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ACappela Publishing - 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 - Plain text handouts from a college professor, Crawford Kilian.

Author-Created vs. Third-Party Professional Indexes - Essay regarding the advantages and disadvantages of indexes developed by the authors themselves. Written by Seth Maislin, indexer and information architect.

Book Concerns - Reviews and abstracts about diverse books. Comments about writers' styles, writing, publishing and other subjects of interest to readers and writers.

Book Writing Help - Tips for writing your book.

BookWire - 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 - About agents, publishers, deals, and proposals.

The First Novelists' Handbook - A short no-nonsense guide to writing the first novel by one who has completed the process.

Hands-on Help for the Non-Fiction Book Writer - Insights on non-fiction book-writing: getting started, planning, scheduling, writing, revising, marketing, and obtaining essential social support. Especially for psychologists, physicians, and other helping professionals.

How to Write a Book Proposal - Offers sample book proposals and a book on getting published.

How to Write a Book with JoJaffa - 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 - The elements of story telling.

NovelBeginnings - Write, swap ideas, post work for critique and generally build an online community.

Novelists, Inc. - Dedicated to serving the needs of multi-published writers of popular fiction.

Novelist's Workshop - British page with links to other interesting sites, discussion groups, research material, and advice for troubleshooting with publishers and agents.

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 - This group is for novel writers. We assume that you are a serious writer aiming for commercial publication.

Publish a Book - 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 - Ten steps to getting your manuscript published, from a veteran editor and book publisher.

Suite 101: Novel Writing - Archive of how-to articles on writing novels. Offers tips, suggestions and interviews with published novelists.

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

Write A Book - A guide for new authors by O'Reilly, outlined like a book itself. Includes a variety of information on book writing.

Write To Win - Articles on book writing, publishing and marketing.

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.

The Writers' Workshop - The Writers' Workshop offers manuscript assessment and editorial service to first time or unpublished novelists. Run by writers for writers.

Writing Tips Depot - Tips that new writers never seem to learn on the first go round.

Zeenythe Communications - A literary publicist and communications specialist works with new literary voices. Free newsletter of marketing tips and inspiration.