Resources – Rae Lori

Protect Your Manuscript
Online Copyright Registration Keep Your Copyrights Author Friendly Contract Clauses: Keep Your Copyrights

Recommended Reading
First Draft in 30 Days by Karen Wiesner Building Believable Characters by Marc McCutcheon Bird by Bird Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott Elements of Style by William Strunk & E.B. White Elements of Style for Screenwriters by Paul Agentini The Frugal Book Promoter by Carolyn Howard-Johnson The Frugal Editor by Carolyn Howard-Johnson Writing the Thriller by T. Macdonald Skillman Women on Writing Articles *Marilynn Byerly’s Free Articles on Writing and the Writing Life The Writer’s Digest Handbook of Novel Writing Write Good or Die Edited by Scott Nicholson
Character Creation
The Meyers & Briggs Foundation (Personality Types) The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide To Character Expression by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
Links of Interest
The Passive Voice – Publishing news and resources for the educated business-minded writerKilling the Sacred Cows of Publishing – Dean Wesley Smith’s no holds barred myth-busting series on both traditional and indie publishing The Business Rusch – Kristine Kathryn Rusch covers everything business related about the writing industry Ralan.com – Speculative Markets Teleread – News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing, and related topics Indie Author Earnings Report The Reedsy Blog A Tax Cheat Sheet for Kindle eBook Self-Publishing