{"id":251,"date":"2008-05-21T03:59:02","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T11:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=251"},"modified":"2008-05-21T03:59:02","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T11:59:02","slug":"some-of-the-best-for-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Some of the BEST for Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Digest has announced this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 101 best sites for writers. I hope you get over to their site and look at the list. I was disappointed not to find SPAWN listed. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network. http:\/\/www.spawn.org<\/a>. We were among the top 101 in 1999, 2004 and 2006. But it is a popularity contest, after all. The other 101 sites got more people emailing their votes to Writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Digest. Besides, the competition is enormous. Brian Klems, over at WD says that when they did a Google search to locate writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sites, 243 million of them come up. <\/p>\n

Well, any of you who conduct research, and this should be all writers and authors, this doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t actually mean there are 243 million writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sites, does it? This means that there are 243 million different links to writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sites and there may be numerous links to most of the sites. So we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re probably counting links instead of actual sites.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, there are many, many sites for writers and authors and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good thing for us, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it? Klems says that there were more than 2,100 nominees for the 101 best this year. And they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve broken their list down into sections: general resources, creativity, publishing resources, jobs, writing groups and communities, genre\/niches, agent blogs, protect yourself and just for fun. <\/p>\n

Here are a few of the winning sites that you may want to visit:<\/p>\n

Book-in-a-week.com. Have you ever attempted this Book in a Week challenge? I have friends who participate every year. Sounds like fun to me. http:\/\/www.book-in-a-week.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

Cool Stuff for Writers has\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, cool stuff for writers. Evidently, they now offer interviews and articles, as well. http:\/\/www.coolstuff4writers.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a winning blog site maintained by agent, Janet Reid. http:\/\/www.jetreidliterary.blogspot.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

If you want to write for kids, go on over to the Kid Magazine Writers site at: http:\/\/www.kidmagwriters.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll bring more sites to your attention with time. Let me know if you visit any of these and what you got out of them. Also, be sure to visit us at SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network). http:\/\/www.spawn.org<\/a><\/p>\n

SPAWN is a networking organization and resource center for anyone who is interested in publishing. We provide the information and resources so that you can make the best decisions on behalf of your project.<\/p>\n

Contact me with your questions and comments: PLFry620@yahoo.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Digest has announced this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 101 best sites for writers. I hope you get over to their site and look at the list. I was disappointed not to find SPAWN listed. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network. http:\/\/www.spawn.org. We were among the top 101 in 1999, 2004 and 2006. But it is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t