Write anywhere. Any time. Any how. Just write.
Sometimes easier said than done, though, which I know better than most. Here are a few sites that have helped me, inspired me, or simply made me feel less alone.
You can't get published without submitting your work. (Unfortunate, but true!) This site makes it easy to keep tabs on where and when you send out your writing. I've been amazingly organized since I started using it. Plus, it provides a great way to research publications, publishers and agents. Highly recommended.
Duotrope: A great way to track literary submissions!
You can't get published without submitting your work. (Unfortunate, but true!) This site makes it easy to keep tabs on where and when you send out your writing. I've been amazingly organized since I started using it. Plus, it provides a great way to research publications, publishers and agents. Highly recommended.
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
"AWP provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to nearly 50,000 writers, 550 college and university creative writing programs, and 150 writers’ conferences and centers. Our mission is to foster literary achievement, advance the art of writing as essential to a good education, and serve the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing."
PEN America: Get involved in safeguarding freedom of expression around the world
"PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible."
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)
"For readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, translators, educators, and all who care about literary publishing being diverse and vibrant, we offer an annual Literary Writers Conference, annual Firecracker Awards, public panel discussions, small press and literary magazine fairs, news about what’s happening in the world of literary magazine and small press publishing, and a free, online Directory of Independent Literary Publishers."