The Writer's Little Helper Headquarters

Publishing Methods

How should you publish your book? Self-Publishing? more...1 point

How should you publish your book? Self-Publishing? Vanity Press? Traditional? POD-People? The Big Five? What's the difference? On this lens...1 point

How to Start a Publishing Company

How to start a publishing company: I started my ow more...1 point

How to start a publishing company: I started my own small press publishing company. Here on this lens you will find out what I did and how y...1 point

Creating Character Profiles

A character is a person about whom you write. Ever more...1 point

A character is a person about whom you write. Every work of fiction (book, screenplay, SCA persona, RPG, LARP, MMORPG, video game, etc.) has...1 point

Creating a Fantasy Realm

Are you writing a fantasy novel? Have you joined N more...1 point

Are you writing a fantasy novel? Have you joined NaNoWriMo and don't know what to do next? Do you need to know where your characters live? ...1 point

NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 using EelKat's Methods

NaNoWriMo 2009 will be my 5th year at NaNo. So far more...1 point

NaNoWriMo 2009 will be my 5th year at NaNo. So far I've had 4 years and 3 wins and this year I'm going for my fourth win.



I failed my f...1 point

What Genre is My Vampire Story?

You know, I think the #1 question out there, is: W more...1 point

You know, I think the #1 question out there, is: What genre is my vampire story? You know what makes me think that? Well, here on the NaNo...1 point

Narration for Writers

Have you ever wondered what's the difference betwe more...1 point

Have you ever wondered what's the difference between one type of narration and another? Look no farther, I shall explain them all here.1 point

What's on My Bookshelf?

A glimpse inside one author's private book collect more...1 point

A glimpse inside one author's private book collection. Find new books you haven't read before as well as books to help you write. This len...1 point

The Twighlight Manor Press

Welcome to The Twighlight Manor Press' official Sq more...1 point

Welcome to The Twighlight Manor Press' official Squidoo lens. We are not currently taking submissions for book manuscripts, though that may...1 point

Writing Tips: Horror

So you want to write horror, or maybe you started more...1 point

So you want to write horror, or maybe you started writing some other genre but now you think it may have turned into horror. What is horro...1 point

The Self-Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter

The Self-Publishing Manual is the most complete bo more...1 point

The Self-Publishing Manual is the most complete book ever written on the art of starting and maintaining a full time career as a self publis...1 point

EK's Lensography For Writers

This is a list of all of my lenses for writers.



Oh, more...1 point

This is a list of all of my lenses for writers.



Oh, and for those wondering: What's with all the waterfalls? I do a lot of my writing ...1 point

Ekography: EelKat's Lensography

I joined Squidoo in April of 2007. At the time of more...1 point

I joined Squidoo in April of 2007. At the time of Ekography's last edit I had 313 lenses and 23 groups. I make new ones all the time, ...1 point

Accepting Your Writing Style

I think one of the hardest things for a new writer more...1 point

I think one of the hardest things for a new writer to do, is to just be themselves. To inspire them, I have reprinted here an article I wrot...1 point

What do you look for in a book?

Did you ever wonder why readers choose one book or more...1 point

Did you ever wonder why readers choose one book or author over another? Looking for more readers to read your own books? Think you might nee...1 point

How To Become a Better Writer

While all writers are different, they all share on more...1 point

While all writers are different, they all share one common goal: to become a better writer. For many, becoming a better writer is a goal whi...1 point

WEIRD WORDS

The English language is full of weird words that  more...0 points

The English language is full of weird words that are oddly amusing and even a tad confusing at times.This loopy lens is dedicated ...0 points

Book Trailers

The newest way to promote your book is with video! more...0 points

The newest way to promote your book is with video! These videos are called Book Trailers. They are similar to a movie trailer, in that they ...0 points

Online freelance writing jobs

Welcome to my lens which focuses on how to make mo more...0 points

Welcome to my lens which focuses on how to make money - either as an extra income or a full time job - by writing for the internet. And yes,...0 points

How to write a Fantasy Novel.

Well, all will be revealed. I'll be disclosing all more...0 points

Well, all will be revealed. I'll be disclosing all the hard work, shortcuts and secrets on how I write my fantasy books.

