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For this category, we are looking for the sites that provide informational content and other resources that assist writers in honing their craft, developing writing skills, and improving writers’ marketing and business acumen. Sites nominated in this category should be those deep in expertise and broad in subject matter.
In thinking about which sites to nominate, we suggest you consider such factors as frequency & utility of posts, relevance of content, level of engagement, and administrative responsiveness.
The staff of Indies Unlimited who own, manage, or administer other websites, are eligible for nomination, provided those sites meet the category criteria.
Nominations will remain open until 5 PM US Pacific Time on January 31st, 2014. Comments will be closed at that time and no further nominations will be accepted.
The 10 sites in each category that receive the most nominations by the time the nomination phase has closed will be deemed the finalists in the category, pending verification by Indies Unlimited administration. Voting to determine the winner for each category will commence at 5 AM US Pacific Time on February 7, 2014.
Use the comment section below to make your nominations.
Nominate as many sites as you like, but nominate each site only once. Make sure you let your nominees know!
Your nomination must include:
- The name of the site;
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- One sentence explaining why you feel the site is worthy of being named Best Writers’ Resource Site of 2013.
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The Creative Penn
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/
Joanna Penn provides the most concise, timely, actionable and encouraging resources for indie authors (or any other kind of writer).
1. The Indie View
2. http://www.theindieview.com/
3. Excellent resource for Indie authors to find reviewers for their books plus they offer author interviews, book views, and reviewer interviews.
1) The Passive Voice
2) http://www.thepassivevoice.com/
3) Aggregates all the news critical for an indie to stay on top of what is (or should be) important to them in the publishing business with a community of followers that make the comments as valuable as the articles.
Can we second these?
1) Let’s Get Visible aka Let’s Get Digital aka David Gaughran’s Blog
2) http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/
3) One of self-publishing’s leading pundits with the latest on publishing and marketing your book with an occasional swipe at predatory vanity publishers.
1. Anne R. Allen’s Blog
2. http://annerallen.blogspot.com/
3. Consistently excellent writing advice for the self-publishing author which covers a huge range of writing issues.
The Passive Voice
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/
Really great information on a variety of writing and publishing topics, with a comment section that welcomes varying points of view while remaining respectful.
Kristen Lamb’s Blog
http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/
Great info on the business side of the writing business, in particular. But she covers the writing side, too.
I’ll also nominate the Passive Voice
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/
It tends to have really useful, timely, interesting information on publishing.
Nominating the Passive Voice as well:
http://www.thepassivevoice.com/
I want to nominate Indies Unlimited, but I probably can’t, so I nominate David Gaughran’s blog. This is one I am frequently sharing because of the valuable information.
http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/
I nominate The Creative Penn
http://www.thecreativepenn.com
The website covers all the relevant topics, in various media formats, and is continually progressing with the changes that are happening so fast in selfpublishing.
I nominate Kristen Lamb’s blog
http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/
Her blogs are engaging, informative, and inspirational. Lots of great advice about negotiating social media and marketing more effectively.
Nominating The Book Designer.
http://www.thebookdesigner.com/
Joel Friedlander offers great resources on, you guessed it, designing your book, geared for the non-designer.
The Creative Penn
http://www.thecreativepenn.com/
Joanna Penn provides the most concise, timely, actionable, reliable, and encouraging resources for all authors.