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Sites about writing books/ novels. This is not for those in the business of publishing books or novels, etc.

Resources in This Category

• Advice on Novel Writing

  http://www.darkwaves.com/sfch/writing/ckilian/
  Plain text handouts from a college professor, Crawford Kilian.

• Author-Created vs. Third-Party Professional Indexes

  http://taxonomist.tripod.com/indexing/authorindexing.html
  Essay regarding the advantages and disadvantages of indexes developed by the authors themselves. Written by Seth Maislin, indexer and information architect.

• BookWire

  http://www.bookwire.com/
  Content includes timely book industry news, features, reviews, original fiction, guides to literary events, author interviews, thousands of annotated links to book-related sites.

• Corinne Tippett and The Westchester Press

  http://www.thewestchesterpress.com/
  About writing and do it yourself book publishing.

• First Novel

  http://firstnovel.com/
  An ongoing journal of thoughts about the process of writing one's first novel.

• Getting Your Book Published: Traditional Publishing Options

  http://www.writing-world.com/menus/publish.shtml
  Step by step guide to self-publishing, by Moira Allen.

• How to Write a Book with JoJaffa

  http://www.jojaffa.com/guides/writeabook.htm
  How any one can write a book for fun and profit. How to stimulate the ideas, internet resources and ideas to inspire you to start writing.

• Jerry Jenkins

  http://www.jerryjenkins.com/
  Book writing blog from a Christian writer.

• K.M. Weiland: Helping Writers Become Authors

  http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/
  Historical and speculative novelist K.M. Weiland offers tips and essays about the writing life, in hopes of helping other writers understand the in's and out's of the craft and the psychology behind the inspiration.

• Keith Gray's Writing Workshop

  http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/node/18078
  A 5-part video tutorial offering guidance on every stage of the writing process, from initial concept to final draft. From the Scottish Book Trust.

• Kyrosmagica

  http://kyrosmagica.wordpress.com/
  A budding YA author in the process of finishing a first book.

• Long Tail Writing

  http://longtailwriting.com/
  Blog about building a writer platform and writing books that sell. James Livingood.

• Musik Therapie: Novel Writing Guide

  http://www.musik-therapie.at/PederHill/
  The elements of story telling.

• Nautilus Book Awards

  http://www.nautilusbookawards.com/
  Literary contributions to spiritual growth, conscious living, high-level wellness, green values, responsible leadership and positive social change as well as to the worlds of art, creativity and inspirational reading for children, teens and young adults.

• Novel Writing Help

  http://www.novel-writing-help.com/
  Harvey Chapman, teaching the art and craft of fiction writing. Free resource for novel writers.

• Novelist's Workshop

  http://www.monash.com/writers.html
  British page with links to other interesting sites, discussion groups, research material, and advice for troubleshooting with publishers and agents.

• Novelists, Inc.

  http://www.ninc.com/
  Dedicated to serving the needs of multi-published writers of popular fiction.

• Novelr.com

  http://www.novelr.com/
  Keeps track of fiction writing on blogs, (also known as blooks). Features news coverage, writing techniques and occasional reviews.

• Paving My Author's Road

  https://pavingmyauthorsroad.wordpress.com/
  A journey of an aspiring author towards his/her goal of publishing their book.

• Persist and Publish Writing Group

  http://www.freewebs.com/alabamaworley/
  This group is for novel writers. We assume that you are a serious writer aiming for commercial publication.

• Right Reading: How to Get a Book Published

  http://www.rightreading.com/publishing/howto.publish/howto.publish.htm
  Ten steps to getting your manuscript published, from a veteran editor and book publisher.

• Ronmoger

  http://ronmoger.com/
  Unpublished author blogging about writing, the search for success and any experiences along the way.

• Simon Hayes

  http://www.spacejock.com.au/Articles.html
  How to write a novel, find an agent and get published.

• The Book Deal

  http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/
  A veteran editor's insider advice for getting published and navigating the rapidly changing book business.

• The Book Publicist

  https://thebookpublicist.wordpress.com/
  Book publicist Scott Lorenz and his thoughts on the book marketing industry.

• William Cane: Book Proposals

  http://hiwrite.com/
  This site offers free help to writers who are working on a book proposal.

• Write A Book

  http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/index.html
  A guide for new authors by O'Reilly, outlined like a book itself. Includes a variety of information on book writing.

• Write To Win

  http://www.writetowin.org/
  Articles on book writing, publishing and marketing.

• WriteAway.co.uk

  http://writeaway.co.uk/
  Community where writing and publishing expertise is shared between members. Benefits include personal webmail addresses, free initial assessment of projects and guaranteed platforms for work and comment.

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