A curated list of trusted writing tools, guides, and resources to support authors

at every stage of their writing and publishing journey.

Welcome to The Writer’s Station Resource Library—a curated collection of tools, books, and guides that I’ve personally used or recommended to writers throughout my professional editing career. Whether you’re outlining a new project, revising your manuscript, or navigating the publishing landscape, these resources can help you work more confidently and intentionally. I update this page periodically, so feel free to check back anytime.

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Outlining and Plotting

Take Off Your Pants!: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing: Revised Edition

Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish

Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

Revising and Editing

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print

The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide To Character Expression

The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Psychological Trauma

Woe is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English, 3rd Edition

Writing Life

Writer Unboxed

Author In Progress: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published

The Creative Penn

Marketing and Advertising

Let’s Get Digital: How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should (Third Edition) (Let’s Get Publishing) (Volume 1)

Mastering Amazon Ads: An Author’s Guide

Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book

Strangers To Superfans: A Marketing Guide to the Reader Journey (Let’s Get Publishing Book 2)

The Self Publishing Formula Podcast

Mastering Simple Facebook Ads For Authors: Find Readers and Build Your Mailing List

Learn Amazon Ads: Use AMS to Find More Readers and Sell More Books

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