Writers Resources

This page is divided into three sections all focused on resources for erotica authors, and authors in general.

• Marketing & Promotional Services: Web design, banners, blog tours, etc
• Author Resources: Books & websites that offer relevant info for writers
• Book Cover Designs: List of book cover artists
• Book Review Sites: List of websites that do book reviews
• General Writing Resources: Online dictionaries and grammar tips
• Copyright Issues:  Valuable information on copyright concerns

Marketing & Promotional Services

Goddess Fish Promotions - With over fifteen years combined experience in publishing and promotion, the owners of Goddess Fish Promotions know what it's like to try to market yourself a on a shoestring budget. "Whether you need professional advertising banners, a promotional book video, a header for your blog or website, a virtual book tour to get your name and book noticed, a party to celebrate your latest release or a cover for your self-published novel—we are here for you."

Erotica Readers & Writers Association (ERWA) - Variety of promotional opportunities for authors, publishers, and retailers. Founded in 1996, the Erotica Readers & Writers Association has been commended by Playboy, ELLE magazine, AVN online magazine, Writer's Digest, MSNBC online, and recommended in a host of books and articles as the premier website for people interested in erotica and adult products. ERWA's high-profile ensures successful marketing at affordable prices. Contact Adrienne

Writer Marketing Services - Owner Lucy Felthouse provides web design, marketing, PR, copywriting, proof-reading, and editing services.

Authors Resources

How to Write Erotic Fiction and Sex Scenes by Ashley Lister: This book demonstrates some of the most effective ways that convincing sex scenes can be portrayed on the page. Using examples from a broad range of writers, and containing exercises that have been tested successfully in workshops and classrooms throughout the country, this is an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to include compelling, well-crafted and saleable sex scenes within their fiction. Available at Amazon & Amazon UK.

Rights: What They Mean and Why They're Important, by Marge Gilk. "It's important to understand what rights you're selling or licensing away, not only to protect your interests, but to keep you out of legal hot water. Understanding rights can also help you make more money on a piece by -- legally -- reselling it again and again."

WritersWeekly.com is one of the longest running sites on freelance writing, published continuously since 1997. Keep in mind that Writers Weekly is owned by Booklocker.com, Inc. so some articles may be slanted towards the owners. Of particular interest is Writer's Weekly Warning Report featuring weekly reports about shoddy publishers, scams, and unfair contract terms.

Preditors & Editors: A guide to publishers and writing services for serious writers. Their sole purpose is to provide writers with information and contacts for the purpose of seeking publication of their work. There's an enormous amount of important information on this site, including lists of agents, publishers and editors to avoid. Highly recommended!

National Writers Union:  The union for freelance writers working in U.S. markets. Offering include grievance resolution, industry campaigns, contract advice, health & dental plans, member education, job banks, networking, social events, and much more. Membership dues are based on your annual writing income.

EPIC the Electronically Published Internet Connection, is a professional organization for published and contracted e-book and print author. EPIC offers an extensive knowledge base that includes contract information, hints, guidance, and provides networking opportunities for exchange of information about promotion and market growth. Authors must qualify for membership, and pay annual dues.

Book Cover Designs

• Anne Cain: Graphic Art & Design
  
• April Martinez: Fantastic Art & Graphic Design
  
• Book Cover Express: book cover design services
  
• Designs by Starla Huchton
  

Book Review Sites/Blogs

• Coffee Time Romance and More: Review submissions including erotic
• Dear Author: A romance review blog for readers by readers
• Erotica For The Big Brain: Blogger who reviews short digital works
• Erotica Revealed: Review site edited by our very own D.L. King
• Happily Ever After Reviews: Reviews for all sub-genres of romance
• Hotly Ever After: All books submitted for review are considered
• Just Erotic Romance Review: Newsletter reviews for erotic romance
• Kirsten's BDSM Book Reviews: Reviews for S&M and D/s
• Long and Short Reviews: For publishers & well published authors
• Manic Readers: Fee-based reviews for publishers & authors
• RT Book Reviews: Website for RT Book Reviews Magazine.
• Sand in My Shoes Reviews: Reviews genre fiction
• Smart Bitches Trashy Books: Bitchy, snarky, and way cool reviews

General Writing Resources: dictionaries, thesauri, & grammar guides

WordWeb  is a one-click thesaurus and dictionary for Windows that can look up words in almost any program. It works off-line, but can also look up words in web references such as the Wikipedia encyclopedia. There's a free version and a Pro version. Highly recommended.

Urban Dictionary is an excellent slang dictionary constantly updated by users.

Your Dictionary  is a free dictionary with definitions, thesaurus entries, spelling, pronunciation, and etymology results for your word. Includes links to language and research tools.

OneLook's Reverse Dictionary lets you describe a concept resulting in a useful list of related terms with the best matches shown first.

The Free Dictionary is a comprehensive resource including dictionaries, encyclopedia and thesaurus. Includes fun facts, word games, articles and more.

Free Thesaurus for a no frills but very effect thesaurus/synonyms tool.

The Elements of Style  is the online reproduction of the classic reference book, The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. - a must have bookmark for all writers.

Guide to Grammar and Style includes a miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage Jack Lynch put together for his classes.

Guide to Grammar and Writing is an easy to use comprehensive guide maintained by Professor of English Charles Darling for English courses at Capital Community College and for the general online public.

Alta Vista  This is probably one of the best language translation services on the Web, and it's free.

The Dialectizer turn any text into dialect, including redneck, jive, pig Latin, cockney, Elmur Fudd and the Swedish Chef. Useful and lots of fun.

Copyright Issues

U.S. Copyright Office provides a wealth of information about copyright law, including guidance on how to obtain a copyright registration, current regulations, links to outside copyright resources, and much more.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) - A comprehensive explaination of the United States copyright law (DMCA), that "criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM) that control access to copyrighted works." This is an important document, read it!

The 'Fair Use' Rule - An discussion of when use of copyrighted material is acceptable. Sooner or later, almost all writers quote or closely paraphrase what others have written. This article will help writers navigate Fair Use correctly. Bookmark the URL, you will refer to it often!

10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained  What are you allowed to do with someone else's copyrighted work? 10 Big Myths FAQ attempts to answer common myths about copyright seen on the Net.

Copyright Confusion? This excellent article written by Neil Wilkinson (a practicing attorney, and adjunct profess of Intellectual Property Law at the KSU Michael Coles School of Business) is feature on the WritersWeekly.com website. 

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