Scam Prevention

SFWA Writer Beware: https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/

The Author’s Guild scam list (Not an endorsement of the guild)L https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bavoiding-publishing-scams/

Conventions & Workshops

Superstars (Kevin J Anderson’s business focused workshop. Short and affordable.): https://superstarswriting.com/

Taos Toolbox: (Excellent writing workshop with Nancy Kress for more advanced writers): http://www.taostoolbox.com/

Writers of the Future Forums (while focused on the contest, a good place to get to know lots of writers): https://www.writersofthefuture.com/forum/

Critique & Mutual Aide

Critique Circle (well-run, free level): https://www.critiquecircle.com

Codex (huge mutual support community, free to join with pro sale or my invitation: https://www.codexwriters.com

Critters Writers Workshop: (My first critique groups, not to my liking due to email orientation, but taste vary: https://critters.org/

Scribophile: https://www.scribophile.com/

PR

MailChimp (Super easy newsletter management with GDPR compliance and reliable delivery, free to start: https://mailchimp.com/

WordPress (Most widely used blogging & web site system in the world. What you create here can be ported to your own domain later pretty easily): https://wordpress.com

Weebly (Easy drag & Drop website creation. Not as big as WordPress but at least as easy for beginners):https://www.weebly.com/

Other Tools

GIMP (professional-grade open source graphics editor, with a bit of a learning curve, but powerful, platform independent and free):https://www.gimp.org/

CANVA (Easy online tool for creating slick graphics suitable for online PR and promotion):https://www.canva.com/

Scrivener (An “Integrated Development Environment” for manuscripts): https://www.literatureandlatte.com