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Author Resources and Helpful Links for Writers

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Resources

Improve Your Writing

Chicago Manual of Style The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers 16th Edition. ISBN 9780226104201.
If you've always wanted to write an inspirational book, but just didn't know where to start, have a look at "Starting and Writing Your Book" at Spirit Authors
Copyediting & Proofreading for Dummies by Suzanne Gilad. ISBN 978-0-470-12171-9
Grammar Done Right! Karen L. Reddick  An easy to use quick reference book for: numerals and numbers, punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, and word choices.
Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips™ for Better Writing. Mignon Fogarty. ISBN 978-0-8050-8831-1. A fun, helpful book to help you avoid common mistakes in writing. Written by the host of Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing podcasts.
Tricks of the Trade: Learning to Write for Children In this two CD, two workbook complete program, children's writer, and writing coach, Suzanne Lieurance, reveals tricks of the trade to help you break into today's growing children's market.
The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier, How to Solve the Mystery of Weak Writing. Bonnie Trenga identifies the seven writing weaknesses that editors everywhere must correct in nearly every book they edit.
Peter Bowerman's book, The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency As a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less, teaches aspiring writers how to become a Well-Fed Writer.

Also see The Well-Fed Self-Publisher How to Turn One Book into a Full-time Living and The Well-Fed Writer: Back For Seconds by Peter Bowerman.

Mortal Syntax 101 Language Choices That Will Get You Clobbered by the Grammar Snobs--Even If You're Right by June Casagrande
The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success by Carolyn Howard-Johnson ISBN 978-0-9785158-7-4.
Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies A Guide to Language for Fun & Spite by June Casagrande. This book uses humor to teach word usage.
The Complete Guide to Writing a Press Kit That Gets Results by Allison Nazarian is a very useful tool for anyone who needs an electronic press kit to introduce themselves or their products.

Here's an eight-week coaching program for writers who want to become working freelance writers. Suzanne Lieurance and I have done many joint ventures together.

Writing for children requires a special skill. Learn how with Tricks of the Trade: Learning to Write for Children
Get help before you sign a contract with publisher. Publishing consultant Stephanie Gunning will help you Partner with Your Publisher.
The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write by Mark David Gerson. ISBN 0979547555.
Writing classes and information about starting a freelance writing business. Yvonne Perry offers writing lessons on an individual basis for those who want help to improve a manuscript or are looking to enter the freelance writing business. Work with an editor on an hourly basis as much or as little as you want.
Critique and editing services for children's writers. This is a specialty service provided by Rachelle Burk.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson teaches how to write a book proposal in her book, The Great First Impression Book Proposal: Everything You Need To Know About Selling Your Book in 20 Minutes or Less.
Private one-on-one book proposal coaching with Stephanie Gunning. Sixty to ninety days to draft your book proposal and marketing plan. Get a Book Deal Coaching Program.
Writing a book is a business and marketing endeavor. Learn these 7 Quick & Easy Steps to Write AND Sell Your First Book Proposal.
Writing/Publishing Help: www.ResourcesForChildrensWriters.com

Newsletters & Web sites

Writers in the Sky Newsletter/E-zine is a free weekly publication that offers great information on writing, publishing, book marketing, and what the WITS team is up to.
Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s newsletter, Sharing with Writers.
Publisher Patricia Martin accepts queries for articles on spirituality, health, and wellness to be published in Health & Wellness Magazine. Contact her at 615 356-8404.
Joan Stewart, the Publicity Hound, offers a free newsletter about book publicity and a free tutorial on how to write a press release.
A Book Inside E-zine - Learn to write, publish, and market your book. Articles and helpful information on writing, publishing, and selling books posted semi-weekly.
Karen Reddick’s Grammar Tips is a weekly email with a short tip for better writing.
Peter Bowerman Well-Fed writer e-zine.
Writers and Authors Blog has a section where you may submit book reviews. Send your review in the body of an email writersandauthors@yahoo.it with "Book Review" in the subject line.
Writer’s block? Get Suzanne Lieurance’s Morning Nudge when your pen won’t budge.
Writers Gazette is a newsletter published by Krista Barrett.
Liberty States Fiction Writers is a multi-genre organization dedicated to the education and support of all fiction writers.
Authors, publishers, and editors interested in being interviewed for the "Featured Author" section of Jo Lindsell's blog may correspond giving details about yourself and your writing. Please include your Web site address.
BunnyRabbitSex, where writers come together, is a great site for writers to share a few words and multiply their talents.
Publisher Patricia Martin accepts queries for articles on spirituality, health, and wellness to be published in Health & Wellness Magazine. Contact her at 615 356-8404.
Creative Writing Now offers tips, prompts, and training to beginning fiction writers and poets.
Are you looking for work as a sports writer? Check out the listings on SportsWritingJobs.net.

