Lisa L. Regan

RESOURCES FOR WRITERS & GREAT BLOGS

Kill Zone (Blog)
http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/

This is a blog written by a number of talented, successful mystery and thriller writers. Lots of great advice on this blog as well as page critiques. Also there's a new post every day by a different author. Very useful.

Author, Author! Anne Mini's Blog
http://www.annemini.com/

Anne Mini is an accomplished author and book editor. This blog is packed with great advice and insight into the craft of writing and the industry. If you're at the querying stage, I strongly recommend you spend a lot of time on this blog!

Nancy Thompson's Blog
http://nancysthompson.blogspot.com/

Nancy Thompson is a writer and her blog is extremely well-written. Writers on the road to publication will really relate to her journey as well as her insights into writing and querying.

Nathan Bransford's Blog (and Forums)
http://blog.nathanbransford.com/

Nathan is a former agent and his blog is awesome. Very informative. Now he has forums where all his blog followers can interact with one another. I've found several wonderful critique partners there. Nathan was very accessible when he was an agent and answers a lot of questions from aspiring writers.

Absolute Write - www.absolutewrite.com or www.absolutewrite.com/forums

I use this site mostly for its forums. There is a forum called Bewares, Recommendations & Background Checks which is particularly useful for finding out about agents. People ask questions and post about the experiences they've had with specific agents.

The Untroubled Kingdom of Laila Knight
http://untroubledkingdomoflailaknight.blogspot.com/

Laila Knight is a writer whose blog is witty, funny and very insightful. I am inspired by her posts about her craft and her process.

Preditors and Editors
http://pred-ed.com/

I use this mostly for info on agents.

Jonathan Lyons' Blog
http://lyonsliterary.blogspot.com/

Jonathan Lyons is an agent. I've had some experience with him. He is extremely nice and helpful. Very professional. He is no longer posting but if you sift through his archives, this blog has some good tips on it.

Jennifer Jackson's Blog
http://arcaedia.wordpress.com/

I like this because she does a segment called Letters from the Query Wars which is kind of fascinating.

Bookends Blog
http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/

I like this one because they give a lot of tips about writing and querying. They have a lot of samples of things like good queries. This is a very informative site. Scroll all the way down and look on the right-hand side--there's a lot of information about every single aspect of writing/editing/querying/publishing. It's great.

Publishers Marketplace
www.publishersmarketplace.com

This is a pay site. I pay $20 a month and get daily updates as to recent sales in publishing. You can search for agents and editors and also find out in general what is going on around the industry.

1000 Literary Agents
http://www.1000literaryagents.com/

You can use this site to make a list of agents. You can search agents by genre. It's free. I do recommend that you google agents and double check their addresses and peruse their websites if they have one before you query.