Places to Go!

Expand your literary horizons at Aminia Books and Publishing.

Places to Go!

There are websites that authors should visit to help educate, network, as well as expose their literary talents. We have found all of these websites to be very helpful as well as educational. We can't express enough that it is very important to learn as much as you can about the industry.

Library of Congress- IMPORTANT! This should be your first stop! Protect your work! Don't send your work off unless you have applied for copyright!
http://www.copyright.gov/

Writers Beware- This website gives you the good, the bad and the ugly. It dishes out the dirt and other helpful facts on publishing companies, agents, and other literary agencies.

www.sfwa.org/Beware

Writers Digest- A great place to enter contests, seek grants and read great articles surrounding the literary/publishing industry.
www.writersdigest.com

Kulture First- Kulturefirst is web portal serving up African American Kulture. Kulture covering Art, African Art, African American Books, African Drumming, African Storytelling, Jazz, Conscious Hip Hop, Poetry/Spoken Word, Lectures on CD/DVD and our African American Author Magazine on MP3. This site has it all! Don't sleep on this site! www.kulturefirst.com

Write Way 2 Freedom- A great not-for-profit agency that caters to the minds and souls of aspiring writers. This not-for-profit agency helps the community with their heavy enformcement of literary based programs nationwide! The organizations leaders, Paula Edwards and Curtis Alcutt are not only published authors, but exceptional people with great visions. Check them out! Don't forget to subscribe to their literary newsletter, Literary Focus.
www.writeway2freedom.com

The Peoples Lounge- A great new place where authors hang. A spin off of MySpace, but without the craziness. A very cool and laid back atmosphere where people get their social networking on!
http://www.thepeopleslounge.com

The Urban Book Lounge- What a great place for authors to hang out! Features of books change monthly. All the happenings of the literary industry go on right at the Urban Book Lounge! Yes! The Urban Book Lounge and the Peoples Lounge are united!
http://www.theurbanbooklounge.com

The Writers Cafe- A great place to set up your profile, decorate your page and display all of your work. This website as well as the people are very cool! Other members respond to your work and give creative criticism. This can only help with your confidence of the work you produce.
http://www.writerscafe.org

My Space- On My Space, you will be able to set your profile up, upload pictures, and request friends. Your main purpose should be to set up an attractive page that highlights you and your work. If you are serious about your work, make that page about your work! Many individuals have been awarded publishing deals right on MY SPACE!!! You never know who will be watching.
http://www.myspace.com