Favorite writing related websites/contests/etc:
- Great site filled with writing tips, resources for writers and everything you need to know about query letters – Jane Friedman
- Literary Rambles : Informative interviews with agents broken down by what they rep, and links to other articles/interviews with said agents.
- How To Write the Perfect Query Letter
- Query Shark: A site dedicated to the revision of query letters
- The Writing Excuses podcast: An excellent show with great advice on the writing process, querying and more.
- Carly Watters Blog: One of my favorite literary agent blogs. Informative, clear and incredibly helpful.
- A list of literary agent blogs
- Publishers Marketplace: A great place to research agents.
- Manuscript Wishlist: Research agents, what they’re hoping to see in their inbox and cool features that let you search by genre and tags.
- Brenda Drake’s website – Creator of Pitch Wars, Pitmad and all around awesome person