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Friday’s Writer Links Sites

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Writing definitely becomes much easier to perform if you have several resources available for assistance. I always turn to sites on the net when I am looking for information regarding my creative nonfiction writing. As I have dwelled mostly on writing the memoir in this week posts, I share here with you five sites that I have found to be very helpful in writing creative nonfiction.

These sites cater mostly for those who interested to write creative nonfiction like a memoir, essay or autobiography as well as writing fiction.

    1. www.creativenonfiction.org– The journal devoted exclusively to the creative nonfiction genre. I haven’t subscribed to this journal yet, but I have read two of the founder’s books about writing: The Art of Creative Nonfiction: Writing and Selling the Literature of Reality
    and Creative Nonfiction.

    2. www.kporterfield.com – Lives Your Creative Vision. I find this site fascinating because there are so many articles written by this established author about tips in getting your writing done.

    3. www.capturingmemories.com/tips-s.html – Helping you capture the memories of a lifetime. This site has a list of writing tips for the memoirist. As a beginning memoirist, I’ve found it to be very helpful.

    4. www.memorywritersnetwork.com/blog/ – Record the stories of your life by Jerry Waxler. Jerry’s blog about writing is an inspiration to many beginning writers like me and he also has many links to other writing sites.

    5. www.teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/memoir/ – Find your voice. Develop your craft. Publish your work. Scholastic, the largest publisher and distributor for children’s books, has this site dedicated to the young writer. It is very impressive that at such a young age, children and young adults are already on their way to establishing themselves as authors. This site provides an insight about what teenager’s like to write about.

    Happy writing and have a great weekend. I will see you Monday.

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Writer’s Links: Writing sites

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Every Friday, I will list several sites for you to help ignite your writing and help you to write everyday. I have personally bookmarked these sites and visit them whenever I need more information about writing. Here are my favorite sites this week:
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Review: Writer’s Market Companion

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I picked up The Writer’s Market Companion after having obtained the Writer’s Market to get the detailed information and guidance on writing, getting it published and getting paid for it as well.
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This 344 page book by Joe Feiertag, Mary Carmen Cupito and the editors of Writer’s Digest Book has great contents, divided into four parts. If you are looking for a book that helps you on the technical aspect of how to write your query letter or how to prepare your manuscript this book is definitely worth looking into. Here is the list of the parts of the book:

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Online Resources for Writers: Tips on finding the right one

Every weekend I set time to browse the Internet looking for writing sources. Other than the books borrowed from the library or from those in my bookcase, the Internet is the best tool I’ve found. However, I feel overwhelmed with all the websites listed by Google when I use the search term “writing blog”. I also narrow my search down to “nonfiction writing”. It helps, but I have to wade through many sites before finding the ones to help my writing. It’s clearly time consuming.

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:
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5 sources on how to find ideas and inspirations for your writing


Sometimes an idea or inspiration comes at an unusual time – like when you are in the shower, driving, or even when having a conversation with friends.
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Ideas and inspiration often come when you are not prepared. So, always try to have a pen and paper nearby for you to jot them down quickly before they evaporate. How does one tap into obtaining more ideas and inspirations? I use five sources to ensure I can get the writing done. They include:
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Building Links for my blog

I’ve been reading blogs for quite some time now and I’m always attracted to a blog that has a simple writing style. I mean simple because it is straightforward and right to the point. I prefer those pages that have very little or no advertising on them.

The interesting part out about my habit of reading bogs is none of the topics I’ve read about is related to my handmade bags and accessories business. Instead, these topics are more about writing, finance and investment – and business in general. I do subscribe to retail industry (where my business is categorized) newsletters and magazines but that’s about it. I also avoid blogs that heavily promote their widgets or are heavily into marketing.
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