LINKS and Blogs

Agents, Editors & Publishers

Publisher's Lunch (Industry News)

BACKSPACE: The Writer's Place

Publishers Weekly: News, Blogs, Features, Deals, Reviews

Karen Fox: Market News, Agent Information, Writing Tips

Brenda Hiatt: SHOW ME THE MONEY

RWA: ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA

MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA

Avon Books

Ballantine, Bantam, Dell

Berkley/NAL

Harlequin/Silhouette Books

Writer Beware: Avoid being Scammed

Association of Author's Representatives

Agent Query: A searchable database of agents.

Writers Cafe

Query Tracker: A website devoted to finding the perfect agent

Some great BLOGS to follow:

Nathan Bransford

Bob Mayer's Write it Forward

Mystery Writing is Murder

For Fun or Research Try...

FBI

CIA

Drug Enforcement Administration

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

US Secret Service

Centers for Disease Control

US Treasury Dept.