The Trendsetter

So, I developed a technique to help me narrow down my search so I can save time and find the right sites for my writing resources. Here they are:

1. Get the latest writer’s market companion book (which I will review this week) from your library or purchase it from amazon.com and look for your specific writing interest. I am interested in nonfiction writing and I go straight to its chapter’s resources at the end of the chapter. I find several websites listed on it and I will visit these sites. Usually they are the sites I am looking for. I will also dig further into the links at these sites that are related to the site. This way, I will get more sites I can use as resources by just browsing the first site visited.

2. I visited writerdigest.com site to find if they have links to other websites that I can use as a resources. I also visited their editor’s blog. Usually I will find one or two useful websites for my writing.


3. Borrow magazines for writers from the library or purchase one for yourself. Poets & Writers is one of them. The articles inside do not only become the main resource, but the contents are also jam packed with info about other writing websites, conferences, writing programs and writing contests. I will briefly scan the descriptions of each before deciding to visit the sites.

4. Look for books about writing on amazon.com and read their reviews. Then look for the author’s website (if any) and visit the site. Usually the author will have several links on their site which are also good resources.

5. Use a blog directory and look for a writing category link. I used blogcatalog.com. This way you can find writing blogs with brief descriptions about what topics are written and you can decide whether visit the site or not.

These tips hopefully will help you save time looking for the right resources for your writing. It saves my time perusing the huge number of websites on the broad subject of writing. I am sure there are more different time saving ways to locate the sites for specific writing resources than I’ve described here.