Writing
Books
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
The Art of Fiction &
On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner
Writing Past Dark by Bonnie Friedman
Letters to a Fiction Writer edited by Frederick Busch
Creating Fiction edited by Julie Checkoway
Building Fiction by Jesse Lee Kercheval
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Writing Without the Muse: 50 Beginning Exercises for the Creative Writer by
Beth Baruch Joselow
What If? Writing Exercises for
Fiction Writers by Anne Bernays & Pamela Painter
Publishing Resources
The Forest for the Trees: An
Editor’s Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner
Poets & Writers
[magazine and organization] 212/226-3586
AWP Writer’s Chronicle [magazine
and organization]
LMP (Literary Marketplace), published by R.R. Bowker [in the library
reference section]
Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market and Writer’s Market, both
published by Writer’s Digest Books
International Directory of Little Magazines & Small Presses, edited by
Len Fulton
"Publisher's
Lunch": (free daily e-mail about publishing info, including agent
sales)
Free list of literary contest, including novel contests
Association of Authors' Representatives
missnark (anonymous agent blog
answers questions)
Local Organizations
The Writer’s Center, 301/654-8664
Women’s National Book Association
Washington Independent Writers, 202/737-9500
Writing Programs
Association
of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
Blog on applying for MFA
Conferences
Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, 802/443-5286
Sewanee Writer’s Conference, 931/598-1141
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
(located in SW Virginia)
List of colonies &
residencies
List of colonies & conferences
Writing
Scams
www.writer.org/writersresources/scamkit.htm
AND
www.sfwa.org/beware
Running a Writing
Group
www.hollylisle.com/fm/Articles/group1.html
(Article)
Literary Blogs
Maud Newton
The Elegant Variation
Tingle Alley
Happy Booker (D.C. based literary blog)
Buzz, Balls & Hype (marketing-related blog)
Leslie Pietrzyk is a writer and teacher who often works with private students on
fiction and memoir manuscripts. For more info: Lpietr@aol.com
or http://www.lesliepietrzyk.com
Resources for A Year and a Day
Three books were especially helpful to me in researching and writing A Year and a Day:
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman
Suggested resources for writers:
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Events
Book Clubs/Reading Groups
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