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                    Great Links for Writers...

                    Get writing advice, take a course in editing or storytelling or buy helpful writers' references at Queensland Writers Centre
                    Helpful forums with constructive criticism for your writing at Writers Beat
                    Writing.com
                    Writers Central
                    Literary Agent's Blog 
                    A boy goes on a journey - science fiction forums
                    Network and learn from other writers at www.absolutewrite.com
                    Learn how to sequence your story, enhance your plot and structure your novel at Storyfix
                    An amusing, thought-provoking and helpful blog - writeitsideways.com
                    Writing tips, hints and topics from Writer's Digest
                    An agent's blog on literary writing and getting published - http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com
                    Publishing rants straight from the agent's mouth - http://pubrants.blogspot.com/
                    Writing advice from a fellow editor - http://editorialanonymous.blogspot.com
                    Find an agent in the US http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/
                    More tips and hints from a published author http://www.nailyournovel.com/

                    One of the funniest writing blogs I've encountered, from the mind of Chuck Wendig http://terribleminds.com
                    Running out of fuel for your writing http://www.fuelyourwriting.com/
                    Helpful writing tips from author Crawford Kilian http://www.darkwaves.com/sfch/writing/ckilian/


                    Want to Submit to a Publisher? Here are some Aussie options by genre:
                    Australian nature or animal themes www.steveparish.com.au
                    Fiction, literature, autobiographies, cookbooks & mass market http://www.penguin.com.au/
                    Fiction, literature, autobiographies, cookbooks & mass market http://www.murdochbooks.com.au/
                    Fiction readers will rave about, Pantera Press
                    Novels with New Holland's Gibbes St imprint
                    New Frontier Publishing http://www.newfrontier.com.au/guidelines.htm

                    Need an illustrator, cover designer or formatter?
                    Paul Beely and the team at Create Imaginations come up with beautiful, personalised artwork to suit any genre, and they're highly affordable at just 40 pounds sterling.
                    Christine at Flipcity Covers is able to create a custom cover but also offers a range of affordable "pre-mades" priced from $35 US.
                    Amit Dey can format your ebook quickly and professionally for all formats for just 0.25c per page for .mobi, epub, smashwords and .html files.
                    Heather Marie Adkins just loves to format, she's cheap, reliable and lovely to deal with. 

                    Self-published? Want to Advertise Your Book Yourself? 
                    Try these free ad sites
                    www.gumtree.com.au
                    Direct matches business networking