General Writing Resources

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/

Learing Writing

http://hollylisle.com/how-to-tell-who-wont-make-it-in-writing-and-how-not-to-be-that-writer/

Literary Agency

http://bmliterary.vpweb.com/

Agent Query

http://www.agentquery.com/writer_hq.aspx

Historical Literary agents

http://www.writers.net/agents/topic/13/60

HOW TO AVOID 10 COMMON CONFERENCE MISTAKES THAT MOST WRITERS MAKE

http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/how-to-avoid-10-common-conference-mistakes-that-writers-make

70 SOLUTIONS TO WRITING MISTAKES - Find an Agent

http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-goal/get-published-sell-my-work/secret_agents

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one

Ten rules for writing fiction

Elmore Leonard: Using adverbs is a mortal sin

1 Never open a book with weather. If it's only to create atmosphere, and not a charac­ter's reaction to the weather, you don't want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leaf ahead look­ing for people. There are exceptions. If you happen to be Barry Lopez, who has more ways than an Eskimo to describe ice and snow in his book Arctic Dreams, you can do all the weather reporting you want.

2 Avoid prologues: they can be ­annoying, especially a prologue ­following an introduction that comes after a foreword. But these are ordinarily found in non-fiction. A prologue in a novel is backstory, and you can drop it in anywhere you want. There is a prologue in John Steinbeck'sSweet Thursday, but it's OK because a character in the book makes the point of what my rules are all about. He says: "I like a lot of talk in a book and I don't like to have nobody tell me what the guy that's talking looks like. I want to figure out what he looks like from the way he talks."

3 Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue. The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. But "said" is far less intrusive than "grumbled", "gasped", "cautioned", "lied". I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she asseverated" and had to stop reading and go to the dictionary.

4 Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said" ... he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or almost any way) is a mortal sin. The writer is now exposing himself in earnest, using a word that distracts and can interrupt the rhythm of the exchange. I have a character in one of my books tell how she used to write historical romances "full of rape and adverbs".

5 Keep your exclamation points ­under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. If you have the knack of playing with exclaimers the way Tom Wolfe does, you can throw them in by the handful.

6 Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose". This rule doesn't require an explanation. I have noticed that writers who use "suddenly" tend to exercise less control in the application of exclamation points.

7 Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly. Once you start spelling words in dialogue phonetically and loading the page with apos­trophes, you won't be able to stop. Notice the way Annie Proulx captures the flavour of Wyoming voices in her book of short stories Close Range.

8 Avoid detailed descriptions of characters, which Steinbeck covered. In Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants", what do the "Ameri­can and the girl with him" look like? "She had taken off her hat and put it on the table." That's the only reference to a physical description in the story.

9 Don't go into great detail describing places and things, unless you'reMargaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don't want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill.

10 Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip. Think of what you skip reading a novel: thick paragraphs of prose you can see have too many words in them.

Fiction writing

http://www.writersandeditors.com/fiction_writing_57381.htm

Major writers organizations

http://www.writersandeditors.com/major_writers_organizations_57410.htm

Writers and Editors

http://www.writersandeditors.com/agents_and_book_proposals_57412.htm

Finding an Editor

http://www.manuscriptediting.com/

Get Published

http://www.getpublishedtv.com 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBAjswXpq_o&feature=related

How to Find an Agent

http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/thebusinessofwriting/tp/agenthowto.htm

Find a Writing Class

http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/startingtowrite/tp/Writing-Classes.htm

Help in Writing

http://lisagardner.com/writers-toolbox

Free Software for Writing a Novel

http://www.novelist.ch/joomla/

Logiciel en Français pour écrire un roman gratuitement

http://storybook.softonic.fr/

More Expensive but Professional Type of Editing Software

http://www.editorsoftware.com/StyleWriter.html

Editing Software Autocrit

http://www.autocrit.com

Novel Writing Help

http://www.novel-writing-help.com

Self-Publishing

https://www.createspace.com/

Copyright

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58845

Author I Like

Lori Wick has many books.
The series I like the most are The Californians series
and Kensington Chronicles series.
The others are pretty good too.

