The Australian Association of Writing Programs

I devoted the first half of the year plotting a fantasy novel on the popular research/writing software SCRIVENER http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html and I have to admit that it is great value for money. I loved it so much that I made it an integral part of my PhD and I am using it currently to collate research material and maintain a journal. I introduced it to my supervisor who fell in love with it .

Junot Diaz on becoming a writer
http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200911-omag-junot-diaz-writing

Donald Barthelme's syllabus for a literary education
http://www.believermag.com/issues/200310/?read=barthelme_syllabus

How to write a great novel