To suggest a tip or resource please use the
Contact form. Listings are for
informational purposes only and do not
indicate endorsements by Springfield
Writers’ Guild.
Tip: Whether fiction or non-fiction, research is
the part of our writing we have to get right.
Martha Rogers
8 Free Online Resources to Make You a
Better Writer Covers novels, nonfiction, and
articles.
Author Media 11 places to get free and legal
photos for your blog.
Funds for Writers Grants, contests, markets,
newsletters, and more.
GalleyCat 20 free sites to promote
your eBook.
GrammarGoofs Practical advice for common
errors.
Links for Published and Aspiring Authors;
Dozens of places offering writing advice,
encouragement, and help. All genres.
Writer's Digest The business standard for
beginners and established writers: books,
blogs, conferences, tutorials, and a weekly
writing prompt.
Writer Unboxed Craft and business of fiction
by bestselling authors and industry leaders.
Writers' Village University Online writing
courses for comedy, nonfiction, novel, poetry,
screenwriting, children, and more.
Write In Style With Bobbie Christmas
Includes articles on punctuation, grammar,
copyright, submissions, and much more.
Writing It Real Sheila Bender's resources for
instruction and writing tools, conferences,
workshops, and contests.
Writing World Dozens of links to articles on
general fiction, mystery, romance, children's
writing, publishing, promoting, and more.
Contact form. Listings are for
informational purposes only and do not
indicate endorsements by Springfield
Writers’ Guild.
Tip: Whether fiction or non-fiction, research is
the part of our writing we have to get right.
Martha Rogers
8 Free Online Resources to Make You a
Better Writer Covers novels, nonfiction, and
articles.
Author Media 11 places to get free and legal
photos for your blog.
Funds for Writers Grants, contests, markets,
newsletters, and more.
GalleyCat 20 free sites to promote
your eBook.
GrammarGoofs Practical advice for common
errors.
Links for Published and Aspiring Authors;
Dozens of places offering writing advice,
encouragement, and help. All genres.
Writer's Digest The business standard for
beginners and established writers: books,
blogs, conferences, tutorials, and a weekly
writing prompt.
Writer Unboxed Craft and business of fiction
by bestselling authors and industry leaders.
Writers' Village University Online writing
courses for comedy, nonfiction, novel, poetry,
screenwriting, children, and more.
Write In Style With Bobbie Christmas
Includes articles on punctuation, grammar,
copyright, submissions, and much more.
Writing It Real Sheila Bender's resources for
instruction and writing tools, conferences,
workshops, and contests.
Writing World Dozens of links to articles on
general fiction, mystery, romance, children's
writing, publishing, promoting, and more.
| Write like nobody will ever read it. Edit like the whole world will. Sharon Melton Lippincott |
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To suggest an upcoming event please use the Contact
form. Listings are for informational purposes only and do
not indicate endorsements by Springfield Writers’ Guild.
May to September, West Branch, Iowa
Artist-in-Residence Program, Herbert Hoover National Historic
Site
May 31-June 1, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sixty-ninth Annual Arkansas Writers’ Conference. April 25
postmark deadline for contest entries.
June 1-2, Berkeley, California
Self-publishing Summit 2013
June 16-29 and July 7-20, Iowa City
Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, University of Iowa
June 27-29, Davenport, Iowa
David R. Collins Writers' Conference for Novel, Nonfiction,
and Poetry
July 15, Springfield, Missouri
Deadline to enter the Weta Nichols Writing Contest
sponsored by Ozarks Romance Authors.
August 2-3 Columbia, Missouri
Missouri State Genealogical Association Annual Conference
August 22-25 Nashville, Tennessee
8th Annual Killer Nashville Conference for writing of all genres
August 31, Searcy, Arkansas
White County Creative Writers Conference
September 27-29, Midwest City, Oklahoma
Rose State College Short Writing Course
October 10-12 Lake Hughes, California
Antelope Valley Christian Writers Annual Conference
November 7-9, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tony Hillerman Writers Conference
form. Listings are for informational purposes only and do
not indicate endorsements by Springfield Writers’ Guild.
May to September, West Branch, Iowa
Artist-in-Residence Program, Herbert Hoover National Historic
Site
May 31-June 1, Little Rock, Arkansas
Sixty-ninth Annual Arkansas Writers’ Conference. April 25
postmark deadline for contest entries.
June 1-2, Berkeley, California
Self-publishing Summit 2013
June 16-29 and July 7-20, Iowa City
Iowa Young Writers’ Studio, University of Iowa
June 27-29, Davenport, Iowa
David R. Collins Writers' Conference for Novel, Nonfiction,
and Poetry
July 15, Springfield, Missouri
Deadline to enter the Weta Nichols Writing Contest
sponsored by Ozarks Romance Authors.
August 2-3 Columbia, Missouri
Missouri State Genealogical Association Annual Conference
August 22-25 Nashville, Tennessee
8th Annual Killer Nashville Conference for writing of all genres
August 31, Searcy, Arkansas
White County Creative Writers Conference
September 27-29, Midwest City, Oklahoma
Rose State College Short Writing Course
October 10-12 Lake Hughes, California
Antelope Valley Christian Writers Annual Conference
November 7-9, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tony Hillerman Writers Conference
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- From the President
Author and teacher Terry, aka Tessa, McDermid spoke to the
Guild on April 27. She told of her love affair with libraries and
her desire to write stories about relationships and people
falling in love. She spoke of the changes in the publishing world
and how the arena is really open now to all kinds of writers, in
all genres, because of self-publishing and e-publishing. There is
make time to write. Don’t wait for the time to happen, because it never will
happen. Other points included: use facts in fiction, read in order to write well,
learn the craft of writing, take time off for yourself, write shorter pieces to build
your portfolio, write what is true to you, pay attention to the business side, and
tell yourself you can do it. Everyone has a story to tell. It’s up to each writer to tell
their story.
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