Resources

• Broad Band (Claire Evans)
• Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
• Life in Code (Ellen Ullman)
• Extremely Online: The Untold Story Of Fame, Influence, And Power On the Internet (Taylor Lorenz)
• The Urgent Life (Bozoma Saint John)
• Whistleblower (Susan Fowler)
• Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet As You Know It (Kaitlyn Tiffany)

• So You Want to Start a Podcast (Kristen Meinzer)
• You’re Never Weird On the Internet (Felicia Day)
• Well That Escalated Quickly (Franchesca Ramsey)
• Uncanny Valley (Anna Wiener)
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)

Websites

• The Verge — also a podcast and YouTube Channel
• Laptop Mag
• CNET — also a YouTube Channel
• Engadget — also a YouTube Channel
• 9to5 Mac — also a YouTube Channel
• iMore
• Android Authority
• OMG! Ubuntu!
• Windows Central — also a YouTube Channel
• Wired

YouTube Channels

• MKBHD
• MobileTechReview
• Rene Ritchie
• Chrome Unboxed
• iFixit

Podcasts

• MacBreak Weekly
• Mac Power Users
• Windows Weekly
• Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP)
• The Talk Show
• This Week in Tech
• Rocket
• All About Android

• Plot & Structure (James Scott Bell)
• Nabokov’s Favorite Word is Mauve (Ben Blatt)
• This is Not a Writing Manual (Kerri Majors)
• Blogging Just For Writers (Frances Cabello)
• The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings (Paula Munier)
• Social Media For Writers (Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris)
• Create Your Writer Platform (Chuck Sambuchino)

• Wired For Story (Lisa Cron)
• Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Crawford Killian)
• Writing the Paranormal Novel (Steven Harper)
• How to Write a Mystery (Ed. Lee Child w/ Laurie R. King)
• Never Say You Can’t Survive (Charlie Jane Anders)

Websites

• The Writer Magazine –also a magazine
• Writer’s Digest –also a magazine
• The Creative Penn — also a podcast
• DIYMFA — also a podcast
• Jane Friedman
• Ann R. Allen
• NaNoWriMo
• Problogger — also a podcast

Tools

• Scrivener — Novel-writing and organization app (Paid, Windows/Mac/iOS)
• Trello — Planning and scheduling app (Free, Online/Mobile)
• Buffer — Social media scheduling app (Free, Online/Mobile)
• Typora — Markdown editor (Paid, Windows/Mac/Linux)
• iA Writer — Markdown editor (Paid, Windows/Mac/Mobile)
• Toggl — Timer app (Free, Windows/Mac/Online/Mobile)
• Microsoft OneNote — Notes organization app (Free, Windows/Mac/Online/Mobile)

• The Insider’s Guide to Technical Writing (Krista Van Laan)
• The Tech Writer’s Survival Guide (Janet Van Wicklen)
• Technical Communication (Mike Markel)
• Super Graphic (Tim Leong) — See my review
• Word By Word (Kory Stamper)
• Dreyer’s English (Benjamin Dreyer)
• Above the Fold (Brian D. Miller)
• Semicolon (Cecelia Watson)

• The Secret Lives of Colors (Kassia St Clair)
• HTML & CSS (Jon Duckett)
• Learning Web Design (Jennifer Niederst Robbins)
• What Editors Do (ed. Peter Ginna)
• Kingdom of Characters (Jing Tsu)

Websites/Podcasts

• Society of Technical Communication
• AP Stylebook
• Chicago Manual of Style
• WPBeginner
• Elegant Themes
• WPMU DEV
• Creative Bloq
• Co.Design
• Lexicon Valley Podcast

Tools

• Canva — Graphic design app (Free, Online/Mobile/Windows/Mac)
• SnagIt — Screenshot capture app (Paid, Windows/Mac)
• Paint.net — Image editing app (Free, Windows)
• Microsoft Visio — Diagram app (Subscription, Windows/Mac/Mobile)
• Affinity Publisher — Layout app (Paid, Windows/Mac)
• Nitro Pro PDF — PDF creator and editor app (Paid, Windows/Mac)
• Notepad++ — Text editor app (Free, Windows/Mac)

• Queen Bey (ed. Veronica Chambers)
• The Geek Feminist Revolution (Kameron Hurley)
• Super Mario (Jeff Ryan)
• Pure Invention: How Japan Made The Modern World (Matt Alt)
• Real Artists Don’t Starve (Jeff Goins)
• Trailblazer (Dorothy Butler Gilliam)
• Yellowface (R. F. Kuang)
• Burn It Down (Maureen Ryan)
• Audition (Barbara Walters)

• I Like To Watch (Emily Nussbaum)
• Well-Read Black Girl (ed. Glory Edim)
• The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema From Fodder To Oscar (Robin R. Means Coleman, phD and Mark H. Harris)
• BTS: Beyond the Story (BTS, Myeongseok Kang)
• Becoming Superman (J. Michael Straczynski)
• Paperback Crush (Gabrielle Moss)
• Black Nerd Problems (William Evans and Omar Holmon)
• Fangirl: A Novel (Rainbow Rowell)

Websites

• Book Riot
• Entertainment Weekly
• Anime News Network
• Literary Hub
• Tor.com Blog
• Stitch’s Media Mix
• Polygon
• io9
• The Mary Sue

Podcasts

• The Incomparable
• Pop Culture Happy Hour