© 2009 Susan Lohrer

Resources

Resources

Agents:

• On his blog, the Writing Life, Terry Whalin, a fixture in the Christian publishing industry, explains literary agents and charges .

• Preditors and Editors has an excellent agent database, including ratings: www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/pubagent.htm

• Agent Query offers a searchable agent database: www.agentquery.com

Writers’ reference books—the industry standards:

• The Chicago Manual of Style 15 ^th edition

• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 11 ^th edition

Books for writers:

• Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress

• Book Proposals That Sell: 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success by W. Terry Whalin (mainly for nonfiction writers)

• Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card

• The Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes & Heroines: Sixteen Master Archetypes by Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, and Sue Viders

• Description by Monica Wood

• Fiction First Aid by Raymond Obstfeld

• The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman

• Getting into Character by Brandilyn Collins

• GMC: Goal, Motivation & Conflict by Debra Dixon

• Keys to Great Writing by Stephen Wilbers

• Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell

• Scene and Structure by Jack Bickham

• Self-Editing for the Fiction Writer by Renni Browne and Dave King

• Stein on Writing by Sol Stein

• Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass

Writers’ groups:

• American Christian Fiction Writers is an organization geared toward meeting the needs of new and seasoned authors alike: www.acfw.com

• Romance Writers of America advances the professional interests of career-focused romance writers through networking and advocacy: www.rwanational.org