California Writers Club - Sacramento Branch
National Association of Memoir Writers National Writers Union - an organization for writers' rights
Competitions, Contests & Writing Challenges
National Novel Writing Month - Join other writers in the month of November and write a novel
Poets & Writers Contests
Publishers Weekly - DIY Book Awards
Wattpad - writing contests
Writer's Digest - writing competitions
Conferences
Northern California & Vicinity
American River College Creative Writing Festival - [May] - Sacramento
Community of Writers at Squaw Valley - [June & July] - Village at Squaw Valley
Conference on Creative Writing at Pacific - [June] - Stockton
Gold Rush Writer's Conference - [May] - Mokelumne Hill
North Coast Redwoods Writers Conference - [September] - Crescent City
Redwood Writers Conference - [April] - Santa Rosa
San Francisco Writers Conference - [February] - San Francisco
Sierra Writers Conference - [February] - Grass Valley
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference [May] - Citrus Heights/ Sacramento
Surprise Valley Writers Conference [June] - Cedarville
Truckee Meadows - [April] - Truckee
Poets & Writers - Various
Outside California
Chesapeake Writers' Conference - St. Mary's College - [June] - Maryland
Community Resources
Nevada County
Friends of the Nevada County Library
Gold Country Writers
Nevada County Arts Council - Poetry Festival
Nevada County Community Library - Just My Type - Monday Zoom Meetings
Nevada County Community Library - Local Author Showcase [November]
KVMR poetry readings by Gary Snyder & Will Staple
The Open Book
YubaLit
Reno
High Sierra Writers
Copyright
About copyright - an article about copyrighting work
Stanford University Libraries - Information on Copyright and Fair Use
Cover Design & Public Domain Images
Canva - design & layout
Pixabay - free images
Editing, Proofreading, Ms. Preparation & Consulting
C.S. Larkin
Lourie, Iven (Nevada County)
Scribe Tribe - Dan & Danielle Foster
Virtual Coaching & Editing (Nevada County)
Writing teacher and coach Carolyn Crane is accepting new clients - fiction, nonfiction, drama & more - for project coaching and editing. Carolyn is an award-winning playwright and published essayist and poet. She has been teaching writing at a variety of institutions for over twenty years, including Sierra College and University of Phoenix. She works with her clients to ascertain the heart of their projects, what is important to the project’s integrity and to her client’s growth as a writer.
“I get to the heart and soul of their project,” Carolyn explains. She and clients utilize Microsoft Word as well as phone and Zoom conferencing. “It’s important that I understand and support the writer’s agenda and process, and seeing it through their eyes, guide them to clarity, authenticity, and their own power as creative artists.”
Fiction Testimonial:
“I’ve worked with Carolyn for more than two years and I can honestly say my writing wouldn’t have been the same without her. She understands what it takes and makes the project her own. My characters are as much a part of her life as they are mine. You won’t make a mistake to share you project with her.” -Carol Menaker, Nevada City, upcoming featured reader at Yubalit
Industry Reports
Top fiction & non-fiction categories, best performance romance category, overall sales in each genre, and more.
2018 Book Industry Predictions
2018 Smashwords Industry Predicitons
Meetup Groups
Grass Valley Skeptical Book Club
Shut Up & Write
Sierra Muse: Creative Writing Cooperative - WEST
Nevada County non-fiction Critique Group | Trent Pridemore 274-8770
Online Writing Groups
Goodreads
Scribophile
Publishing & Sales
Duotrope - Website to help find publishers for fiction and poetry
Draft2Digital - Wide Distribution
Kindle Create - User Guide
Northern California Independent Booksellers Association
Research
California Digital Newspaper Collection
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources
Library of Congress
Social Media
Buffer - Post building, in one place, for multiple platforms
Support from Nevada County Arts Council
We want to see and read about all that is going on in the Grass Valley-Nevada City Cultural District and make it easier for people to discover new music, food, trails, local history and more. Follow Nevada County Arts on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Share, like and comment on our posts or share your own photos and stories with the hashtag #CultureCA #NevadaCountyArts #GVNCCulturalDistrict on your page or the Nevada County Arts page. Don’t forget to tag some of your friends, peers or like-minded organizations to help spread the word!
Author Tech - Instagram for Writers
The Creative Penn - Instagram
Jane Friedman - Instagram Tips
Instagram branded accounts with cohesive photo style
AngieThomas, THE HATE U GIVE
Kim Weiland, Helping Writers Become Authors
Elizabeth Gilbert, EAT PRAY LOVE
Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
Blogger
Website Ideas for Writers - help for building your own website
Weebly
Wix
Website Domain Name Registration
Domain.com
eHost.com
Google Domains
Register.com
Website Hosting
*Many hosting services also offer domain registration
Full Spectrum Computer Services - Grass Valley, CA
Bluehost.com
GoDaddy
SiteGround.com
Workshops, Videos, Podcasts & Continuing Education
Alliance of Independent Authors Videos - Free Self-Publishing Advice
Creative Writing Classes - Patricia Dove Miller (Nevada County)
How to Set-Up an Amazon Author page - Video
James Patterson Master Class - Video Lessons & Workbook [$]
Jane Friedman - Workshops & keynotes video playlist
Jerry Jenkins - How to write a book in twenty steps
Joanna Penn - Videos, tutorials, and how-to's
Kindle Publishing: SECRETS: Understanding the Amazon Algorithm - Video
Mignon Fogarty - Grammer Girl - Quick and Dirty Tips
Neil Gaiman - Video - Why fiction is dangerous [about writing 23:00]
Newbie Writer's - Podcast - Catharine Bramkamp
Sacramento Writing Workshop
Self Publishing - Podcast - Writing, Indie Publishing, and Marketing Advice for Writers [iTunes]
Strategic Planning for Writers - C.S. Larkin
The Great Courses - Writing and Publishing
Writing Workshops - Rachel Howard (San Francisco & Stanford)
Community of Writers at Squaw Valley
Writing Craft Aids
Deep Point of View - Ann Laurel Kopchik
Freelancers Union
Glossary of Musical Terms
Grammar and Punctuation Tips
Grammarly
Homophone Checker - Words that sound the same with different meanings
ProwritingAid
Scrivener
Twenty Writing Tips from Pro Writing Aid
Word and Phrase Frequency Counter
Words that Rhyme
Worldwide Freelance - small free market database for freelance writers
Writers Helping Writers
This list is provided for information only. Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement by Sierra Writers. If you know of a website that should be included in this list -- or believe a site should be removed (e.g., it's a scam or a dead link) -- please contact sierrawriters@gmail.com.
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