Resources for Fiction Authors

Market/Agent Listings

  • Agent Query
    • Database of literary agents
  • Duotrope's digest
    • Searchable listing of fiction and poetry publications, submission tracking
  • Query Tracker
    • Directory of literary agents & publishers, submission tracking
  • Ralan's SpecFic & Humor Webstravaganza
    • Market listings and other author resources
  • The Writer Magazine
    • Market directory of agents, magazines, publishers, writing programs, self-publishers, contests, & conferences (subscribers only)
  • Writer's Net
    • Directory of writers, editors, publishers, and literary agents

    Scam Warnings

  • Writer Beware
    • Provided by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America - warnings about current scams aimed at writers

    Online Communities

  • SheWrites.com
    • Online writing community for all genres and types (and not just men). Allows uploading of video and posting of events for publicity
  • Writing.com
    • Online writing community for all genres and types

    Other Resources

  • Google Fiction Directory
    • Writing resources listed in Google PageRank order
  • Grammar Quick and Dirty Tips
    • Subscribe to daily grammar tips, or browse articles to find answers to common grammar and punctuation questions
  • Media Bistro
    • "Jobs, classes, community and news for media professionals"
  • Rhyme Zone
    • Provides rhymes, synonyms, and definitions for any word
  • Seventh Sanctum
    • Large selection of generators, including character names, settings, technologies, etc.