the inner workings of a young writer

Published and unpublished authors that have something to offer fellow writers.

• Holly Lisle hollylisle.com/ Full time author of mainly fantasy novels. Her site contains articles, podcasts, a blog, and even a couple of free books. Much of her blog is about the day to day living of an author so check it out if you want to know the workings of a full time published author. Posted at 9:29pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

• Katie Runyon www.katierunyon.com/ Website of unpublished fantasy author. Posted at 2:19pm on Sun, Apr 19 2009

• Swankivy swankivy.com/ Swankivy's website, an unpublished author. Loads of cool and funny things to check out including her original writings. Posted at 9:31pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

Blogs with information and advice for writers.

• How Publishing Really Works howpublishingreallyworks.blogspot.com/ A former editor posts about publishing in the UK. Posted at 6:25pm on Fri, Dec 11 2009

• Limyaael limyaael.insanejournal.com/ Blog full of rants to do with the fantasy genre. A lot of advice for creating good and original fantasy novels worth reading and the sorts of things to avoid. Posted at 9:46pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

• Miss Snark www.misssnark.blogspot.com/ Literary agent with an amusing and sarcastic blog. Answers questions about agents, editors and writing. No longer updates as of 20/05/2007 but archives still available and worth reading. Posted at 9:47pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

• Nathan Bransford www.nathanbransford.blogspot.com/ Another literary agent who makes some interesting posts on his blog. Posted at 9:49pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

• The Rejecter rejecter.blogspot.com/ An assistant at a literary agency who gives advice on query letters and details her work. Posted at 8:38pm on Sun, Mar 15 2009

Online writing groups for posting original work and/or joining writing communities.

• Critique Circle www.critiquecircle.com I can't write enough to do justice for what this site has done for me. Using a point based system you gain points for critiquing other writers works and spend points by posting your own stories. Contains forums, tools, excersises and is filled with helpful and friendly people. Posted at 9:51pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

• Fantasy Writers www.fantasy-writers.org A site for fantasy writers. Has forums, a link directory and story submissions for review. Posted at 1:32pm on Sat, Oct 03 2009

• Fiction Press www.fictionpress.com/ You can post and review as many stories and poems as you want in many categories. Not the greatest reviews though. However it also has forums and a new beta reader program. Posted at 9:52pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

• National Novel Writing Month www.nanowrimo.org/eng/node NaNo is a site about writing a 50,000 word novel in the month of November that occurs annually. A fun idea and something that might motivate you. Posted at 9:53pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

• Script Frenzy www.scriptfrenzy.org/ NaNo's sister site, but instead of a 50,000 novel in one month it's a 100 page script in April. This time you can work with a partner to create a film or play script. Posted at 9:54pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

Sites containing useful articles.

• Absolute Write www.absolutewrite.com Contains over a hundred articles on everything from finding ideas to doing taxes. Posted at 9:55pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

• Vision lazette.net/vision/ A new issue comes out every two months with issues dating back to 2001 available. Posted at 9:57pm on Mon, Jan 19 2009

Miscellaneous sites with tools, inspiration, etc.

• A Human Face www.face-and-emotion.com/dataface/general/homepage.jsp Information about facial features to use when describing characters. Posted at 11:58am on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Ask Oxford www.askoxford.com/?view=uk Always a good idea for a writer to have a dictionary on hand. Posted at 12:03pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Behind the Name www.behindthename.com/ Provides thousands of names and their origins and meanings. Posted at 12:01pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Elfwood www.elfwood.com/ Primarily a site for artists, it also contains a few articles and some stories. Most of the artwork is beautiful and I've been inspired by many of them. Posted at 12:04pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Evil Overlord Lists www.sff.net/paradise/lists.htm Contains satrical lists of fantasy and science fiction clich Posted at 12:06pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Impish Idea impishidea.com/ A fun site that examines books and points out their flaws. Also has articles to help writers. Posted at 1:35pm on Sat, Oct 03 2009

• Writertopia www.writertopia.com/ Has a toolbox with a handy progress meter and pictures to show a writer's mood. Posted at 12:06pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

Fun tests for writers that aren't to be taken too seriously.

• The Original Fiction Mary-Sue Litmus Test www.ponylandpress.com/ms-test.html A quiz to determine the Mary Sue-ness of your character. Posted at 12:18pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• The Writer's Mary Sue Test www.katfeete.net/writing/marysue.html Another quiz to determine the Mary Sue-ness of your character. Posted at 12:19pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• What kind of writer are you? www.quizilla.com/quizzes/99775/what-kind-of-writer-are-you A test to discover what kind of writer you are. Posted at 12:20pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

My personal profiles on other writing websites, my blog and my other webs.com site.

• Critique Circle www.critiquecircle.com/members.asp?lookup=2205 Got a little bit about me and a couple of stories I uploaded and their critiques. I lurk around the foums a lot. I don't review that much on here because the critiques need to be detailed and I don't really have enough time to provide that kind of critique. You need to be a member to access the site though. Posted at 12:22pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Fan Fiction www.fanfiction.net/~roguelockheart Known as Rogue Lockheart, my favourite character from X-Men and Tifa from Final Fantasy VII. Although I don't write fan fiction anymore it was a great stepping stone to original fiction. Posted at 12:24pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Fiction Press www.fictionpress.com/u/426117/Marie_Silver Currently have none of my original fiction uploaded but have added Silver Scrolls. Again, I'm usually found around the forums though I do occasional review a story. Posted at 12:25pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Live Journal marie-silver.livejournal.com/ My blog that I update on occasion. Writing related. Posted at 12:26pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• NaNoWriMo www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/82161 My profile on the site. Failed NaNo 08 due to amount of uni work but will probably give 09 another go. Posted at 12:27pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Script Frenzy www.scriptfrenzy.org/eng/user/82161 My profile and details of the script I'm working on in April 09. Posted at 2:22pm on Sun, Apr 19 2009

• Silver Scrolls www.freewebs.com/silverscrolls/index.htm A guide for fantasy writers, my other site on Webs. Posted at 12:28pm on Thu, Feb 12 2009

• Twitter twitter.com/missmariesilver My new account on Twitter. Am testing it out at the moment so will see how it goes. Posted at 6:01pm on Thu, Oct 08 2009