Wordrunner eChapbooks Resources

Tools

Duotrope. A searchable database of over 4500 current markets for fiction and poetry, including an online submissions tracker for registered users. Subscription fee as of January 2013.
The New Pages Big List of Literary Magazines. Focuses on literary print and online magazines, listed A to Z. Also check the Calls for Submissions page.
The Review Review. Reviews literary magazines, interviews journal editors, offers publishing tips, and provides a database of over 300 literary magazines, as well as calls for submission.
authorconnect.com. A databank for promoting published or unpublished writing. Entries are free. Includes links to resources and services for writers.
www.bartleby.com/110 — Roget’s International Thesaurus (85,000 words)
www.bartleby.com/100 — Bartlett’s Quotations
Omniglot— An online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages with links to dictionaries in dozens of languages.
Poe War Writer's Resource Center. Articles on writing and marketing writing. Listings of freelance writing jobs
Writing Contests and Competitions. A guide to current online contests in fiction, nonfiction and poetry across genres. Sortable by genre and payment fees.
www.writers.net — Writing resources, news and discussion for authors/writers, editors, publishers and agents. A free Internet directory.
www.writersquest.org offers a free research portal and annotated links to everything from forensics for writers to names databases, to writing prompts and information on publishing.

www.smashwords.com is a self-publishing platform and online bookstore for independent ebook authors and their readers. They offer multi-format, DRM-free ebooks, ready for immediate sampling and purchase, and readable on any e-reading device.
www.booksie.com Writers can post novels, short stories, poetry, articles, and more on the Booksie site for free, as well as receive and respond to comments and communicate with other writers.
www.yudu.com. Yudu offers free interactive digital publication, hosted on the yudu site (you do it yourself). For a fee, the marketplace option lets you sell your books on the site.

Donovan's Literary Services. Diane C. Donovan, Sebastapol resident, offers pre-publication critiques, copy and content editing, proof reading, and marketing plans for self-publishing authors.
Jennifer Gennari—author, editor, teacher—offers proofreading, manuscript critiques and line editing.
School of the Floating Word. Guy Biederman teaches writing workshops in Sonoma and Marin counties. Contact Guy for information: Guyb@sonic.net
Newswire services that send press releases to newspapers, radio, TV stations and search engines: www.pr.com and www.prleap.com (free) and two fee-based services: www.prweb.com and www.prnewswire.com.
Write Livelihood: Learning Through Language. Author Jordan Rosenfeld offers editing services, SF Bay Area workshops and links to other writers' websites.
Write Now! A book about writing, writer's block, rejection, publishing and selling your book by San Francisco author Joseph Sutton.
Wordrunner Self-Publishing Services. Book production and publishing services, from manuscript to finished book (perfect bound, chapbook or echapbook).

Poetry Flash. A poetry review and literary calendar for the West distributed free on the West Coast (with a national subscription circulation). The calendar is updated online at www.poetryflash.org.
Sonoma County Literary Update. Calendar of literary events, readings, workshops and classes for writers, lists of writing groups and conferences.