Writer Info Websites & Resources

Agent Search




  • Agent LitMatch
  • Agent Query
  • Agent Query Tracker
  • Associaton of Authors' Representatives
  • Pitch University

  • Associations, Organizations, Classes, & Workshops

  • American Library Association
  • American Library Association Caldecott Medal & Honor Books
  • American Library Association Newbery Medal & Honor Books
  • Associaton of Authors' Representatives
  • Attic Writers Workshop - Portland
  • Authors Guild
  • Bulletin of Center for Children's Books
  • CBI Clubhouse
  • Children's Book Council
  • FutureLearn (Offers free courses in assorted subjects)
  • Gotham Writers' Workshop:  Writers' Resources
  • Highlights Foundation
  • Institute of Children's Literature
  • Jacket Flap
  • Khan Academy
  • National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
  • NPR - National Public Radio
  • Odyssey Writing Workshops Podcasts
  • Oregon Writers Colony
  • Orycon
  • Pacific NW Writers Association
  • Poetry Foundation
  • Portland Women Writers
  • Portland Writers
  • SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators)
  • SCBWI-Oregon
  • SCBWI-Western Washington
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
  • Willamette Writers
  • Wordstock Festival - Portland

  • Author & Book Information

  • Author Name Pronunciations
  • Boys Read
  • Children's Literature (Author-Illustrator Links, Bookings, Reviews)
  • Goodreads
  • KidLit411
  • Multnomah Library Book Videos
  • Novels, News & Notes From Your NW Neighbors      
  • NW Booklovers
  • Picture Book Artists
  • Picture Book Database
  • Publishers Weekly Podcasts
  • Teaching Books
  • The Reading Room
  • United States Copyright Office
  • Who's Moving Where?
  • YA Lit Current Releases
  • YA Writers & Readers in WA State

  • Character Building

    Children's Writing

    Conferences, Retreats, & Residencies

  • Artists Residencies
  • Shaw Guide to Writers Conferences & Workshops

  • Creativity

  • Creativity Portal

  • Critiquing

  • Flogging the Quill

  • Exercises & Prompts

    Fiction Writing - Fantasy, Folklore, & Science Fiction

  • Domythic Bliss (Fairy tale, mythic, & otherwise enchanting decorating!)
  • Fae Nation
  • Fantasy & Science Fiction Artists - Wikipedia
  • Fantasy Art - Chris Achilleos
  • Fantasy Art - deviantART
  • Fantasy Art - Elfwood
  • Fantasy Art - Fine Art of America
  • Fantasy Art - ImageNETion
  • Fantasy Art - Nene Thomas
  • Fantasy Art - Selina Fenech
  • Fantasy Art - Tom Wood
  • Fantasy Gallery
  • Fantasy Name Generator
  • Fantasy Novelist's Exam
  • Fantasy Place Name Generator
  • Fiction Factor - Fantasy
  • Folk & Fairy
  • Folklore Society
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
  • World Building
  • World Building Questions

  • Fiction Writing - General Information

  • Advanced Fiction Writing   (Created by Randy Ingermanson - "the Snowflake Guy"
  • Backspace
  • Build Creative Writing Ideas
  • Creative Writing Now
  • Daily Writing Tips
  • English Slang & Colloquialisms
  • Every Writer
  • Fiction Rubric
  • Fiction Writer's Guide to Psychology
  • First Writer
  • GalleyCat
  • Hiveword (Fiction Writing Online Organizer)
  • How to Write
  • Story is Promise (Created by Bill Johnson)
  • The Creative Penn (Created by Joanna Penn)
  • The Writer's Drawer
  • Write a Novel: An Online Guide for Fiction Writers
  • WriteSpa
  • Writertopia

    • Guides, Dictionaries, & Thesauruses

      Hero's Journey

      Writing for Self-Improvement/Healing