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eBook Crossroads is a website for novice or published authors. It is a site "dedicated to information and links for readers, writers, publishers and entrepreneurs." Some of the information I looked at on this site were marketing articles, a list of agents, publishing software, and a writers blog.

For the children's book writers out there. The organization provides members information about the children's book market. It does cost money to join but the organization has several types of grants for writers, one of which is funded by the organization and Judy Blume. It's worth checking out.

A group for writers in the Philadelphia area.

I thought that many of you would be interested in this website. They discuss many topics and provide the audience with professional, "authoritative articles, reviews, and expert commentary written by aspiring professional writers." Also, freelance writers and journalists are given the opportunity to take advantage of a new outlet for their work which will reach millions of viewers per month.

This is an online writing tool in which writers can join in different types of writer's workshops.

I've had this one for a while. Some good tips from horror writers FOR horror writers.

Get your works published. Great site to get yourself out there as a writer.

Guest blogger Emily Warn is co-owner of Two Pens, which provides blogging services and teaches business how to write content that grows a social media following. My writer friends think I'm a geek. You can do what?! I can create a spreadsheet with book sales numbers that can be sorted by name and number. I know that is only the first rung of Excel Geek-dom, and unlike my compatriots, I aspire to climb into the ranks of those who know how to create snazzy charts and perform other formatting feats. Perhaps I'll be able to brand myself as a writer who plays with numbers.

Guest blogger Emily Warn is co-owner of Two Pens, which provides blogging services and teaches business how to write content that grows a social media following. My writer friends think I'm a geek. You can do what?! I can create a spreadsheet with book sales numbers that can be sorted by name and number. I know that is only the first rung of Excel Geek-dom, and unlike my compatriots, I aspire to climb into the ranks of those who know how to create snazzy charts and perform other formatting feats. Perhaps I'll be able to brand myself as a writer who plays with numbers.

A constantly updated list of publications looking for writers. Let the job come to you.

This is a blog with great tips for creative writers and it includes comics, videos and suggested reading.

This blog includes a lot of great tips and advice for creative writers.

The website of the nation's largest nonprofit organization for the purpose of serving creative writers around the world

Travel and writing go together like passports and visas. Most major newspapers have travel sections, dozens of magazines are devoted to travel, book publishers churn out guidebooks to destinations great and small, and books by authors like Paul Theroux and Peter Mayle have helped to breathe new life into the long-dormant travel narrative or "armchair travel" genre. This doesn't mean that travel writers are getting rich. (In fact, most aren't.) But it does mean there's a large audience for travel prose. You can reach that audience if you know your subject and can bring it to life through good writing.

Just a nifty little FAQ for travel writers.

"The blog about writing stories and how to become a better writer."

A very helpful list of online publishers that pay freelance writers.

This is a must see for writers of all kinds. There are tips, contests, blogs, books, and much more.

So youw ant to be a travel writer? Or a more successful one than you are?

One of the best writers around today. I suggest you read "Neverwhere" and "Coraline" for a good time.