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Tools
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Duotrope. A
free database of over 2300 current markets for fiction and poetry,
including an online submissions tracker for registered users.
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The New Pages Big List of Literary Magazines. Focuses on literary print and online magazines, listed A to Z, with google search engine (not as easy to use as Duotrope). |
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authorconnect.com.
A databank for promoting published or unpublished writing. Entries
are free. Includes links to resources
and services for writers. |
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www.bartleby.com/110 — Roget’s
International Thesaurus (85,000 words)
www.bartleby.com/100 — Bartlett’s
Quotations
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www-math.uni-paderborn.de/dictionaries/Dictionaries.html — Links
to dictionaries in several languages, plus acronym, slang, technical
and miscellaneous dictionaries
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Poe
War Writer's Resource Center. Articles on writing and marketing
writing. Listings of freelance writing jobs
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www.writers.net — Writing
resources, news and discussion for authors/writers, editors, publishers
and agents. A free Internet directory.
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Free Self-Publishing Online
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www.smashwords.com is a self-publishing platform and online bookstore
for independent ebook authors and their readers. They offer multi-format,
DRM-free ebooks, ready for immediate sampling and purchase, and
readable on any e-reading device.
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www.booksie.com Writers
can post novels, short stories, poetry, articles, and more on the
Booksie site for free, as well as receive and respond to comments
and communicate with other writers.
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www.yudu.com. Yudu offers free interactive
digital publication, hosted on the yudu site (you do it yourself).
For
a fee, the marketplace
option lets you sell your books on the site. |
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Logos
Editing. Editorial services, including manuscript critique,
development, organization and structural editing, and detailed
line editing.
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Low
Fat Fiction. Guy Biederman teaches writing workshops in Sonoma
and Marin counties. Contact Guy for information: Guyb@sonic.net
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Newswire services that send press
releases to newspapers, radio, TV stations and search engines: www.pr.com and www.prleap.com (free)
and two fee-based services: www.prweb.com and www.prnewswire.com.
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Write
Free. Workshops, writing retreats and a monthly e-newsletter
by authors Becca Lawton and Jordan Rosenfeld.
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Write
Livelihood: Learning Through Language. Author Jordan Rosenfeld
offers editing services, SF Bay Area workshops and links to other
writers' websites.
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Write
Now! A book about writing, writer's block, rejection, publishing
and selling your book by San Francisco author Joseph Sutton.
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Wordrunner
Self-Publishing Services. Book production
and publishing services, from manuscript to finished
book (perfect bound or chapbook). |
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Poetry Flash. A poetry review and literary
calendar for the West distributed free on the West Coast (with
a national subscription circulation). The calendar is updated online
at www.poetryflash.org.
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Sonoma
County Book Festival. Annually in Old Courthouse
Square and other venues in Santa Rosa. Usually 3rd Saturday in
September,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission. In 2009, book festival takes
place on September 19.
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Sonoma
County Literary Update. Calendar of literary events, readings,
workshops and classes for writers, lists of writing groups and
conferences.
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