How To Make ePub eBooks

http://www.ebookmall.com/convert-epub

Publishers: Christian and Non-Christian

In Canada:
http://christianwriterscorner.wordpress.com/list-of-christian-publishers/

http://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/canada/publishers-by-subject.asp?publishers-of=Christian

http://www.track0.com/ogwc/resources/canpublishers.html

In USA:
http://www.plymouthbrethren.com/publish.htm

http://www.topicsites.com/publishers/christian.htm

http://www.topicsites.com/publishers/book-publishers.htm

Here are some authors I like

Tracie Peterson : Castles
Kathleen Morgan: As High as the Heavens
Carol Umberger: The Scotish Crown Series
Diann Mills: Texas Legacy Series
Susan K. Downse & Susan May Warren: Heirs of Anton Series
Kathy Mary Hake: Fancy Pants

How to Write a Fiction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction

Creating Your Character

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/creating-compelling-characters/

How to Write a Synopsis

http://absolutewrite.com/novels/writing_a_synopsis.htm

http://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/how-to-write-a-synopsis.html

Book Proposal

http://www.right-writing.com/factors.html

Scene and Sequel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaMggjGDUHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jLFtSkuY2w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiZWfPAP_8Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOCsrBJxvlA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVyaTXyo9-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6IIIVCd0yk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGDmF33od_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_OesBpIDIQ

How to Write Scenes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaMggjGDUHM

Writing on the Point of View

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4bui1-1ILM

Writer's References

http://www.writersupercenter.com/stylewriter/

Show Don't Tell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmDMTHHgAZM

Guide Lines for Barbour Publishing

http://www.barbourbooks.com/pages/downloads/bpi_nonfiction_guidelines.pdf

What is a Query Letter

http://www.agentquery.com/writer_hq.aspx

Consulting an Editor

http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/category/ask-the-editor/

How to Make a Plot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESfT2Lh1cWo&feature=related

Resources for Canadian Writers

http://www.sources.com/Bookshelf/SBS23369.htm

Old Books Resources

http://www.gutenberg.org/

Finding Editors, Publishers and Contests

I've found out that there are different kinds of editors. So, we need to be careful to see which editor we will work with. Some editors may not be suited for our type of writing. If you do a historical novel, make sure you have an editor that knows the subject you are writing about. Here are some websites that I've found helpful.

Get published:
http://www.getpublishedtv.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGlqpU4YQJg

Historical Novel Editors:
http://hns-conference.org/editors-and-agents/

Link for some contests:
http://www.sources.com/Fandf/Index.htm

Christian editors and publishers:

http://harvesthousepublishers.com/manuscript-submissions/ 

http://www.honestediting.com/ 

http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/scene.php 

http://www.partnerpublishers.com/ 

http://www.christianmanuscriptsubmissions.com/ 

http://www.writersedgeservice.com/ 

http://stuartmarket.com/default.aspx 

How to Write a Book, etc.

Here are some links.

Structure of writing a book:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l835una7A&feature=related

Novel Outlining:
http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2007/09/novel-outlining-101.html

Writing Clubs:
 http://www.literatureandlatte.com/links.php

http://www.writersvillage.com

I've decided to write books instead of making jewelry.

Why not? I've been wanting to do it for a few years, so I got some info on how to do it and went for it. I got into a writing club called Writer's Village University online and took some courses to learn. I'm still taking courses and learning. So, we'll see how it goes.

I actually got into a writing contest with NanoWrimo, another writing club and wrote my first novel. It's only a draft, but now the real work begins. I need to make it professional so people will want to read it.

I'll post the different websites that I've found interesting along the way. At this point, I'm debating into buying a software for editing. Not that it will do the job of an editor but it certainly will help in the technicalities I think.

If anyone knows of this program called "Style Writer 4" please let me know. I'd love to hear your feed back.
I'll be posting some websites that were helpful to me.

Have a nice day!

Ezmiralda.