"The Good Guys Of Romance"

A list done in haste  With apologies... also thanks to Brenna Lyons, Marly Mathews, Lillian Cauldwell and many others.

 

Links:

Helpful Blogs:

Michael P Geffer

Mikeswritingworkshop.blogspot.com,
http://mikeswritingworkshop.blogspot.com/2009/10/10-commandments-to-writing-successall.html

Mike's Writing Workshop group- 9055...great group for all types of writers, fiction and non-fiction...run by Mike Geffner and including big authors from both indie and NY conglomerate publishing, like Lynne Connolly and Maya Reynolds
Mike's Newsletter Blog

Maya Reynolds' blog...great industry articles...

Alien Romances
http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com

Brenna's blog



Helpful Websites

FF&P
http://www.romance-ffp.com

1stTurningPoint
http://1stturningpoint.com

IWOFA (website)
http://iwofa.net

Author Marketing Expert
http://amarketingexpert.com

E.P.I.C.
http://www.epicauthors.com/

EPIC-eWorkshop list- 318 members...learn about indie/e publishing and writing, in general...Karen Woods does her yearly tax class for writers on there

EPIC-eWorkshop list- 318 members...learn about indie/e publishing and writing, in general...Karen Woods does her yearly tax class for writers on there

EPIC- 714...a worldwide industry group ($30 per year dues) for e-published authors and industry professionals...while you're there, check out the e-book competition, the cover art competitions, the New Voices teen and pre-teen writing competition, the articles, and the model contract and red flags
EPIC's industry blog...complete with great articles

Broad Universe...$30 per year membership fees...for female writers of spec fic, horror, paranormal, etc.

Erotica Readers & Writers Association- mailing lists with great erotic writing and general writing/industry information...calls for submissions...a monthly newsletter posted on the site...the site alone brings in more than 83,000 unique visitors per month

Amazon Author Central...for any author with books available on Amazon


Charlee Boyett-Compo
http://www.windlegends.org/

Charlee's Writer Pages
http://www.windlegends.org/WritersResearchPages.html

Charlee's Links
http://www.windlegends.org/links.htm

Erotic descriptives WARNING...NUDITY... ADULT WORDS
http://www.windlegends.org/Eros.htm

RWA
http://www.rwanational.org


Copyright Alliance
http://www.copyrightalliance.org

Letter to President Obama
http://www.copyrightalliance.org/letter/
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Groups Mentioned:
LinkedIn.com   Authors Of Romance Helping Authors Of Romance

GoodReads
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/8255.Tips_for_Self_Promotion_Sales_and_Advertising

IWOFA  
IWOFAuthorGroup@yahoogroups.com,
IWOFAROFADS@yahoogroups.com,
IWOFA- 431...mailing lists, tagging, group ads, exposure on the site, anit-piracy and industry articles

Manic Readers site...complete with a ton of exposure opportunities and author pages

e-Book Chatters group- 825 members...promo free-for-all


Authors Against Copyright Theft group- 138
Authors Against e-Book Theft group- 261
Bookworm Bags group- 54...a wonderful promo sharing group that lets you fill up those promo packs from various authors
e-Book Community group- 3643...especially good for self-published authors and publishers with e-books...great industry list
Fiction That Sells group- 1211...formerly the Chick Lit group...great all-around author group
Marketing For Romance Writers group- 706...for those who need help marketing or want to network

PN Writers group- 822...for writers of spec fic romance, of all types...good for pre-published through multi-published
pod_publishers group- 1397...great for self-published authors and publishers with POD-printed titles
Write Publish Market group- 323...good all-purpose group



Marly Mathews
http://www.marlymathews.com/

Brenna Lyons
http://www.brennalyons.com/
Brenna's blog
Brenna's site


Rowena Cherry
http://www.rowenacherry.com
http://www.rowenacherry.com/tips/25FreeWaysToBuzzAnAuthor.php
http://www.rowenacherry.com/research/

Deborah Macgillivray
http://deborahmacgillivray.co.uk/
http://deborahmacgillivray.co.uk/onwriting.htm

Dawn Thompson
http://www.dawnthompson.com/

PIVTR on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/PIVTR

Karen Fox
http://www.karenfox.com


Samplers Mentioned
http://www.freado.com/book/3726/IWOFA-Sampler-#1--October-2009
http://www.freado.com/book/4302/IWOFA-Sampler-3-October-2009