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50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills « Smashing Magazine
"We collected over 50 useful and practical tools and resources that will help you to improve your writing skills. You will find copywriting blogs, dictionaries, references, teaching classes, articles, tools as well as related articles from other blogs."
Narrowing It Down
If you don't want to use Word for NaNoWriMo this year, check out Andrea's post on the possible alternatives. Lots of writing software choices. Plus now is the time to start trying out different software and see if they fit your needs before the beginning of November!
26 Sites That Pay You to Blog | How-To
26+ sites that pay you to blog. I suggest you look them over thoroughly before applying.
So You Want to Be Published: Free Critique Per Week
Mary takes a stroll through some prose and ruthlessly makes it better. An excellent look at editing.
The Single Most Important Thing Your Headline Must Do
How to write effective headlines.
Social Networking in 15 Minutes a Day
"A lot of people wonder how they can do all the online networking they're "supposed" to do without it completely draining all their time and energy. Well, I don't have all the answers, but I've developed a strategy that works for me, so I thought I'd share it with you."
Writer Tina Hunter
A humorous yet strangely effective way to build worlds...all with a little help from a Magic 8 ball.
Angela James Joins Quartet Press | Quartet Press
"Quartet Press announced today that Angela James has joined the company as editorial director. At Quartet, James will be responsible for acquisition and development of titles, as well as management and training of editorial staff."
Lisa Shearin
Lisa Shearin answer's a fan's question: how do you edit your work? An insider's look at how to revise and revisit a finished work.
The Importance of What Isn’t Told
"When Ernest Hemingway spoke about the dignity of an iceberg being “due to only one-eighth of it being above water,” he was speaking about the importance of the part of the story that isn’t told. Those seven-eighths underwater are the ballast for the tiny bit that juts up to glisten in the sun."
Letterpop
LetterPop is an online software to create newsletters, presentations, invitations, product features, summaries, club updates, collages and more.
Looks very simple to use but the free plan has limited amount of published projects available. Purchased plans are available by month and year.
Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: Two Things That Don't Help a Query (Part 1)
One of two part blog post that expressly describes what a literary agent doesn't want to see in a query letter. Funny and informative.
Lyrical Press, Inc.: Call for submissions: Steampunk
Lyrical Press welcomes authors to submit their brilliant blending of 19th Century steam power with science-fiction/fantasy. In a word – Steampunk.
Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: Wait, You Mean It's Subjective?
Rachelle Gardner, literary agent, discusses subjectivity and why she doesn't give opinions on manuscripts anymore. And, really, I don't blame her!
Research Trips: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Author Elizabeth Spann Craig offers tips on how to (and how not) to conduct research for a novel. Experiences gleaned from her research trip to Memphis, TN.
Our 13+ Best Reviews of Word Processing Software : Becoming A Writer - Seriously
A well rounded list of writing software that includes reviews and prices.
Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: Writing the BREAK-IN Novel
A literary agent discusses that first "break in" novel to get your foot in the literary door.
Getting Paid to Write
A short post that reviews several ways to make money writing: blog posts, article writing , book reviews, and freelance writing.
Writing a book synopsis from scratch
Lisa Shearin's take on how to write a book synopsis.
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