A List of Great Websites of Authors, Agents, Editors, and other Resources

Writing Community and Resources :

Abosulute Write - a very large community of all genres of fiction and non-fiction. Check out the Watercooler for information on agents, publishers, querying, wait time, ect. Also if you can handle the feedback, it can be a good place to get a quick critique or find a crit partner or beta reader.

Romance Divas – a more intimate community of romance writers. A great place to connect with fellow writers, find a crit partner, and chit-chat in the down time of the publishing industry. Offers great online workshops once a month.

Verla Kay – known as the blue board. A larger community of writers and authors specializing in the ever-growing children’s and YA market.

YALitChat – community of Young Adult writers. It’s free to join but to get hte full benefits there is a minimal membership fee – and well worth it as the funds go to grants for fellow YALitChat members.

Query Shark - Agent Janet Reid’s shark tank for the querying author. A great place to see what an agent looks for in a query letter. You don’t have to submit to Query Shark to learn from other’s triumphs and, uhm, mistakes.

Excerpt Monday - a place for writers to showcase their writing once a month, whether you are published or on the road to publication.

Agents and other Industry Websites :

Mandy Hubbard Agent and Author – my fabulous agent’s website. Check out the blog!! I the livejournal post about using Onstar to find Edward Cullen is in a word AWESOME! And Mandy has some wonderful posts on the publishing industry from both sides of the fence!!

Book Ends Literary Agency Blog - great insight from agents Jessica Faust and Kim Lionetti on what agents do, the publishing industry, and several great back post series on queries.

Guide to Literary Agents – fascinating and in depth blog with interviews and pitch contests with literary agents. Great place to learn a little more about agents as you query.

Kid Lit. com – Agent Mary Kole of Andrea Brown Literary Agency has an awesome blog on agenting and children’s literature. She has great articles and helpful first pages sessions. And’s she’s really cool – I met her.

Miss Snark – the Snark is out but the website is still available for veiwing awesome posts on query letters and other industry information.

Nathan Bransford – le sigh! Even though he has left agenting behind to pursue writing fulltime, his website still has some of the best, wittiest, sarcastic posts on writing in general, the industry, and sometimes Star Wars.

Neverending Page Turner - blog of literary agent Kathleen Ortiz.

The Rejectionist - hilarious blog by the Rejectionist. Need I say more?

Uncreated Conscience – assistant editor for St. Martin’s Press, S. Jae Jones. Her fun and cute blog page.

My Peeps : Authors’ websites and blogpages

Georgia McBride - author and host of YALitChat.

JA Souders - soon to be published science fiction author and my conference buddy! Check out her amazing websites!

LUV YA – author Bria Quinlan’s funny blog. She’s a 2011 Golden Heart finalist and founder of Excerpt Monday.