"American Library Association Myspace"- www.myspace.com/atyourlibrary "Your Best Productivity Tips" by Michael Stelzner "Your Best Productivity Tips" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/04/02/your-best-productivity-tips/ Peace, -Mike "Struggling With Time? 5 Tips…" by Michael Stelzner "Struggling With Time? 5 Tips…" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/09/05/finding-time/ Peace, -Mike "Five Tips for Finding Writing Time" by Michael Stelzner "Five Tips for Finding Writing Time" by Michael Stelzner www.copyblogger.com/find-time-to-write/ Peace, -Mike "Time Is Not on Your Side: Time Management Tips for Writers" by Michael Stelzner "Time Is Not on Your Side: Time Management Tips for Writers" by Michael Stelzner www.copyblogger.com/time-management-writing/ Peace, -Mike "How to Write a Killer 'How To' Article That Gets Attention" by Brian Clark "How to Write a Killer 'How To' Article That Gets Attention" by Brian Clark www.copyblogger.com/how-to-write-a-killer-how-post-that-gets-attention/ Peace, -Mike "Why You Should Always Write Your Headline First" by Brian Clark "Why You Should Always Write Your Headline First" by Brian Clark www.copyblogger.com/why-you-should-always-write-your-headline-first/ Peace, -Mike "Will Blogs Replace White Papers?" by Ganobristol, from Webpronews.com "Will Blogs Replace White Papers?" by Ganobristol www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/expertarticles/wpn-62-20061120WillBlogsReplaceWhitePapers.html Peace, -Mike "Exercising Your Writing Muscles" by Michael Stelzner "Exercising Your Writing Muscles" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/12/20/exercising-your-writing-muscles/ Peace, -Mike "Angela Booth's Writing Blog" Angela Booth's Writing Blog: copywriter.typepad.com/copywriter/ Peace, -Mike "Writing Look Like Dead Grass? Fertilizer for Your Fingers" by Michael Stelzner "Writing Look Like Dead Grass? Fertilizer for Your Fingers" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/08/17/writing-like-dead-grass/ Peace, -Mike "Three Ways To Improve Your Time Management" by Sharon Hurley Hall on Writingwhitepapers.com "Three Ways To Improve Your Time Management" by Sharon Hurley Hall www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/11/16/three-ways-to-improve-time-management/ Peace, -Mike "Writing On a Deadline?" by Michael Stelzner "Writing On a Deadline?" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/11/12/the-deadline/ Peace, -Mike "How To Get More Work From Existing Clients" by Sharon Hurley Hall on Writingwhitepapers.com "How To Get More Work From Existing Clients" by Sharon Hurley Hall www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/11/09/how-to-get-more-work-from-existing-clients/ Peace, -Mike "Three Cures for Rotten Writing" by Michael Stelzner "Three Cures for Rotten Writing" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/08/13/three-cures-for-rotten-writing/ Peace, -Mike "How To End The Client Relationship" by Sharon Hurley Hall on Writingwhitepapers.com "How To End The Client Relationship" by Sharon Hurley Hall www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/10/26/how-to-end-the-client-relationship/ Peace, -Mike "Three Cures for Rotten Writing" by Michael Stelzner "Three Cures for Rotten Writing" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/08/13/three-cures-for-rotten-writing/ Peace, -Mike "Acronyms are NOT Your Friend - A Podcast" by Michael Stelzner "Acronyms are NOT Your Friend - A Podcast" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/09/07/say-no-to-acronyms/ Peace, -Mike "Your Best Productivity Tips" by Michael Stelzner "Your Best Productivity Tips" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/04/02/your-best-productivity-tips/ Peace, -Mike "Top 10 Books for Writers - The Finalists" by Michael Stelzner "Top 10 Books for Writers - The Finalists" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/01/15/top-10-books-for-writers-finalists/ Peace, -Mike "Top Ten Writing Tips To Help You To Write More" by Angela Booth "Top Ten Writing Tips To Help You To Write More" by Angela Booth copywriter.typepad.com/copywriter/2006/01/top_ten_writing.html Peace, -Mike "No-Frills Freelance Marketing" by Kristen King on Inkthinker.blogspot.com "No-Frills Freelance Marketing" by Kristen King inkthinker.blogspot.com/2006/03/no-frills-freelance-marketing.html Peace, -Mike "Tips for Bloggers" by Kristen King on Inkthinker.blogspot.com "Tips for Bloggers" by Kristen King inkthinker.blogspot.com/2007/02/tips-for-bloggers-lots-of-links.html Peace, -Mike "Tips for Creating a Winning Website" by Kristen King on Inkthinker.blogspot.com "Tips for Creating a Winning Website" by Kristen King inkthinker.blogspot.com/2007/02/tips-for-creating-winning-website-lots.html Peace, -Mike "Tips for Marketing and Promotions" by Kristen King on Inkthinker.blogspot.com "Tips for Marketing and Promotions" by Kristen King inkthinker.blogspot.com/2007/02/tips-for-marketing-and-promotions-lots.html Peace, -Mike "Freelancing As a Business" by Kristen King on Inkthinker.blogspot.com "Freelancing As a Business" by Kristen King inkthinker.blogspot.com/2007/02/freelancing-as-business-lots-of-links.html Peace, -Mike "Tips for Writing Articles" by Kristen King on Inkthinker.blogspot.com "Tips for Writing Articles" by Kristen King inkthinker.blogspot.com/2007/02/tips-for-writing-articles-lots-of-links.html Peace, -Mike "Fun/Interesting Stuff for Writers" by Kristen King on Inkthinker.blogspot.com "Fun/Interesting Stuff for Writers" by Kristen King inkthinker.blogspot.com/2007/02/funinteresting-stuff-for-writers-lots.html Peace, -Mike "Tips for Business Writing and Copywriting" by Kristen King on Inkthinker.blogspot.com "Tips for Business Writing and Copywriting" by Kristen King inkthinker.blogspot.com/2007/02/tips-for-business-writing-and.html Peace, -Mike "Tips for Books and Fiction Writing" by Kristen King on Inkthinker.blogspot.com "Tips for Books and Fiction Writing" by Kristen King inkthinker.blogspot.com/2007/02/tips-for-books-and-fiction-writing.html Peace, -Mike Kristen King's Writing Blog: www.inkthinkerblog.com/ Kristen King's Writing Blog: www.inkthinkerblog.com/ Peace, -Mike "We Get Paid What We Believe We’re Worth" by Anne Wayman at Www.thegoldenpencil.com "We Get Paid What We Believe We’re Worth" by Anne Wayman www.thegoldenpencil.com/2006/09/20/we-get-paid-what-we-believe-we’re-worth/ Peace, -Mike B5Media Blog Network The B5Media Blog Service: www.b5media.com Peace, -Mike "Jobs for Bloggers" Job Board The Problogger Job Board jobs.problogger.net/ Peace, -Mike "31 Days of Freelance Writing Tips" by Anne Wayman at Www.thegoldenpencil.com "31 Days of Freelance Writing Tips" by Anne Wayman www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/freelance-writing-tips-and-ideas/31-days-offreelance-writing-tips/page/4/ www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/freelance-writing-tips-and-ideas/31-days-offreelance-writing-tips/page/3/ www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/freelance-writing-tips-and-ideas/31-days-offreelance-writing-tips/page/2/ www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/freelance-writing-tips-and-ideas/31-days-offreelance-writing-tips/ Peace, -Mike "Best Books About Freelance Writing" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Best Books About Freelance Writing" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/best-books-about-freelance-writing/ Peace, -Mike "Blogs for Writers" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Blogs for Writers" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/blogs-for-writers/ Peace, -Mike "Top Ten Reasons to Launch an Author Blog" by Jennifer Mattern on Allbookmarketing.com "Top Ten Reasons to Launch an Author Blog" by Jennifer Mattern allbookmarketing.com/2007/10/16/online-book-promotion/top-ten-reasons-to-launch-an-author-blog/ Peace, -Mike "Allbookmarketing.com" by Jennifer Mattern "Allbookmarketing.com" by Jennifer Mattern Peace, -Mike "Allfreelancewriting.com/" by Jennifer Mattern "Allfreelancewriting.com/" by Jennifer Mattern Allfreelancewriting.com Peace, -Mike "Book Proposals" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Book Proposals" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/book-writing-editing-publishing-marketing/book-proposals/ Peace, -Mike "Book Writing, Editing, Pubishing & Marketing" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Book Writing, Editing, Pubishing & Marketing" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/book-writing-editing-publishing-marketing/ Peace, -Mike "Business of Freelance Writing" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Business of Freelance Writing" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/business-of-freelance-writing/ Peace, -Mike "Carnivals" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Carnivals" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/carnivals/ Peace, -Mike "Courses for Writers" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Courses for Writers" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/courses-for-writers/ Peace, -Mike "Freelance Writing Jobs" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Freelance Writing Jobs" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/freelance-writing-jobs/ Peace, -Mike "Freelance Writing Links and Resources" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Freelance Writing Links and Resources" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/freelance-writing-links-and-resources/ Peace, -Mike "Freelance Writing Software" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Freelance Writing Software" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/freelance-writing-software/ Peace, -Mike "Freelance Writing Tips and