• SCBWI - the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
  
  
• Austin SCBWI - the Austin chapter of SCBWI
  
  
• SCBWI Florida - the Florida chapter of SCBWI
  
  
• Writers' League of Texas 
  
  
• Florida Writers Association
  
  
• Colossal Directory of Children's Publishers
  
  
• Children's Book Council
  
  
• Children's Literature Web Guide
  
  
• Write4Kids.com - home of the Children's Book Insider newsletter & more
  
  
• The Purple Crayon - a children's book editor's site
  
  
• VerlaKay.com - an author's site with tons of information for children's writers
  
  
• CynthiaLeitichSmith.com - an author's site with many children's literature resources
  
  
• SmartWriters.com - more information for children's writers

• Children's Book Writer's Café
  
  
• Children's Writers Yahoo group
  
  
• Rejection Collection - Read 'em & weep...or laugh, or just commiserate
  
  
• Writer Beware - a warning site about fraudulent agents & publishers
  
  
• Resources for Writers & Writing Instructors
  
  
• RhymeZone.com - features a dictionary, thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, related word finder, & more
  
  
• Writing magazines - ByLine, Once Upon A Time, The Writer, Writer's Digest, Poets & Writers
  
  
• The Writer's Pocket Tax Guide
  
  
• Society for Technical Communication - professional organization for technical writers
  
  
• The Slot - A Spot for Copy Editors - grammar & usage gripes for the persnickety
  
  
• Apostrophe Protection Society
  
  
• Two of my favorite poems - Ulysses, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, & Love the Wild Swan, by Robinson Jeffers