Links
Nanowrimo: National Novel Writing Month happens every November. Thirty days, 50,000 words. I’ve been involved with this for five years now and nothing has helped my writing as much.
Publications
The First Line:”It all starts the same, but…” This quarterly literary magazine provides the first line, it’s up to you to write the rest of the story.
Tools
Seventh Sanctum:My go to place for generators of all types. Need a tavern or a character name? Pirate Ship? Mysterious Evil Cult? Heroic Character? This site can help with all that.
QuoteGarden:A great site for quotes of all kinds on virtually any subject.
Remember the Milk:An online organizer/list maker for all of your tasks.
100 Most Important Things to Know About Your Character: A list of 100 questions to help you get into the mind of your characters.
eLouia’s Candybar Doll Maker 3: Err yes, I do use this on occasion. It’s very anime and the boys always look effeminate, but if I want to put together an idea of a character it can be useful since my drawing abilities are are about limited to stick figures.
Timberfrog Timer: Simple, free, web-based countdown timer. Can also be added to your Google Toolbar.
References
Manuscript Preperation:by Vonda N McIntyre. My go-to reference for formating a manuscript.
Hunting for an Agent (w/ Sample Synopsis): by Jason E. Stith. A good example of a query letter and synopsis.
Inspiration/Blogs
Neil Gaiman: The author that gives out wonderful bits of advice. This blog is awesome in many ways, just, go read it.
Wil Wheaton dot Net: The actor formerly known for Wesley Crusher and “Stand By Me”. Now the author of an awesome blog about, well, whatever he’s interested in. Sometimes has cool stuff about the creative process.
Heinlien’s Rules:Robert J. Sawyer talks about rules for being a successful writer.