Research and resources are a daily part of a writer's life - whether it be research for a story or necessary resources to handle the business side of writing. Over time, I hope to build a comprehensive Resources section here to help writers at all stages of their careers. For now, I've included a few links and resources that have helped me.
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Writing, Romance and Craft Resources
WIP NOTEBOOK
Keep your manuscript details organized!
Do you have sticky notes everywhere with details about your
characters or plot points?
Do you have computer files, notebooks, loose leaf papers, even napkins with the valuable information you need to keep control of your manuscript?
Have all the Information you need at the tip of your fingers with this wirebound notebook.
Queries, Submissions and Rejections, oh my.
Query
Letters
I've put together a page including a Query Breakdown, Dos
& Don'ts, Links to Articles & Websites, Sample Query
Letters and Links to Query & Pitch Critiques.
Generic
Submission Guidelines
Generic submission guidelines to help you format your submissions
properly.
Editing &
Polishing Checklist
A checklist to help you get in the right mindset for editing
and polishing your manuscript.
Rejections getting you down? Visit my blog entry on famous authors and just how many rejections they've received.
Craft of Writing
Writing the perfect scene by Randy Ingermanson
Get Down to Work by Jacqui Jacoby and Anne Marie Becker
Marketing & Promotion
To get started, visit my Website and Online Dictionary -- a growing dictionary of terms I mention here as well as words you've likely heard across your promotional travels. This is targeted toward writers so it contains information on how each term applies to you, what you need to know.
Free Resource for Download
Author Web Information Checklist: Print out this MS Word document and use it to keep track of your website and domain user names and passwords. (This download uses the ejunkie system but the purchase is
FREE.)
Promo Plan in a Month
Follow along as I create my promotional and marketing plan in a month.
- A Complete Marketing Plan in A month...Can I Do It? |Blog Post
- Promo Plan in a Month: Step #1: Know My Goals |Blog Post
- Promo Plan in a Month Step #2: Know My Audience | Blog Post
- Promo Plan in a Month Step #3: Get All The Facts |Blog Post
- Promo Plan in a Month Step #4: The Plan |Blog Post
Promotional/Marketing Tools
- Book Marketing and Promotion Timeline (HTML) or PDF Download
- Budget Template | Excel Download
Creating a website and All That Entails
This new series of articles will go through the step by step process of getting your website up and running, from getting your domain name (sooner than later!) to building a website. More to come soon.
06.08 #1- Registering Your Domain Name
09.08 #2 - Choosing a Hosting Provider
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All About Email Marketing
From my years working in marketing and design, email marketing became a huge part of my daily life. Here are some of my time-tested articles:
- Article: Adding Personality To Your Emails
- Article: Art of Email Conversation
- Article: Email Newsletter Pet Peeves
- Article: Play the Game of Save, Delete or Read and win.
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Websites, Groups & Links
Here are a variety of websites, groups or links I've visited and found useful.
Romance Book Websites, Blogs & Reviewers |
| Romance B(u)y The Book: Michelle Buonfigloio at Lifetimetv.com |
| The Wet Noodle Posse |
Groups/Affiliations |
| The Wild Rose Press (My publisher) |
| Romance Writers of America |
| The Beau Monde Chapter |
| Sacramento Valley Rose |
Critique Groups |
| Rewriter's Society |
| Romance Critters |
| The Critique Circle |
| Review Sites |
| Romance Junkies |
| Long and Short of It Reviews |
| Dear Author |
| Authors I Enjoy |
| Barbara Freethy |
Research
Regency England
Book Purchases
Books for research are some of my most enjoyable purchases. So I'll do my best to attempt to list the new books I've purchased, found on GoogleBooks or other some such places.
- The War for all the Oceans by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins :: Regency/Georgian England
- Debrett's Peerage of England and Scotland, 13th Edition, 1820 by John Debrett :: Regency/Georgian England
- The Leading Men of MGM by Jane Ellen Wayne :: 1920s - 50s America
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