You will find gen...0 points

How to Write an Article that Powerfully Drives Traffic To Your Website

To People Who Want To Write - But Can't Get Starte more...0 points

To People Who Want To Write - But Can't Get StartedHere is a process that is useful in creating articles that are designed to be of quality...0 points

Fantasy Worldbuilding Resources

I don't know about anyone else, but for me one of more...0 points

I don't know about anyone else, but for me one of the most fun aspects of writing fantasy is worldbuilding. In fact, I have so much fun cre...0 points

Social Networking for Writers

Writers have always relied on social networks of f more...0 points

Writers have always relied on social networks of friends and editors to help them improve their writing. Nowadays, the old-fashioned writer...0 points

Creating and Using Your Writer's Notebook

Writers need notebooks. That's where they record all more...0 points

Writers need notebooks. That's where they record all the flash inspirations the Muse sends them.



Thoughts are fleeting.



If you have a...0 points

How to Write and Sell Articles to Websites and Magazines

It's been nineteen years since I started learning more...0 points

It's been nineteen years since I started learning how to sell articles, but I still get excited by every new one that gets accepted. I'm m...0 points

ENTERTAINING EUPHEMISMS

Exactly what is a euphemism and, more importantly, more...0 points

Exactly what is a euphemism and, more importantly, why is it entertaining?



In twenty-five words or less, according to a dazzling dictiona...0 points

Tips For Writing Middle Grade Novels

If you have any writing skills at all, you are able more...0 points

If you have any writing skills at all, you are able to write a middle grade novel. It is easy to do and I'll show you how.



A middle grad...0 points

Vignettes

A vignette can be used by writers, scholars, and a more...0 points

A vignette can be used by writers, scholars, and artists in many walks of life as a way to focus in on a particular character, issue, or mom...0 points

Tips, Tricks, And Explanations For Complicated Grammar Rules

English grammar has a million confusing and contra more...0 points

English grammar has a million confusing and contradictory rules. The language has so many words in so many forms that it can be bewildering ...0 points

The BEAUTY & THE BEAST (A NaNoWriMo Entry For 2008)

This is my lens devoted to the most beautiful love more...0 points

This is my lens devoted to the most beautiful love story ever written: The Beauty and The Beast. Here you will find an overview of the sto...0 points

Complicit Simplicity - hackers end game

forward:

Writers create for themselves and an audience, more...0 points

forward:

Writers create for themselves and an audience, authors write for publishers.

I am a writer. My novel Complicit Simplicity, A Hac...0 points

Writing Process

Developing an individual writing process is key to more...0 points

Developing an individual writing process is key to your success as a writer. Studies of struggling writers show that one of the reasons they...0 points

How to Write a Romance Novel:the secret formula of how to write a romance novel revealed

Whether you are passionate about learning how to w more...0 points

Whether you are passionate about learning how to write a romance novel and get it published, or merely curious, you'll want to hear this ad...0 points

A Passion For Writing (Helping Writers To Succeed)

A place to find inspiration, hints, tips and all t more...0 points

A place to find inspiration, hints, tips and all the writers resources that you need to become a good writer. All that any writer really nee...0 points

Author Pen Names

According to Wikipedia, a pen name is a pseudonym more...0 points

According to Wikipedia, a pen name is a pseudonym adopted by an author. In other words, it's a fake or pretend name an author uses for the ...0 points

VANISHING VOCABULARY

This lens is devoted to recovering and restoring l more...0 points

This lens is devoted to recovering and restoring little-used if not long-lost words in the English language that truly deserve to see the li...0 points

Creative Writing Ideas: Tips On Writing A Book

A writer can come across writers block or even just more...0 points

A writer can come across writers block or even just a stump in their current story, a blog, etc.



It doesn't matter what you write you co...0 points

Screenwriting Book: A Sweet Beginning from Philip Gladwin

Philip Gladwin delivers a screenwriting book that more...0 points

Philip Gladwin delivers a screenwriting book that guides you from a blank page to your first draft and he does it in a straight forward, no ...0 points

Capturing Memories--Writing Your Autobiography or Memoir

To write about your life. Where to start?



Instead more...0 points

To write about your life. Where to start?



Instead of trying to "start from the beginning"--where you write, "I was born in...0 points

How to become an Independently Published Author

This page is designed to offer insight and advice to more...0 points

This page is designed to offer insight and advice to help the independently published, or those considering taking the independent plunge.

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Common Misused & Misspelled Words and Phrases

When you or your business is sending party invitat more...0 points

When you or your business is sending party invitations, announcements and holiday cards there are no shortage of grammatical hurdles that yo...0 points

how to start a book

I believe passionately that everyone has at least more...0 points

I believe passionately that everyone has at least one book in them, one story that is practically aching to be told. For most people, unfort...0 points

NAUGHTY-SOUNDING WORDS FOR ODD OCCASIONS

The English language is full of colorful words tha more...0 points

The English language is full of colorful words that may sound a bit suggestive, lewd, or maybe even rude, but in actual fact are really quit...0 points

Writing Prompts to get You Writing Again!

