 Updated July 3, 2010 |
 
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Updated July 3, 2010 |
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Writers' Resources
Do
you own a small press?
Tell Bowker to stop charging for Ebook ISBNs.
This
resource list skews towards children's writing because that's what I mostly do
right now. But I've posted plenty of general info here for all types of writers,
too. You can find even more all over the Internet.
Click here for this webpage's Table of Contents. Some topics overlap...
If you're new to writing and publishing, or you don't know what steps to take to help get your book published, you might want to check out my article, "So You Want to Write a Book: What I Wish I'd Known from the Gitgo...." Click here to read it.
Happy Writing! -LaVora
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Table of Contents
= "new" to this website, not necessarily new to the world. Boldface
= I like it! -LaVora
Learn
how to write and polish your manuscript: Advice
Workshops and Conferences
Writers
Groups/Associations
Editorial Services
(including indexers)
Online
Guides to Writing/Publishing/Agents
How
to submit to publishers who only accept unagented material,
and how to get a larger payment once you land a contract: Agents
Learn
your rights: Legal Advice for Authors
Learn
the business of writing: Books/Magazines
for Writers
Publishing
Industry Newsletters Online
Guides to Writing/Publishing/Agents
Get
noticed, make sales: Promotion/Marketing Press
Release Services
Reviewers/Book
Clubs For Webmasters
BookCover.wordpress.com is my blog for writers and readers of children's
books.
It has a "sticky"
(permanent) front page on which writers can post good news and tips for other
writers. Check it out here.
Authors
of Books LaVora Likes
Sorry, one day I'll
update and add to this woefully under-representing list...So many books, so
little time...
PICTURE BOOKS
Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson (Owl Babies)
MIDDLE
GRADE FICTION
Donna Jo Napoli (Beast, Three Days, The Magic Circle and
many more...)
Jerry Spinelli (Star Girl, Maniac McGee, Loser, and many
more...)
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Cinda Williams Chima (Warrior Heir and its sequels; The Demon King
[October 2009])
Jeannine Garsee (Before, After, & Somebody in Between; Say the
Word)
Mark Twain (Huckleberry Finn)
Sherman Alexie
(The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian)
ADULT FICTION
Susanna Clark (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell)
Toni Morrison (Beloved--my all-time favorite book)
ADULT NON-FICTION
Infidel (Ayaan
Hirsi Ali) Top
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Reading
Programs & Organizations
Open
Book Program
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Advice
for Writers
Why
You Should Help Sale Your Book by Rachel Gardner, Christian Literary Agent
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Writing
Workshops, Conferences, & Courses
N. Ohio SCBWI Pro & New Writers, Illustrators, Photographers Event, Fri & Sat, Sept 10 & 11, 2010. Click here the news release.
WriteOnCon.com--FREE Online Children's Book Writers Conference August 10 - 12, 2010. Registration starts July
1st. (A great way to prepare for "live" conferences)
Highlights
Foundation Writers' Workshops--the
annual summer Writers' Workshop at Chautauqua New York and various workshops
throughout the year. Read LaVora's "Chautauqua
Magic" article about her experience at a Chautauqua Workshop-- here.
Her comments about the workshop also appear in Children's
Writer® Guide to 2009 (Institute of
Children's Literature). Watch
video clip of the July 2009 conference ceremony honoring Highlights Foundation
Executive Director, Kent L. Brown, here.
Rutgers Council on Children's Literature (offers and annual Fall workshop)
Institute
of Children's Literature
WritingforchildrenCenter.com Top
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On
& Offline Writers' Groups & Associations
(See the logos
above)
Association
of Children's Authors and Illustrators of Color
AbsouteWrite.com
NOHSCBWI (N. Ohio Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Society of Children's Books Writers &
Illustrators
JacketFlap.com
(children's book writers, Illustrators, publishers, agents)
The-Lit.org
(Cleveland)
VerlaKay.com
("The Blueboard" message board for children's book writers and
illustrators)
Write4Kids.com Top
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Editorial
Services
Google: "Editorial Services, genre name" (type the name of your
genre) Top
Book-Editing.com
(a network of book editors)
F1rstPages.com
(Eileen Robinson's Editing Service)
Namelos.com
American
Society for Indexing (professional non-fiction book indexers. A
non-fiction author usually pays the indexer. Read more here.)
