For Writers

We all have our own unique stories—stories that are worth putting out into the world. But how do we ever find time and space to write our one-of-a-kind stories? Is it possible to develop a writing life in the midst of a myriad of outside demands?

RESOURCES FOR WRITERS

FIND THE RIGHT GROUP

• Private Workshops
• Extension Classes--Universities, colleges, community colleges
• Other Writers
• Conferences
• Independent Bookstores
• Online courses and groups
• California Writers Club: www.calwriters.org

AWA STYLE GROUPS

• www.amherstwriters.com
• www.rosewriters.com/workshops
• www.crandallwriters.com/writing-groups.html
• www.writersdigest.com

 RETREATS & CONFERENCES

• www.awpwriter.org
• Community of Writers at Squaw Valley: www.squawvalleywriters.org
• American River College Writing Wrkshp-Summer Words:
  www.arc.losrios.edu
• SCBWA (Society of Children’s Bookwriters and Artists): www.scbwi.org
• ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) Workshop: www.alan-ya.org

BOOKS TO PRIME THE PUMP

• On Writing, Stephen King
• The Artists Way, Julia Cameron
• Zen in the Art of Writing, Ray Bradbury

• Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott
• The Half-Known World: On Writing Fiction, Robert Boswell
• The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers, John Gardner
• The Art of the Personal Essay, Phillip Lopate
• You Can’t Make this Stuff Up (Guide to Writing Creative Non-Fiction), Lee Gutkind

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• “Poets and Writers”
• “Writers Market”
• 2014 Writer’s Market

CATEGORY UNTO ITSELF

• Nanowrimo: nanowrimo.org/pages/faq

THE BUSINESS OF WRITING--THINGS TO CONSIDER

• Need an agent?
• Find a publisher?
• Self-publish
• eBooks?
• Promotion?
• Taxes?
• Get rich?
• Find a niche?
• Use a pseudonym?
• Royalty or flat fee?
• Copyright?