Helpful Writing Links

Duotrope is another submission tracking site. It's $50 per year. Some people believe that the (minor) cost means the submission data will be higher quality because people willing to pay are more serious about their submissions. I encourage you to look at the Grinder and at Duotrope and decide for yourself.  https://duotrope.com/

Many of you are familiar with Wulf's workshop. Soon--very soon!--it will be two books and more workshops. Keep an eye on it here!

THE SUPER SECRETS – Driftweave

I said I was going to discuss Apex Writers Group, and then I forgot! Apex was founded by Dave Wolverton, who passed away two weeks ago, but it's continuing despite our loss. Apex hosts two Zoom calls per week with guest speakers, plus a strategy call and a coaching call. Apex members also get free access to Dave's recorded courses, access to four of his writing books, and membership in a large community of fellow writers at various skill levels. And more!

https://www.apex-writers.com/

@martin-l-shoemaker I use both Duotrope and The Grinder. Duotrope has a monthly newsletter which shows in detail the upcoming submissions, who no longer accepts submissions, etc. It's nice to have this information in one place to take in at a glance. 

Sometimes I find going back to basic grammar guides are helpful. My favorite is the punctuation guide because it seems using a comma has become a lot more complex than I remembered. I found online text correction will highlight everything and offers suggestions for improvement without rephrasing your writing for you. 

I still struggle in finding an actual grammar editing that will follow the context of the story though. 

@stephanie1980 The spam filter removed your links. That’s common, especially when it’s your first comment and it has multiple links. The spam filter thinks you’re a suspicious character. (Story prompt!)

You’ve commented on another thread, and I’ve approved both. The spam filter should recognize you now, or within another comment or two.

Our own judge, Robert J. Sawyer has some great intro-to-writing essays here: https://sfwriter.com/owindex.htm

They kickstarted my writing journey, and helped me very quickly level up from The Worst Writer Ever to just A Bad Writer (but growing!)

And our former Coordinating Judge (and my personal hero and favorite author of all time) David Farland has over 1000 writing tips here: https://mystorydoctor.com/writing-blog/

The openlibrary is very useful, too, especially for accessing my second favorite craft book from another of our judges, OSC: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1859199M/How_to_write_science_fiction_and_fantasy