WRITER rESOURCES

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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel, Jessica Brody

The Emotional Craft of Fiction, Donald Maas

The Elements of Style, Strunk & White

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

On Writing by Stephen King

Big Magic - Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

One Continuous Mistake - Four Noble Truths for Writers by Gail Sher

Writing and Publishing Personal Essays by Sheila Bender (or newer versions)

Blueprint for a Book, by Jennie Nash

Understanding Show, Don't Tell (And Really Getting it), by Janice Hardy

Storyworthy, by Matthew Dicks 

 Kindlepreneur:  https://courses.kindlepreneur.com/courses/AMS

invaluable aid to understanding how to set up amazon ads

Kindlepreneur.com has a wealth of resources and information

Publisher Rocket is one of those resources, invaluable way to analyze so much about amazon and setting up ads etc https://publisherrocket.com/

Alessandra Torre: https://www.alessandratorreink.com/courses

great step by step class on how to self publish (literal nuts and bolts)

Analytics on selling: https://k-lytics.com/ 

totally worth the price to find genre numbers etc.

Newsletter Ninja book was so helpful: https://www.amazon.com/Newsletter-Ninja-Become-Author-Mailing-ebook/dp/B07C6J8HP9

Lots of publishing info by Jane Friedman: https://janefriedman.com/

Classes and other info from Shirin Leos: https://shirinyimleos.com/

Book coaching and editing from Lisa Manterfield: https://www.lisamanterfield.com/

Chris Fox has a bunch of great books, I particularly leaned on: https://www.amazon.com/Launch-Market-Marketing-Authors-Smarter-ebook/dp/B01FE5C9EA

David Gaughran has lots of useful videos etc. https://davidgaughran.com/blog/

Facebook page where indie authors share a ton of resources: 20booksto50K https://www.facebook.com/groups/781495321956934

Brilliant cover design by David Bloom in2bloom@gmail.com 

Matthew Holmes The Author Advertising Blueprint https://www.matthewjholmes.com/

Article about LJ Ross, wildly successful indie writer/publisher https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/lj-ross-interview-crime-fiction-dci-ryan-self-publishing-455341

promos I found REALLY helpful

free or discounted book days on 

freebooksy  https://www.freebooksy.com/

bargain booksy https://www.bargainbooksy.com/

Fussy Librarian https://www.thefussylibrarian.com/

Ereadernewstoday  https://www.thefussylibrarian.com/

Robin Reads https://robinreads.com/author-signup/

Publishers Weekly: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/email-subscriptions/index.html

Publishers Lunch: https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/lunch/subscribe.html

Manuscript Academy: https://manuscriptacademy.com/

Writer's Digest: https://www.writersdigest.com/

 https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/bookscan/about.cgi https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/bookscan/register/ https://www.npd.com/industry-expertise/books/ https://www.abovethetreeline.com/  

https://www.awpwriter.org/wcc/directory_conferences_centers

http://www.writingdayworkshops.com/

https://mcwc.org/

https://www.writeonthesound.com/

https://pitchwars.org/

https://manuscriptacademy.com/

https://www.sfwriters.org/2022-conference/

http://www.napawritersconference.org/

https://communityofwriters.org/

Writing diverse characters:  https://writingwithcolor.tumblr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/writersfordiversity