Indie Author's Starter Kit

So I have a friend who has decided that she is going to write a book. Mazel tov! I hope she does it. It's a lot of work. Trust me, I know. I have two anthologies and two shorts out in publication now. My three, full length novels are still in work. I keep plugging away at them as life allows. Alas, life keeps getting in the way of my creativity and writing.

But that's not what I came here to talk about. Nope. I went through all my writing links and dug them out for her, weeding out the 404 URLs so every link she'd click on would work.

Then, after I sent them to her, I tossed the list in one of my editor's laps and said, "Here, an Indie Author Starter Kit. Everything the budding author will need to beginning writing and editing their book. You're on your own for publishing links."

And y'know what? It's a good deal. So here, for all my own fans is my Indie Author's Starter Kit. My suggestion is to spend 2x the amount of time writing as you do reading all the excellent information in these links. So for every hour you spend learning the craft by reading, you need to spend TWO hours writing and practicing the craft. Because the best way to get better at the writing craft is to write, write, write.

I'm being lazy and not making these active hyperlinks. Cut'n'paste, baby, Cut'n'paste. :D

http://download.openoffice.fm/free/

http://dictionary.reference.com/

http://www.bartleby.com/141/

http://grammatic-effects.com/

http://www.facebook.com/GrammaticEffects

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/

http://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html

http://www.thecreativepenn.com/

http://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/index.html

http://www.refdesk.com/index.html

http://litreactor.com/essays/36-writing-essays-by-chuck-palahniuk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29

http://www.fracturedhorizonnovel.com/2011/05/02/a-simple-novel-outline-9-questions-for-25-chapters/ http://www.writing-world.com/index.shtml

http://www.creative-writing-now.com/index.html

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychology-writers

http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/06/07/25-things-you-should-know-about-character/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/28/50-free-resources-that-will-improve-your-writing-skills/

http://truthmafia.com/archives/6957

http://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-level/havent-written-anything-yet

http://www.caroclarke.com/fourfaults.html

http://writing-for-beginners.blogspot.com/

http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/

http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/40-great-name-resources-lists-and-generators/