Writing and Author Resources:
- Hiring an Editor: A Guide for New Authors by Editorial Freelancers Association
- Writing Fiction, Tenth Edition by Janet Burroway et al.
- Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maas
- The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maas
- Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
- Monkeys with Typewriters by Scarlett Thomas
- Plotting Your Novel: Ideas and Structure by Janice Hardy
- Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft by Janice Hardy
- Writing Historical Fiction by Emma Darwin
- Novel Metamorphosis by Darcy Pattison
- 27 Fiction Writing Blunders – and How Not to Make Them! by James Scott Bell
- The Artful Edit by Susan Bell
- Vanity Fair’s “How a Book Is Born: The Making of The Art of Fielding” will give you an overview of how traditional publishing works (available on Amazon for Kindle; search for “How a Book Is Born”)

Blogs and Podcasts:
- Helping Writers Become Authors, K.M. Weiland (helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com); K.M. also has a podcast series of the same name, available through iTunes)
- Writer Unboxed, a daily blog (writerunboxed.com)
- This Itch of Writing: The Blog (emmadarwin.typepad.com)
- Lit Reactor, a writing blog (litreactor.com)
- The Editing Podcast (available through Stitcher and iTunes)
Looking for an agent?
- Guide to Literary Agents 30th Edition, published by Writer’s Digest Books
- AgentQuery.com (agentquery.com)
- QueryTracker.net (querytracker.net)
How to Use Word’s Track Changes Feature:


Information on Self-Publishing:
- Let’s Get Digital: How to Self-Publish, and Why You Should by David Gaughran
- Write, Publish, Repeat: The No-Luck-Required Guide to Self-Publishing Success by Johnny B. Truant with David Wright
- Publishing 101: A First-Time Author’s Guide to Getting Published, Marketing and Promoting Your Book, and Building a Successful Career by Jane Friedman
- Business for Authors: How To Be an Author Entrepreneur by Joanna Penn
- The Self-Publisher’s Legal Handbook by Helen Sedwick
- The Author’s Guide to Marketing by Beth Jusino