Book Publishers & Literary Agents

Published by Westview is located in Nashville, Tennessee and has a premier publish-on-demand (POD) service able to bring a book to market through Ingram Book Distributors and Lightning Source Inc.
Literary agent Irene Watson is accepting authors with books in a variety of genres. Her tremendous desire to help authors is equal to her ability to do so. She has placed several books with publishers.
Victor Volkman of Loving Press is a conventional publisher of a wide variety of genres.
Outskirts Press is a quick and easy way to publish your book and e-books. Many of our podcast guests used Outskirts and are pleased with the publishing experience.
Gini Graham Scott with Publishers and Agents pitches books and screenplays to 1,300 editors at major and medium-sized publishers and about 900 literary agents as well as film producers and production companies, film agents, and managers. Phone (510) 339-1625.
Anne Walls and John Singleton are the co-founders of WordHustler.com a Web site dedicated to providing writers with everything they need to submit work to literary agents and publishers.
A Cappela Publishing You may not need an agent. You may need an author's advocate.
The Film Connection will put you in contact with a producer, production company, or agent for your screenplay. Sell film rights to your book or life story. Connect with film distributors, directors, casting directors, talent agents, or entertainment lawyers.

Book Printers

Americas-Press has offices in Houston, Seattle, and Ann Arbor. All books are manufactured in Houston, TX
Lightning Source will print digital or large quantity runs for publishers or self-publishing authors.

If you have antique books, old family Bibles, church hymnals, genealogy papers, newspapers, tabloids, or courthouse records you want to preserve, give James a call (318) 995-6800. See before and after photos of some miraculous transformations at http://www.restor-a-book.com/.

United Graphics Incorporated is a reliable printer in Illinois. The quality of the print, paper, and cover for a soft cover book they did for Barbara Techel (WITS client) is exceptional.

Technical, Specialty & Business Help

Hayley John is an artist highly recommended for illustrating books and designing book covers.
App developers for digital devices: Bryan Kelly Managing Member of Twisted Castle LLC bkelly@TwistedCastle.com 734-673-2760 or Jeff Sibbold (734) 637-3678 jsibbold@twistedcastle.com 
Allison Maslan's Blastation Interactive Goal Setting and Life Coaching Software http://tinyurl.com/AFFBlast will help you get organized and reach your goals.
Jessica Dockter LEE Design for logos, book interior layout, book cover design, and help with branding your business image.
Kevin Leier provides Web hosting through his company, Tao Interactive Inc. (701) 402-2166
John Covington with Technical Truth provides hosting and remote backup solutions as well as Web design and product order processing. Web Application Development for Cold Fusion, .NET, and ASP Web sites.
How strong is your media release? Have your press release graded and find out.
Write a knock-out media release with Joan Stewart’s free 89-email tutorial.
Compare the popularity of your site with similar ones. This also gives keyword analysis to show you where you stand in search engines, and a view of how your Web site's search engine saturation has performed over time.
Put a stat counter on your site with a code for the widget to see how many visitors you have.
Need a great Web designer? Eddie Velez went above and beyond expectations when he built Yvonne Perry's spiritual Website: WeAre1inSpirit.com. Connect with Eddie on Twitter.
Daniel Harker creates awesome book trailers at an affordable price. See the one he created for Yvonne Perry's book: http://youtu.be/zTYiT3HtP_w. Contact Daniel on LinkedIn.
Big Mean Kitty (Letha Edwards) can custom design Web sites with extensive coding, shopping carts, Flash, and other functionality.
Test how well you are doing with your meta tags and descriptions.
Lynne Lee will teach you how to use SEO to get more links to your site without using ads.
Want to know what sites link to your blog or Web site? See who links to your site.
Producing Video Podcasts a Guide for Media Professionals by Richard Harrington and Mark Weiser with Rhed Pixel is filled with photos and rich content to help you produce a high-quality video podcast.
Business Writer Marichelle Rocha can develop technical manuals, training guides, online help menus, and other documentation for businesses and organizations. marichellerocha.com
Rick Chappell offers custom book cover layout and can meet the printing specs for authors who are publishing books through Lightning Source or a publish-on-demand company.
Why have just a written resume when you can enhance it with a video resume? Get better results in your job search by allowing employers to see and hear you make a good first impression before the interview.
SiteCanvas™ offers a white label digital business and technology solution to create internet business online and presence. SiteCanvas is working with and connected to some of the most high profile agencies, talent firms, etc in the world with digital clients including pop sensation Taylor Swift, super model Adrianna Lima, and more.
 

