Some helpful information and references for your writing career (these are only a few of our favorites) :

• Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing

• Stephen King's Writing Advice

• Kerouac's 30 essentials: “Belief and Technique for Modern Prose".

• Kurt Vonnegut: 8 Basics of Creative Writing

• Neil Gaiman: 8 Good Writing Practices

• Ray Bradbury's "Zen in the Art of Writing"

• Strunk & White: 11 Composition Principles

• Proper Manuscript Format/Shunn