Novel Editing, Plotting Help, Writers Resources

Agents:    
Agent Query
Guide to Literary Agents
U.S. Literary Agents-Part One
Hunting in the Wild--excerpt of The Hungry Writer's Guide  to
Tracking & Capturing a Literary Agent
 
Book Reviews:

Business Cards & Bookmarks:
Online Printhouse

Cover Designs:









Daniele Serra is a graphic designer and illustrator who lives on an island in the Mediterranean Sea.  He's drawncomics and book covers such as Ghost Of A Chance for Eric Enck, Hollow Earth for Steven Savile and different editors.

After studying painting, he experimented with various 
techniques and styles for his original artworks.

eZine for women writers:





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Grammar & Punctuation:
Daily Grammar
Dictionary
The Comma

Guide to POD publishers:
Books & Tales

Novel Word Count as per Writer's Digest :

Harlequin Writing Guidelines for romance writers--


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GREAT BOOKS TO HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY to PUBLICATION:

Recommended How-tos:

A few of the books listed below have been in print for a number of years but they still offer excellent advice and suggestions.



Creating Characters by Dwight V. Swain
This manual for developing fictional characters is a rich source of detailed information. Students can browse through the 17 chapters, each titled and annotated, without reading the book from cover to cover.



How to Become a BestSelling Author by Stanley J Corwin
       


Make That Scene by William Noble



Manuscript Submission by Scott Edelstein

  

100 Ways To Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost

   

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King

 

"Shut Up!" He explained.  A Writer's Guide to the Uses and Misuses of Dialogue by William Noble



Theme & Strategy by Ronald B. Tobias

 

Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
In today's world, an author who doesn't produce a breakout novel risks getting lost in the midlist of the publishing world. Maass, the author of 17 novels who now works as a literary agent representing such distinguished writers as Anne Perry and James Patterson, knows firsthand what makes a novel rise above its category in the already saturated book market. Using his own clients as case studies, Maass defines the most crucial elements of a breakout novel a powerful sense of time and place, larger-than-life characters, a high degree of tension, good subplots, and universal themes and shows the reader how to use these elements efficiently to write a novel that will generate interest and have the potential to hit the best sellers lists.

 

Writing the Novel, from Plot to Print by Lawrence Block

 

Your Novel Proposal From Creation to Contract by Blythe Camenson & Marshall J. Cook