Internet Radio Shows & Podcasts

Authors Access is a show for authors and writers to learn more about the writing industry. Subscribe to the RSS feed of this every other week podcast.
Hot Books --- Great Authors is a show produced by Valerie Connelly of Nightengale Press featuring authors and book industry experts.
The Directory of Web Radio Resources & Radio Interviews; a recipe for success.
Patricia Martin The Health Wealth and Happiness Show airs on Channel 19 (in Nashville, TN) on Comcast. The show is looking for guests with topics on health, spirituality, wellness, and energy therapies/modalities. Contact Patricia on the Health and Wellness Magazine Web site.
Cathi Curen of Holistic Children Radio seeks to interview people who have a positive parenting message to share.
Grammar Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing Podcast makes it fun to learn about word usage and grammar.
Karen Reddick’s Red Hot Grammar Tips Podcast.
Knowing Spirit is for authors of spiritual/new age genre.
Lillian Brummet has two talk shows: Conscious Discussions for books with a spiritual topic; and for all authors who would like to read from their published work, Lillian’s show Authors Read is perfect.
Phil Harris’ show All Things That Matter invites authors to speak about their book and engages a wide variety of topics.
Suzanne Lieurance’s Book Bites for Kids is a perfect match for authors of children’s books or for people seeking good books for classroom or family.
Writers in the Sky Podcast interviews selected authors with qualifying books as part of an author publicity.
Start your own podcast with Audio Acrobat.

Book Marketing Help

"Authors Must Learn to Sell What They Write" is an MP3 audio file of a teleseminar with Yvonne Perry and Carol Batey.
Kathleen Gage's Street Smarts Marketing for Speakers, Trainers, Authors, Coaches, and Consultants.
The Savvy Book Marketer's Guide to Selling Your Book to Libraries by book marketing coach Dana Lynn Smith has a 22-point action plan to guide you through the process of marketing your book to libraries.
Book Marketing in the Digital Age Online Promotion Made Easy. A blog with tips to help authors successfully promote a book online.
The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't  by Carolyn Howard-Johnson.
Joan Stewart’s resources for book marketing and publicity including how to write a knockout media release.
Nikki Leigh offers virtual book tours and has a list of blogs where you may promote your book. Free download of the Insider's Guide to Virtual Tours.
On Published & Profitable membership site, Roger Parker shares what he’s learned about writing and publishing to help new authors avoid some of the mistakes he’s made and seen others make.
Reader Views a book review service with many other helpful services for authors. The owner, Irene Watson, has twice been a guest on our podcast.
Listed in 101 Best Web sites for Writers, Allbooks Review will review POD as well as traditional books.
Fast Pitch Networking has a great PR service. Post one press release each day for $99 yearly membership fee. Users say they average 4,000-7,000 views per press release and are high-ranked in search engines.
PR/PR is a public relations firm that gets experts, authors, and speakers into the media. Visit president Pam Lontos on her business Web site.
The Publishing Answers Blog is helping writers and authors plan their way to success.
Write, Market, and Publish Report reveals how to leverage your knowledge to make tons of money and reach a global market.
Kathleen Gage has a great e-book on Becoming an Online Bestselling Author.
Find out how to build a strong online presence for yourself as an author: "Pre-Publication Marketing Musts" at Spirit Authors.

