Writing & Publishing Resources
Newsletters
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) Newsletter
Magazines
Miscellaneous
Agent Research
Helps direct you to the literary agent who is right for your work at this stage in your career, whether you're writing your twentieth book or your first.Free Books for All
Gives away free nonfiction books on business, how-to, cookbooks, self-help, spiritual, memoirs, biography, health, politics, social issues, sports, travel, and more. All books are provided courtesy of their authors and/or publishers.Funds For Writers
Anyone who says you can’t make a living as a freelance writer hasn’t been to this site. It lists paying grants, contests, markets and fellowships.Reference.com
Online language reference products and services including an encyclopedia, dictionary and thesaurus.Wikipedia
A multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. With rare exceptions, its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet.
WriteExpress - Free Online Rhyming Dictionary
Great for poetry or songwriting. Simply enter a word and choose from 5 rhyme styles: end rhymes, last syllable rhymes, double rhymes, beginning ryhmes and first syllable rhymes.
Authors and Experts
Linking compelling authors and speakers and knowledgeable interview subjects with media outlets across the countryAbbreviations.com
Directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms.Acronym Finder
Dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.The Literacy site
Dedicated to funding free books for children. Also provides a feel-good way to help promote awareness of the importance of books in the home as a key indicator of a child's literacy — through easy and quick online activities.
Kim Weiss PR
From Brainstorming to Bestseller - an Insiders look at publishing your book with Kim Weiss Publishing Services
Five Star Publications
Small publishing house that works closely with Aspiring authors to choose from a range of services — editing, graphic designing, proofreading, indexing, publishing, and marketing, including web site design — for their books.
Ink Spotter Publishing
Provides a full range of services and products including publishing, writing, editing, proof-reading and research to the global marketplace.Book Reviews
Check out Book Page's Guidelines to have your work reviewed.Thinkexist.com
Quotation Search Engine and Directory with over 90,000 quotations by over 9,000 authors in the English language. Find just the right piece of inspiration here. The site’s 140,000 quotes can be searched by quote, author or topic and then saved to your own personal quotation book.United States Copyright Office
This is the official site for all your questions about copyrights, with a special link for literary works.Angle on Writing
Offers a revision checklist, tips to start a writing group and give feedback, plus a 50-question character profile.AuthorsDen
Vibrant community of authors and readers online! Post your bio, books, articles, poems ane more.The Writer's Portal
Provinding access to the leading writing resources, writers' reference sources, and many other excellent tools for writers
White Papers & Special Reports
eBooks
"How To Get Started Writing Children's Books"
"The Art of Writing" by Robert Louis Stevenson
Includes insights into the creation of Treasure Island and much more.
"A Funny Thing Happened... On the Way to Getting Published" by The Writersville Gang
An e-book collaboration about the trials and tribulations of trying to get that foot in the door.
"Muggling The Muse - Writing Fiction for Love and Money" by Holly Lisle
"Career Starter Demo"
Demo version of a beginner's guide to writing children's books.
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