Below are resources and information offered by our members and available to anyone who loves writing and wishes to learn more. This is site currently being filled out. Feel free to submit your own contributions.
Other Area Writing Organizations
- Writers’ League of Texas – Classes, workshops, instructional chapter meetings, Conferences
- Leander Writers’ Guild – Instructional chapter meetings, workshops
- StoryCircle Network: Lifewriting for Women – Online support groups, instruction, writing and publication opportunities, annual conference, contests, review opportunities
SGWL Critique Groups
- Poetry
- Open to new and seasoned poets who want to help each other improve in a supportive atmosphere. Email Hector Timourian or call 925-518-7793.
- How To Form a Writing Critique Group (Dave Ciambrone)
- Critique Group Criteria for Prose
Tips
- The Definitive Guide to Self-Publishing (Reedsy)
- 3D Character Check Sheet (Dave Ciambrone)
- How to Find Your Muse (Dave Ciambrone)
- How to Write a Query Letter (Dave Ciambrone)
- Assure Distribution Before Promotion (Dave Ciambrone)
- Tips for a New Writer (Dave Ciambrone)
- Book Discussion Questions (Dave Ciambrone)
- How to Write a Novel (Dave Ciambrone)
- How to Promote Yourself at a Writing Conference (Dave Ciambrone)
- How to Create an Author Platform (Dave Ciambrone)
- How to Write the Best Book Blurbs
How to Launch a Book
- How Run a Book Launch Like a Pro
- Epic Guide to Book Launch Teams
- Book_launch_checklist
- How to Organize a Book Launch Party (Dave Ciambrone)
- How to Create a Press Kit
- Manage Advanced Reader Copies with Book Funnel
Book Reviews
Recommended by Our Members
- Purdue Online Writing Lab – Style Guides, Instruction, & more
- Editors
- Teresa Lynn – Editing, formatting/design (SGWL Member)
- Illustrators (TBA)
- Agents (TBA)
- Publishers
- CreateSpace – Self publisher
- IngramSpark – Self publisher
- Tranquility Press – Hybrid publisher
- Publicists
Publications and Contests
- Kallisto Gaia Press – A literary arts nonprofit, publishing the Ocotillo Review
- Writer’s Market – Get published and paid for your writing.
- Organs of Vision and Speech Magazine – Your work should be judged on its content and quality as an individual piece.
- Winning Writers – Contests and resources for poets and writers
- Triggerfish Critical Review – An engaging online poetry journal
- Writer’s Digest – Competitions and awards
- Poets&Writers – Contests, grants and awards
