Bloggers Writers Should Read
August 2, 2007 by John Hewitt
While I would love to say that poewar.com is the only place you need to go for writing advice, I have to admit that there are other people worth reading. Sadly, there aren’t as many people as their should be, but here are some of the bloggers I like to keep an eye on.
- Anne Wayman: Anne runs one of my favorite writing sites, which both offers original advice and keeps track of what the other blogs are saying.
- John August: The screenwriter behind such movies as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Go, and Charlie’s Angels writes the best screen writing blog around.
- Deborah Ng: Focuses on freelance writing and blogging jobs.
- Angela Booth: If it’s about freelance writing, and it’s fab, you can bet Angela Booth is behind it. Plenty of advice for freelancers to digest.
- Jeanne Dininni: Excellent advice for writers and bloggers, especially from a mechanics perspective.
- David J. Montgomery: Writes about crime fiction and mysteries.
- Monica Valentinelli : Includes plenty of tips for freelance writers and game designers.
- Denise Grier: Denise is one of the most prolific bloggers I have ever seen. She posts a dozen times a day. Not everything is on topic, but I like that.
- Liz Elayne and Dana: Their site, Poetry Thursday, inspired my weekly poetry links.
- Joanna Young: She provides writing tips and coaching for writers.
- Liz Strauss: Writes about writing and blogging with equal fervor. She is one of the most prolific bloggers around.
- Patsi Krakoff: If you are looking for advice about creating and writing for e-zines, this is the place to go.
- Mark Schaver: Mark blogs about basic and advanced journalism techniques.
- Gideon Starorzewski: The main focus of his blog is fiction writing and publishing.
- Timothy King: Excellent articles about the fiction process.
- Tom Johnson: Writes about technical writing mechanics, business and the general lifestyle of technical workers.
- Meryl K. Evans: Writes about freelance writing and blogging.
- Sophfronia Scott: Writes about books and publishing.
- Audrey Owen: Writes about the craft of editing.
- Andy Humphrey: Andy seems pretty busy for a struggling writer, but at least he has time to blog.
- Shai Coggins: Shai is one of the owners of B5 Media, employer of many of the webs best writers. This is her blog about writing and the creative process.
- Michael Stelzner: An excellent niche blog for writers of white papers.
- Darren Rowse: If you want to blog well, Darren’s Problogger site is the first place you need to look to for advice.
- Jeff Jarvis: This former People and Entertainment Weekly editor is leading one of the most forward thinking discussions of new media that you can find.
Page bookmarked. Thanks for the list!
Jeff
Thanks for the comment Jeff, Happy reading!
Hi John!
Thank you for bringing all of these resources together. What a nice thing it is to wake up to find myself included in this list of writers and bloggers I respect. Thanks for the link love.
John - Thanks so much for mentioning my blog!
- Mike
Great list, John! I’m honored to be included and will reference your excellent list.
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Hey John, I love being on top
Thanks so much for a great list and introducing me to some writers I didn’t know.
A
http://www.thegoldenpencil.com
Liz, Michael, Meryl and Anne,
I was happy to include you on the list. We need more people blogging about writing.
John,
Thanks so much for including me in your illustrious list. I am both honored and humbled.
I, too, have bookmarked this post and look forward to checking out those blogs you’ve listed that are unfamiliar to me. I’m certain I will find many gems of wisdom there!
Regards,
Jeanne
Thank you for this list - not just for adding me and for saying a fab thing about b5media’s bloggers/writers. But also for adding some really great folks in this list. I’ve been a long time fan of your site. Again, thanks!
Many thanks, John, and I agree: there aren’t many good blogs about writing so this list is welcome. I even found a few I didn’t know about and will subscribe to. Keep up the good work and blog on!
Thanks so much for including me in this great list!
Jean, Shai, Patsi and Denise,
You are all welcome. Thank you for the hard work you do on your blogs!
John
Hi, thanks for compiling the list of writing related blogs - and including Confident Writing on it! Much appreciated
Joanna
hi, thanks for the very useful list. May I suggest also having a look at http://www.timetowrite.blogs.com? (Disclosure: it’s my blog–daily posts on fiction & non-fiction writing, based in part on my own 25 years as a pro writer and the awareness that we’re all in this together!
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This is a great list.
I’d also like to suggest my blog, The Web-Savvy Writer (http://www.websavvywriter.com/blog), which offers lots of tips for book authors, both current and future.
Some other great writing blogs are:
http://www.therenegadewriter.com/
http://terrywhalin.blogspot.com/
http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/blog.html
Patrice-Anne Rutledge
Bestselling Author & Freelance Journalist
http://www.websavvywriter.com
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