Resources Available from Commercial Services

The Writers' Club. Features the Writers Cafe, The Writer's Life conferences, Meet the Writers, Mentor program. (Keyword WRITERS)

Writer's Market. Text of the writers' Bible, easily searchable. Available through America Online.

CompuServe Information Service

PR & Marketing SIG. 25 different subsections on topics from technology to communications to creativity. Available through CompuServe (GO PRSIG).

The Journalism Forum Vast research resources. Available through Compuserve. (GO JFORUM).

Showbiz Forum. Available through Compuserve. (GO SHOWBIZ)

Literary Forum Group (GO LITFORUM). Has 23 sub areas, including the American Booksellers' Association, where you can get insiders' tips on the publishing industry. Also includes The Writers Forum (GO WRITERS), which has 23 sub areas (including the National Creative Registry, where you can register your writing online).

Prodigy

Books & Writing Bulletin Board .

National Writers' Association. Use this source to check credentials of editors, book doctors, publishers and agents.  GenieFeatures writers "roundtables" for all genres, including popular Writers Ink Roundtable. Microsoft Network

The Journalism Forum

Bulletin Boards for Writers Including many areas such as Working Writers Chats, Education and Research, Advertising and Public Relations, and Self-Publishing. The Style Guide BBS is a favorite. The Writing General area includes sub-areas for Student Writers (ages 13-18) and Writing Kids (ages 6-12).

Author's Guild  For writers in the New York area, Pipeline Internet services has a monthly Author's Guild discussion.

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