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Writers.com Feature: How Do I Get Published?

• Advice for New Writers from Writers Guild of Canada
• Advice to New Writers by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Bloomsbury Magazine.com Writer's Almanac
  Excellent guide for unpublished writers from a UK publisher.
• Burry Man Writers Center
  Links, articles, and resources for writers.
• "Everything I Needed to Know About Writing...I learned from editing (and vice versa)"
  "The ten commandments for writers, plus ten more for editors" -- a good look at both editing and writing
• Freelance Article Writing
  Overview of preparation and submission of material and "establish and maintain good relationships with magazine editors."
• Getting Started: A Step-by-Step Guide to Launching Your Writing Career
  Moira Allen's Writing Worldseries of articles designed to take a writer from "How do I start?" to a publishable manuscript.
• Holly Lisle's Articles & Features
  A professional writer's look a variety of topics including "how-tos"
• Novel Writing (Advice On)
  Series of 17 "handouts" from a writing commercial fiction course by Crawford Kilian.
• Poewar .com
  Articles, a job center and a freelancer's center.
• Preditors and Editors
  "A guide to publishers and writing services for serious writers" with links to various writing resources.
• Publishers Marketplace
  Searchable databases, job postings, and daily email newsletter Publishers Lunch. Additional information and services for a fee.
• Publishers WeeklyThe publishing trade magazine and one of the most comprehensive sources of information on publishing. You must now subscribe for full online access, but initial registration (trial-sub) is free.
• Red Ink Works
  Links to articles from writing and authors sites.
• SFWA Articles About Writing
  Though most the articles here focus primarily on sf/f there is a great deal that is applicable to all writing.
• Speculations
  "For Writers Who want To Be Read." The emailed magazine for writers of sf/f (but much is appropriate for all writers) has articles, markets, and a forum.
• Tracy Cooper-Posey'sHow-To Articles
  Detailed articles by a romance writer -- but articles are not confined to genre.
• What Publishers Do
  A chapter excerpt from Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books by William Germano.
• Writing World
  This is probably the best place to start for basic articles and advice on ANY aspect of writing, publishing, etc.
• WritersBlock
  What it is and what you can do about it from Lisa RCohen.
• Writing Full Time: A User's Guide
  A look at some statistics about publishing and writing horror for a living (but useful for all writers) by Robert Weinberg.
• Zuzu's Petals
  Claims (and we don't doubt) 10,000 links to writers a myriad of resources for writers.

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