Interested in writing and publishing?
Welcome To Aspiring Writer Academy!
We are Darlene & Samantha, the mother-daughter team who co-founded this site to help aspiring writers improve their craft, publish their work, and build an author platform. We share our knowledge from years of experience working with both traditional and self-publishing, as well as tech tips and how-to tutorials to help you excel at blogging, social media, and marketing.
Our Goal for Aspiring Writer Academy is to help people learn how to write quality fiction, teach them to publish and promote their work, and to give them the necessary tools for the best chance of success to make money doing what they love.
Free Tools And Resources
Writer Resources
Magazines: (available online + print copies in Barnes & Noble)
www.writers-forum.com (UK magazine for writers)
www.strandmag.com (mysteries)
www.rtbookreviews.com/magazine/rt-magazine (romance book reviews)
www.publishersweekly.com (news, reviews, and discussions on books)
http://christianfictiononlinemagazine.com/home.html
Great Blog Sites, Websites, Online Classes:
http://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com (K.M. Weiland - instructional how-to-write articles)
http://writeruniv.wordpress.com (online writing classes)
http://www.booklaurie.com/workshops.php (online writing classes)
http://goinswriter.com (blog on writing/growing an audience. Tribewriters.)
http://michaelhyatt.com (blog/podcasts on writing and building a platform)
http://jonathanmilligan.com (blog on blogging and growing an audience)
http://positivewriter.com (practical and inspiring)
http://www.chipmacgregor.com (blog by agent, Chip MacGregor and team)
http://www.jamesscottbell.com/styled-22/index.html (Writers Digest voted #1)
http://writerunboxed.com/don ( blog by agent, Donald Maass and team)
http://www.marybuckham.com (great books on plotting, setting, and hooks)
Best Books on Craft of Writing:
www.writersdigestshop.com (choose from their list)
* Any how-to book from Writers Digest writing series
* Any book by Donald Maass (especially Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook, Fire in Fiction, and 21st Century Fiction)
Scene and Sequel by Jack Bickham
Book in a Month by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
Hooked by Les Edgerton
Novelist's Boot Camp by Todd A. Stone
Break Into Fiction (11 steps to building a story that sells) by Mary Buckham and Dianna Love
Writing Screenplays That Sell by Michael Hauge
The Productive Writer by Sage Cohen (very inspiring!)
Writing for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias
Structuring your Novel by K.M. Weiland
Outlining Your Novel by K.M. Weiland
You've Got a Book in You by Elizabeth Sims
Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain
A Novel Idea (Best Advice on Writing Inspirational Fiction) by various Christian authors
