With writing being the solitary path that it is, and bringing about the isolation that it does, being a part of a writing community can be a sanity keeper. It always is, when you find people who understand you. It always is, when you can share your ideas and have honest editorial advice and critiques.
I will warn you this. When joining a writing community it is not enough to post your work and wait for the comments to come rolling in. Like writing a novel, you can’t just put it out there and wait for the money to come rolling in. In a community, you have to get involved. You have to edit, comment, and critique works before people will take notice of yours. Being a part of a community takes time. It takes commitment. Well, of course. All friendships do, and being a part of any community involves nurturing lasting friendships.
Deciding which community (or communities) to join will depend entirely on you. Do you want a fan fiction scene? Do you want to post chapters weekly? Are you looking for a publisher’s notice? Or are you thinking of making your finished work into an eBook?
Writing Communities:
Read, Write, and Talk
Harry Potter fan?
Read, Review, and Publishing Option
Read, Write, Share
5. http://www.writerscafe.org/
Online Writing Community
6. http://community.harlequin.com/
Group for Harlequin lovers
Join an online community where writers become authors and great books get published.
Read, Write, and Discuss fanfiction
Some More Awesome:
November 1-30 National Novel Writing Month
2. http://labs.triggerstreet.com/
Feedback Exposure and Opportunity
Read, Write and Discuss
A place for artists of every kind
Everything books
Online writer’s organization
“If you’re a reviewer, blogger, journalist, librarian, bookseller, educator, or in the media, get a FREE NetGalley account to request and read digital galleys”
8. https://www1.lightningsource.com/default.aspx
Print Publishing Services and then some
Side Note: Writing a book is a mountain of hard work – let’s face it. If you’ve decided you want to publish your novel into an eBook (and your book has been professionally edited and you have a professional designer in mind), check out some of these eBook publishers.
2. https://www.createspace.com/
3. http://www.kobo.com/writinglife
4. http://www.lulu.com/create/ebooks
