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Writer’s Interesting Information - Summer 2012

Writer’s Interesting Information - Summer 2012
                                          
Hi writers! Here are some tasty tidbits of information I want to share with you.  I hope you find these sites interesting and possibly useful.  Best of luck to us all!

Midwest Writers Conference
http://www.midwestwriters.org/schedule/  http://www.midwestwriters.org/workshop-details/ 
Where: Ball State
Cost: $250-$350 3-4 day course
Dates: Thursday Events – July 26, 2012
I really want to go to this, but I’m pretty sure it is out of my budget for this year.  I love that it is so close to where I live and has interesting and useful lectures.

Predators & Editors
http://pred-ed.com/  
This site I am hoping to get some useful information while searching for literary agents.  It is an online guide to publishers and publishing services for writers established in 1997.  The site houses extensive lists such as Literary Agents but the real interest is in its warnings about unscrupulous businesses and agents.  It lists warnings on companies and individuals in red.  It is not 100% user friendly; you still have to do your own homework, but what a great resource.

Linked In
http://LinkedIn.com
This is a professional occupational networking site.  It is nice that I can add multiple careers onto my profile.  I am a writer and I work my day job. 

Shelf Unbound e-magazine
This is an online e-magazine for writers.  This link will take you to sign up for the free copy.  Their description of the magazine is as follows “Shelf Unbound brings you the best of small press and independent books in a digital magazine that Publisher’s Weekly describes as “richly designed.”  Each issue features reviews, author interviews, experts, photo essays, and more.  Best of all, Shelf Unbound is free!  We invite you to sign up here for you free subscription.”
- Source Shelf Unbound Magazine 

Writer’s Market
This website has some interesting information, but it also has a lot of spam and product offers to navigate in order to get to the good stuff.

Hope Clark
hope@fundsforwriters.com
I love Hope Clark’s website and blog and find them to be very interesting and useful.  There is a lot of good information here for writers.


JL Cooper

Comments

  1. UnknownJune 18, 2012 at 1:40 PM

    Way cool JL, have you ever visited, http://sff.onlinewritingworkshop.com/

    ReplyDelete
  2. JL CooperJune 19, 2012 at 12:18 PM

    I am checking it out now. It has a lot of info. Are you a member?

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownJune 22, 2012 at 3:27 AM

    Not yet, but I will be after I finish the third draft of my novel.

    ReplyDelete

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