Book Marketing Services by BookWhirl.com .

Publishing & Marketing Books

Online Promotion Made Easy by Yvonne Perry is an interactive e-book that teaches step-by-step how to promote a book online the easy and inexpensive way.
Book Promo 101: Learn the basics of book promotion by Nikki Leigh.
Calling All Authors How to Publish With Your Eyes Wide Open by Valerie Connelly. ISBN 1-933449-43-8. A manual to assist authors who want to learn more about the publishing industry and how the process works.
From Book to Best Seller An Insider’s Guide to Publicizing Your Book! by Penny Sansevieri. ISBN 1-60037-085-3
Talk Radio for Authors Getting Interviews Across the U.S. and Canada by Francine Silverman ISBN 0-7414-3787-2.
The Well-Fed Self-Publisher, How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living by Peter Bowerman. A step-by-step instruction book for authors who are self-publishing.
Twitter Revolution How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business & Market Online by Warren Whitlock is a great book for those interested in online networking trends.
I See Your Name Everywhere: Leverage the Power of the Media to Grow Your Fame, Wealth, and Success by Pam Lontos.
Publishing Possibilities: 8 Steps to Understanding Your Options & Choosing the Best Path for Your Book by Cheryl Pickett
Sell Your Book on Amazon: The Book Marketing COACH Reveals Top-Secret "How-to" Tips Guaranteed to Increase Sales for Print-on-Demand and Self-Publishing Writers by Brent Sampson.
Aiming at Amazon: The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Your Books with Print on Demand and Online Book Marketing on Amazon.com by Aaron Shepard.
Print-on-Demand Book Publishing: A New Approach to Printing and Marketing Books for Publishers and Self-Publishing Authors by Morris Rosenthal.
Texas Book Marketing Handbook by Dana Lynn Smith features contact info for Texas bookstores, libraries, media, book fairs.
Twitter Guide for Authors is tailored to meet the unique needs of authors and features real-life examples. You'll get step-by-step instructions with screen shots, plus an action plan to help you quickly master the power of Twitter.
For in-depth information about selling to libraries, along with contact information for top library systems, wholesalers, and review journals, check out The Savvy Book Marketer's Guide to Selling to Libraries.
The Savvy Book Marketer Guide to Successful Social Marketing will help you harness the power of viral marketing and online community to sell more books! Learn how to promote through social networking, virtual reader communities, blogging, social bookmarking, social news sites, media sharing, expert sites, and online forums.
Lillian and Dave Brummet's e-book, Purple Snowflake Marketing: How to Make Your Book Stand Out in a Crowd, gives a practical means for authors to design an effective marketing plan and utilize frugal promotional tools with the click of their mouse.
Sarah Bolme's book, Your Guide to Marketing Books in the Christian Marketplace, provides an overall view of the Christian marketplace and to equip publishers, self-publishers, and authors alike with specific resource names and contact information for marketing your books in this special marketplace.
Boost Your Book Sales with Social Networking is an Audio Program to help you harness the power of online community to sell more books!
Get Connected: Build Your Business with Online Networking shows you how to develop a networking plan, manage your time, protect your privacy, select the right social networks, and more. You'll also get a comprehensive user manual for Twitter and Facebook.
Facebook Guide for Authors Learn how to create an effective Facebook profile, avoid common mistakes, and promote yourself and your books through profiles, pages, groups, and events. Detailed instructions and screen shots make it easy to quickly master this powerful networking tool.
For even more resources, check out Dana's resource page for aspiring authors at http://ow.ly/1p9Lc


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