Connections

Friends with blogs

• Rachel Unkefer
• Elizabeth McCullough
• Hope Mills
• Susan Gregg Gilmore
• Sally Honenberger
• Clifford Garstang
• Tyler Atwood
• Jocelyn Johnson
• Man Martin
• Paula Whyman
• Sarah Browning
• Nancy Lord
• Deb Prum

Fave Authors Who Aren’t Friends (yet)

• Jill McCorkle
• Lee Smith
• Mark Childress
• Jonathan Lethem
• Anne Enright
• Carl Hiaasen
• Elizabeth Berg
• Steve Yarbrough
• Steve Almond
• Ann Patchett
• Peter Carey
• Josh Weil
• Mark Haddon
• Kate Atkinson
• Carolyn Parkhurst
• Kevin Wilson

Colonies and Conferences

• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
• The Studios of Key West
• Hambidge
• Hedgebrook
• Millay Colony
• Yaddo
• Vermont Studio Center
• Ragdale
• The MacDowell Colony
• Ucross Foundation
• Key West Literary Seminar
• Sewanee
• Breadloaf
• Squaw Valley Writers
• Wesleyan

Writers’ Resources and Organizations

• WriterHouse – a nonprofit writing center in Charlottesville, VA
• James River Writers – non-profit writing organization in central Virginia
• AWP – The Association of Writers and Writing Programs
• Duotrope – a free submission tracking website
• Poets & Writers – great mag and website filled with info for writers of all levels
• Publishers Weekly – a must-read for writers, publishers, and agents
• AgentQuery – a database of literary agents