AN INTRO
Some great basic FAQs here about working as a writer, from style guides to jobs in the field to finding an agent. (Thanks to young writer Marisa, who's just starting out, for sending us this link!)
THE BASICS
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed.
A good thesaurus (Roget's or Synonym Finder)
Microsoft Word spell-check and grammar tools
EDITING, GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION, AND STYLE
Associated Press Stylebook
Chicago Manual of Style
Copyeditor’s Handbook, Amy Einsohn
Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss
Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile, Noah Lukeman
A Grammar Handbook for You and I (Oops, Me!), C. Edward Good
Right, Wrong & Risky, Mark Davidson
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Print, Renni Browne and Dave King
Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences, Kitty Burns Florey
WRITING
A Writer’s Guide to Fiction, Elizabeth Lyon
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, William Zinsser
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King
Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction, James Alexander Thom
Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg
Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, Judith Barrington
PUBLISHING
Writer's Digest books on writing query letters and book proposals, www.writersdigest.com
Writer's Market
Complete Guide to Self-Publishing
Dan Poynter's Self-Publishing Manual
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/tax-tips/Self-Employment-Taxes/A-Tax-Cheat-Sheet-for-Kindle-eBook-Self-Publishing/INF29515.html (tax advice for self-publishers of Kindle books)
COPYRIGHT
US Copyright Office, www.copyright.gov
Copyright and Permissions: What Every Writer and Editor Should Know, by Elsa Peterson
Copyright Clearance for Creatives, by Joyce Miller and Dr. C. Daniel Miller
www.ascap.com and www.bmi.com for permission to use song lyrics