Provides articles and tips on writing and publishing children's books.

Provides writing classes on a variety of genres, critiques, ghost writing, contests, and author interviews. Includes information on writing software and books.

Verla Kay, author of many children's books offers information on writing and publishing children's stories and books. Includes a busy forum and information for educators.

Provides online writing workshops, discussion forums, writing exercises, free-writing writing prompts sent via email, critique groups and a newsletter.

Provides a variety of creative inspirations including categorized writing prompts, a free inspiration of the month calendar, journal writing, success stories, and featured articles.

A writing community for poets and writers.

A writers community of writers helping writers to get published or just hone their writing skills. Includes a forum, writing classes and writing chats. Free membership required to access site features.

Provides writing tips and techniques on character, dialogue, point of view, foreshadowing, pacing, grammar tips, and the seven deadly sins of writing. Includes information on manuscript formatting and editing services.

Offers free and fee-based workshops on a variety of writing related topics, articles, writing activities, and a monthly newsletter with writing prompts, original articles and news.

Offers articles, agent list, manuscript submission check list, a list of publishers and resources for romance authors.

An online writers workshop. Must be a member to view and submit stories to be critiqued and to communicate with other writers.

A good article on self-editing by Lori Handeland. Includes show verses tell, point of view, and dialogue mechanics.

Provides tips, techniques, references with interactive tasks to inspire creativity.
Blog Article: http://www.wild-mind.net/archives/2005/12/09/the-soul-food-cafe/

Offers writers of all levels and genres new ideas on the essential elements of storytelling through a collection of essays.

Provides a writing tip each week and 20 rules for writers created by Erica Jong.

DL Nelson, a writer and journalist, offers a monthly newsletter (in blog format) on a variety of topics from technical to the psychology of writing.

Resource for children's authors. Includes articles and tips on the craft of writing, current trends, submitting manuscripts and publishing do's and don'ts. Also has discussion forums and a monthly newsletter.

An online collaborative writing community with workshops for fiction writers, screenwriters, poets, songwriters, photographers, and storyboard artists. Must become a member to participate but does offer a virtual tour to explore before joining.
Blog Article: http://www.wild-mind.net/archives/2005/10/07/zoetrope-virtual-studio/