In case you’ve been too busy writing and connecting to take a good look around for helpful Facebook pages lately, the WWW team thought we’d share a few pages we’ve recently liked for writers and authors. Plenty of advice to be found here, from writer tips to marketing insights…
Each of the titles below are linked to their Facebook fan page. Some will direct you to their websites for further info, but start here (perhaps while you’re posting something to your own Facebook Fan page). Have a look around (be sure to like their pages) and let us know if you have a suggestion or two of your own!
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP): AWP provides community, opportunities, ideas, news, and advocacy for writers and teachers of writing.
Book Release Daily: Featuring New Releases of interest to genre fiction readers.
I Want To Write A Book: Their mission is to get 10,000 published books of the 1st time authors.
Scratch Magazine: digital quarterly magazine that publishes original stories about the intersection of writing and money, with famed writer advocate and publisher Jane Friedman.
The Creative Penn: Joanna Penn’s site featuring Writing, Publishing Options, Internet Sales and Marketing…For your book.
The Writer: Instructs, informs and inspires readers with comprehensive how-to advice on the craft of writing — as well as news, interviews, book features and up-to-the-minute market information.
The Writer’s Circle: To help connect, encourage, and highlight writers around the world.
The Write Life: Help writers create, connect and earn, so you can succeed in today’s digital world.
Writing.com: Sign up for your free online writing portfolio and… Write on!
Writing Forward: Creative writing tips and ideas, plus services for writers, including proofreading, editing, critiques, and a writing coach for hire.
Have a favorite go-to advice site of your own? Do tell with your comment below…
Did anyone really bother to vet this list? The second in the list… “AuthorsPublish’ is nothing more than a lead generator for ‘vanity press’ houses. Come on, folks. You can do better than that.
Oops, my bad. All gone and replaced with a much better option… Thanks for the heads-up, Thom 🙂
To stay on top of every innovation and newsworthy item, every serious writer should be reading Jane Friedman’s Facebook page or here blog, Writing on the Ether. I read her and I read Where Writers Win and I stay on top of everything I need to know!
Agreed – we added link to her Scratch mag Facebook page 🙂