It's called writer's block. Your mind goes blank. There's more...0 points

It's called writer's block. Your mind goes blank. There's nothing worse for a writer when it happens.



What can you do? There are a lot...0 points

PRINCESS OF PUNCTUATION

This light-hearted lens is devoted to the power of more...0 points

This light-hearted lens is devoted to the power of proper punctuation.



In a world suffering from "commatosis" not to mention that other...0 points

How to Write a Screenplay

A screenplay is the start to every great movie. It more...0 points

A screenplay is the start to every great movie. It is the plan that the director and crew follow to bring a story to life.



Learning how t...0 points

What Is "Speculative Fiction"?

Speculative Fiction, or "SpecFic", is ha more...0 points

Speculative Fiction, or "SpecFic", is hard to define. It's "What If?" - the fantastic in a fictional setting. Sound vag...0 points

Fun Pens, Pencils, and Markers!

If you are a teacher, a homeschooler, a writer, or more...0 points

If you are a teacher, a homeschooler, a writer, or an artist (or someone who just wants to make a MARK on the world), this lens is dedicated...0 points

Find online freelance copywriting and ghostwriting jobs

Welcome! This is the companion lens to Online Free more...0 points

Welcome! This is the companion lens to Online Freelance Writing Jobs, with plenty of information on how to become a successful copywriter an...0 points

Carrie White, Freelance Writer

I'm a professional freelance writer and reviewer, more...0 points

I'm a professional freelance writer and reviewer, living with my partner, Chris and working in London, UK. This is all about who I am an...0 points

Grammar and Parts of Speech - How Language Works!

This lens is based on lessons I taught when I was more...0 points

This lens is based on lessons I taught when I was an English grammar and composition teacher and when I was teaching grammar and composition...0 points

Can't Write? How To Work With A Ghostwriter

I've been a ghostwriter and I've hired ghostwriter more...0 points

I've been a ghostwriter and I've hired ghostwriters so I have experience from both sides of the fence. I'm going to share that experience...0 points

Best Writing Blogs

I love to read what other authors are writing abou more...0 points

I love to read what other authors are writing about and one of the best ways to do that is by reading their blogs.  Here I've started...0 points

Poetry Magnets

Since the release of the original kit of poetry ma more...0 points

Since the release of the original kit of poetry magnets, the world has enjoyed shuffling words and word parts around to create poetry, prose...0 points

Imagination: Creativity, Success, Personal Development, Myth, Archetypes, and The Unconscious

"Imagination is more important than knowledge more...0 points

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while  imagination emb...0 points

Writing Advice Didn't Work for Her (or Me Either!)

While searching for advice for writers, I can acro more...0 points

While searching for advice for writers, I can across the home page of Patricia A. Duffy, who says that when it comes to writing, "Conve...0 points

I'm Known As Ladymermaid

My name is Lorelei. On the internet I am known as more...0 points

My name is Lorelei. On the internet I am known as Ladymermaid. It is a title that is slowly and steadily becoming associated with my works. ...0 points

Playwriting

Playwriting is the art of writing for live theatre more...0 points

Playwriting is the art of writing for live theatre. It is a varied craft, ranging from epics such as Shakespeare's Hamlet, to musicals like...0 points

Sheila Gallien's Screenwriting E-Book

Everyone wants that coveted career in screenwritin more...0 points

Everyone wants that coveted career in screenwriting. Everyone sees the big payoff. The mass of literature tells you it's easy, you can...0 points

How to Write Poetry

Choose which type of poem you would like to write. more...0 points

Choose which type of poem you would like to write. This is how to do it:0 points

Journals, Blank Books - Places to Store Your Writing

Perhaps like you, thoughts occur to me all the tim more...0 points

Perhaps like you, thoughts occur to me all the time. The problem is that many times before recently I've not had a pen or pencil and pad ha...0 points

Self-Publishing for Writers

Writers are excited about the Internet for a lot o more...0 points

Writers are excited about the Internet for a lot of reasons, and the ability to self-publish is one of them!  Today writers have hundre...0 points

Write Out of the Box

Whether your literary ambitions include penning a more...0 points

Whether your literary ambitions include penning a unique, creative, inspired piece of word art or a guide to pruning your bushes or a letter...0 points

Avoiding Common Grammar Mistakes

When you're online, your words are your first impr more...0 points

When you're online, your words are your first impression. If you're building a business or a reputation as an online writer, it's importa...0 points

10 Ways to Find Inspiration

Finding inspiration for writers can seem difficult more...0 points

Finding inspiration for writers can seem difficult, but there are many simple things you can do when the dreaded writer's block strikes. He...0 points

Free-flowing-thoughts-from-my-imagination-that-lead-to-enlightenment

I might go off on a tangent or just see how far I more...0 points

I might go off on a tangent or just see how far I can take an idea. Either way, it should be interesting because it's pure imagination. Par...0 points

Fabulous Stationery!

