Seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya, di tahun 2008 ini WritersDigest.com kembali memberikan anugerah Writer’s Digest Best Websites of 2008, atau website terbaik di bidang penulisan.
Sekadar info, jumlah situs penulisan di luar negeri sangat banyak. Bila kita mencari di google dengan kata kunci “writer“, hasil pencarian mencapai jumlah 229 juta lebih. Sayangnya, maraknya situs penulisan di luar negeri ini tidak diimbangi dengan kondisi yang sama di Indonesia. Di sini, jumlah situs penulisan boleh dikatakan masih bisa dihitung dengan jari.
Karena itulah, untuk memperluas cakrawala kita di bidang penulisan, tak ada salahnya bila kita sering-sering melirik situs-situs penulisan luar negeri. Salah satu alternatifnya adalah website-website pilihan WritersDigest.com berikut ini.
Category: Agent Blogs
1. Agent Nathan Bransford’s Blog
2. Buried in the Slush Pile
3. Janet Reid’s Literary Blog
4. Jennifer Jackson’s Et in Arcaedia, Ego Blog
5. Lori Perkins’ Agent in the Middle
6. Rachelle Gardner’s Rants & Ramblings
7. The Rejecter Blog
Category: Challenges/Creativity
1. Book in a Week
2. National Novel Writing Month
3. Smith Mag Six Word Challenge
4. The Story Starter
5. The Teacher’s Corner
6. WritingFix
Category: General Resources
1. Brainy Quote
2. Dictionary.com Translater
3. Merriam-Webster
4. Refdesk.com
5. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names
6. Wikipedia
Category: Genre/Niche
1. C. Hope Clark’s Funds for Writers
2. Christian Storyteller
3. Coffee Time Romance & More
4. Crime-Writers Yahoo Group
5. Drew’s Script-O-Rama
6. Fictionfactor.com
7. Freelance Writing Organization-Int’l
8. Horror Writers Association
9. J.A. Konrath’s A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing
10. Kid Magazine Writers
11. Marcela Landres
12. Mom Writer’s Literary Magazine
13. Moontown Cafe
14. Movie Bytes
15. Noodle Tools
16. R.A.W. SISTAZ Literary Group
17. Resources for Muslim Writers
18. Robin Opie’s Writing For Children
19. Romance Divas
20. The Erotica Readers & Writers Association
21. The Jewish Writing Institute
22. The Poetry in Color
23. The Poetry Market Ezine
24. The Urban Muse
25. The Wild Poetry Forum
26. The Young Writers Society
27. Today’s Woman
28. Winning Writers
29. Worldwide Freelance Writer
30. WOW! Women on Writing
31. Writer Gazette
Category: Jobs
1. Freelance Writing Jobs
2. JournalismJobs.com
3. Media Job Market
4. MediaBistro
5. Publishers Marketplace
Category: Just for fun
1. Armchair Interviews
2. CoolStuff4Writers.com
3. Novely Journey
4. The Eighteen Questions
5. Writer Site Out
6. Writers FM
Category: Protect Yourself
1. Agent Research
2. Literary Law Guide
3. Preditors & Editors
4. Query Tracker
5. The Publishing Law Center
6. United States Copyright Office
7. Writer Beware
Category: Publishing Resources
1. Agent Query
2. Author MBA
3. Backspace
4. Duotrope’s Digest
5. FirstWriter.com
6. ForWriters.com
7. Publishing Questions
8. Sharing with Writers and Readers
9. Shawguides
10. The Publicity Hound
11. The Writer’s Resource Directory
12. Trent Steele’s Write Street
13. WritersNet
Category: Writing Communities
1. Absolute Write
2. Critique Groups for Writers
3. Ed(2010)
4. Edit Red
5. Fanstory
6. Long Story Short
7. Mike’s Writing Workshop
8. My Writers Circle
9. Newbie-Writers.com
10. OnceWritten.com
11. Rob Parnell’s Easy Way to Write
12. Romance Writing Tips
13. The Internet Writing Workshop
14. The MuseItUp Club
15. The MuseItUp Club Critique Group
16. The Writers Society
17. The Writing Bridge
18. WordTrip
19. Writer Unboxed
20. Writing.com
Catatan: Saya hanya menampilkan link dari website-website di atas. Bila Anda ingin melihat penjelasan singkat masing-masing website, silahkan klik saja ke sumber tulisan ini:
http://writersdigest.com/101BestSites
Semoga bermanfaat!
Cilangkap, 21 Mei 2008
Jonru
