THE WRITERS' LOFT

Here are some local and online writing resources that Lofters have found helpful.

 

Community

 

• Verla Kay’s Blueboards (now on SCBWI)

• WriteOnCon (last updated in 2014)

• Nathan Bransford’s Forums

• Absolute Write Forums

 

Craft

 

• Agent Kristin Nelson’s Blog

• Mary Kole's KidLit

• Editor Cheryl Klein’s Website and Blog

• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Blog

• Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Blog (Cynsations)

• The Purple Crayon

• Literary Rambles

• Publishers Marketplace

• Query Tracker 

• Agent Query

• Query Shark

• Writing for Theater and Film

 

Local Metro-West Area

 

• New England Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

• GrubStreet

• KidLit Drink Night Boston

• The Boston Book Festival

• Associates of the Boston Public Library

• PEN New England

 

Software and Tools

 

• Scrivener (for writing manuscripts)

• StoryMill (for writing manuscripts)

• Evernote (a digital filing cabinet)

• Aeon Timeline (for adding a timeline to your manuscript, works well with Scrivener)