NON-FICTION RESOURCES:
www.writersdigest.com (This is also a fiction resource)
Their free online newsletter has tons of writing suggestions. It also lists books for sale, good online workshops you can take to improve your writing, (I’ve taken two), upcoming conferences, contests, and markets. If you’re not interested in all the paid resources, just read the free columns. They’re always brief and very up to date.
Their free online newsletter has tons of writing suggestions. It also lists books for sale, good online workshops you can take to improve your writing, (I’ve taken two), upcoming conferences, contests, and markets. If you’re not interested in all the paid resources, just read the free columns. They’re always brief and very up to date.
www.jameswatkins.com
Jim is a Christian author, columnist, speaker, and teacher. I check out his blog occasionally called hopeandhumor.com. I like to write in his style so I study his columns, but I also enjoy reading them for the humor and writing tips he shares. He also includes other bloggers on his site such as Mary DeMuth.
www.visualthesaurus.com
A daily word from their thesaurus is dropped into my inbox with an explanation, and usually a current event to go with it. Sorry, this one’s not free, but for about $20/year I am expanding my vocabulary and finding daily inspiration.
FICTION
RESOURCES:
Randy
Ingermanson’s free email newsletter is always fun to read and has pertinent
writing advice. He studies current novels and derives writing principles which
he delivers in an entertaining and brief format. See AdvancedFictionWriting.com
This online therapy service offers tongue-in-cheek therapy for your developing cast. Jeannie Campbell, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist gives tested and true advice to bring your characters to life, and to give them believable problems and solutions.
Follow a group of unpublished authors to publication and learn along with them through their mistakes and rejections, and ultimately a book cover.
This
is a literary agency with some well-known agents such as Rachelle Gardner and
Chuck Sambuchino. If you’re not interested in procuring an agent, then just
focus on their excellent writing advice. (Michael Hyatt says every writer
should be following Rachelle Gardner!).
SPIRITUAL RESOURCES:
www.aholyexperience.com. Ann Voskamp
shares daily reflections from life. It helps me to see wonder and holiness in
my every day life. She also has the greatest links.
M inbox is
inundated daily with the above resources. Any suggestions on how you handle
your own flood of writing helps?
Pam Mytroen
Pam Mytroen
Thanks for the many resources you highlighted, Pam. Some I am familiar with and others are brand new to me. Certainly in our day finding resources is not the challenge, but picking and choosing the ones that are most helpful to us at the stage we're at in our writing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your list, Pam. You and Ruth are both correct in saying that choosing and managing all these resources can be time consuming. Still I like to check out some of the sites recommended from our co-writers at Inscribe. Some will catch my interest more than others.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pam - these are great resources
ReplyDeleteThanks girls. It's always fun to try out a new blog or website and see what interesting tips you can pick up!
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Pam I tracked you down after leaving a comment on my blog which you found from Tribe Writers. Just wanted again to say thank you for taking the time to comment. Makes this writer (me) happy that someone reads her writing/blog.
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