Ideas" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "Freelance Writing Tips and Ideas" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com www.thegoldenpencil.com/category/freelance-writing-tips-and-ideas/ Peace, -Mike "General Freelance Writing" on Www.thegoldenpencil.com "General Freelance Writing" on 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Winn Scotch "Editors Sound Off" by Allison Winn Scotch allisonwinnscotch.blogspot.com/2006/08/editors-sound-off.html Peace, -Mike "Fab Freelance Writing" Ezine by Angela Booth "Fab Freelance Writing" Ezine by Angela Booth fabfreelancewriting.com/ezine/fab-freelance-writing-ezine.html "Angela Booth’s Writing Blog" by Angela Booth "Angela Booth’s Writing Blog" by Angela Booth copywriter.typepad.com/copywriter/ Peace, -Mike "Ask Allison" Blog "Ask Allison" Blog allisonwinnscotch.blogspot.com/ Peace, -Mike "Carson's Old Blog" "Carson's Old Blog" content-writer.blogspot.com/ Peace, -Mike "Freelance Writing Jobs" "Freelance Writing Jobs" www.freelancewritinggigs.com/ Peace, -Mike "Thegoldenpencil.com" "Thegoldenpencil.com" www.thegoldenpencil.com Peace, -Mike "Inkthinker" "Inkthinker" www.inkthinkerblog.com/ Peace, -Mike "Paperback Writer" Blog "Paperback Writer" Blog pbackwriter.blogspot.com/ Peace, -Mike "The Practicing Writer" "The Practicing Writer" www.practicing-writer.com/ Peace, -Mike "The Practicing Writer" "The Practicing Writer" www.practicing-writer.com/ Peace, -Mike "Practicing Writing" Blog "Practicing Writing" Blog practicing-writing.blogspot.com/ Peace, -Mike "The Renegade Writer" Blog "The Renegade Writer" Blog therenegadewriter.com Peace, -Mike "Interviews, How to Land a Busy Expert" by Michael Stelzner "Interviews, How to Land a Busy Expert" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/09/22/interviewing-busy-experts/ Peace, -Mike "No time to produce? Try These Ideas" by Michael Stelzner "No time to produce? Try These Ideas" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/09/18/where-has-time-gone/ Peace, -Mike "Recording Interviews in Microsoft Word" by Michael Stelzner "Recording Interviews in Microsoft Word" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/09/07/recording-interviews/ Peace, -Mike "Writing Look Like Dead Grass? Fertilizer for Your Fingers" by Michael Stelzner "Writing Look Like Dead Grass? Fertilizer for Your Fingers" by Michael Stelzner www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2006/08/17/writing-like-dead-grass/ Peace, -Mike Catalystblogger- www.catalystblogger.blogspot.com/ Freelance Writing Gigs- freelancewritinggigs.com/ Get Paid to Write Online- getpaidtowriteonline.com/ Heather Strang's Writer Blog- heatherstrang.blogspot.com/ The Golden Pencil- www.thegoldenpencil.com/ The Renegade Writer Blog- therenegadewriter.com/ The Urban Muse- theurbanmuse.blogspot.com/ Web Content Writer Tips- www.jcme.ca/jcmefreelancewriting/ Web Writing Info- www.webwritinginfo.com/ Write From Home- write-from-home.blogspot.com/ The Urban Muse- theurbanmuse.blogspot.com Web Content Writer Tips- www.jcme.ca/jcmefreelancewriting Web Writing Info- www.webwritinginfo.com Write From Home- write-from-home.blogspot.com Writer Mama- thewritermama.wordpress.com Writer's Resource Center- www.poewar.com Writing for Writers- www.melissadonovan.com Writing the Cyber Highway- writingthecyberhighway.blogspot.com Inspiring Online Credibility- www.grokdotcom.com/2007/10/19/10-rhetorical-steps-to-online-credibility-part-1 www.grokdotcom.com/2007/10/23/the-would-be-guru-inspiring-online-credibility-part-2 www.grokdotcom.com/2007/10/25/is-trump-a-guru-inspiring-online-credibility-part-3 Screencast: Building Trust & Credibility Online- www.grokdotcom.com/2007/10/26/trust-and-credibility-screencast Grammar Girl- grammar.quickanddirtytips.com ChrisG- www.chrisg.com/ Problogger.net- www.problogger.net/ Wordspy- wordspy.com "A Strategy For Relationship Linking"- by Liz Strauss at Problogger.net: www.problogger.net/archives/2007/04/02/a-strategy-for-relationship-linking/ "Long Posts vs Series of Posts" by Darren Rowse on Problogger.net- www.problogger.net/archives/2007/04/01/long-posts-vs-series-of-posts/ Art of Blog- artofblog.com "10 Powerism: The Art of Blog by Sun ZiLla"- seoblackhat.com/2006/08/24/art-of-blog/ "Zen and the Art of Remarkable Blogging" by Brian Clark- www.copyblogger.com/zen-and-the-art-of-remarkable-blogging/ "7 Things You Need to Know About Writing Lists That Work" by Muhammad Saleem- www.copyblogger.com/writing-lists/ "7 Days to Rediscovering Your Blogging Groove" by Darren Rowse- www.problogger.net/archives/2007/07/16/7-days-to-rediscovering-your-blogging-groove/ www.problogger.net/archives/2007/07/17/write-a-list-rediscover-your-blogging-groove-day-1/ www.problogger.net/archives/2007/07/18/answer-a-question-rediscover-your-blogging-groove-day-2/ www.problogger.net/archives/2007/07/19/write-a-review-rediscover-your-blogging-groove-day-3/ www.problogger.net/archives/2007/07/20/link-posts-rediscover-your-blogging-groove-day-4/ www.problogger.net/archives/2007/07/21/write-a-tip-post-rediscover-your-blogging-groove-day-5/ www.problogger.net/archives/2007/07/22/ask-a-question-rediscover-your-blogging-groove-day-6/ www.problogger.net/archives/2007/07/23/tell-a-story-rediscovering-your-blogging-groove-day-7 "How To Make Money From Blogging"- www.problogger.net/how-to-make-money-blogging/ "How to Find Readers For Your Blog"- www.problogger.net/how-to-find-readers-for-your-blog/ "Search Engine Optimization Tips for Bloggers"- www.problogger.net/search-engine-optimization-tips-for-bloggers/ "How to Write Great Blog Content"- www.problogger.net/how-to-write-great-blog-content/ "Darren's Recommendations"- www.problogger.net/blog-tips/ "What is a Blog?"- www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/05/what-is-a-blog/ "How Bloggers Make Money from Blogs"- www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/06/how-bloggers-make-money-from-blogs/ "Blogging Tips for Beginners" by Darren Rowse- www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging-for-beginners-2/ "Contentjacking: The New Cyber Crime" by Michael Stelzner- www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2007/05/03/contentjacking-the-new-cyber-crime/ "Adsense Tips for Bloggers 1" by Darren Rowse- www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/23/adsense-tips-for-bloggers-1/ www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/23/adsense-tips-for-bloggers-2-is-your-blog-suitable-for-adsense/ www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/23/adsense-tips-for-bloggers-3-an-equation-for-success/ www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/23/adsense-tips-for-bloggers-4-increasing-traffic/ www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/23/adsense-tips-for-bloggers-5-high-paying-ads/ www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/23/adsense-tips-for-bloggers-6-relevant-ads/ www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/23/adsense-tips-for-bloggers-7-well-placed-and-designed-ads/ www.problogger.net/archives/2004/09/23/adsense-tips-for-bloggers-8-miscellaneous-adsense-tips/ "How Much Do I Earn from Blogging?" by Darren Rowse- www.problogger.net/archives/2005/04/04/how-much-do-i-earn-from-blogging/ "18 Lessons I’ve Learned about Blogging" by Darren Rowse- www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/20/18-lessons-ive-learnt-as-a-blogger/ "Search Engine Optimization for Blogs - SEO" by Darren Rowse- www.problogger.net/archives/2005/08/15/search-engine-optimization-for-blogs/ "Perception of Fonts: Perceived Personality Traits and Uses" By A. Dawn Shaikh, Barbara S. Chaparro, and Doug Fox- psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/81/PersonalityofFonts.htm "Revenge of the Pixels: The Battle for Screen Real Estate" by Bryan Eisenberg- www.grokdotcom.com/2007/09/10/revenge-of-the-pixels-the-battle-for-screen-real-estate/ "How to Write Persuasive Links" by Jeff Sexton- www.grokdotcom.com/2007/09/28/persuasive-links/ "Oldest remaining..." by Seth Godin- sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/10/oldest_remainin.html "Six Common Punctuation Errors that Bedevil Bloggers" by Daniel Scocco- www.copyblogger.com/punctuation-mistakes/ "10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid" by Jody Gilbert- news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39273376,00.htm "30+ Tools For The Amateur Writer" by Sean P. Aune- mashable.com/2007/10/25/30-tools-amateur-writer/ "What's the right typeface for text?" from "Before & After" Magazine- www.bamag.com/email/0-bxt874hdg-email/ne7raP/BA0269TextType.pdf (Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the text here: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html ) "Readability.info/"- Test the readability of your site at: www.readability.info/ "The Blog Readability Test"- www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx "Dafont.com"- Fonts: www.dafont.com/ "ConfusingWords.com"- Are your words too confusing for readers and writers? At www.confusingwords.com/ "iTools"- Various language tools: www.itools.com/lang/ "ConvertCase.net"- Converts case from upper- to lower-case and vice-versa: www.convertcase.net/ "TypeTester"- Font Comparison: typetester.maratz.com/ "Activate Your Verbs" by The Grok- www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/09/activate-your-verbs/ "Two Pieces of Bad Writing Advice — And What to Do Instead" by Jeff Sexton- www.grokdotcom.com/2007/11/01/2-peices-of-bad-writing-advice-and-what-to-do-instead/ "Teaching Sells" by Brian Clark- Brian Clark of Copyblogger.com has a free report on his ideas for how to monetize online written content. All you have to do is fill in the field on the right-hand side of the page and the free content will be sent to you once: teachingsells.com/report.html?ref=cbnb "WordCount.org"- Statistics ranking the words we use and how often we use them: www.wordcount.org/main.php "WordAssociation.org"- Great for attempts to discover what words will appeal to which audience and also a nice website for Freud-groupies to play around with: www.wordassociation.org/ "Etymologic"- Site that presents a word-game test for word origins: www.etymologic.com/ "Free Rice"- End world hunger and build your vocabulary at the same time: www.freerice.com/ "Words and Phrases That Should Exist (But Probably Don't)"- A Squidoo (www.squidoo.com) lens presented by Megan Casey: www.squidoo.com/lensoftheday/?p=366 "Lost in Translation"- See what happens when you type a sentence and reword it in several different languages: tashian.com/multibabel/ "Web Economy B.S. Generator"- An experiment in making up language that sounds really, really cool but makes no sense or has no purpose whatsoever: www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html "EzineArticles"- ezinearticles.com "Build a Better Blog"- www.buildabetterblog.com/ "ChrisBlogging"- www.chrisblogging.com/ "Writers: How Not To Suck At Marketing" by Naomi Dunford on Freelancefolder.com- freelancefolder.com/writers-how-not-to-suck-at-marketing/ Also Freelancefolder.com is always asking for writers here: freelancefolder.com/write-for-us/ "101 Essential Blogging Resources"- www.blogtrepreneur.com/2007/05/23/101-essential-blogging-resources/ "It’s Not Just About Writing Great Articles, You Have To Work The System!" by Rory Sullivan at Cleancutblog.com- cleancutblog.com/its-not-just-about-writing-great-articles-you-have-to-work-the-system/ "The Article Writer" Blog- thearticlewriter.com/blog/ "The Hidden Writer"- For those who need/want to learn anything about ghostwriting: ghostwritinguncovered.com/Blog/ "The Urban Muse" Blog- www.theurbanmuse.blogspot.com/ "The Writer's Perspective"- An awesome Writersdigest.com blog by Maria Schneider: www.writersdigest.com/writersperspective/ "Web Writing Info"- www.webwritinginfo.com/ "Word Strumpet"- wordstrumpet.typepad.com/ "Words on the Page"- A blog by Lori: loriwidmer.blogspot.com/ "Write for Blogs"- A blog by Glenn Abel: www.writeforblogs.com/ "Writing For the Web"- crofsblogs.typepad.com/ "Writing Frump"- writingfrump.wordpress.com/ "WritingThoughts"- www.writingthoughts.com/ "About Weblogs"- weblogs.about.com/ "Ask Allison"- allisonwinnscotch.blogspot.com/ "Bloggers for Hire"- www.bloggersforhire.com/ "Bloggst"- bloggst.com/ "Brave New Words"- brave-new-words.blogspot.com/ "Cobwebs of the Mind"- teddygross.blogspot.com/ "Drawing on Words"- tamrey.wordpress.com/ "EWrite Life"- ewritelife.com/ "101 Best Websites for Writers"- www.writersdigest.com/101sites/categorysearch.asp "Writersrow.com"- www.writersrow.com/ Look at Writersrow.com's resources here: www.writersrow.com/writing/writing.htm "A Passive Voice Was Heard Or What's So Bad About Passive?" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/passivevoice.html "Common Idioms, Common Misused" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/commonidioms.html "Attracting Readers To Your Blog" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/attractingreaders.htm "Text Types And Styles - Shadows, Fuzzy Shadows and Embossing" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/graphics1.htm "Jazz Up Your Page With Fabulous Fonts" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/graphics2.htm "What Is Bandwidth and What Does It Mean To Steal It?" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/bandwidth.htm "About Weblogs"- weblogs.about.com/ "Ask Allison"- allisonwinnscotch.blogspot.com/ "Bloggers for Hire"- www.bloggersforhire.com/ "Bloggst"- bloggst.com/ "Brave New Words"- brave-new-words.blogspot.com/ "Cobwebs of the Mind"- teddygross.blogspot.com/ "Drawing on Words"- tamrey.wordpress.com/ "EWrite Life"- ewritelife.com/ "101 Best Websites for Writers"- www.writersdigest.com/101sites/categorysearch.asp "Writersrow.com"- www.writersrow.com/ Look at Writersrow.com's resources here: www.writersrow.com/writing/writing.htm "A Passive Voice Was Heard Or What's So Bad About Passive?" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/passivevoice.html "Common Idioms, Common Misused" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/commonidioms.html "Attracting Readers To Your Blog" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/attractingreaders.htm "Text Types And Styles - Shadows, Fuzzy Shadows and Embossing" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/graphics1.htm "Jazz Up Your Page With Fabulous Fonts" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/graphics2.htm "What Is Bandwidth and What Does It Mean To Steal It?" by Jane Harmon- www.writersrow.com/arachnae/bandwidth.htm "Funds for Writers"- fundsforwriters.com/ "Grumpy old Bookman"- grumpyoldbookman.blogspot.com/ "Beginner's Guide to Freelance Writing"- beginnersguide.com/freelance-writing/ "Literary Kicks"- www.litkicks.com/ "Lousy Writer"- lousywriter.com/ "Practicing Writing" Blog- practicing-writing.blogspot.com/ "Six Figure Writer"- allfreelancewriting.com/ "The Article Writer" Blog- thearticlewriter.com/blog/ "The Golden Pencil"- thegoldenpencil.com/ "The Rejecter"- rejecter.blogspot.com/ "The Renegade Writer"- therenegadewriter.com/ "Web Writers Cafe"- webwriterscafe.blogspot.com/ "World Wide Words"- www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm "Writers Beware"- accrispin.blogspot.com/ "Writers Remember"- writersremember.com/ "Writers Row"- www.writersrow.com/ "Writers Weekly"- writersweekly.com/ "Writing For The Web"- crofsblogs.typepad.com/ckbetas/ "YA Writing Workshops"- yacreativewriting.blogspot.com/ "Angela Booth’s Writing Blog"- copywriter.typepad.com/copywriter/ "Ask Allison"- allisonwinnscotch.blogspot.com/ "Carson's Old Blog"- content-writer.blogspot.com/ "InkThinker"- www.inkthinkerblog.com/ "Paperback Writer"- pbackwriter.blogspot.com/ "Practicing Writing"- practicing-writing.blogspot.com/ "Renegade Writer Blog"- therenegadewriter.com/ "Associated Content"- www.associatedcontent.com/ "Jeanne Dininni's Writers Notes"- www.writersnotes.net/ "A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye"- lillieammann.com/blog/ "Getting It Write For You"- www.lisavella.blogspot.com/ "FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator"- freelanceswitch.com/rates/ "Confident Writing"- coachingwizardry.typepad.com/confident_writing/ "The Harbinger"- freelancewritingtips.blogspot.com/ "Write From Home Blog"- write-from-home.blogspot.com/ "Write From Home"- www.write-from-home.com/ "b5Media"- www.b5media.com/ "A Newbie's Guide to Publishing"- jakonrath.blogspot.com/ "A Quote a Day for Writers"- vawriters.org/quotes/ "Firebrand Literary"- www.firebrandliterary.com/ "Agent Query (Where to Find Them)"- www.agentquery.com/ "Publisher Marketplace (What's Selling?)"- www.publishersmarketplace.com/ "Writer's Guild of America"- www.wga.org/ "Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators"- www.scbwi.org/ "Romance Writers of America"- www.rwanational.org/ "Romance Writers of America: San Diego"- www.rwasd.com/ "Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America"- www.sfwa.org/ "Xlibris"- www2.xlibris.com/ "All That's New(s) From A to Z"- zackcompany.blogspot.com/index.html "Fab Freelance Writing Blog"- www.fabfreelancewriting.com/blog/ "Blogging For Dollars Blog"- www.dollars2blog.com/blog/ "Fab Web Writer"- www.fabwebwriter.com/ "Web-Writing Network"- webwriting.ning.com/ "Top Ebook Writer"- www.topebookwriter.com/ "Seven Days Copywriting Success"- sevendayscopywriting.terapad.com/ "Writer Way"- writerway.blogspot.com/
“Writer’s Guild of America West”- www.wga.org/ "WGA West Guild Signatory Agents and Agency List"- www.wga.org/agency/agencylist.asp "WGA Animation"- www.wga.org/organizesub.aspx?id=1109 "The WGA Animation Writers Caucus"- www.wga.org/organizesub.aspx?id=1111 "WGA: 'What Every 'Toon Writer Needs to Know'"- www.wga.org/organizesub.aspx?id=1115 "WGA Contracts & Compensation"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=1027 "WGA Creative Rights"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=1028 "WGA's Links Concerning Credits"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=1029 "WGA's Diversity Page"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=1042 "WGA Indie Film Program"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=924 "WGA New Media"- www.wga.org/organizesub.aspx?id=1116 "WGA Nonfiction Film Program"- www.wga.org/organizesub.aspx?id=1123 "WGA Online Registration"- www.wga.org/subpage_register.aspx?id=1183 "WGA Residuals"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=1030 "WGA TV Market List"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=223 "WGA Working Rules"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=71 "WGA Writers & Publicity"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=155 "Writing for Episodic TV"- www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=156 "WGA 'Ask The Expert' Page"- www.wga.org/subpage_writingtools.aspx?id=165 "TDBSpecialprojects.com"- www.tdbspecialprojects.com/ "Project Gutenberg"- www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page "Writersandeditors.com"- HYPERLINK "www.writersandeditors.com/" www.writersandeditors.com/ HYPERLINK "www.wordplayer.com/-" www.wordplayer.com/- Screenwriting Tips “Writers’ Rooms”- books.guardian.co.uk/writersrooms “OpenFloodgate”- Share and discover fresh new writing: HYPERLINK "www.openfloodgate.com/index.htm" www.openfloodgate.com/index.htm “Associated Content”- Share your writing on the world wide web: HYPERLINK "www.associatedcontent.com" www.associatedcontent.com “Writers On America”- usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/writers/homepage.htm “Global Voices”- Bloggers worldwide: www.globalvoicesonline.org “Ubuweb”- Cool poetry site: HYPERLINK "www.ubu.com/" www.ubu.com/ “Babyhold”- Great resource for character names: HYPERLINK "www.babyhold.com/" www.babyhold.com/ “Poynter”- Awesome site about journalism and publishing- HYPERLINK "www.poynter.org/" www.poynter.org/ “Vidlit.com”- A site that releases trailers for books on the website: HYPERLINK "www.vidlit.com/" www.vidlit.com/ [Note: Site will not load on dialup connections.] “Expandedbooks”- More video trailers for books- HYPERLINK "www.expandedbooks.com" www.expandedbooks.com “Meettheauthor.com”- Videos of authors and their works: HYPERLINK "www.meettheauthor.com" www.meettheauthor.com “Writers FM”- A cool podcast for writers made by writers: HYPERLINK "www.writersfm.com/writersfm/" www.writersfm.com/writersfm/ “Howstuffworks”- A great reference site in case one needs to do research for their writing- HYPERLINK "www.howstuffworks.com" www.howstuffworks.com “Refdesk.com”- Another awesome reference site you can read critically: HYPERLINK "www.refdesk.com" www.refdesk.com “Military History Resources”- Excellent for writers doing historical or historical fiction writing: www-static.