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Web Sites
  1. http://myspace.com/nelsonagency
    The Nelson Agency’s official myspace page
  2. http://www.aar-online.org/
    This is the official webpage of the Association of Authors' Representatives. Authors can search for members through the "Find An Agent" link.
  3. http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/
    This webpage offers an inside view of the publishing industry. Many editors and agents maintain web pages here. Authors can get up-to-date news on the publishing world as well as access to recent sales.
  4. http://www.bksp.org
    Just like Publishers Marketplace is the definitive site for those in the publishing industry, Backspace: The Writers' Place is the best resource for writers. This site offers information on conferences, articles from industry giants, and interactive interviews with famous authors, talented and well-known editors, and top-notch agents. The excellent discussion forums allow writers to connect with other writers.
  5. http://www.writers.net/
    This is a terrific website and discussion forum for writers to interact with other writers. Get feedback for queries, insight into agents, and other writer-related support.
  6. http://www.agentquery.com
    A free, easy-to-use search database to find current info on literary agents.
  7. http://www.sfwa.org/beware/
    At this site, writers can get information on agents and agencies to avoid.
  8. http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/
    At Preditors and Editors, writers can get the inside scoop on the legitimacy of agencies as well as if there have been any posted complaints.
  9. http://www.writersmarket.com
    This website provides contact information for agents and editors-much like a yellow pages. There is an annual service fee.
  10. http://everyonewhosanyone.com/about.html
    Everyone Who's Anyone in Adult Trade Publishing by Gerard Jones is a unique website listing the emails of most every agent and editor in the industry. He originally created the site when he attempted to find an agent or a publishing house for his memoir Ginny Good. The site has evolved from there.

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Agents & Editors Who Blog
  1. The Knight Agency
    http://www.knightagency.blogspot.com/
  2. Agent Nephele Tempest
    http://nephele.livejournal.com/
  3. Agent Jennifer Jackson
    http://arcaedia.livejournal.com/
  4. Agent Rachel Vater
    http://raleva31.livejournal.com/
  5. Janet Reid, Literary Agent
    http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/
  6. Evil Editor
    http://www.evileditor.blogspot.com/
  7. Editor Jason Pinter
    http://jasonpinter.blogspot.com/
  8. Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
    http://dglm.blogspot.com/
  9. Bookends, LLC
    http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/
  10. Lit Soup
    http://www.litsoup.blogspot.com/
  11. The Rejector
    http://rejecter.blogspot.com/

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Industry Blogs
  1. Smart Bitches Who Read Trashy Books
    http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/
  2. Writer Beware Blogs!
    http://accrispin.blogspot.com/
  3. Galley Cat
    http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/
  4. Buzz, Balls & Hype
    http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/BkDoctorSin/
  5. Backspace: The Writer’s Place Blog
    http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenDionne/
  6. Thompson On Hollywood
    http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/
  7. Confessions of An Idiosyncratic Mind
    http://www.sarahweinman.com/confessions/
  8. Reading Under the Covers
    http://www.readingunderthecovers.blogspot.com/
  9. Deanna Hoak, Copyeditor
    http://deannahoak.com/
  10. Romancing the Blog
    http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/
  11. Gawker Publishing
    http://gawker.com/news/publishing/
  12. Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020
    http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/
  13. Buzz Girl
    http://bookpagebuzz.blogspot.com/

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Denver Writer Organizations
  1. Lighthouse Writers
    http://www.lighthousewriters.org/
  2. Pikes Peak Writers
    http://www.ppwc.net/
  3. Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
    http://www.rmfw.org/
  4. Sisters in Crime
    http://www.sistersincrime.org/chapters.html#CO
  5. Colorado Romance Writers—a Chapter of RWA
    http://www.coloradoromancewriters.org/
  6. Heart of Denver—a Chapter of RWA
    http://www.hodrw.com/
  7. Pikes Peak Romance Writers—a Chapter of RWA
    http://www.pprw.org/

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