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Writers Links The Single Best Piece of Advice I've Gotten as a Writer Great Sources for Writers: Poets & Writers Magazine The Nebraska Center for Writers Books on Writing that I've Found Particularly Helpful: The Art of Fiction by John Gardner: perhaps a little overwhelming for new writers, but I go back to the chapter on plotting again and again The Weekend Novelist by Robert Ray: a goofy title, but it does a nice job of laying out for the beginner a way to write a novel from start to finish How Fiction Works by Oakley Hall: The Oakley Hall book I have on my shelf isThe Art and Craft of Novel Writing - a great resource for writers at any stage, writing any kind of narrative literature. It's (sadly) out of print, but his How Fiction Works is a good substitute Two Writers' Conferences That Helped Me Find My Way: The Sewanee Writers' Conference Community of Writers at Squaw Valley Sources for Meeting Writers and Learning About Writing: Sans Serif The Readerville Journal Redroom Critical Mass Backstory Readings at Your Local Bookstore 1st Books: Stories of How Writers Get Started Submitting Short Works: A Few Tips for Submitting Short Work to Magazines The Poets & Writers Listing of Literary Magazines NewPages List of Literary Magazines Agents: How to Write a Query Letter The AAR Listing of Agents On Slush Piles and Finding Agents |
