by Patricia Bradley, @PTBradley1
This month I’d like to make a list of tools for writers, including websites that are helpful.
Short list of craft books in no particular order:
- James Scott Bell – Write Your Novel From The Middle; actually, any of his craft books are excellent.
- Debra Dixon- Goal, Motivation and Conflict
- Randy Ingermanson – How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method
- Donald Maass – The Fire In Fiction and The Emotional Craft of Fiction
- Susan May Warren – The Story Equation, How to Plot Your Book From the Inside Out
- Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi – Any of the Emotion Thesaurus books such as The Emotion Thesaurus – A writer’s guide to character expression, A writer’s guide to character flaws, etc.
Websites and blogs with great articles on writing:
- Seekerville http://seekerville.blogspot.com/
- Alicia Rasley http://www.aliciarasley.com/index.php/craft/
- Randy Ingermanson https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/
- Susan May Warren https://learnhowtowriteanovel.com/blog/
- The Killzone https://killzoneblog.com/
- Steve Laube https://stevelaube.com/blog/
Writing prompts for sparking creativity:
- REDDIT’S prompts https://www.reddit.com/
- Six Words https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/
- Creativity Portal http://bit.ly/2GJevDA
- Fight Write http://fightingwrite.blogspot.com/
- Writer Unboxed https://writerunboxed.com/
Publishing and Marketing Resources
- The Creative Penn https://www.thecreativepenn.com/
- Jane Friedman https://www.janefriedman.com/
- The Write Life https://thewritelife.com/
On-line Writing communities:
- NANOWRIMO http://nanowrimo.org/
- ACFW * https://www.acfw.com/
- RWA* https://www.rwa.org/
- Mystery Writers of America* http://mysterywriters.org/
(*a fee to join)
For Mystery writers there’s a great resource for research in Crime Scene Writers group. If you have a police procedure you’re unsure of or a question about forensics, the writers in this group are experts and love to help out struggling authors. The link to sign up is https://groups.io/g/Crimescenewriter2.
These are just a few resources available to writers. Can you add to the list?
Carly Smith came by her trust issues honestly. A victim of sex trafficking, she’s been at the mercy of merciless men, ignored by law enforcement officers who should have helped her, and seemingly rejected by her family. She can’t even trust herself to do the right thing. Though she escaped her captors and is working hard on building a new life, the past continues to haunt her when she discovers that the man she couldn’t bring herself to report to police for fear of reliving her captivity is still out there, luring vulnerable girls under the guise of being a modeling agent.
When her own niece is kidnapped, Carly must overcome her fears and come forward with the information she has before it’s too late. When that proves to be not enough, she’ll have to go after the perpetrators herself.
Winner of an Inspirational Readers’ Choice Award in Suspense and a 2018 Carol finalist, Patricia Bradley lives in North Mississippi with her rescue kitty, Suzy. Her romantic suspense books include the Logan Point series and the Memphis Cold Case Novels. She also has written sweet romances for Harlequin Heartwarming available as e-books.