Resources

 web tools for writers

•  Write Life - how to format a Manuscript: https://thewritelife.com/how-to-format-a-book/
•  thesaurus - https://www.wordhippo.com
• Character counter: https://www.lettercount.com/
• Scribens grammar check: https://www.scribens.com/ 
  

 Books of interest

For writers 

• Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Wired For Story by Lisa Cron
•  Writing Picture Books by Ann Whitford Paul
  A must read for anyone who wants to  write picture books - and do the exercises.
•  Writing With Pictures by Uri Shulevitz
  
•  how to create picture books from the world renowned master - Uri Shulevitz author/illustrator of gorgeous picture books.
  
• It's a Bunny-Eat-Bunny World - by Olga Litowinsky
• a guide to the children's book publishing world
• Children's Writer's Word Book by writers digest books
• the right vocabulary for the right audience
•  The Writer's Book of Hope by Ralph Keyes
  
•  insight into the mind set of publishers
• The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman
  
• the elements of good writing and what to avoid
  
• Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
  
•  advice from professional editors
• 78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published and 14 Why It Just Might by Pat Walsh
• The reality of why some books get published and others don't
  
• Dear Genius - by Ursula Nordstrom
• The letters of Ursula Nordstrom, director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973
•  Understanding Comics and Making Comics by Scott McCloud
•  visual story telling and the history of visual story telling

  General

• A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright - the pitfalls of progress