The following websites and pages were recommended in conjunction with my recent talks at the 36th annual SCBWI national summer conference in Los Angeles, "Increasing Revenue and Booksales: Blogs and Websites" and "Using the Web to Build Craft and Career." They are listed together due to content and interest overlap.
"Increasing Revenue and Booksales: Blogs and Websites"
Children's and YA Writer Cynthia Leitich Smith and various sub-pages
Jane Kurtz: Children's Author
Bartography
Debbi Michiko Florence
Lisa Firke: Hit Those Keys
Brian Yansky, this exit
Julia Durango
Santa Knows
Theo Black
Jane Yolen
Laurie Halse Anderson
Uma Krishnaswami: South Asia in Children's Literature
Marisa Montes: Writing Picture Books
Verla Kay's Website for Children's Writers & Illustrators
Toni Buzzeo: Author & Illustrator Visits
Anastasia Suen: Books
Kim Norman: Poet, Children's Author, and Illustrator
Readergirlz
The Lisa Yee Blog
As If! Authors Support Intellectual Freedom
Three Silly Chicks
Shrinking Violet Promotions
YA Authors Cafe
Cynsations at Blogger
Cynsations at LiveJournal
Spookycyn
JacketFlap
Cynthia at JacketFlap
Cynthia's MySpace
Tantalize Fans! Unite
Children's Media Professionals' Forum
April Pulley Sayre
Sanguini's Shop
"Using the Web to Build Craft and Career" (additional links)
BookPage: America's Book Review
The Horn Book
Read Roger
The Edge of the Forest
Anastasia Suen
Anastasia Suen: Intensive Picture Book Workshops
Writers.com
Writers.com: Uma Krishnaswami: Writing for Children
Uma Krishnaswami
Toni Buzzeo
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
The Purple Crayon
SmartWriters.com
Editorial Anonymous
Create/Relate
Institute of Children's Literature
ICL sample chat