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Resource Library

Suggested Inspirational Reads

• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

• Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott

• The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life by Twyla Tharp

• Walking on Water by Madeline L’Engle

• Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

Suggested Craft Reads

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White

• On Writing by Stephen King

• Story Genius by Lisa Cron

• Wired For Story by Lisa Cron

• Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maas

• Write Worlds Your Readers Won’t Forget by Stant Litore

• The Anatomy of Story by John Truby

• Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

Websites and Blogs

• DIY MFA - Articles, a podcast, and a writer igniter that auto-generates a unique writing prompt. It's amazing.

• Writer's Digest - a website with thousands of articles about craft, publishing, etc...; this website also offers contests, editing and story coaching, a shop with lots of goodies, etc... It's basically a gold mine. Don't get lost in there!

• Nathan Bransford's Blog - Nathan Bransford was a literary agent before he became a middle grade author. His blog is FULL of writing tips and tricks as well as behind-the-scenes info about the publishing world. Top posts include "How to Write a Query Letter" and "How to Find a Literary Agent" - and there are tons more!

• My Pinterest account is full of articles, websites, and inspiration to help you on your writing journey. I'm super picky about what I post and only post stuff that I've checked out for myself - I also avoid a lot of the click-bait writer articles and the how-to articles that are more fluffy than helpful.

• Helping Writers Become Authors - K.M. Weiland hosts this super helpful website with useable (non-fluff) articles and resources for how to write a story, including tools like workbooks, etc...

• Jennie Nash’s blog has excellent and actionable writing advice.

• Writer Unboxed has lots of great tips from pros in the industry.

Tools

• Scrivener templates for writers. Ready made, just download and start using it! My personal fave is this one designed to be used in conjunction with the Story Genius method. (FYI: You must have Scrivener for them to work.)

• Guide for Using Google Docs as a writer. Amazingly detailed and lots of usable tools included like a PDF checklist.

• How to Organize your Writing Project with Trello. If you need a way to organize your writing that is free and flexible, look no further than Trello. This blog post explains how to use it for writing (which is super helpful because Trello is easy to use but has a zillion possibilities -- so it's great when someone figures out how to set it up for you).

• The Complete Guide to Bullet Journaling for Writers. If you love using a bullet journal or haven't found a planning or organizing method that works for your writing, you'll love this guide!

Courses

• My course: Build Your Writing Life - A self-paced course designed to help you make writing a habit for real this time.

Worksheets, Printables, and Downloads

• Sign up here to get access to the Inkling Secret Library with FREE downloadable worksheets and printable made just for you.

Submitting Your Writing

• The Grinder - A submission tracker and market database for writers. A writer friend of mine has had great success using this website! Search for places currently accepting submissions or use it to research for future submissions.

• Submittable - Submittable.com is a submission system for magazines, blogs, etc... but you can also search for places to submit your work. They have opportunities for a wide variety of subjects and include fiction and nonfiction. Sign up for a free account at Submittable.com.

• Beyond Your Blog - A website devoted to helping bloggers get published outside of their personal blog (in case you couldn't guess that from the title). You can scroll through the long list or click on a category (food, social issues, parenting, etc...). I found at least three or four websites/online magazines that I'd love to write for that I'd never even heard of before.

• Narrative Magazine - An online magazine that accepts a wide variety of fiction/nonfiction. They charge for unsolicited submissions, but they pay for the pieces they choose to publish.

• The Write Life - A fantastic website geared towards supporting writers. Their "Get Published" articles range in topic, but many of them list places where you can get published, along with details about submitting (i.e. "Get Paid to Write Articles: 10 Magazines that pay $500 or More").

• Literary Mama and Coffee and Crumbs are both fabulous mom blogs that periodically accept submissions.

• Catapult - Catapult is "an innovative publisher that celebrates extraordinary storytelling. We promote American and international fiction and narrative nonfiction that is insightful, stirring, and surprising by way of unique voices—whether emerging or established—that honor the craft of writing... Currently, we welcome nonfiction for our online magazine. While we publish pieces that are anywhere from 500 to 6000 words long, a typical piece has around 2500 words."

The Business Side of Writing (Author Platform, Book Launches, etc…)

• Dan Blank at We Grow Media

• Jane Friedman’s website and blog

*Some of the links on this page are affiliate links--which means I get a small payment as a thank you if you purchase an item based on my recommendation. But don't worry, I solemnly swear that I would never suggest you spend hard earned money on something I didn't fully believe in (and probably own myself).