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Thomas.Pilsch/history.html “Mashable”- Good social networking related sites to promote your writing mashable.com/ “Writely”- Google’s free interactive online browser-based wordprocessing software: HYPERLINK "www.writely.com" www.writely.com [Requires free Google account as well as a web browser to use the Writely program] “Writinghacker.com”- Angela Booth’s website claiming to provide tips to writers so that they can succeed in their writing: writinghacker.com/ “Fab Freelance Writing” Ezine Archives- HYPERLINK "www.fabwritersezine.com/" www.fabwritersezine.com/ “Angela Booth’s Writing Blog” Downloads- Downloads in .PDF form that have been very helpful to some writers: copywriter.typepad.com/copywriter/freebies.html “Business Writing Today”- For business writers: iwritecoach.com/blog/ “Fab Writing World”- Another excellent writing resource: fabwritingworld.com/ “Just Write A Book” Blog- For writers of fiction and nonfiction books: HYPERLINK "www.justwriteabook.com/blog/" www.justwriteabook.com/blog/ “Your Everyday Write”- Daily writing prompts and tips: HYPERLINK "www.youreverydaywrite.com/" www.youreverydaywrite.com/ “Fab Freelance Writing Site”- fabfreelancewriting.com “Pro Write Blog” from Angela Booth- copywriter.typepad.com/pro_write_blog/ “Blogger.com”- Google’s blog site: www.blogger.com “Publishers Marketplace”- Keep tabs on the publishing industry: HYPERLINK "www.publishersmarketplace.com/" www.publishersmarketplace.com/ “Bookwire.com”- Reviews, Resources for authors, and need to know publishing industry news: HYPERLINK "www.bookwire.com/" www.bookwire.com/ “Publishers Weekly”- Quite a bit of information about publishers/publishing: HYPERLINK "www.publishersweekly.com/" www.publishersweekly.com/ “The Book Standard”- News on the book and publishing market: HYPERLINK "www.thebookstandard.com" www.thebookstandard.com “LoveToKnow 1911”- The best edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica online: Available for free, available to be read by anyone, and navigatable by subject through your browser. Oh, and it’s interactive too: HYPERLINK "www.1911encyclopedia.org/" www.1911encyclopedia.org/ “Australian Word Map”- Mapping out different phrases and slang that are moving through different regions and cultures in Australia: HYPERLINK "www.abc.net.au/wordmap/" www.abc.net.au/wordmap/ “OneLook Dictionary”- Look up words by searching through online dictionaries: HYPERLINK "www.onelook.com/" www.onelook.com/ “’HollyLisle.com’ Writer’s Section”- A cool resource of some very broad FAQs on writing and publishing: hollylisle.com/fm/ “Blogherald”- A site about blogging news: www.blogherald.com/ “Blog Perfume”- Site with WordPress blog resources- HYPERLINK "www.blogperfume.com/" www.blogperfume.com/ “WordPress”- Another blog service available online: wordpress.com “Blogging Without A Blog”- Blog tips: bloggingwithoutablog.com “Blogoria”- A blog networking resource: Blogoria.com “Writing Forward”- Another writing resource: HYPERLINK "www.writingforward.com/" www.writingforward.com/ “Blogging Tips”- HYPERLINK "www.bloggingtips.com" www.bloggingtips.com “Book Marketing Network”- bookmarket.ning.com/ “Paperback Writer”- pbackwriter.blogspot.com/ “AbiWord”- Awesome freeware word processor- HYPERLINK "www.abisource.com/" www.abisource.com/ “Abstract Art Title Generator”- A great resource to generate random titles for writings and to check on Google to see if those titles are taken. Also, you can type in a title of one of your own works and check on Google to see if that title’s available: arf.noemata.net/pa/titlegen/ “ActiveTreeNotes”- Outline and Mindmap software available to download for free from Windine Software Co.: HYPERLINK "www.handyarchive.com/Business/Organizers-PIMs/819-ActiveTreeNotes.html" www.handyarchive.com/Business/Organizers-PIMs/819-ActiveTreeNotes.html “AcuteNotes”- Take and organize notes quickly and efficiently with this program: HYPERLINK "www.handyarchive.com/Business/Organizers-PIMs/846-AcuteNotes.html" www.handyarchive.com/Business/Organizers-PIMs/846-AcuteNotes.html “AkelPad”- Open Source Editor for plain text: akelpad.sourceforge.net/en/index.php “AM-Notebook”- Freeware Notetaking Software that can help with writings. “Angel Writer”- Unique and Impressive Text Editing Software “Avis Thought Mapper”- Mind Mapping Software: HYPERLINK "www.handyarchive.com/Business/Miscellaneous/12392-Aviz-Thought-Mapper.html" www.handyarchive.com/Business/Miscellaneous/12392-Aviz-Thought-Mapper.html “Axon Idea Processor”- Mind-Mapping Freeware: web.singnet.com.sg/~axon2000/download.htm “Best Privacy Pack”- Best for keeping your ideas for your writing secure until publication so as not to worry about copyrighting problems or what not: HYPERLINK "www.bestsoftwareworld.com/" www.bestsoftwareworld.com/ “Name Generators”- “Hobbit Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/" www.chriswetherell.com/hobbit/ “Elf Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.chriswetherell.com/elf/" www.chriswetherell.com/elf/ “Cyborg Name Disaster”- cyborg.namedecoder.com/ “Middle-Earth Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.barrowdowns.com/middleearthname" www.barrowdowns.com/middleearthname “Jedi Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.xach.com/misc/jedi.html" www.xach.com/misc/jedi.html “Motivational Poster Generator”- wigflip.com/automotivator/ “Nerd Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.xach.com/nerd-name/" www.xach.com/nerd-name/ “Fairy Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.emmadavies.net/fairy/" www.emmadavies.net/fairy/ “Vampire Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.emmadavies.net/vampire/" www.emmadavies.net/vampire/ “Pokemon Name”- pizza.sandwich.net/poke/pokemon.html “Writer’s Net”- Writer’s Resource and Discussion: HYPERLINK "www.writers.net/" www.writers.net/ “Thrilling Detective Site”- HYPERLINK "www.thrillingdetective.com/" www.thrillingdetective.com/ “The Thrilling Detective Ezine Group”- groups.yahoo.com/group/thrillingdetective/ “Wu Tang Name Generator”- Wu Tang Name Generator “Mafia Name Generator”- gangstaname.com/mafia_name.php “Mob Name Generators”- pages.prodigy.net/mlemus/mobnamegenerator.htm “Chinese Personal Names”- weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbnames-u.html “Detailed List of Chinese Surnames”- HYPERLINK "www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3919/" www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3919/ “How To Pronounce Chinese Names”- HYPERLINK "www.cs.cmu.edu/~zhuxj/readpinyin.html" www.cs.cmu.edu/~zhuxj/readpinyin.html “Chinesenames.org”- Name in Chinese Symbols “Your Name In…” Get a character’s name in a variety of different languages: HYPERLINK "www.languages-of-the-world.us/YourNameIn/" www.languages-of-the-world.us/YourNameIn/ “Anbutamil.com”- Unique Indian Names for your characters: HYPERLINK "www.anbutamil.com/" www.anbutamil.com/ “Indian Names”- Indian Names and Meanings that can be used for characters: HYPERLINK "www.indiaexpress.com/specials/babynames/" www.indiaexpress.com/specials/babynames/ “Thai Name Generator”- Includes text-to-speech: HYPERLINK "www.cnx-translation.com/your-name-in-thai.php" www.cnx-translation.com/your-name-in-thai.php “Pirate Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.piratequiz.com/" www.piratequiz.com/ “Viking Name Generator”- gorm.com/name/ “Another Pirate Name Generator”- gangstaname.com/pirate_name.php “Goth Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.necroticobsession.com/gothname.html" www.necroticobsession.com/gothname.html “Another Viking Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.thequarter.org/Media/VikingName.php" www.thequarter.org/Media/VikingName.php “Nerd Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.xach.com/nerd-name/" www.xach.com/nerd-name/ “Hip Hop Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.ideazoo.com/things/hiphop.cfm" www.ideazoo.com/things/hiphop.cfm “Cute Pet Name Generator”- gangstaname.com/pet_name.php “Tavern Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.paper-dragon.com/fantasyland/tavernnamegen.html" www.paper-dragon.com/fantasyland/tavernnamegen.html “Stoner Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.electricartists.com/cannabiscup/stoner.html" www.electricartists.com/cannabiscup/stoner.html “Book Format” – Software that prints text to be put in book form: homepage.ntlworld.com/gb.reynolds/ “Book Writer”- Software to help edit books you’re writing: HYPERLINK "www.yadudigital.com/writing-tools/book-writer.php" www.yadudigital.com/writing-tools/book-writer.php “Carabao”- Translate text: ai-depot.com/nolimits/aboutcarabao.htm “Cliché Cleaner”- Find out if you’ve been repeating yourself too much or using clichés in your text: HYPERLINK "www.handyarchive.com/Business/Word-Processing/2454-ClicheCleaner.html" www.handyarchive.com/Business/Word-Processing/2454-ClicheCleaner.html “Click-N-Type Virtual Keyboard”- An awesome online typing utility for writers that have disabilities: HYPERLINK "www.lakefolks.org/cnt/" www.lakefolks.org/cnt/ “Concept Draw”- More Cool Free Mindmapping Software: HYPERLINK "www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/mindmap/main.php?glu" www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/mindmap/main.php?glu “Data Crow”- Manage collections used in your writings and organize the collection of media into one project: HYPERLINK "www.datacrow.net/" www.datacrow.net/ “Dead Disk Doctor”- Recover your writings from some damaged floppies, CDs, Hard Drives: HYPERLINK "www.deaddiskdoctor.com/" www.deaddiskdoctor.com/ “PDF Freeware Tools”- HYPERLINK "www.paehl.de/home.htm" www.paehl.de/home.htm “Tidy HTML Optimizer” Good Freeware for Bloggers: HYPERLINK "www.paehl.de/home.htm" www.paehl.de/home.htm “DocPad”- Free Alternative to Notepad: HYPERLINK "www.gammadyne.com/docpad.htm" www.gammadyne.com/docpad.htm “E-Muse”- Like a Name Generator But with Storylines: HYPERLINK "www.poetryexpress.org/emuse/emuse.html" www.poetryexpress.org/emuse/emuse.html “Poetry Express”- Cool site with poetry excercises: HYPERLINK "www.poetryexpress.org/" www.poetryexpress.org/ “Youtube Poetry Express Channel”- youtube.com/poetryexpress “Everest Dictionary Translator”- HYPERLINK "www.free-soft.ro/index-en.html" www.free-soft.ro/index-en.html “Ebook Compiler”- HYPERLINK "www.ebookcompiler.com/" www.ebookcompiler.com/ “Notetab Light”- Text and HTML Editor: HYPERLINK "www.notetab.com/" www.notetab.com/ “NotePad+”- 32-bit replacement for the standard NotePad with many improvements: HYPERLINK "www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/" www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/ “DomiNOTE”- another awesome text editor: HYPERLINK "www.dominocs.com/Freeware/index.html?Freeware.html" www.dominocs.com/Freeware/index.html?Freeware.html “EditPad Lite”- Another Text Editor: HYPERLINK "www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html" www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html “NotePadEx”- Another improved version of NotePad: notepadex.cjb.net/ “Ranfro NotePad”:- ranfo.com/freeware.html “Ted”- Another Text Editor: HYPERLINK "www.memecode.com/ted.php" www.memecode.com/ted.php “NewPad”- freewarehome.com/index.html?http%3A//freewarehome.com/software/newpad.html “Scribbler”- ratt_salad.tripod.com/Sims/software.html “NotePad”- notepad.org/ “Text2Web”- virdi-software.com/txt2web/desc.shtml “The Font Thing”- members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html “Font Explorer”- HYPERLINK "www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp" www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp “eJournal”- ejournal.obregon.us/ “Elfima Notepad”- HYPERLINK "www.elfima.com/enotepad.php" www.elfima.com/enotepad.php “Fake Name Generator”- HYPERLINK "www.fakenamegenerator.com/" www.fakenamegenerator.com/ “FAQGenie”- virdi-software.com/faqgen/desc.shtml “ScriptMaker”- HYPERLINK "www.freefilmsoftware.co.uk/" www.freefilmsoftware.co.uk/ “Slang Story Development Software”- www.freefilmsoftware.co.uk/ “Floating Notes”- www24.brinkster.com/thejoker1001/FN.htm “Fredal’s Dictionary”- sirjorj.home.comcast.net/ “FreeSerifSoftware PagePlus SE” - HYPERLINK "www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PagePlus/default.asp" www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/PagePlus/default.asp “FreeMind”- Mindmapping Software: www.sycon.de/eng/produkte/idea/index.htm “Fuzzy Duck Note Notepad”- HYPERLINK "www.fuzzyd.co.uk/note/" www.fuzzyd.co.uk/note/ “Global Spellchecker”- HYPERLINK "www.shaplus.com/spell-checker/gsfeatures.htm" www.shaplus.com/spell-checker/gsfeatures.htm “The Hero Machine”- HYPERLINK "www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heroMachine/classic.asp" www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heroMachine/classic.asp “IDEA!”- Organize ideas and concepts effectively: www.sycon.de/eng/produkte/idea/index.htm “Idea Tracker”- Organizer for ideas: www.intellectusenterprises.com/ "Michigan State University Writing Center's Grammar Hotline"- Ph#: 517-432-3610 Fax#: 517-432-3828 E-mail: grammar[AT]msu[DOT]edu Allow at least 24-48 hours for a response from a fax or email submitted question "Dictionary.com"- Online Dictionary: dictionary.reference.com/ "Thesaurus.com"- Online Thesaurus: thesaurus.reference.com/ "Roget's Thesaurus"- humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/ROGET.html "Grammar Girl's Page"- grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx "The Grammar Vandal's Page"- thegrammarvandal.wordpress.com/ "Write101.com"- Resource for anyone and everyone's writing needs: www.write101.com/ "Errant Dreams Asking Questions And Getting Started As A Writer"- www.errantdreams.com/static/start "Writer's Digest Book Club"- www.writersdigestbookclub.com/ "Horror Writers Association"- www.horror.org/ "Dark Whispers HWA Blog"- hwadarkwhispers.wordpress.com/ "HWA Myspace page"- www.myspace.com/thehwa "Speculations"- Site about all aspects of writing: www.speculations.com/ "Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer's Association Professionally Qualified Novel Venues"- sfwa.org/org/qualify.htm#Q4 "SFWA's Professionally Qualified Short Story Venues"- sfwa.org/org/qualify.htm#Q4 "SFWA's Writer Beware Site"- sfwa.org/beware/ "Writing Gym"- www.will-ludwigsen.com/gym/ "African American Book Club Writer's Resources"- writers.aalbc.com/ "Horrorfind"- Awesome horror search engine: www.horrorfind.com/ "Vocaboly"- Vocabulary builder with a free trial you can use: www.vocaboly.com/ "Capital Community College Guide To Writing And Grammar"- grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/textonly.htm "Feo Amante" Is Taking Submissions: www.feoamante.com/FeoNews/guide_lines.html Recommended Texts To Borrow From The Library: The New Fowler's Modern English Usage edited by R.W. Burchfield The Gregg Reference Manual by William A. Sabin. 9th ed. Garner's Modern American Usage by Bryan Garner Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage A University Grammar of English by Randolph Quirk and Sidney Greenbaum A Grammar of Contemporary English by Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, and Jan Svartvik The American Heritage Book of English Usage The Careful Writer: A Modern Guide to English Usage Theodore Bernstein The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage. Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly Modern American Usage: A Guide by Wilson Follett, revised by Erik Wensberg Lapsing into a Comma by Bill Walsh New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style by Paul W. Lovinger Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words by Bill Bryson The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories edited by Gynnis Chantrell The Columbia Guide to Standard American Usage by Kenneth G. Wilson Chicago Manual of Style 14th ed. U of Chicago Understanding English Grammar by Martha Kolln Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects by Martha Kolln Elements of Style by William Strunk, E.B. White Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace by Joseph M. Williams Torn Wings and Faux Pas: a Flashbook of Style, a Beastly Guide Through the Writer's Labyrinth by Karen Elizabeth Gordon Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynn Truss The Oxford Guide to English Language, edited by E.S.C. Weiner A Grammar Book for You and I . . . Oops, Me! by C. Edward Good Analyzing English Grammar Thomas Klammer & Muriel Schulz MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 5th ed. by Joseph Gibaldi Publication Manual of the American Psychological Assocation American Psychological Association The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers by Chris M. Anson and Robert A. Schwegler The St. Martin's Handbook by Andrea Lunsford, Robert Connors The Little, Brown Handbook by H. Ramsay Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, & Kay Limburg Keys for Writers: A Brief Handbook by Ann Raimes Quick Access: Reference for Writers by Lynn Quitman Troyka The Scott, Foresman Handbook for Writers by Maxine Hairston & John J. Ruszkiewicz Student's Book of College English by David Skwire and Harvey S. Wiener Strategies for Successful Writing by James A. Reinking, James W. Hart, & Robert van der Osten The Complete Stylist by Sheridan Baker Clear and Coherent Prose: A Functional Approach by William Vande Kopple Word Smart: Building an Educated Vocabulary by Adam Robinson (and the staff of The Princeton Review) "Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide"- www.ccc.commnet.edu/sensen/title/textonly.html "Grammar/Punctuation Vids On Youtube"- youtube.com/results?search=related&search_query=the%20blue%20book%20of%20grammar%20and%20punctuation%20with%20jane%20part%201%20one%20straus%20rules%20subject%20verb%20agreement%20writing%20speak%20English&v=YlTosux9JJA "Romance Writers of America"- www.rwanational.org/ "The Craft of Scientific Writing"- www.writing.eng.vt.edu/ "21st Century Publishing"- Learn about print-on-demand publishing and selfpromotion: www.julieduffy.com/ "Guide To Search Engines and List of Unique Search Engines"- www.leidenuniv.nl/ub/biv/specials.htm "A Common Sense"- Community of artists and writers: www.acommonsense.com/main/index.php "Long Story Short"- An Ezine for Writers: alongstoryshort.homestead.com/ "A&L Daily"- Arts & Letters Daily links to articles and opinions