Want to be famous?
I do.
The people on the left made it. They are (left to right): Jim Morrison of The Doors; Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day; Brandon Boyd of Incubus; Melissa Etheridge; and Ashton Kutcher.
I don't want their level of fame. Overkill. I want my writing and my name to be known and respected - for more than 15 minutes.
Listed below are some resources I've come across on the road to recognition. Many of the sites have helped me get my work published. Use them with discretion. Always Google someone before pitching them to find the best match for your work, and to make sure they're reputable. And good luck!
everyonewhosanyone.com
- free e-mail and website directory of 15,000 agents, publishers, broadcasting, and 'Tinseltown too.'
www.anotherealm.com/prededitors
- Predators & Editors is a free directory/guide to publishers and writing services 'for serious writers!'
www.publishermarketplace.com
- free list of agents and editors. With paid membership access information on book deals, sales, reviews, and publishing related news.
www.zoetrope.com
- great place to get your work critiqued but you have to read and critique to post your own work.
www.writing.com
- HUGE online writer's exchange.
www.inspiredauthor.com
- is a great resource for marketing and self-promotion leads and tips.
images.google.com
- simply the most comprehensive image search on the net. Great for getting ideas and images quickly.
www.karenafox.com/agentlist.htm
- Karen Fox is a romance writer and has a good agents list on her site.
bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com
- good commercial site for tracking what's popular.
www.passionatepen.com/romancepubs.htm
- free list of romance publishers and their submissions guidelines.
www.zeroland.co.nz/literature_journals.html
- free directory of literary e-zines, literary journals, newspapers, blogs (web logs).
www.litline.org/links/onlinejournals.html
- free directory of links to print and online lit journals, writing organizations.
www.writers-free-reference.com/agents
- free list of e-mail addresses for non-fee literary agents in the U.S., Canada, England, Australia and other countries.
www.bookmarket.com/newnovels.htm
- free directory of 400+ book editors that have, at least once, bought the rights to first novels by unknown novelists or nonfiction writers.
www.lights.ca/publisher/db/alphabetic/a.html
Publisher's Catalog is a HUGE list of publishers, fiction/non-fiction/scholastic; local and global.
www.agentquery.com/default.aspx
- free, very comprehensive directory of literary agents.
www.sfwa.org/beware
- very important site for warnings about literary fraud: scam agents and publishers, and other schemes and pitfalls that target writers.
www.somalit.com
- FOR S.F. LOCALS ONLY- site has a great newsletter you can sign up for of local writing events: readings, signings and workshops.etc.
As I find sites that prove beneficial to getting published I will put them up on this page. Look for additions every few months.
