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ACappela Publishing - http://www.acappela.com/
Offers information on how to write, publish and market a book. Provides seminars on writing, marketing, publishing, short stories, and memoirs.

Advice on Novel Writing - http://www.steampunk.com/sfch/writing/ckilian/
Plain text handouts from a college professor, Crawford Kilian.

Author-Created vs. Third-Party Professional Indexes - http://taxonomist.tripod.com/indexing/authorindexing.html
Essay regarding the advantages and disadvantages of indexes developed by the authors themselves. Written by Seth Maislin, indexer and information architect.

Book Writing Help - http://www.bookwritinghelp.com
Tips for writing your book.

BookWire - http://www.bookwire.com/
Content includes timely book industry news, features, reviews, original fiction, guides to literary events, author interviews, thousands of annotated links to book-related sites.

Cader Books: Book Publishing FAQ - http://www.caderbooks.com/pubfaq.html
About agents, publishers, deals, and proposals.

How to Write a Book Proposal - http://www.adlerbooks.com/howto.html
Offers sample book proposals and a book on getting published.

How to Write a Book with JoJaffa - http://www.jojaffa.com/guides/writeabook.htm
How any one can write a book for fun and profit. How to stimulate the ideas, internet resources and ideas to inspire you to start writing.

Musik Therapie: Novel Writing Guide - http://www.musik-therapie.at/PederHill/
The elements of story telling.

Novelist's Workshop - http://www.monash.com/writers.html
British page with links to other interesting sites, discussion groups, research material, and advice for troubleshooting with publishers and agents.

Novelists, Inc. - http://www.ninc.com/
Dedicated to serving the needs of multi-published writers of popular fiction.

Novelr.com - http://www.novelr.com
Keeps track of fiction writing on blogs, (also known as blooks). Features news coverage, writing techniques and occasional reviews.

Persist and Publish Writing Group - http://www.freewebs.com/alabamaworley/
This group is for novel writers. We assume that you are a serious writer aiming for commercial publication.

Publish a Book - http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/publishbook/publishbook.html
Explains how the publishing industry works, how to prepare a proposal, all about agents (including finding, contacting, and choosing the right agent), and when to sign a contract.

Right Reading: How to Get a Book Published - http://www.rightreading.com/publishing/howto.publish/howto.publish.htm
Ten steps to getting your manuscript published, from a veteran editor and book publisher.

Suite 101: Novel Writing - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/novel_writing
Archive of how-to articles on writing novels. Offers tips, suggestions and interviews with published novelists.

The Writers' Workshop - http://www.writersworkshop.co.uk
The Writers' Workshop offers manuscript assessment and editorial service to first time or unpublished novelists. Run by writers for writers.

William Cane: Book Proposals - http://hiwrite.com
This site offers free help to writers who are working on a book proposal.

Write A Book - http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/index.html
A guide for new authors by O'Reilly, outlined like a book itself. Includes a variety of information on book writing.

Write To Win - http://www.writetowin.org
Articles on book writing, publishing and marketing.

WriteAway.co.uk - http://writeaway.co.uk/
Community where writing and publishing expertise is shared between members. Benefits include personal webmail addresses, free initial assessment of projects and guaranteed platforms for work and comment.

Writing Tips Depot - http://www.talewins.com/Tips.htm
Tips that new writers never seem to learn on the first go round.

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