• Dayton Ward's website - offers valuable tips on sending out your manuscript

  • Dean Wesley Smith - writers discuss writing and publishing in Dean's writer's forum

  • NaNoWriMo - official website of National Novel Writing Month

  • SFWA's Writer's Beware - comprehensive list of contest scams and bad agents

  • Final Draft - screenwriting software, but also articles on writing

  • Poet & Writer - foremost writing magazine; also includes writers market and award information

  • Beginnings - literary magazine geared specifically toward publishing new writers

  • Gotham Writers Workshop - writing workshops offered in New York and online

  • Association of Writers & Writing Programs - central list of graduate writing programs, MFAs, writer's retreats, and contests

  • Peter David - writer Peter David's blog

  • Miss Snark - off-the-cuff agent's blog; widely-read