Writing Resources and Links

Clubs, Groups and Organizations
RWA ~ RWA Online ~ Green River Writers ~ Futuristic, Fantasy & ParanormalRomancedivas ~ EPIC ~


Market news and resources
Ralan ~ Preditors and Editors ~ Charlotte's Web ~ All Romance Writers ~ We Write Romance ~ The Romance Studio ~ Romance Divas ~ Karen Fox's Market NewseBook Crossroads ~ Publishers Weekly ~ Agentquery ~ Publishers Marketplace ~


Fellow Author Sites
A. L. Debran ~ Alecia Monaco ~ Amy P. Reed ~ Anna Leigh Keaton ~ Brandi Broughton ~ Charlotte Dillon ~ Christine Feehan ~ Cora Zane ~ Elizabeth Bevarly ~ Evangeline Anderson ~ H.H. Self ~ Hazel Statham ~ Jade James ~ Jerry Race ~ Kayelle Allen ~ Lia Sebastian ~ Lisa Gardner ~ Loribelle Hunt ~ Lyric James ~ Marjorie Jones ~ Mia Romano ~ Moira Reid ~ Sara Dennis ~ Shelli Stevens ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon ~ Shirley Martin ~ Stella and Audra Price ~ Stella Cameron ~ Summer Alan ~ Susan Greene ~ Tempest Knight ~ Vivienne King  If you would like your author website updated or added  e-mail me!


Advice from and for Authors
Tricks of the Trade ~ writingcorner.com ~ rejectioncollection.com/ ~ Dear Author ~


Self Publishing, Printing and Promotional Companies
bookmachine ~ Kindle ~ Lightning Source  ~ Lulu   Smashwords ~ VistaPrint ~ OnlinePrintHouse ~ PrintingForLess ~ PSPrint ~ AngelPrintModernColorPrinting ~ PrintPelican ~ CheapesTees.com ~ www.odezines.com ~ www.Zazzle.com ~ www.PrintingForLess.com ~ www.Earthlycharms.com


Erotica and Sexual References for Writers
www.erotica-readers.com/ ~ Erotic Writer Resources ~ www.sex-lexis.com/ ~


Review sites
~ A Romance Review ~ All About Romances ~  Coffeetime Romance Reviews ~ Cupid's Library Reviews ~  E-cataromance ~ Enchanted in Romance ~ Enchanted Ramblings ~ Euro-Reviews ~ Fallen Angel Reviews ~ Historical Fiction Reviews ~ Joyfully Reviewed ~ Just Erotic Romance Reviews ~ Kwips and Kritiques ~ Literary Nymphs ~ Love Romances ~ Mystique Books ~ Night Owl RomanceParanormal Romance Reviews ~ Realms on our Bookshelves ~ Road to RomanceRomance Junkies ~ Romance Reader at Heart ~ Romance Reviews Today ~ Romantic Times Magazine ~ Scribe's World ~ Shades of Romance Magazine ~  The Best Reviews ~ The Pink Posse ~ The Pink Rose ~ The Romance Studio  ~ Two Lips Reviews ~ Wild Child Book Reviews ~


webisite and domain info
~ www.domainnext.com ~ www.homestead.com ~ www.zeeblo.com ~ www.freedns.afraid.org ~


Useful Programs and Tools
OpenOffice.org  ~  yWriter ~ Google Alerts ~ filehippo ~ rockyou.com ~ http://www.morphases.com/editor/ ~ SPROUT ~ Write or Die ~ Wordle ~ LitMatch Submistion tracker ~


Book sellers
All Romance eBooks ~ Fictionwise ~ OmniLit


History resources
~ costumes.org ~ www.wunderground.com(weather history) ~
timelines ~ http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001196.html
Celtic history ~ http://www.ucc.ie/celt/about.html ~ historical maps
~ Midevil glossaryMedieval Origins of Common Modern Phrases
~ Definition of Medieval Words ~ Life in Elizabethan England 1558-1603 ~ Feudal, Medieval and Castle Terms ~ Glossary of Ancient Weights and Measures ~


Languages
Gaelic ~ http://gaelicshadows.thespaceport.net/gaelic.html
Norman/French dictionary ~ www.gaelicshadows...


Animal Resources
WolfWeb ~ WolfSongWolf Country.net ~ WolfCountry.org ~ Wolfhaven ~ Wolfpark


Mythology Resources
www.pantheon.org ~ www.timelessmyths.com ~ http://home.comcast.net/ ~ www.godchecker.com ~


NORSE MYTHOLOGY
www.ugcs.caltech.edu ~ www.webhome.idirect.com/ ~ www.pantheon.org ~ www.timelessmyths.com/norse/


CELTIC MYTHOLOGY
www.pantheon.org/ ~ www.eliki.com


IRISH MYTHOLOGY
www.luminarium.org/mythology/ireland ~ www.irishmythology.com/
http://www.heartoglory.com/celtic/irish-mythology.htm


PROMO PLACES
~ wikifictionstories ~ Online Sweepstakes ~


Inspiration
Terry Kelly


Forums and such
Cobblestone ~ amypreed ~ pararompassions ~ aboutdogs


****Online tools for writers!****
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Online Public Library ~ Auto Crit.com ~ www.worldlingo.com(translator) ~ www.answers.com/topic/body-parts-slang ~ www.bartleby.com/141 (elements of writing) ~ www.wordorigins.org/ ~ http://www.hyperdictionary.com/
thesaurus for bad spellers - lookwayup.com/free/dictionary.htm
build your own covers. - //www.daz3d.com/index.php
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
The Alternative Dictionaries ~ www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang

Grammar
DICTIONARY.REFERENCE.COM ~ THESAURUS.REFERENCE.COM
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/


Workshops and other places to learn...
University for Writers  ~ Free online classes!! ~ What is erotica?