from various news outlets: www.aldaily.com/ "Abbreviations.com"- Various abbreviations and acronyms: www.stands4.com "ABCTales.com"- Site where authors get feedback on the quality of their writings: www.abctales.com "Able Stable"- Search for writing projects and jobs. Post a resume for potential employers: www.ablestable.com/ "Absolute Write"- Another excellent writing resource from a "Writer's Digest" Contributing Editor: www.absolutewrite.com/ "Academy of American Poets"- Everything poetry: www.poets.org/ "Acappela"- Author's Advocate: www.acappela.com/ "Acronym Finder"- www.acronymfinder.com/ "African American Online Writers Guild"- www.blackwriters.org/ "Agent Query"- www.agentquery.com "Agent Research"- When in doubt check a literary agent out by browsing for any possible positive or negative reports: www.agentresearch.com/agent_ver.html "American Journalism Review"- ajr.org/ "Newslink"- newslink.org/ "Albany Poetry Workshop"- Free online poetry workshop: www.sonic.net/poetry/albany/ "All Info"- Awesome reference site that also has great tips in their writing sections: www.allinfoabout.com/ "Allbooks Reviews"- Find book reviews and read author comments: www.allbookreviews.com/ "AllExperts"- www.allexperts.com/ "AllPoetry"- allpoetry.com/ "American Demographics"- www.demographics.com "American Dialect Society"- www.americandialect.org/ "American Online Columnists"- www.blueagle.com/ "American Screenwriters Association"- www.goasa.com/ "American Society of Journalists and Authors"- www.asja.org/ "Angle on Writing"- www.ninetydegreesmedia.com/angleonwriting/home.html "Another Realm"- anotherealm.com/prededitors/ "Appollo's Lyre"- www.apollos-lyre.com/ "Arcaedia"- Site with writing insights and thoughts on the publishing industry: arcaedia.livejournal.com/ "Arm Chair Interviews"- www.armchairinterviews.com/ "Artella"- www.artellawordsandart.com/ "Arts Journal"- www.artsjournal.com/ "Artslynx: International Writing Resources"- www.artslynx.org/writing/ "Ask Oxford"- www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/classicerrors/ "Ask the Experts"- moonspinners.homestead.com/asktheexperts.html "Askaboutwriting"- www.askaboutwriting.net/ "AskMe"- www.askme.com/ "Associated Writing Programs"- www.awpwriter.org/ "Association of Authors' Representatives"- www.aar-online.org/mc/page.do "Association of Personal Historians"- www.personalhistorians.org/ "Author Mania"- www.authormania.com/ "Author Zone"- www.authorzone.com/ "Authors By Design"- www.authorsbydesign.com/ "Authors In Your Pocket"- www.authorsinyourpocket.com/ "Authors Den"- www.authorsden.com/ "Autocrit"- www.autocrit.com/ "Autopsy Screenwriters Guide"- www.faqs.org/faqs/pathology/autopsy-screenwriters-guide/ "Backspace"- www.bksp.org/ "Bartleby"- Excellent authorized collection of great books online: www.bartleby.com/ "berniE-zine"- rantsravesreviews.homestead.com/ "Bibliofind"- Amazon's awesome search tool for rare and antiquarian books: www.bibliofind.com "Biography"- www.biography.com/ "Book In A Week"- www.book-in-a-week.com/ "Book Marketing Update"- www.bookmarket.com/index.html "Book Promotion Newsletter"- www.bookpromotionnewsletter.com/ "BookCrossing"- www.bookcrossing.com/ "Booklocker"- www.booklocker.com/ "Bookpage"- www.bookpage.com/ "American Booksellers Association"- www.bookweb.org "Bookwire"- www.bookwire.com/ "Wheatmark Book Publishing"- www.wheatmark.com/ "Broad Universe"- www.broaduniverse.org/ "Bulwer-Lytton Contest"- www.bulwer-lytton.com/ "Cafe Utne"- cafe.utne.com/salon.aspx "Carol Kluz Writer's Resource Directory"- carolkluz.homestead.com/index1.html "Cata University"- catauniversity.com/ "Cata-Romance"- cataromance.com/ "Center for Life Stories Preservation"- www.storypreservation.com/ "Charlotte Dillon's Resources for Romance Writers"- www.charlottedillon.com/WritingRomance.html "ChemFinder.com"- chemfinder.com/ "Children's Book Council"- www.cbcbooks.org/ "Chip Rowe’s Book of Zines"- www.zinebook.com/ "Christian Storyteller"- www.christianstoryteller.com/ "Christian Writer's Market Guide"- www.stuartmarket.com/ "Christian Writers Group"- www.christianwritersgroup.org/ "Christian Writers Guild"- www.christianwritersguild.com/ "Cliché Finder"- www.westegg.com/cliche/ "ClueLass"- www.cluelass.com/ "Colorado Springs Fiction Writer’s Group"- www.coloradospringsfictionwritersgroup.org/ "Columbia Journalism Review"- www.cjr.org/ "Common Errors in English"- www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html "Constant-Content"- www.constant-content.com/ "Contract Employee’s Handbook"- www.cehandbook.com/ "Cool Stuff 4 Writers"- www.coolstuff4writers.com/ "CopyLaw"- www.copylaw.com/ "Corbis"- pro.corbis.com/ "Creative Freelancers"- www.freelancers1.com/ "Creative Writing Prompts"- www.creativewritingprompts.com/ "Creativity for Life"- www.creativityforlife.com/ "Creativity Portal"- www.creativity-portal.com/ "Crime Writers"- groups.yahoo.com/group/crime-writers "Critique Circle"- www.critiquecircle.com/ "Critters Writer's Workshop"- www.critters.org/ "Daily Writing"- www.dailywriting.net/ "Dictionary.com"- dictionary.reference.com/ "Disinfo.com"- www.disinfo.com/ "Dogpile Search Engine"- www.dogpile.com/ "Done Deal Screenwriting Site"- www.donedealpro.com/default.aspx "Dragon Writing Prompts"- dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/ "Duotrope Writer's Market Database"- www.duotrope.com/ "E-ZineZ"- www.e-zinez.com/ "Edit Red"- www.editred.com/ "Editor and Publisher Jobs"- www.editorandpublisherjobs.com/jobs/ep/index.jsp "Encyclopedia Britannica"- www.britannica.com/ "Encyclopedia.com"- www.encyclopedia.com/ "Experts.com"- www.experts.com/ "Eye on Books"- www.eyeonbooks.com/ "Fonts.com"- www.fonts.com "F2K: Fiction Writing for the New Millenium"- www.4-writers.com/ "FACSNET Annotated Associated Press Digest"- www.facsnet.org/ "FaithWriters Christian Writers Network"- www.faithwriters.com/ "FanStory.com Fan Fiction"- www.fanstory.com/ "All The Web Search Engine"- www.alltheweb.com/ "FedWorld Information Network"- Good for reports or statistics that one might need for their writings: www.fedworld.gov "Fiction Addiction Network"- www.fictionaddiction.net/ "Fiction Factor"- www.fictionfactor.com/ "Fiction Press"- www.fictionpress.com/ "First Writer"- www.firstwriter.com/ "Forward Motion"- www.fmwriters.com/ "Freedom Forum Online"- www.freedomforum.org/ "Freelance Writers"- freelancewrite.about.com/ "Freelance Writing Jobs"- www.freelancewritinggigs.com/ "Freelance Writing Organization-International"- www.fwointl.com/ "Fun-with-Words"- www.fun-with-words.com/ "Funds for Writers"- www.fundsforwriters.com "Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine"- www.fmam.biz/ "Go-Publish-Yourself"- www.go-publish-yourself.com "Good Reports"- www.goodreports.net/ "Google"- www.google.com/ "Google Book Search"- books.google.com/ "Guide to Grammar & Writing"- grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ "Guru.com"- www.guru.com/index.aspx "Project Gutenberg"- www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page "Hatrack River"- Orson Scott Card's Author Homepage: www.hatrack.com/ "Health Question And Answer"- www.dmt123.com/ "History Channel"- www.history.com/ "Hollywood Creative Directory"- Also includes a job board on the site- Great resource for scriptwriters: www.hcdonline.com/ "Hollywood Lit Sales"- Includes screenwriting tips: www.hollywoodlitsales.com/ "Illumirate"- Finds the most relevant matches for your queries: www.illumirate.com/ "How Stuff Works"- www.howstuffworks.com/ "Writer's Resources At LiteraryLawGuide.com"- www.literarylawguide.com/resources.htm "Scholarpedia.org"- Wiki moderated and edited by scholars instead of random people: www.scholarpedia.org/article/Main_Page "Wikimindmap"- Map out wikipedia searches... Good for checking references: www.wikimindmap.org "Research Beyond Google"- oedb.org/library/college-basics/research-beyond-google "Internet Archive"- web.archive.org "Writer Beware"- www.sfwa.org/beware/ "Who Represents"- Communicate with writers through their agents etc.: www.whorepresents.com "Reviews of Associated Content, Triond, and Helium"- allsux.com/2007/05/31/get-paid-to-write-articles-helium-triond-and-associated-content-compared/ "Associated Content"- www.associatedcontent.com "Triond"- www.triond.com "Helium"- www.helium.com "Writing Contests"- www.hollywoodlitsales.com/cf/contest/contestlist.cfm "Rip Rap Theatre"- www.riprapentertain.com/ "Rip Rap University"- Video segments that include pointers on writing: www.riprapentertain.com/runiversity.htm "Margaret Fisk's Writing Links"- margaretfisk.mmfcf.com/links/writing.html "Internet Resources for Writers"- www.internet-resources.com/writers/wrlinks-fiction.htm "Sisters In Crime San Diego Chapter"- San Diego Chapter of a group for women true-crime and crime-fiction writers. Requires membership to the National Sisters In Crime Chapter to join: www.sincsd.org "Sisters In Crime Myspace"- www.myspace.com/sistersincrimenational "Sisters In Crime Blog"- sisters-in-crime-sinc.blogspot.com/ "Sisters In Crime Discussion List"- groups.yahoo.com/group/sistersincrime/ "National Sisters In Crime Chapter"- www.sistersincrime.org "Mystery Writers of America"- www.mysterywriters.org/ "African American Literature Book Club"- www.aalbc.com/ "African American Literature Book Club Writer's Resources"- writers.aalbc.com/ "The Author's Guild"- www.authorsguild.org/ "Writer's Digest"- www.writersdigest.com "National Novel Writing Month"- www.nanowrimo.org "Self Publishing"- www.selfpublishing.com "Horrorfind.com Horror Contests, E-Zines, Collections Online"- www.horrorfind.com/Horror_Fiction/Horror_Fiction_Online/ "Smatterings Computers for Writers Page"- smatterings.topcities.com/computer.html "'ConsumerReports.org' Net Threats Article"- Stay safe online: