Resources



AABusiness
An announcement group willing to help you find publishers. Study the submission guidelines before you post to make sure your article fits. Request guidelines using this email address.

ABI/INFORM Global
A business database that includes in-depth coverage for over 3,020 publications, with more than 2,030 available in full text.

Access My Library
Search your library for information.

Agent Query
Where to go to find an agent.

Articles Archive
An article announcement group. Study the submission guidelines before
you post. Use this email address to request guidelines.


Article Marketer
An article distribution service.

Associated Content
An article distribution service that pays authors for submissions. Payment
is set or based on page views.


Article Announce
An announcement group willing to help you find publishers. Study the submission guidelines before you post to make sure your article fits their requirements. Request guidelines using this email address.

Author Connection
A site for linking authors with publishers.

Author Link
An online news, information, and marketing service for editors, agents, producers, writers, and readers.

Blogger
A good place to get started blogging.

Bloglines.com
Where you can get a free news reader. Also check out http://reader.google.com

Construction Writers Association
An association of construction magazine writers and editors.

EBSCO
A research service that combines reference databases, subscription management, online journals and books.

eHow.com
Seeks short how-to articles. registered users can write and publish articles, and through a Writer's Compensation Program (WCP), earn money through PayPal.

Encyclopedia of Associations
This is a source of publications for 135,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide.

Ezine Search
Start your search for electronic magazines here.

EzineArticles.com
A free article marketing, publicity generating, prequalified traffic building service. No compensation except exposure.

Feedster.com
A list of the most popular blog sites. Search by key word.

Missouri Reads
A Web site containing reviews of books written about Missouri or by Missouri authors.

Idaho Writers' League
An organization for writers who live and work in Idaho. Six chapters with weekly meetings. Most states have writers' groups. This is one of three that I belong to (the other two are the League of Utah Writers and the Missouri Writers' Guild. Why do I belong to three? These are the states where I have lived and worked for most of mycareer).

Idea Marketers
A group that will help you sell your articles.

Independent Book Publishers Association

Isnare.com
Submits your article to thousands of directories for publishing in newsletters, Web sites or e-mailing. Charges per article but allows links back to your blog and Web site, which increases search engine rankings.

Library-InfoTrac
A listing of nearly 6,000 scholarly and popular periodicals containing 20 million articles.

Midwest Book Review
Publishes book reviews for community and academic librarians, booksellers, and the general reading public.

Missouri Writers Guild
An organization of writers who live and work in Missouri. A friendly, warm group of people I enjoy being around.

Mystery Writers of America
An organization for "mystery and crime writers, professionals allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime writers, and folks who just love to read crime fiction."

The Phantom Writers
An article distribution service

Eopinions
For opinionated professionals

Self-Publishing Book Expo

Sisters in Crime
A group for women who write crime novels.

Social Marker
The easiest way to tag a blog and/or Web site for social book marking.

Society of Childrens Book Writers & Illustrators
An organization for writers and illustrators working in children’s literature, magazines, film, television, and multimedia.

Society of Marketing Professionals
A networking community of marketing and business development professionals working to secure business relationships for their A/E/C companies.

Technorati
A listing of the most trendy blogs.

TypePad
A good place start a blog.

Usenet
A listing of news groups.

WordPress
Offers bloggers a choice between a full-service blog or a bare bones free blog

Writers Digest
A great magazine for beginning writers.

The Writer Magazine

Every industry ought to have its own magazine. This is ours.

Writers Market
A little behind the times in its accuracy but a good place to get an idea what a magazine wants in its articles -- and how much you'll get paid!

Writers Conferences & Centers
A resource for established writing conferences, centers, festivals, residencies, or retreats in North America.

Goodreads
Keep track of what you've read and organize your books into virtual bookshelves.

Idaho Reads
A Web site containing reviews of books written about Idaho or by Idaho authors.

Idaho Writers' League
An organization for writers who live and work in Idaho. Six chapters with weekly meetings.

Library-InfoTrac
A listing of nearly 6,000 scholarly and popular periodicals containing 20 million articles.

LDStorymakers
A group of published writers associated with publishers in the LDS market.

Missouri Reads
A Web site containing reviews of books written about Missouri or by Missouri authors.

Missouri Writers Guild
An organization of writers who live and work in Missouri. A friendly, warm group of people.

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