This is the place to find great free resources to help you travel the writing and marketing road. Since I am primarily a writer, I’ll list the writing resources first.
WRITING RESOURCES:
Links to Great Sites;
http://kidlit.com (great info about children’s writing from an agent)
http://gailcarsonlevine.blogspot.com/ (Blog of author of numerous books including Ella Enchanted)
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com (Grammar Girl: For better writing)
http://wordplay-kmweiland.blogspot.com/ (K. M. Weiland: Helping writers become authors)
http://howpublishingreallyworks.blogspot.com/ (Jane Smith)
http://writerunboxed.com/ (Jane Friedman of Writer’s Digest and other writers)
http://blog.writersdigest.com (Writing and Publishing)
http://www.fundsforwriters.com (High Hope for the Freelance Writer, C. Hope Clark, Editor)
http://sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com (Carolyn Howard-Johnson: writing and promotion)
Links to Great Articles:
FREE PICTURE SITES:
http://morguefiles.com
http://freepixels.com
MARKETING RESOURCES:
http://onbloggingwell.com/
http://terrycordingley.blogspot.com/
http://marketmynovel.com/
http://blog.marketingtipsforauthors.com/ (Tony Eldridge)
http://pubrants.blogspot.com/ (Literary agent)
http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com (Roger C. Parker)
FREE SERVICES
DropBox
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Get 2GB FREE file storage space – great back up tool
For more info see:
http://karenandrobyn.blogspot.com/2010/09/writing-tip-great-backup-tool.html
Freelancer rates calculator (http://freelanceswitch.com/rates/)
Kuler colour scheme creator (http://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/rating?time=30)
Multiple browser tests (http://browsershots.org/)
Web Page Analyzer (http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/)
FavIcon Generator (http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/)
Create an Icon from an Image
Instant Domain Search (http://instantdomainsearch.com/)
Come back often! I will update this page as I find valuable sources.
