An author needs many things. For refilling the creative well, for working on your craft, and for practical matters such as research and marketing. We’ve attached a few of our favorites here.
Website Creation
Build your own website! https://digital.com/make-a-website/
Creativity – Everyone needs to refill the well and boost their creativity.
http://artistsroad.wordpress.com/ – An interesting site on creativity and writing.
Craft – Great places to learn more about the craft of writing!
http://romanceuniversity.org/ – a great place to learn about the Romance genre
http://thebookshelfmuse.blogspot.ca/ – from the authors of the emotion thesaurus, the information on description covered here applies to any genre
http://goinswriter.com/ – a great place to learn about writing craft, and to fall in love with writing
http://naiwe.com/member-benefits/ – NAIWE the National Association of independent writers and editors
http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/ – lots of stuff to learn here – and some fun videos
Research – some great places to find things out. Careful or they could suck you in!
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Practical Matters – Odds and ends, the little practical things I can’t do without.
http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents – want an agent? Learn more about them!
http://design.lkcampbell.com/ – inexpensive ebook formatting
http://writeordie.com/ – a practical tool to keep you writing (and a little fun)
http://www.haleauthorservices.com/ – ebook and print preparation
http://guestblogging.com/caroltice/ – learn about getting your blog noticed
http://www.authorems.com/money-matters/affiliate-programs/ – learn about being an entrepreneur in your writing career
http://www.acx.com/help/authors-as-narrators/200626860 – creating audio books – even becoming your own narrator
Self book cover design – book templates with Canva.
Marketing – Once you’ve written a book you have to sell it! How?
The Creative Penn – great marketing advice for different levels!
