Resources for Writers

Below you'll find a variety of links I find useful. I'll continue to add to this, so please check back regularly!

If you have a suggestion for an addition or notice one of these links is broken, please drop me a line by clicking here or emailing me at Stephanie(at)GoTeenWriters.com.

Helpful articles
Randy Ingermanson's Snowflake Method (a method for writing a novel)
Showing versus Telling by Rachel Hauck
Novel Queries (this links to a series of blog posts by Jane Friedman)


Tools for Writers
Sunrise and Sunset Times for around the world
Create custom calendars
The Character Therapist by Jeannie Campbell. A fabulous resource for putting your character on the couch.
Redwoods Medical Edge by Jordyn Redwood. Medical Facts for your fiction.


Wording Resources
Grammar Girl
The Grammar Doctor
The Bookshelf Muse - They have many cool thesauri (emotion, setting, color). Thanks to Kait Culbertson for the recommendation! (I feel like such a dweeb using the plural for thesaurus...)
Online Etymology Dictionary - Explanations of the origins of words and what they meant. An excellent resource for you historical writers!

Blogs
Seekerville - a wonderful community of published writers. They talk about everything on there.
Rachelle Gardner - a blog of a well-respected agent who's beloved by her clients
My Book Therapy - Run by Susan May Warren and Rachel Hauck


Resources for checking up on scam companies that target writers
Writers Beware
Preditors and Editors