the inner workings of a young(ish) writer
Marie Silver
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Published and unpublished authors that have something to offer fellow writers.
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Holly Lisle hollylisle.com/Full time author of mainly fantasy novels. Her site contains articles, podcasts, a blog, and even a couple of free books. Much of her blog is about the day to day living of an author so check it out if you want to know the workings of a full time published author.
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Katie Runyon www.katierunyon.com/Website of unpublished fantasy author.
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Swankivy swankivy.com/Swankivy's website, an unpublished author. Loads of cool and funny things to check out including her original writings.
Posted January 19, 2009 at 4:31 PM
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Blogs with information and advice for writers.
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How Publishing Really Works howpublishingreallyworks.blogspot.com/A former editor posts about publishing in the UK.
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Limyaael limyaael.insanejournal.com/Blog full of rants to do with the fantasy genre. A lot of advice for creating good and original fantasy novels worth reading and the sorts of things to avoid.
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Miss Snark www.misssnark.blogspot.com/Literary agent with an amusing and sarcastic blog. Answers questions about agents, editors and writing. No longer updates as of 20/05/2007 but archives still available and worth reading.
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Nathan Bransford www.nathanbransford.blogspot.com/Another literary agent who makes some interesting posts on his blog.
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The Rejecter rejecter.blogspot.com/An assistant at a literary agency who gives advice on query letters and details her work.
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YA Highway www.yahighway.com/Young adult authors blog about writing, reading and YA related things.
Posted October 22, 2010 at 2:02 PM
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Online writing groups for posting original work and/or joining writing communities.
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Critique Circle www.critiquecircle.comI can't write enough to do justice for what this site has done for me. Using a point based system you gain points for critiquing other writers works and spend points by posting your own stories. Contains forums, tools, excersises and is filled with helpful and friendly people.
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Fantasy Writers www.fantasy-writers.orgA site for fantasy writers. Has forums, a link directory and story submissions for review.
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Fiction Press www.fictionpress.com/You can post and review as many stories and poems as you want in many categories. Not the greatest reviews though. However it also has forums and a new beta reader program.
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National Novel Writing Month www.nanowrimo.org/eng/nodeNaNo is a site about writing a 50,000 word novel in the month of November that occurs annually. A fun idea and something that might motivate you.
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Script Frenzy www.scriptfrenzy.org/NaNo's sister site, but instead of a 50,000 novel in one month it's a 100 page script in April. This time you can work with a partner to create a film or play script.
Posted January 19, 2009 at 4:54 PM
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Funny writing related websites to while away the hours.
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SlushPile Hell slushpilehell.tumblr.com/One grumpy literary agent, a sea of query fails, and other publishing nonsense.
Posted September 30, 2011 at 9:18 AM
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Miscellaneous sites with tools, inspiration, etc.
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A Human Face www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/general/homepage.jspInformation about facial features to use when describing characters.
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Ask Oxford www.askoxford.com/?view=ukAlways a good idea for a writer to have a dictionary on hand.
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Behind the Name www.behindthename.com/Provides thousands of names and their origins and meanings.
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Elfwood www.elfwood.com/Primarily a site for artists, it also contains a few articles and some stories. Most of the artwork is beautiful and I've been inspired by many of them.
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Evil Overlord Lists www.sff.net/paradise/lists.htmContains satrical lists of fantasy and science fiction clich
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Impish Idea impishidea.com/A fun site that examines books and points out their flaws. Also has articles to help writers.
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Writertopia www.writertopia.com/Has a toolbox with a handy progress meter and pictures to show a writer's mood.
Posted February 12, 2009 at 7:06 AM
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Sites containing useful articles.
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Absolute Write www.absolutewrite.comContains over a hundred articles on everything from finding ideas to doing taxes.
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Vision lazette.net/vision/A new issue comes out every two months with issues dating back to 2001 available.
Posted January 19, 2009 at 4:57 PM
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Fun tests for writers that aren't to be taken too seriously.
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The Original Fiction Mary-Sue Litmus Test www.ponylandpress.com/ms-test.htmlA quiz to determine the Mary Sue-ness of your character.
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The Writer's Mary Sue Test www.katfeete.net/writing/marysue.htmlAnother quiz to determine the Mary Sue-ness of your character.
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What kind of writer are you? www.quizilla.com/quizzes/99775/what-kind-of-writer-are-youA test to discover what kind of writer you are.
Posted February 12, 2009 at 7:20 AM
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My personal profiles on other writing websites, my blog and my other webs.com site.
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Critique Circle www.critiquecircle.com/members.asp?lookup=2205Got a little bit about me and a couple of stories I uploaded and their critiques. I lurk around the foums a lot. I don't review that much on here because the critiques need to be detailed and I don't really have enough time to provide that kind of critique. You need to be a member to access the site though.
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Fan Fiction www.fanfiction.net/~roguelockheartKnown as Rogue Lockheart, my favourite character from X-Men and Tifa from Final Fantasy VII. Although I don't write fan fiction anymore it was a great stepping stone to original fiction.
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Fiction Press www.fictionpress.com/u/426117/Marie_SilverCurrently have none of my original fiction uploaded but have added Silver Scrolls. Again, I'm usually found around the forums though I do occasional review a story.
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Live Journal marie-silver.livejournal.com/My blog that I update on occasion. Writing related.
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NaNoWriMo www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/82161My profile on the site. Finally won NaNo in '09 and I'm doing it again this year. Hope to see you there.
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Script Frenzy www.scriptfrenzy.org/eng/user/82161My profile and details of the script I'm working on in April 09.
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Silver Scrolls silverscrolls.webs.com/A guide for fantasy writers, my other site on Webs.
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Twitter twitter.com/missmariesilverMy account on Twitter. I usually update on my writing or, more often, lack thereof.
Posted October 8, 2009 at 2:01 PM
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