topics for authors

The Craft and Business of Writing

• Absolute Write
• Writer’s Digest
• Writer Unboxed
• Scribophile
• Preditors and Editors
• Writer Beware
• Publishers Marketplace
• Jane Friedman
• The Creative Penn
• Romance Writers of America
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
• AgentQuery
• terribleminds (beware the f-bombs!)
• This Itch of Writing: The Blog
• Janice Hardy’s Fiction University
• Wrede on Writing

Mechanics, Style, and Tools

• Grammar Girl
• The Chicago Manual of Style Q&A
• OneLook Dictionary Search
• Toggl
• Oxford Dictionaries: British and American Terms
• The Diversity Style Guide
• Map Creator

Working with Editors

• A Writer’s Guide to Understanding the Copyeditor
• 7 Deadly Myths and 3 Inspired Truths About Book Editing
• 10 Things Your Freelance Editor Might Not Tell You—But Should
• 5 Ways to Find the Right Freelance Book Editor

Resources for Editors

• KOK Edit Copyeditors’ Knowledge Base
• The Proofreader’s Parlour
• The Editor’s Blog
• Copyediting.com
• Editorial Freelancers Association
• ACES: The Society for Editing
• Grammarphobia
• Butterick’s Practical Typography

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