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| User: | cf_writing (14365091) (no userpics) |
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| Name: | Childfree Writers | ||
| Theme: | A place for childfree writers | ||
| About: | Welcome to Childfree Writers! A place for childfree people (definition: people who have chosen not to have children) who love to write, be it professionally or for their own amusement. This is a place to: Share resources (see community memories and bottom of community info.) Post excerpts from finished works or works in progress Ask for critiques (entries may be friends-only for privacy's sake) Ask for general writing advice Discuss finding agents and getting published Critique books that offer writing advice Discuss the ups and downs of being a writer Brag. If you've been published, or have decided to self publish, pimp your work! As long as you are a childfree writer, it isn't considered "spamming." Your submitted works and community posts need not relate to being childfree. As long as you are both childfree and a writer, that's enough for me. :) Basically, this is a place for people who do not care to read the following: "I was almost finished with the scene, but my daughter barged in and started crying. So of course, I put the scene away and played dollies with her. I haven't written a thing in weeks." "Being a mother/father is more important than being a writer." The following is a list of online resources for writers. Thanks, aluvrianne and baeraad, for getting it started! Lee Goldberg is a writer who offers links to other writers: http://leegoldberg.typepad.com/a_writers_life/ Kristen Nelson is a literary agent who offers advice and provides other helpful links: http://pubrants.blogspot.com/ A very useful market list: http://www.duotrope.com/index.aspx Preditors and editors is a wonderful site that lists book publishers, agents, contests, and a lot of other great resources. http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/ Writer Beware is by the SFWA and has great advice for writers who are just starting out. http://www.sfwa.org/beware/ And the SFWA main page has links to things like how to properly format manuscripts and put together query letters. One of these days (soon) I hope to be a member. http://www.sfwa.org Absolute Write also has a lot of good advice along the same vein as those listed above. They also have a pretty good forum. http://www.absolutewrite.com/ Romance Writers of America is great with "helping" new writers. They've got a lot of great, friendly, members. http://www.rwanational.org/ Mystery Writers of America http://www.mysterywriters.org/ Western Writers of America http://www.westernwriters.org/ Author's Guild (For published writers, but there's still good information here) http://www.authorsguild.org/ Screenwriters Guild of America http://www.screenwritersguild.org/ Publishers Weekly http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp Agent Query has the best collection of agent listings I've seen on the Net. http://agentquery.com/ Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books. This one's just fun. http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/ Express Scribe. For those of you who prefer to speak into a recorder and transcribe what you've written, here is free transcription software. I use this for work on a regular basis. http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/ This is another great online source for markets, especially for short fiction. http://www.ralan.com/ Query tracker not only has agent listings, but it has software where users can keep track of which submissions are where. http://www.QueryTracker.net/ Finally, this is not a place to: Harass members for their beliefs. It isn't our problem if you have a small brain and too much time on your hands. We just want to write. Maybe you should too. :) Advertise other communities that do not relate to writing. Discuss anything other than books and writing. | ||
| Interests: | 23: articles, authors, books, childfree, creativity, editing, fantasy, fiction, journalism, language, literary agents, literature, magazines, nonfiction, poetry, publishing, reading, romance, sci fi, science fiction, self publishing, writers, writing | ||
| Maintainers: | 1: upperclass_twit | ||
| Members: | 44: 69_tears, aerynalexander, aluvrianne, amikatana, apfelsingail, baeraad, black_lotus23, cacacandy, curseangel, darkcambion, deathbytamarind, djangodurango, enelar, eoswildcat, fell_beast2, finnyb, fisher_queen, hot_as_a_stove, icewyche, ingriam, jamieofavalon, janusdog, leikomgwtfbbq, lunalelle, mammothluv, motti_mation, onlyonechoice, orangetango, panteraonca, possible_pasts, priestesspadfoo, remember_it_all, saadiira, sankuri, senshicalico, serpant_seeker, shadowfighter, silver11016, silver_mage, star_s_pheonix, thousandfaced, upperclass_twit, wieselkind, wolfmemnoch | ||
| Watched by: | 33: 69_tears, amikatana, apfelsingail, baeraad, black_lotus23, cacacandy, curseangel, deathbytamarind, enelar, eoswildcat, fell_beast2, finnyb, fisher_queen, hot_as_a_stove, icewyche, ingriam, lunalelle, mammothluv, onlyonechoice, orangetango, panteraonca, possible_pasts, remember_it_all, saadiira, senshicalico, serpant_seeker, shadowfighter, silver11016, star_s_pheonix, the_narfer, upperclass_twit, wieselkind, wolfmemnoch | ||
| Account type: | Plus Account | ||