www.consumerreports.org/cro/electronics-computers/computers/internet-and-other-services/net-threats-9-07/overview/0709_net_ov.htm?resultPageIndex=1&resultIndex=1&searchTerm=computer%20virus "Errant Dreams Writing Section"- www.errantdreams.com/static/writing "Errant Dreamse Writers Links"- www.errantdreams.com/links/3/ "More Writer Links from Errant Dreams"- www.errantdreams.com/links/2/ "Literary Agents With Bad Reviews"- Taken from the list at absolutewrite.com: wordglow.com/resources "Poetry Scams- Includes 'Honest Alternatives' Section"- www.eliteskills.com/writing_scams/ "Concise Writing Tutorial"- website101.com/RSS-Blogs-Blogging/blog-writing-tips.html "The Association of Authors' Representatives"- www.aar-online.org/mc/page.do "Literary Marketplace"- www.literarymarketplace.com/lmp/us/index_us.asp "Book Fair List"- www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/bookfair.html "Standard Contracts"- www.sfwa.org/contracts/Contracts.htm "Library of Congress"- www.copyright.gov/records/ "Copyright Website"- www.benedict.com/ "The Publishing Law Center"- www.publaw.com/ "The Authors Guild Electronic Rights Section"- www.authorsguild.org/?p=103 "Electronic Rights Statement from Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America"- www.sfwa.org/contracts/ELEC.htm "Legal Recourse If You Were A Victim Of A Writing Scam"- www.sfwa.org/Beware/overview.html#Legal "Writer's Guidelines"- Search submission guidelines of various publishers: www.writersdigest.com/guidelines.asp "Access to Health Insurance/Resources for Care"- Database created by The Actor's Fund of America for writers and other creative professionals to search for health care that they can be offerred: www.ahirc.org/ "Health Insurance for Published Writers Offerred by The Author's Guild"- www.authorsguild.org/?p=162 "The Authors Guild Legal Search Database"- www.authorsguild.org/?p=123 "Authors Registry"- a royalties distributor for electronic rights: www.authorsregistry.org/ "National Writers Union"- www.nwu.org/ "Mailing Lists for Libraries and Labels for Publicity Mailings"- www.ala.org/Template.cfm/template.cfm?Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=23385 "L.L. Thrasher's Practical Book Promotion for Writers"- home.teleport.com/~baty/promo.html "Comic Book Legal Defense Fund"- www.cbldf.org/?source=zinebook "Comic Book Writer Resources"- www.members.shaw.ca/creatingcomics/writers.html "San Diego Writers And Editors Guild"- www.sandiegowritersguild.org/index.html "International PEN"- Worldwide Association of Writers: www.internationalpen.org.uk/ "Publishers & Writers of San Diego"- www.publisherswriters.org/ "San Diego Write Way"- Ezine for writers in San Diego: www.sdwriteway.org/ "Bookwarren Publishing Services"- San Diego Publisher: www.bookwarren.com/ "Independent Publisher"- "The Voice Of The Independent Publishing Industry": www.independentpublisher.com/ "Independent Publisher Book Awards"- www.independentpublisher.com/ "Axiom Business Book Awards"- www.axiomawards.com/ "2008 Nautilus Book Awards"- www.nautilusbookawards.com/ "Booksurge"- www.booksurge.com/ "San Diego Professional Editors Network"- www.sdpen.com/index.php "San Diego Writers, Ink"- www.sandiegowriters.org/ "Popular Names by Year"- www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ "The Writer's Store"- www.writersstore.com/ "Mysterious Galaxy"- Sci-Fi/Horror/Mystery Bookstore: mysteriousgalaxy.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp "Cambridge Dictionary Online"- dictionary.cambridge.org/ "Merriam-Webster Online"- www.m-w.com/ "Online Etymology Dictionary"- Origins and meanings of words: www.etymonline.com/ "A-Z List of Idioms" - www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/a.html "Answers.com"- www.answers.com/ "Idiom-attic Dictionary/Thesaurus of Idioms"- www.kluekozyte.com/idiom-attic/ "OWL Handouts - Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling"- owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/ "Associated Press Stylebook"- Used as guidelines for many newspapers: web.archive.org/web/20070206202821/http://www.falconer.netfirms.com/apstyle.html "Chicago Manual of Style"- www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html "Internet Movie Database"- www.imdb.com/ "Literary Law Guide"- www.literarylawguide.com/ "Betsie's Literary Page- How to Critique"- betsie.tripod.com/index-22.html/id11.html "Chat and Forum Listings"- anotherealm.com/prededitors/pechata.htm "Critique Circle"- www.critiquecircle.com/ "Writer Circle"- groups.yahoo.com/group/writercircle/ "Universal Writer's Group"- groups.msn.com/universalwritersgroup/ "Allpoetry Community"- allpoetry.com/ "La Jolla Writers Conference"- www.lajollawritersconference.com/ "George Polk Awards in Journalism"- www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/press/index.html "Glimmer Train Press"- www.glimmertrain.com/ "Pulitzer Prize"- www.pulitzer.org/ "San Diego Book and Writing Awards"- www.sdbookawards.org/ "WritersDigest.com Contests"- www.writersdigest.com/contests/?goto=closead "Online Literary Magazines"- newpages.com/npguides/litmags_online.htm "Pindeldyboz"- www.pindeldyboz.com/ "A Way With Words"- www.kpbs.org/words/ "Booknotes.org"- www.booknotes.org/ "A Newbie's Guide to Publishing"- jakonrath.blogspot.com/ "Absolute Write" — forums, classes, market listings, editorial services, writers directory, agents, software, newsletter "Betsie's Literary Page" — betsie.tripod.com/literary/ "Book Marketing Update" — www.bookmarket.com/ "CaliforniaAuthors.com-CaliforniaWriters.com" — www.californiaauthors.com/about.shtml "Folio Literary Management (formerly Creative Media Agency Inc.)" — www.foliolit.com/resources.php "Donald Maass Literary Agency" — www.maassagency.com/lookfor.html "How To Write A Kick-Ass Query Letter"- web.archive.org/web/20061029181129/http://www.maassagency.com/QueryLetterSecrets.html "The Market List" - www.marketlist.com/ "Preditors & Editors" — anotherealm.com/prededitors/ "Publishers Marketplace" — www.publishersmarketplace.com/ "Publishers Newswire" — www.publishersnewswire.com/ "Publishers Weekly" — www.publishersweekly.com/ "Quotes About Writing"- koti.mbnet.fi/pasenka/quotes/q-writ.htm "Scriptorium" — www.thescriptorium.net/ "Freelancers Copyright Guide"- www.nwu.org/nwu/index.php?cmd=showPage&page_id=1.2.13.1 "International Publishers' Association"- www.internationalpublishers.org/ Publishers Marketing Association — www.pma-online.org Small Publishers Association of North America — www.spannet.org John Kremer's book marketing site — www.bookmarket.com Dan Poynter's self-publishing site — www.parapub.com Writers Market — www.writersmarket.com Sunbelt Publications — www.sunbeltpub.com Brian Jud's Book Marketing Works — www.bookmarketingworks.com San Diego Professional Editors Network — www.sdpen.com Romance Writers of America San Diego — www.rwasd.com Tri-Studio writers' resources — tri-studio.com/resourcesforwriters.html Vera Caccioppoli, Encinitas Writing Coach — hi-way-haven.com and screenplayscovered.com ChildrensBookEditing.com — www.childrensbookediting.com All My Best Business and Nonfiction Copyediting — www.allmybest.net City Works Press, San Diego Non-Profit Publisher — cityworkspress.org/ San Diego Writer's Ink — www.sandiegowriters.org/ "The San Diego Union-Tribune's Book Section"- www.utbooks.com Recommended Books: "The Internet Handbook for Writers, Researchers, and Journalists" by Mary McGuire, Linda Stilborne, Melinda McAdams, Laurel Hyatt "The Book Lover's Guide To The Internet: Revised & Updated Edition" by Evan Morris "Measuring Meaningful Metrics for Your Blog"- www.kaushik.net/avinash/2007/11/blog-metrics-six-recommendations-for-measuring-your-success.html "Journalists are Customers"- www.brainsturbator.com/forums/viewthread/609/ "Building a Blog into a Book"- lifehacker.com/software/books/geek-to-live--turn-your-blog-into-a-book-part-i-227707.php lifehacker.com/software/books/geek-to-live--turn-your-blog-into-a-book-part-ii-228215.php "Lorelle On Wordpress Wordpress Cheat Sheets"- lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/10/html-css-php-and-more-cheat-sheets/ "Sell Your Blog to a Political Campaign—A New Angle on 'Monetizing'"- www.brainsturbator.com/forums/viewthread/215/ Check out the chart for more info: graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/12/03/opinion/03opchart.gif "AVG"- free.grisoft.com/ "Avast!"