We at Chartwell have found the following resources tremendously helpful in our literary endeavors. We recommend them to anyone who wants to know more about writing and publishing. Have other suggestions you think we should include? Let us know.

Publications
Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers Betsy Lerner
How to Write: Advice and Reflections Richard Rhodes
Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published Susan Rabiner, Alfred Fortunato
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation Lynne Truss
Writing to Change the World Mary Pipher

Podcasts
Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Good Writing
Promote or Perish
Powerful Book Promotion Made Easy
All About Books on NET Radio
The Accidental Creative
The Penguin Podcast

Writers Conferences and Workshops
The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word. A free, three-day literary festival held on the second full weekend of October every year.

The Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College. A three-day biennial conference held in April.

The Shaw Guide to Writers Conferences & Workshops. This website lists a multitude of writers conferences and workshops around the country.

Websites
Ref Desk
Publishers Marketplace
American Library Association
All Readers
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Publishers Weekly
Funds for Writers
Midwest Book Review
How to Create an Instant Bestselling Novel, by Cliff Pickover
Backspace
Book Angst 101, by Max Perkins
A Newbie's Guide to Publishing, by JA Konrath
The Association of Authors' Representatives
Literary Law Guide
The Library of Congress
Dictionary.com
LibraryThing.com

Plugging In
These great organizations provide opportunities to make a difference in the world through books and reading.

America’s Literacy Directory. The ALD is a service of the National Institute for Literacy and its partners: the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Education, and Verizon. The ALD connects employers, learners, volunteers, social service providers, and others to current information about literacy programs in all 50 states and the U.S. territories.

Book Ends. Book Ends is a non-profit organization in Southern California that recycles children's books through student-run book drives and places them in schools and youth organizations in need of books.

Books for Soldiers. This organization sends books in care packages to our courageous soldiers overseas.

Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries. The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries makes grants to school libraries across to country to purchase books.

An Important Note: These recommendations do not constitute explicit endorsement by Chartwell Literary Group of all content contained therein. Chartwell Literary Group cannot control, screen, or edit third-party resources and disclaims any responsibility for content that may be incorrect or disagreeable to the reader.