Links and Resources
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Friends and
Colleagues |
Organizations | Publishers
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Craft Writing
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Mystery Writing/Non-Fiction Resources |
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Bell Bridge Books Blog
Everybody Needs A Little Romance Blog
Five Scribes Blog
Get Lost in a Story
Parker Blue
Diana Bold
Cindy Carroll /
Scriptscene
Jodi Dawson
Dianne Drake
Karen Fox (contains good market news)
Liz Lipperman
Sylvia Rochester
Julie Rowe
Sharon Silva
Angel Smits
Jude Willhoff
Colorado Romance Writers
Crested Butte Writers
El Paso County, CO Sheriff
Heartbeat (Medical Romance Chapter of RWA)
International Thriller Writers
Kiss of Death Mystery/Suspense Chapter of RWA
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America, Rocky Mountain Chapter
Pikes Peak Romance Writers
Pikes Peak Writers
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
Romance Writers of America
Sisters in Crime
BelleBooks
Following are some of the
Resource Books I’ve found helpful:
Craft Writing Resources
The Career Novelist by Donald
Maass
The Complete Writer’s Guide to
Heroes & Heroines Sixteen Master Archetypes
by Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, Sue Viders
Getting the Words Right, How
to Rewrite Edit & Revise by Theodore A Rees
Cheney
Lessons from a Lifetime of
Writing, A Novelist at his Craft by David
Morrell
Making a Good Writer Great,
A Creativity Workbook for Screenwriters
by Linda Seger
Rainbow Editing™, A Colorful
New Take on the Editing Experience by
Dawn Smit
Reader’s Digest Oxford Complete
Wordfinder, A Unique and Powerful Combination
of Dictionary and Thesaurus
Techniques of the Selling
Writer by Dwight V. Swain
The Writer’s Brainstorming Kit,
Thinking in New Directions by
Pam McCutcheon
and Michael Waite
The Writer’s Journey, Mythic
Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler
Writing the Breakout Novel &
Workbook by Donald Maass
Writing the Fiction Synopsis by
Pam McCutcheon
Mystery Writing/Nonfiction
Resources:
Armed and Dangerous, A
Writer’s Guide to Weapons by Michael Newton
The Crime Writer’s Handbook,
65 Ways to Kill Your Victim in Print by Douglas
Wynn
Deadly Doses, A Writer’s
Guide to Poisons by Serita Deborah Stevens with
Anne Klarner
Introduction to Firearms for
Writers by
Timothy L. Hightshoe & Wolfsinger
Publications
Practical Homicide
Investigation Checklist and Field Guide by Vernon J. Geberth
True Blue by Lynda Sue Cooper
When You’re the Only cop in
Town… by Jack Berry and Debra Dixon
No Higher
Calling, No Greater Responsibility: A
prosecutor makes his case
by John Suthers
Self-Help Resources:
Living Well with Chronic Pain,
Because Life Can’t Wait by
Jude Willhoff
When Reasoning No
Longer Works: A Practical Guide to Dealing
with Dementia & Alzheimer's by
Angel Smits
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