Juiced on Writing

Lists 20 links of interest to writers

A first-time author, a virtual unknown, can have his book rapidly climb to the top of just about every best-seller list. But that's what Timothy Ferriss of The 4-Hour Workweek did in 2007, and the way he did it was just as remarkable as what he achieved. Here, the Write to Done blog interviews Tim on his book.

Basics tutorial in setting up a free Blogger blog, uploading images and placing text for fiction writers wanting to publishe illustrated stories onto the web.

Lillie Amman's blog

Jurgen Wolff has written for television (including "Family Ties", "Benson", and "The Love Boat"), movies, print, and the web. In addition to writing, he's a writing coach, creativity expert, and hypnotherapist who shares his thoughts on brainstorming, maintaining focus, and the writing process on his blog.

Freelance jobs and workers. Lots of blogging, development and freelance writing positions.

authonomy is a website from HarperCollins which promises some interesting dynamics. Part social network, part self-publishing (on the net), the site is setup to let authors publish their manuscripts onto the web, and have these rated by, commented on and read by the authonomy community. Top rated or supported books are promised that in the future HarperCollins wants to look at these for possible publishing. The site also contains top ranked books on the frontpage, and an active forum.

3D Mindmapping application - free 20 day trial version, available in various versions but quite expensive.

ConceptDraw MindMap - purchaseable MindMapping software, for Mac and Windows. Integrates with MS Office and project management software.

A group blog dedicated to exploring genre writing.

If You're reading this blog, you're not writing. Distractions found at this writing blog.

373,067,200 creative ideas for writers - randomly generated prompts.

Tom Colvin has written features, taught English and history, worked in the corporate world, and is working on a non-fiction book. His site covers tools and insider secrets for writers.