction book-writing: getting started, planning, scheduling, writing, revising, marketing, and obtaining essential social support. Especially for psychologists, physicians, and other helping professionals.
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Offers sample book proposals and a book on getting published.
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How any one can write a book for fun and profit. How to stimulate the ideas, internet resources and ideas to inspire you to start writing.
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The elements of story telling.
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Write, swap ideas, post work for critique and generally build an online community.
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British page with links to other interesting sites, discussion groups, research material, and advice for troubleshooting with publishers and agents.
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Dedicated to serving the needs of multi-published writers of popular fiction.
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Keeps track of fiction writing on blogs, (also known as blooks). Features news coverage, writing techniques and occasional reviews.
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This group is for novel writers. We assume that you are a serious writer aiming for commercial publication.
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Resource site for writers, publishers, and publicists with links, articles, and discussions.
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Explains how the publishing industry works, how to prepare a proposal, all about agents (including finding, contacting, and choosing the right agent), and when to sign a contract.
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Ten steps to getting your manuscript published, from a veteran editor and book publisher.
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Archive of how-to articles on writing novels. Offers tips, suggestions and interviews with published novelists.
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A short no-nonsense guide to writing the first novel by one who has completed the process.
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The Writers' Workshop offers manuscript assessment and editorial service to first time or unpublished novelists. Run by writers for writers.
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This site offers free help to writers who are working on a book proposal.
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A guide for new authors by O'Reilly, outlined like a book itself. Includes a variety of information on book writing.
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Articles on book writing, publishing and marketing.
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Community where writing and publishing expertise is shared between members. Benefits include personal webmail addresses, free initial assessment of projects and guaranteed platforms for work and comment.
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Tips that new writers never seem to learn on the first go round.
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A literary publicist and communications specialist works with new literary voices. Free newsletter of marketing tips and inspiration.
