Resources

Recommended Books

Magazines

Books on the Craft

Merriam Webster’s Vocabulary Builder by Mary W. Cornog
The Writer’s Legal Guide by Tad Crawford
Christian Writer’s Market Guide 2021
Writer’s Market 2021
Novel & Short STory Writer’s Guide 2020
Children’s & Illustrator’s Writer’s Guide 2020
Guide to Literary Agents 2020
Poet’s Market 2020

Writer’s Digest:
https://www.writersdigest.com/
Poets & Writers: https://www.pw.org/
Publisher’s Weekly:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/

Build Better Characters by Eileen Cook
The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman
Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell
Create Story Conflict: How to Create Tension in your Writing & Keep Readers Turning the Pages by Eileen Cook
Description & Setting by Ron Ronzelle
Characters, Emotions & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress

Organizations

Downloads

The Author’s Guild: https://www.authorsguild.org/

Independent Publishers Group: https://www.ipgbook.com/

Romance Writer’s of America: https://www.rwa.org/

Mystery Writer’s of America: https://mysterywriters.org/

Children’s Society of Book Writer’s & Illustrators: https://www.scbwi.org/

Character Worksheet