Paula
Unger Indexing Services Ph: 510.667.9131 Em: paula.unger @ comcast.net
Indexers with Children's Book Experience
Syliva Coates sylviacoates.com
Connie Binder conniebinder.com
Diane Brenner dianebrenner.com
Donna M. Drialo backofthebookindexing.net
Bonnie Hanks hanksindexing.com
Karen Jarsky smartroadindexing.com
Sarah Schott schottindexing.com
Sandi Schroeder schroederindexing.com
Top
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Online Guides on Writing, Publishing and Agents
So
You Want to Write a Book: What I Wish I'd Known from the Gitgo...by M. LaVora
Perry
Educational Markets for Children's Writers compiled
by author Elizabeth B. Christensen
Preditors & Editors (guide to which publishers, agents, and editors
are legit and which aren't)
SmartWriters.com
Underdown.org
(Children's Book Editor Harold Underdown)
SuzanneLieurance.com
Writing-World.com
Top
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Literary
Agents
AgentQuery.com
SerendipityLit.com
"Why
You Should Never Submit Unagented to Publishing Companies"
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Legal Advice for Authors
Authors Guild
FYOS.com (Literary Law Guide for Authors)
Top
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Books, Magazines,
and Articles on Writing and Publishing
("See Publishing Industry
Newsletters")
Children's
Writer's Word Book by
Alijandra Mogilner
"How Much Should I Charge?"
Literary
Law Guide for Authors: Copyright, Trademark and Contracts in Plain English
by Tonya Marie Evans and Susan Borden Evans, Attorneys at Law
Writer's
Digest
Writer's Weekly
Top
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Publishing Industry Newsletters
(See "Book
Reviewers" and "Books and Magazines")
Publishers' Lunch
(Also posts jobs)
PW
Daily (Publishers Weekly)
PW
Children's Bookshelf Top
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Book Promotion
& Marketing
(See "Press Releases Services,"
"Self-Publishing", "Book Reviewers/Clubs" and
"Webmaster Resources")
"Getting
Noticed in the Wide World: Reviews, Book Clubs and Big Box Stores"BookMarket.com
TheBrownBookShelf.com
(new or under-noticed books by people of
color)
ArtistsFirst.com
(Affordable Radio Interviews to Promote Your Art/Book)
African
American Lists
Article
AnnounceBlack
Literary Marketplace
BlogTalkRadio.com/bookbitesforkids
Cushcity.com
(a leading fee-based provider of services to promote
and market products of interests to African-Americans)
E-Drum--Writers of Color List
MosaicBooks.com
(leading fee-based provider of
services to promote and market books of interests to African-Americans)
PublicityHound.com
Top
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Press
Release Services
PRLog.com
PressAbout.com
BlackPressUSA.com,
Free-press-release.com,
PRLeap.com,
PRWeb.com, Top
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Book Reviewers & Book Clubs
ACQ
Web Directory of Book Reviewers
AuthorsOnTheWeb.com
Black Issues Book Review
Booklist
(American Library Association) Top
Bookreporter.com--The
following 5 sites are BookReporter.com sites:
Color Online Blog
(Reviews)
The Children's
Book Review
FaithfulReader.com
Kidsreads.com (for kids
ages 6-12)
First
World Publishing, Top 20 Book Reviewers
ReadingGroupGuides.com
Teenreads.com (for teens
ages 12-17)
World
Full of Color (collection of children's books by and/or about people of
color by writer and bookseller
Elizabeth BluemleTop
BookPage
BookPleasures.com
Booking
Matters Magazine
Newsletter of the Black Caucus of the American Library
Association
Foreword Magazine
Kirkus Reviews
Junior Library Guild
Library Journal
Midwest Book Review
Multicultural
Review
Multiculturalism
Rocks! (Reviews)
Sirus
Books Reviewer's List
Publisher's Weekly
RawSistaz Reviewers
Reading in Color Blog (Reviews)
School Library Journal
TheGrits.com
Gritskids.com
MosaicBooks.com
Book Club List
Young Adult (& Kids) Books Central
Top
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Freelance Writing & Editing Jobs
(See "Publishing
Industry News")
Demandstudios.com/writers-application. html
FreelanceWritingGigs.com
Top
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Web Master Resources
Website
Magazine.com
Top
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Self-Publishing Resources
48HourPrint.com
(bookmarks, posters, etc.)
Penguin
Author's Guide to Online Marketing, 2008
Amazon Advantage (book listing service | Amazon gets 55% commission on
sales)
BooksAreFun.com
(Sells large quantities of books at corporate book fairs)
BN.com
(Barnes & Noble)
BookWeb.org
(BookSense.com Advance Access | $50.00 Fee | American Booksellers Association
(Send information about your books to independent bookstores across the U.S.)
CombinedBook.com
(Combined Book Exhibit | Small Press Exposure at National and International
Library and Book Trade Shows
Google
Print (Free Book Listing Service)
Print on Demand: An Affordable Self-Publishing Option by M. LaVora Perry
CreateSpace.com--Amazon's
No-Fee Self-Publisher's Service
PrintUsa.com:
Resource for those seeking off set printers--global printers bid on your print
job
Small Publishers Association of
North America
VistaPrint.com
(business cards) Top
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