Introducing the first completely personalized, tot more...0 points

Introducing the first completely personalized, totally fabulous line of personalized note cards. Get a set with your name front and center....0 points

Play-on-words-to-stretch-the-human-imagination-to-infinity

Welcome to my RIME-ING space. This is where a lot more...0 points

Welcome to my RIME-ING space. This is where a lot of things will take place. So, if you'd like to be entertained; stay tuned for more; I'l...0 points

Review: How to Write a Book in 14 Days or Less

Is it really possible to write a book in 14 days o more...0 points

Is it really possible to write a book in 14 days or less? Steve Manning says "Yes!" Not only can writing a book be fast and easy, ...0 points

Grammar Tips For Writing Fiction

What is the difference between a good writer and an more...0 points

What is the difference between a good writer and an excellent writer?



Sure, a writer must have an idea, a plot, characters, interesting d...0 points

How to improve your writing: A Basic Technique

Maybe you've finished your latest fictional works, more...0 points

Maybe you've finished your latest fictional works, but you just aren't satisfied. If you're looking for a way to really improve the emoti...0 points

If You Write -- Edit It To Increase Its Effectiveness!

The world of writing has changed--maybe not the th more...0 points

The world of writing has changed--maybe not the thinking part, but the tools used to get the words "out there". From pads and...0 points

Avoiding Literary Agency & Poetry Contest Scams: A Writer's Resource

The first rule of publication is that money goes T more...0 points

The first rule of publication is that money goes TO the writer FROM the publisher and never the other way around. Yet, writers and poets are...0 points

Creating Your Way in the Complicity Universe

The Complicity Universe - an open content resource more...0 points

The Complicity Universe - an open content resource for your artistic projects.

 

The bones of Complicity Universe were laid for web ...0 points

Senseless beauty in nature upon the wild wilderness

As the butterfly sits upon the wild flower, it doe more...0 points

As the butterfly sits upon the wild flower, it doesn't have a care; except to enjoy the world for what it is, a place of happiness and joy....0 points

THE GLORIOUS GLOSSARY OF SNIT

The Glorious Glossary of SNIT is dedicated to the more...0 points

The Glorious Glossary of SNIT is dedicated to the many marvellous mavens of melodrama and misbehaved mademoiselles of mayhem who inhabit the...0 points

LindaJM's Portfolio of Lenses

I live near the Klamath River in the center of the more...0 points

I live near the Klamath River in the center of the Klamath National Forest in Northern California.



There's a local legend of a serpent t...0 points

Need to Kill Writer%u2019s Block? Kill a Character.

Need to Kill Writer's Block? Kill a Character.Do more...0 points

Need to Kill Writer's Block? Kill a Character.Do you find you have a great story going, than suddenly without warning writer&rsqu...0 points

How to Write Freelance Articles and Get Published Online With Helium

Welcome to one of my writing lenses, which is de more...0 points

Welcome to one of my writing lenses, which is dedicated to helping you make the most of the fast growing writers' website Helium ...0 points

Writing Children's Books

In this lens, children's writing experts Jon Bard more...0 points

In this lens, children's writing experts Jon Bard and Laura Backes, co-founders of Children's Book Insider, the Newsletter for Children's...0 points

Creating Your Reality

Have you ever woken up feeling a certain way about more...0 points

Have you ever woken up feeling a certain way about the day......perhaps your stressed and feeling very anxious and negative. Your having &qu...0 points

Fostering a Creative Spirit

Creativity is the ability to make something origin more...0 points

Creativity is the ability to make something original, to imagine things that don't exist, and to come up with new ideas. Creativity is the ...0 points

Memory Tricks for Commonly Misspelled Words

Ah...spelling!  For some it comes easy and for ot more...0 points

Ah...spelling!  For some it comes easy and for others it may as well be a foreign language.  Remember how to spell commonly misspe...0 points

Writers Resources Lensography

I have spent my entire professional life as a writ more...0 points

I have spent my entire professional life as a writer, editor and teacher of writing. I am published in both fiction and nonfiction including...0 points

