This is the Writer's Resource page.

Web:

• WIW - Washington Independent Writers
  (www.washwriter.org)
• WRITERS CENTER - library, writing classes, networking events
  (www.writer.org)
• WNBA - Women's National Book Association, for men & women, DC chapter
  (www.wnba-books.org)
• CULTURAL ALLIANCE - workshops & job bank for small businesses; nonprofits
  (www.cultural-alliance.org)
• FOUNDATION CENTER - finding grants
  (www.fdncenter.org)
• WASHINGTON AREA LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS - legal workshops and clinics
  (www.thewala.org)
• WASHINGTON BOOK PUBLISHERS - all volunteer organization including publishers, editors, writers, etc. (Programs are often listed by WBP members on the e-list DCPUBS (a freestanding list for publications professionals based on yahoo) and WIW-L (a list run by WIW but open to everyone. How to access list is on
  www.washwriter.org)
• MID-ATLANTIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION or, nationally, the PUBLISHERS MARKETING ASSOCIATION - professional association of small, independent and self-publishers. MPA puts on excellent conferences each year in Baltimore and, this past year, at the Charlottesville Festival of the Book.
• NWU - NATIONAL WRITERS UNION. - "Guide to Freelance Rates & Standard Practice" booklet
  (www.nwu.org)

Books:

• How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larson
• How to Enter Screenplay Contests and Win by Erik Joseph
• The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing by Tom and Marilyn Ross
• The Self Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter
• How to Publish & Promote Online by M.J. Rose and Angela Adair-Hay
• The Screenwriter's Bible by David Trottier
• 2002 Writer's Market by Writer's Digest Books
• Writer's International Guide to Book Editor's Publishers and Literary Agents by Jeff Herman