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    N.R. Brown is a part-time author\full-time book junkie, as well as a photographer, podcaster, and Grad Student at University of Maryland-College Park. She co-hosts Unleaded-Fuel for Writers, a daily podcast for writers.

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    GROUP BLOGS

    http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/ - Romancing the Blog
    What’s hip, what’s now, what’s tomorrow in the romance world.

    http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/  - Storytellers Unplugged
    A group of thirty authors, editors, booksellers, and publishing professionals writing about writing and offering “behind the scenes” tips. (Includes many horror writers)

    http://femmesfatales.typepad.com/  - The Femmes Fatales
    A group blog made up of women mystery writers “sharing their wit and wisdom across cyberspace.”

    http://www.murderati.typepad.com/  - Murderati
    10 mystery writers dedicated to Mysteries, Murder and Marketing

    http://writersgroupblog.wordpress.com/  - The Writer’s Block
    A joint effort between a multifarious group of authors. Some are just starting out; others are well on their way! Their work you spans the spectrum: science fiction, poetry, inspirational non-fiction, and short stories.

     

    WRITERS – FILM & TELEVISION

    http://www.janeespenson.com/  - Jane Espenson
    Currently Co-Executive Producer on Battlestar Galactica and former writer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer; has written episodes for shows including: Angel, Firefly, Gilmore Girls, Ellen, The O.C., Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dinosaurs, Andy Barker PI and others. The blog is offers excellent advice to help new writers tackle the job of writing those all-important spec scripts.

     

    WRITING-RELATED PODCASTS

    Website: http://www.podiobooks.com - Podiobooks
    Free serialized audio books, delivered on your schedule.

    Website: http://murverse.com/  - Mur Lafferty
    Podcast: http://murverse.com/category/podcasts/i-should-be-writing/  - I Should Be Writing
    Mur Lafferty has written for over 15 role-playing games, one textbook, one book on podcasting, and several magazines. I Should Be Writing is targeted at people who strive to be writers but are held back by doubts and self-constructed barriers.

    http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/  - Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips
    Mignon Fogarty hosts Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips and provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing covering the grammar rules and word choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers.

     

    AGENTS AND AGENCIES

    Website: http://awfulagent.com/ - JABberwocky Literary Agency
    & Blog:     http://brilligblogger.blogspot.com/ (Joshua Bilmes)
    Joshua Bilmes is the Proprietor of JABberwocky Literary Agency, which he founded in 1994.  He represents clients such as Charlaine Harris, John Hemry, Brandon Sanderson, Tanya Huff and Elizabeth Moon. 

    Website: http://bookends-inc.com/  - BookEnds, LLC Literary Agency
    & Blog:     http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/
    BookEnds, LLC, is a literary agency focusing on fiction and nonfiction books for adult audiences. Primary agents include Jessica Faust, Jacky Sach, and Kim Lionetti.

    Website: http://jenniferjackson.org/  - Jennifer Jackson
    & Blog: http://arcaedia.livejournal.com/
    Jennifer Jackson has been an agent with the Donald Maass Literary Agency since 1993.

    http://lyonsliterary.blogspot.com/2008/03/bad-apple-agent-blogs.html  - Jonathan Lyons
    San Francisco-based agent with Lyons, LLC

    http://pubrants.blogspot.com/  - Agent Kristin
    A blog where “a very nice literary agent indulges in polite rants about queries, writers, and the publishing industry.”

     

    EDITORS

    Website: http://www.datlow.com/  - Ellen Datlow
    & Blog: http://ellen-datlow.livejournal.com/
    Editor of the highly acclaimed, “Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.”

    http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/  - Teresa & Patrick Nielsen Hayden
    Editors for Tor Books, mostly but not exclusively science fiction and fantasy.

    http://redlinesanddeadlines.blogspot.com/  - Ellora’s Cave Publishing Editors
     Ellora’s Cave focuses on genre fiction: erotic romance, erotica, mainstream romance, women’s fiction, mystery/suspense, horror, scifi, fantasy/paranormal.  Contributing editors to the blog are: Briana St. James, Donna Hoard, Helen Woodall, Meghan Miller, Nick Conrad, Raelene Gorlinsky.

    CONVENTIONS

    Website: http://www.balticon.org/  - Website for Balticon
    & Blog:     http://community.livejournal.com/balticon/
    Baltimore Science Fiction Society’s popular annual convention

    REVIEWERS

    http://redpooka.blogspot.com/  - Red Pooka
    A book reviewer and journalist (and personal friend) with lots of ideas about the trade.