by Sabrina Ricci
It seems that every day I come across a new site or tool that can help with writing, editing, promoting, or pretty much any stage in the publishing process. (The Book Designer has a great article explaining why authors should embrace new technologies.) Here are links to a few of the best ones:
Writing
- Citation Styles: A repository for help with citations and bibliographies
- Historical Thesaurus of English: “800,000 words from Old English to the present day arranged into detailed hierarchies within broad conceptual categories” (Learn more here)
- MultiMarkdown: A guide to using MultiMarkdown to write any kind of document and turn it into well formatted HTML (great for blog posts)
- Penflip: To help you write with others
- Scrivener labels: A guide on how to use Scrivener efficiently when writing drafts
- Twine: Open source tool for interactive, non-linear stories
- Wattpad and Creative Commons: Wattpad has now integrated tons of creative commons stories, which users can remix and use for inspiration
- Writer’s Digest University: Online courses to help you improve your writing.
Editing
- Poetica: An in the cloud, intuitive interface for collaborating and editing
- WPS Writer: An alternative to Word, with a few more features
Marketing
- Automize: Products to help you with marketing (webinars, text, etc.)
- Dropcards: Create download cards for ebooks (See more at The Book Designer)
- Kaywa QR Code: Generate QR codes (to promote books, etc.)
- Socialoomph: Helps boost your social media productivity
Videos
- Adobe Voice: Turn a story into an animated video
- SnagIt: Screen capture images and videos
General
- Every Writer: Blog posts, advertising opportunities, and more
- Writers Resources: A forum with lots of links to whatever you need
- Writers Stack Exchange: A forum to answer all your questions