For Writers

•  Author in Progress: Blog of my journey to get Daughters of a Dead Empire published! And other writing adventures along the way.

• Author Mentor Match: Semiannual competition for unpublished writers with a completed manuscript, to team up with a published/agented author to help you navigate your career

• DVPit: Semiannual Twitter pitch contest popular with agents, for writers from backgrounds traditionally excluded from publishing

• Alexa Donne: YouTube channel by the founder of AuthorMentorMatch, with tons of great advice for writers at every stage of their journey

For Historians

• The Tsar’s Photographer: Colorized photographs of Russia at the turn of the 20th century

• Six Years at the Russian Court: Diary of a governess who took care of Anastasia and her sisters

• The Great War: An excellent series of YouTube videos describing WWI week by week, exactly 100 years later

• The Devil’s Wall: A real place featured in Daughters of a Dead Empire

• The Devastating True Story of the Romanov Family’s Execution: Article by renowned historian Simon Sebag Montefiore

• The Revolution - A Bibliography: Some of my favorite books on the Russian Revolution

For Wanderers

• Kidlit Walking Tours: A few Google maps I created to explore NYC sites from classic children’s books.

• Best of The 100: My favorite ‘The 100’ fanvids on YouTube.

• Greatest Fanvids Out There: More faves, across fandoms; what can I say? I love fanvids!