Magazines & E-zines!
Book of Dark Wisdom  ~ Realms of Fantasy


WRITING CONTESTS
Writers of the Future ~ Grimamericana


RWA chapters who have contests by deadline.
January http://www.leranm.com/ ~ www.yellowroserwa.com/ ~ www.coloradoromancewriters.org/ ~ www.sfarwa.com/ ~ *Valley Forge Sheila
February Passionate Ink
March ~ April ~
May  http://www.ovrwa.com/ ~ http://www.tararwa.com/ ~ http://www.hodrw.com/
June  http://www.rmfw.org/
July ~ August ~ September
October  http://www.nolastars.com/ ~ Amazon Breakout Novel
November  http://www.smrw.org/ the laurie contest
December


Warning!!!
Just for fun, try this slash fiction generator! This is an offensive site. (I thought it was hysterical!) www.darkerotica.net/PERVERSION.jsp

Publishers!

Amber Quill Publishing
http://amberquill.com/
OUT OF BUSINESS

Amira Press
http://www.amirapress.com/
Submissions

Aspen Mountain Press
www.aspenmountainpress.com

Atlantic Bridge
http://www.atlanticbridge.net/
Guidelines

Baen
http://www.baen.com/FAQS.htm

Book Unbound
http://www.booksunbound.com/
Submissions

Book Surge (Amazon) CreateSpace
http://www.booksurge.com/
charges fee

Carina Press
www.carinapress.com
submissions

Champagne Books
http://www.champagnebooks.com/
Submissions

Changling Press (e-book)
http://changelingpress.com/
Submissions

Chippewa Publishing (e-book, print)
OUT OF BUSINESS

Cobblestone Press
http://cobblestone-press.com/
Submissions

Crystal Dreams
http://www.crystaldreamspub.com/

Dark Eden Press
OUT OF BUSINESS

Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc
http://www.jasminejade.com/
Submissions

Eternally Erotic
OUT OF BUSINESS

Excessica Publishing
http://excessica.com/
Submissions

Extasy Books
http://www.extasybooks.com/
Submissions

Forbidden Publications
CLOSED

Genesis Press
http://www.genesis-press.com/
Submissions

Harlequin Romance
http://www.eharlequin.com/
Guidelines

Harper Collins
http://www.harpercollins.com/
Submissions

Inara Press
OUT OF BUSINESS

Kensington
http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/
Submissions

Liquid Silver Books
http://www.liquidsilverbooks.com/
Guidelines

Logical Lust, Eternally Erotic
CLOSED

Loose Id (e-book)
http://www.loose-id.com/
Submissions

Mardi Gras Publishing
OUT OF BUSINESS

Meadowhawk Press
http://www.meadowhawkpress.com/
Submissions

Midnight Showcase (e-book, print)
http://www.midnightshowcase.com/
Submissions

Mundania
http://www.mundania.com
Submissions

New Horizons Press
http://www.newhorizonpressbooks.com/
Submissions

Noble Romance Publishing
OUT OF BUSINESS

Ocean Mist Press
CLOSED

Penguin Putnum
http://www.penguinputnam.com/
submissions
DAW submissions

Premium Press
http://www.premiumpressamerica.com

Random House
http://www.randomhouse.com/
Submissions

Samhain Publishing
http://www.samhainpublishing.com/
Submissions

Silk's Vault
http://www.silksvault.com

Simon and Schuster
http://www.simonsays.com/

Siren Publishing
http://www.sirenpub.com
Submissions

Tantalizing Tales
www.tantalizingtales.com
Submissions

Tor-Forge
http://us.macmillan.com/tor.aspx

Torquere Press
http://www.torquerepress.com/
Submissions

Triskelion Publishing
OUT OF BUSINESS

Twilight Fantasies
OUT OF BUSINESS

Urban Books
http://www.urbanbooks.net/

Venus Press
http://www.venuspress.com/
Submissions

Whiskey Creek Press
www.whiskeycreekpress.com
Submissions

Whiskey Creek Press TORRID
http://www.whiskeycreekpresstorrid.com/
Submissions

Wicked Castle
http://www.wickedcastle.com/index.html
Author info

Wicked Velvet
http://www.wickedvelvet.com/home.html
Submissions

Wild Rose Press
http://www.thewildrosepress.com/

Wings Press
http://www.wings-press.com/

Writers Exchange
http://www.writers-exchange.com/
Submission.htm


OTHER RESOURCES

Piers Anthony's list of publishers and comments.
http://www.hipiers.com/publishing.html
Cool place for research.

Karen Fox on Publishers

Show me the money

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