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Excerpt from The 2-Week Short Story Email Course
Try the beginning of our new email course for free.

2008 Writer's Calendar from The Scriptorium
The Scriptorium's 2008 Writer's Calendar is a free printable calendar featuring spaces each month to write in your goals, projects, supplies and notes. Each month also suggests a website to visit and offers a quote about writing.

Excerpt from Holly Lisle's Create A Plot Clinic
Try the first 40 pages of Holly Lisle's incredibly helpful plot creation ebook for free.

software

Musings by GRiM Software
Musings is an excellent tip-of-the-day type program offering inspirational writing quotes and creative writing exercises. Very well reviewed by several shareware sites. OS: Windows 95, 98, or NT Cost: Free Download: 1.71mb Limitations: Free registration required to unlock entire program.

Writer's Deskbook by GRiM Software
Writer's Deskbook is a versatile writer's tool for storing, organizing, and combining notes and ideas. Instead of easy-to-lose and easy-to-forget scraps of paper, or countless unrelated computer files, the Deskbook holds all the writer's random jottings and ideas in a convenient and workable format, where they can be organized into a coherent story plan when the time is right. OS: Windows 95, 98. Cost: Demo is free; registration is $14.95 USD Download: 5mb Limitations: Demo runs for 45 days or 60 uses.

ebooks

SpecFicMe Newsletter Sample Issue from SpecFicWorld
The SpeFicMe! Market Newsletter is published by SpecFicWorld.com and is owned and edited by Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr. Our book reviewer is Jason Brannon - author of Five Days on the Banks of the Acheron, Puzzles of Flesh and Rusty Nails.

SpecFicMe! is a bi-monthly, PDF market newsletter for science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. Every issue features well over 200 markets, from e-zines to print magazines. Along with news about new publications, anthologies, contests, dead markets and a lot more.

You also receive special Market Alerts delivered via e-mail. So when I get news about a new magazine, contest or anthology, I send it to you that day - the Alerts include full guidelines.

PUBLISHING SCHEDULE 2003: January 15, March 15, May 15, July 15, September 15, November 15.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $10.97/12 issues

The Art of Writing by Robert Louis Stevenson
This free e-book download has been made possible by Write4Kids, "The Children's Writing Supersite."
First published in 1905, "Essays in The Art of Writing" makes extremely interesting reading and discusses many aspects of writing, including Stevenson's own writing influences, and insights into the writing of "Treasure Island." .Pdf file, 172kb.

Secrets of Writing Great Picture Books by Write4Kids.com
This free e-book download has been made possible by Write4Kids, "The Children's Writing Supersite."
"Picture books are among the most exciting and rewarding journeys for the children's author. They combine adventerous language, spectacular illustration, memorable characters and a very young child's magical view of the world. We've created this free e-book as a means of providing important information for those who wish to undertake this journey." .zip file, 431kb.

How To Get Started As A Children's Writer by Write4Kids.com
This free e-book download has been made possible by Write4Kids, "The Children's Writing Supersite."
"In this report, we’ll offer our best advice for those who dream of writing a children’s book and having it published. Seeing your work in print is not as impossible as it sometimes is made out to be, but without a basic understanding of how to create your story and submit it to publishers, your chances can dwindle. We’ll start off with some basics, then move on to great secrets for success. Finally, we’ll touch on some hot trends in publishing, and point out some common mistakes made by newcomers." .zip file, 396kb.

E-books: A Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Brajusta Publishing
"Ebooks: A Complete Guide to Self Publishing was written to assist you in not only creating your own ebook, but also to show you how simple it really is to make money on the Internet." .zip file, 701kb.

Ezines: A Complete Guide to Publishing by Brajusta Publishing
"If you're serious about your Internet presence, having your own publication will not only enable you to keep in touch with your visitors, but it will help you build a huge database of targeted customers." .zip file, 555kb.

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