Resources for Writers
Style and Writing Guides
AP Stylebook and Briefing of Media Law
Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting
The Elements of Style, 4th ed., by William Strunk and E.B. White
On Writing, by Stephen King
Outlining Your Novel, by KM Weiland
The Sense of Style, by Steven Pinker
90 Days to Your Novel, by Sara Domet (Of course, it will take a year to write a good novel, but the exercises are helpful)
The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction, by C.S. Lakin
Finding Agents and Publishers
Jane Friedman (www.janefriedman.com) and her book Publishing 101
Literary Marketplace (www.literarymarketplace.com)
QueryTracker (www.querytracker.com)
Writers Digest (www.writersdigest.com)
Writers Market (www.writersmarket.com)
Finding Vendors (Editors, Designers, etc.)
Editorial Freelancers Association (
www.the-efa.com )
Northwest Independent Editors Guild (
www.edsguild.org )
Fiverr (https://www.fiverr.com/)
Reedsy (https://reedsy.com/)
Self-Publishing Resources
Author Central (https://authorcentral.amazon.com/)
BookBaby (www.bookbaby.com)
Calibre ebook conversion software (https://calibre-ebook.com/)
Draft 2 Digital (https://draft2digital.com/)
Editorial Freelancers Association job board (https://www.the-efa.org/hiring/)
Greenleaf Group hybrid publisher (www.greenleafbookgroup.com)
IngramSpark (www.ingramspark.com)
Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) (https://kdp.amazon.com/)
She Writes Press hybrid publisher (https://shewritespress.com)
The Permissions Group (www.permissionsgroup.com)
US Copyright Office (www.copyright.gov)
Website Help
Other Recommended Sources
Deltina Hay (
www.deltinau.com )
Independent Book Publishers Association (
www.ibpa-online.org )
Joel Friedlander (
www.thebookdesigner.com )
Penny Sansevieri (
www.amarketingexpert.com )
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, particularly the Writer Beware blog (
www.sfwa.org )
The POP Newsletter (
www.thepopnewsletter.com )
