Friday Websites for Writers

Today’s website for writers is the cyber home of Brian Falkner, author of Brainjack and The Tomorrow Code. With my software developer hat on, I am often asked by writing colleagues about web sites. My answer is always: Don’t re-invent the wheel (or the website!). See who is already doing it right. And while you’re…

I read Call My Agent all the time. It’s clever, witty, entertaining and full of useful information. Can’t ask for more than that! Some of the information might be obvious to more experienced writers – but then again how easy is it to forget or overlook the obvious. I regularly learn something I never knew…

This is a site I found particularly useful in the early stages of my writing when I wanted to get a physical feel for word counts. I wanted to know what 85,000 words looked and felt like. I wanted to know how many words were in specific titles like Tamar by Mal Peet. You can…

One of my New Year resolutions was to put something back into the writing community. I feel as if I have taken my fair share of late. But what can I do? Some people might laugh but despite having had six books published, I don’t know anything about writing. I don’t even write by the…