Best Screenwriting Books: Scriptwriting Books Reviewed

The best screenwriting books for writing a strong, more...0 points

The best screenwriting books for writing a strong, solid, and production worthy screenplay are for those who want to get serious about a car...0 points

Offerings from a Mad Author

Through out school a good many of my teachers expe more...0 points

Through out school a good many of my teachers expected me to become a writer, but I wanted to go to school for veterinary technology.  ...0 points

Surviving NaNoWriMo and Making That Novel

Every year there's the NaNoWriMo, or if you prefer more...0 points

Every year there's the NaNoWriMo, or if you prefer, the 'Nation Novel Writing Month'. But do you think you have what it takes to win? The...0 points

The Next Big Idea for Your Book

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortu more...0 points

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.~ William Somerset Maugham If you're an author or aspi...0 points

Writing by Deanna Mascle

Interesting in writing? Learn more here!



I am a professional more...0 points

Interesting in writing? Learn more here!



I am a professional writer with a long history of publication in newspaper, magazine, book, and ...0 points

Ten Must-Have Books On Writing

It seems like every day someone recommends a new b more...0 points

It seems like every day someone recommends a new book on the craft of writing to me.  If I tried to read them all, I'd never have the ...0 points

I Do The Write Thing

Welcome, to the world of I Do The Write Thing!Here more...0 points

Welcome, to the world of I Do The Write Thing!Here you will find tips on over coming writers block, tips for additing tension to your fictio...0 points

The Relationship Artist

I have been fortunate to have had many great relat more...0 points

I have been fortunate to have had many great relationships! Even with all it's ups and downs, there is nothing more intriguing than the att...0 points

Author's Agenda

This is a simple letter or memo you prepare prior more...0 points

This is a simple letter or memo you prepare prior to a writing workshop or conference. Its purpose is to help your conference partner, group...0 points

The Speculative Grammarian: Scholarly Journal of Satirical Linguistics

Speculative Grammarian calls itself "the prem more...0 points

Speculative Grammarian calls itself "the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics&q...0 points

The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illus more...2 points

The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators provides online information for members and non-members. The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature...2 points

Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Chat Board - Index

Children's writers message board.1 point

Writing Children's Books @ Write4Kids.com - How To Write a Children's Book

Lots of info and a message board.1 point

Forward Motion for Writers

Forum with children's writers section.1 point

Preditors & Editors

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Margot Finke's World of - Writing For Children

Margot Finke's will help you write Children. The W more...1 point

Margot Finke's will help you write Children. The Website Directory lists her books and all writing help links.1 point

A children's book editor's site: information about writing, illustrating, publishing children's books

A children's book editor's site, with information more...1 point

A children's book editor's site, with information about writing, illustrating, and publishing children's books.1 point

Read Novels Online

Have you ever dreamed of being like JK Rowling, St more...1 point

Have you ever dreamed of being like JK Rowling, Steven King or Danielle Steel?1 point

CBI Clubhouse

Children's Book Insider - community membership sit more...1 point

Children's Book Insider - community membership site.1 point

Kidlit.com · A place for people who love, read and write children's literature.

A place for people who love, read and write childr more...1 point

A place for people who love, read and write children's literature.1 point

Writing the Middle-Grade Novel

The Middle-grade novel market is a large one. How more...0 points

The Middle-grade novel market is a large one. How do you tap into it? Learn from this much-published author.0 points

The Newbery Project

Reviews of Newbery Medal winning books by readers more...0 points

Reviews of Newbery Medal winning books by readers who have pledged to read every one of them!0 points

Verla Kay's Website for Children's Writers & Illustrators

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School Library Journal - Books, Multimedia, & Technology-Children & Teens

School Library Journal is the earth's biggest revi more...0 points

School Library Journal is the earth's biggest review source for books, multimedia and technology for children and teens --- along with news, features, and hot topics for librarians and educators.0 points

How to Write Page 1

A site full of fun tips, by author Bruce Hale.1 point

Proofreading Practice

Many people think that just having a decent grasp more...1 point

Many people think that just having a decent grasp of language and vocabulary is enough to be a proofreader.1 point

Thesis Statement Generator

Writing a paper for college is never an easy task more...1 point

Writing a paper for college is never an easy task to do. To get the help you need with a thesis statement, you may find a thesis statement generator handy.1 point

Reading Is Fundamental | Reading Planet | Game Station

Fun stuff to get you writing... write away!0 points

http://www.creativewriting4kids.com/

Well, the name says it all, doesn't it?0 points

Custom Written Dissertation

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