Writers Resources

Eastside RWA - local RWA chapter, meets every second Tuesday of the month on Seattle's Eastside
Greater Seattle RWA - local RWA chapter, meets every first Saturday of the month.  Run ECWC conference each year.
RWA National  - main RWA website
1st Turning Point - fantastic resource for any author who wants to learn about self-promotion
National Novel Writing Month - Write 50K words from Nov 1 - 30.  Come on, you can do it!

Coffin - Kiss of Death Workshops - College of Felony and Intrigue from the RWA Mystery/Suspense Chapter

Bloggers and Review Sites

Blithely Bookish, musings of a mad book addict - http://blithelybookish.blogspot.com/

Cocktails and Books - http://www.cocktailsandbooks.com/

Erotica For All - http://eroticaforall.co.uk/

Fictional Candy - http://www.fictionalcandy.com/

Get Lost in a Story - http://getlostinastory.blogspot.com/

I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read! - http://www.sithereandread.com/

JeanzBookReadNReview - http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/

Kay Dee Royal, Paranormal and Erotica Romance musings - http://kaydeeroyal.blogspot.com/

Lisa's World of Books - http://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/

Obsession with Books - http://obsessionwithbooks.blogspot.com/

Reading Between the Wines - http://readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.blogspot.com/

Rage, Sex and Teddy Bears - http://ragesexandteddybears.blogspot.com/

Read2Review - http://read2review.com/

Reviews by Molly - http://reviewsbymolly.com/

Romance Junkies - http://www.romancejunkies.com/
Romance book reviews, contests, author interviews, chats, and more.

Romance Novel Junkies - http://www.romancenoveljunkies.com/

Simply Kayla's Book Reviews - http://simplykayla0203.blogspot.com/

Theresa Stillwagon's Blog - http://tstillwagon.wordpress.com/

The Wytch's Mirror - http://thewytchsmirror.blogspot.com/

Words of Wisdom... from the Scarf Princess - http://wowfromthescarfprincess.blogspot.com/

Articles and Blogs

Stella Cameron "Plotting Your Novel"
Lisa Gardner "Plotting the Novel: Otherwise known as The Real Reason Writers are Neurotic"
Kathy Carmichael "Writing the Fiction Synopsis"
BJ Daniels "What is it like to be a full-time novelist?"
BJ Daniels "Part Two: My Writing Schedule"
BJ Daniels "Part Three: Tricks of the trade"
Kim Harrison "Day Two of the Plotting: Character Grid"


Musetracks - Blog by Four Writers on their quest for publication
Emily Bryan - a very active blog by published author Emily Bryan
Delle Jacobs - Beginning 11/9/2009, Delle is posting complete chapters from her traditional Regency The Mudlark, published in 2003. 
Drama box - a blog about writing another related drama by Kim Harrison

Research Sources

British Titles of Nobility

The CherryPlotters

Cherry Adair
Christina Arbini
Ciara Stewart
Julia Hunter
Kelli Estes
Laurie London
Rebecca J. Clark
Shelli Stevens

TCBG - The Best Critique Group Ever

Marianne Stillings