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Writer's Toolbox

Welcome!!

The Writer's Toolkit is my personal collection of writing-related tools, resources, and references.  The things that have helped me in my quest to become a better writer.

As I find more resources, I'll be adding to these lists.  So, check back often!  Or, if you have an addition you'd like to see included here, please let me know.

To access, simply scroll down to the section you are most interested in and select a link.  Also, check out my "Relevant Posts" page.

Enjoy!

My Bookshelf...

When it comes to writing, here are a few books I can't live without.

  • Bird By Bird- Anne Lamott
  • The Elements of Style- Strunk & White
  • On Writing- Stephen King
  • Writing Tools : 50 Essential Strategies For Every Writer - Roy Peter Clark

And, here are some excellent articles I've come across.

  • What Ails the Short Story- Stephen King

Booksellers

  • Amazon.com
  • Barnes and Noble
  • Borders Books
  • Borderlands Books (San Francisco)
  • Powell's Books

Societies, etc.

  • Australian Horror Writers Association
  • Northwest Science Fiction Society
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.

Convensions and Gatherings

  • Norwescon - Seattle SeaTac Washington
  • Potlatch - Seattle
  • Radcon - Pasco Washington
  • Rainforest Writers Village - An annual writers retreat
  • Rustycon - Seattle SeaTac Washington

Contests and Current Opportunities

  • Writers and Illustrators of the Future
  • Wheatland Press Polyphony 7 Submissions Open

Where do I find out what is going on??

  • Red Rocket Station
  • SF Chick
  • SF Scope
  • SF Signal
  • SF Site
  • SciFi Weekly
  • SciFi Wire

Magazines & eZines

  • Abyss & Apex
  • Analog - Science Fiction and Fact
  • Andromendia Spaceways Inflight Magazine
  • Apex Book Company
  • Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
  • Aurealis Austrailian Fantasy and Science Fiction
  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies
  • Blood, Blade, and Thruster Magazine
  • ChiZine
  • Clarkesworld Magazine
  • Coyote Wild
  • Electric Velocipede
  • Fantasy Magazine
  • Flytrap - Tropism Press
  • Glimmer Train 
  • GUD Magazine
  • Helix - A Speculative Fiction Quarterly
  • Hub Magazine
  • Intergalactic Medicine Show
  • The Internet Review of Science Fiction
  • Jim Baen's Universe
  • Clarkesworld Magazine
  • Locus Magazine Online
  • Lone Star Stories
  • Midnight Echo
  • Murky Depths
  • Necrotic Tissue
  • Realms Of Fantasy - Closing Down April 2009
  • Spacesuits and Sixguns Magazine
  • SpaceWesterns.com
  • Strange Horizons
  • Talebones
  • Wired Magazine

Podcasts

  • Escape Pod
  • PseudoPod

Publishers

  • BAEN Books
  • DAW Books
  • Fairwood Press
  • Golden Gryphon Press
  • Ideomancer Speculative Fiction
  • Meisha Merlin Publishing
  • Night Shade Books
  • Orbit Books
  • Prime Books
  • PS Publishing - UK
  • Say...Have You Heard This One?
  • Small Beer Press
  • Subterranean Press
  • Tachyon Publications
  • TOR-Forge Books
  • Wheatland Press
  • Wyrm Publishing

Other Relevant Stuff

  • Daily Haunts
  • Drainbramaging & Inspiring
  • What am I reading?