From Me
- PubTalk Live – A Live Publishing Talk Show meant to help you understand the publishing industry a little better. YouTube | Podcast
- AgentChat Live – casual chats with literary agents with the intention of helping writers get to know the agents a little bit better. YouTube | Podcast
- Queries, Qualms, & Quirks – A podcast that asks published authors to share their successful query letter and discuss their journey from first spark to day of publication.
- My Writing Advice Videos on YouTube: #pitmad | Pitch Wars
- Weekly Virtual Bookish Event Newsletter
- Formatting a Manuscript Document
- A list of Writing & Publishing Podcasts
- A list of Bookish Podcasts
Connect & Fun
- NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month encourages writers to write 50,000 words in the month of November
- Critique Circle – Continuously improve your writing by critting the works of others and building relationships with other authors who will help you with your own manuscript.
- Write or Die – Write or Die is an application for Windows, Mac and Linux which aims to eliminate writer’s block by providing consequences for procrastination and, new to this version, rewards for accomplishment.
- kboards – A forum community dedicated to Amazon Kindle owners, authors, and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about publishing, audio, troubleshooting, models, styles, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more!
Craft
- Janice Hardy’s Fiction University – Thousands of articles on writing and publishing
- The Elements of Style, online
- Writer’s Digest University, paid classes, individualized attention
- Lit Reactor, paid classes, individualized attention
- Writers Helping Writers, Home of The Emotion Thesaurus
- Helping Writers Become Authors
- Worksheets & Tools from Jami Gold
- Free Expressions, workshops, retreats
Querying
- Query Tracker – research agents, track your queries
- Writer’s Digest Guide to Literary Agents
- Literary Rambles – agent profiles
- The Quintessentially Questionable Query Experiment – query critiques
- Agent Query – research agents
- Manuscript Wishlist – agent wishlists
- Association of American Literary Agents– formerly the Association of Authors’ Representatives
- Publisher’s Marketplace – see book deal announcements (subscription required)
Learn About the Industry
- Jane Friedman’s blog
- Writer Beware – reports on shady industry companies
- Pub Rants
- The Creative Penn by Joanna Penn – marketing & self publishing
- For Writers by Susan Dennard
Organizations
- Mystery Writers of America
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
- Horror Writers Association
- International Thriller Writers
- Historical Novel Society
- Sisters in Crime