- www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html "AnalogX Script Defender"- www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/sdefend.htm "ThreatFire"- www.threatfire.com/about/ "Mac Virus Protection Site"- www.macvirus.org/ "VirusBarrier"- www.intego.com "clamXav"- www.clamxav.com "McAfee Virex for Macintosh"- www.networkassociates.com "Norton AntiVirus"- www.symantec.com "MacScan 2.5"- removes spyware: macscan.securemac.com/ "ThreatFire"- www.threatfire.com/about/ "Stinger"- vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/ "Smatterings: Spyware Section"- smatterings.topcities.com/spyware.html "Blocking Unwanted Parasites"- www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm "Free Spyware Remover"- www.auditmypc.com/free-spyware-removal.asp "Spybot Search & Destroy"- www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html "Ad-aware Standard Edition"- www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/ Spyware Prevention Freeware Beware of Counterfeit Spyware Protectors! "Defender"- www.microsoft.com/protect/default.mspx "Spyware Terminator"- www.spywareterminator.com/ "Spyware Blaster"- www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html "Win Patrol"- www.winpatrol.com/ Recommended Free Browsers: "Firefox": www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ - Built-in popup stopper, active x control, and other antispyware defenses. Don't forget to enable Mozilla/Firefox protection in Spyware Blaster before you run Firefox. Also, run the Firefox spyware checking and removal programs to make sure that you can prevent spyware programs from attacking your computer. Awesome "Rules & Traits of Disinformation" for those that are doing journalism/research writing: "Rules & Traits of Disinformation"- www.proparanoid.net/truth.htm Great Info on Computer Security/Malware/Viruses, etc. is at: Security.resist.ca: security.resist.ca/compintro.shtml "Information Theft In The Computer Age": web.archive.org/web/20050404054716/members.ozemail.com.au/~netsafe/tips.html Also recommended is the SecureMac site at: www.securemac.com And an Internet Security Profiling Site here: www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 An Excellent Article For Researching Nonfiction Writers/Journalists: www.xenu.net/archive/media/young-quill.html "Writers of the Future" Science Fiction Contest: www.writersofthefuture.com/ "Spyblocker"- spyblocker-software.com/spyblocker/ Here's what "Smatterings" has to say about restoring an Internet connection for Windows: "I removed some adware and nothing works... so I can't even connect to the internet. Run either of these utilities to completely reset your network. If you use static IP addresses, tape these settings to the side of your computer case so you can reset them if necessary. Download the appropriate utility before removing adware." [Source: smatterings.topcities.com/spyware.html] Try for Windows: "WinSock XP Fix"- a registry repair tool: www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html? 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Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc.- www.articlecity.com/articles/marketing/article_3832.shtml "Articles on Writing" by Kathye Gogolewski- www.sdwriteway.org/articles/Gogolewski/Gogolewski.html "San Diego Union-Tribune- How to get your book listed in the San Diego Union-Tribune's Book Section"- www.sdwriteway.org/articles/UnionTribune.html "Orato"- www.orato.com "You Are the News! Five Reasons Why Citizen Journalism Is a Concept Whose Time Has Come"- Paul Sullivan, editor in chief of www.Orato.com, offers his insights on citizen journalism: www.user-groups.net/articles/orato_journalism.html "San Diego Local Bookstores"- www.sdwriteway.org/directory/independent-booksellers.html "Mysterious Galaxy"- Great Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery Bookstore: mysteriousgalaxy.booksense.com/ "Comickaze"- Great store for comics and comic book writers: www.comickaze.com/indexold.htm "San Diego Bloggers"- sandiegobloggers.com/ "San Diego Public Library"- www.sandiego.gov/public-library/ "Smart Author Software"- smartauthor.com/ "Voice of San Diego"- voiceofsandiego.org/ "Judy Reeves, a writer"- www.judyreeveswriter.com/ "Classic Reader (free eBooks)"- www.classicreader.com/ "Gutenberg Project (free eBooks)"- www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page "Fix Your Own Printer"- www.fixyourownprinter.com/ "Firstwriter.com"- firstwriter.com "Firstwriter.com Literary Agency Resources"- www.firstwriter.com/Agents/ "Firstwriter.com Publication Resources"- www.firstwriter.com/publishers/ "Firstwriter.com Writing Contest Resources"- www.firstwriter.com/competitions/ "Firstwriter.com Magazine Publication Resources"- www.firstwriter.com/magazines/ "The Publicity Insider"- How to write press releases: www.publicityinsider.com/release.asp "The Fiction Flyer E-Zine for Readers & Writers"- tri-studio.com/ezine.html. "Free office suite"- www.OpenOffice.org "Fix Your Own Printer"- www.fixyourownprinter.com/ "Christian Bookstore Locater"- www.familychristian.com/locations.asp "Banned Books"- onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html "Yiddish Online Dictionary"- www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/ "The Online Books Page"- onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ "Webster's Online Dictionary with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation"-www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ "Online Etymology Dictionary"- www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=defenestration "Wikipedia"- www.wikipedia.org "Wiki Scanner"- See who has been posting their bias on Wikipedia entries: wikiscanner.virgil.gr/ "Babel Fish Translation"- babel.altavista.com/ "SDL/Free Translation.com"- www.freetranslation.com/ "USPS Zip Code Directory"- zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp "San Diego Unified School District Media Directory"- www.sandi.net/comm/media/news_media.html "Gebbie Press: The All-in-One Media Directory"- www.gebbieinc.com/ "Directory of Bookclubs"- bookclub.com/ "Library of Congress Online Catalog"- catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First "US Copyright Office"- www.copyright.gov/ "BowkerLink Publisher Access System"- www.bowkerlink.com/corrections/bip/itemsearch.asp "Book TV on C-Span2"- www.booktv.org/ "Government Printing Office"- www.gpo.gov/ "Wishtank Journal of Intellectual Freedom"- Great place to submit to: www.wishtank.org/ "Shocklines Forum"- The online forum for horror readers and writers: shocklinesforum.yuku.com/ "Shocklines Forum Online Writers Group"- shocklinesforum.yuku.com/forums/3/t/Shocklines-Writers-Group-SWG.html "Tagcrowd"- Make tag clouds out of text to improve Search Engine Optimization for your writings: www.tagcrowd.com/ Finding Writing Topics: "Yahoo! Answers"- answers.yahoo.com/ Social-Networking/Bookmarking To Promote Your Writing/Get Ideas For What To Write About: "MySpace"- www.myspace.com/ "Digg"- digg.com/ "Facebook"- www.facebook.com "Del.ici.ous"- del.ici.ous "Technorati"- technorati.com "Stumbleupon"- www.stumbleupon.com "Slashdot"- slashdot.org "Reddit"- reddit.com "Propeller"- www.propeller.com "Yahoo! My Web"- myweb.yahoo.com "Blogmemes"- www.blogmemes.net "The Shifted Librarian"- www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/ "Dictionary.com Word Of The Day"- dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/ "New York Times Book Review"- www.nytimes.com/pages/books/ "Yahoo! News Top Stories"- news.yahoo.com/i/716 "Washington Post Book World"- www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/print/bookworld/index.html "Librarian's Internet Index"- www.lii.org "Urban Legends"- www.snopes.com/ "About Contemporary Literature"- contemporarylit.about.com/ "USA Today Books"- www.usatoday.com/life/books/default.htm "BBC News"- news.bbc.co.uk/ "CNET News"- www.news.com/ "CNN.com"- www.cnn.com "Reuters Top News"- www.reuters.com/news "Salon.com"- www.salon.com "Slate"- www.slate.com "USAToday National Top Stories"- www.usatoday.com/news/nation/default.htm "Mixx.com"- www.mix.com "Newsvine"- www.newsvine.com/ "Federated Media Online Publishing"- www.federatedmedia.net/ "Become An Author Affiliated With Federated Media's Online Publishing"- www.federatedmedia.net/become-an-author.php "Truemors"- truemors.com/ "Wired Top Stories"- www.wired.com/ "U. S. News & World Report"- www.usnews.com/ "The Blog Squad"- Great Tips for Creating An Awesome Blog: www.blogsquad.biz/ "Quotes Of The Day"- www.quotationspage.com/qotd.html "The New York Times"- www.nytimes.com/ "Christian Science Monitor"- www.csmonitor.com/ "The Phrase Finder"- www.phrases.org.uk/ "Double-Tongued Dictionary"- Dictionary of slang, jargon, and rare and unusual words: www.doubletongued.org/ "Wordsmith.org"- www.wordsmith.org "World Wide Words"- www.worldwidewords.org "Buzznet Pop Culture Blogs"- www.buzznet.com/ "Livejournal"- www.livejournal.com "MSN Spaces"- home.services.spaces.live.com/ "Xanga"- www.xanga.com/ "Topix.net"- Awesome news reading and social networking site: www.topix.net -Clip Art & Stock Photos For Your Texts -Clipart "Barry's Clipart Server"- www.barrysclipart.com/ -Photographs "iStockphoto"- istockphoto.com/index.php "Picture Quest"- www.picturequest.com/Default.aspx? "PhotoSpin.com"- www.photospin.com/ "AbleStock.com"- www.ablestock.com/en/index "Punchstock"- www.punchstock.com/ "Veer Photography"- www.veer.com/ "SD Union Tribune Books"- books.signonsandiego.com/ "The Library Connection E-Newsletter"- www.sandiego.gov/public-library/pdf/connect0108.pdf "San Diego Writers/Editors Guild Newsletter"- www.sdwritersguild.org/newsletter/newsletter.html "SD Writers, Ink Newsletter"- www.sdwriteway.org/Newsletters/Writers_Ink.html "Publishers & Writers Of San Diego Newsletter"- www.publisherswriters.org/newsletter.html "Authors Marketing Newsletter"- www.sdwriteway.org/Newsletters/Author_marketing_newsletter.html "Book Coach Says"- www.sdwriteway.org/Newsletters/Book_Coach.html "The Fox & Quill Newsletter"- www.johnwolfbooks.com/books/FoxQuill/index.htm "Mysterious Galaxy Newsletter"- mg.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=newsletter "Hi-Way Haven Newsletter"- www.sdwriteway.org/Newsletters/Hi-Way-Haven.html "New York Times Best Sellers E-Newsletter"- www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html "Publishing Poynters E-Newsletter"- www.sdwriteway.org/Newsletters/Poynter-Publishing.html "The Writers Gazette"- www.writergazette.com/ "Women Writers Worldwide"- www.WomenWritersWorldwide.com/ "In Touch With Ingram E-Newsletter"- www.ingrambook.com/MRKNG/inTouch/1107/inTOUCH.html "Ingram Book Group"- www.ingrambook.com "Furl"- www.furl.net "Mister Wong"- www.mister-wong.com "Netvouz"- netvouz.com "Newsgator"- RSS solutions so people can track when your writing is published online: www.newsgator.com "Windows Live"- www.windowslive.com "Pageflakes"- www.pageflakes.com "FeedReader"- www.feedreader.com "My Earthlink Feed Reader"- reader.earthlink.net "My Yahoo"- my.yahoo.com "Google Reader"- www.google.com/reader "Google Docs"- docs.google.com "Netvibes"- www.netvibes.com "Rojo"- www.rojo.com "My MSN"- my.msn.com "My AOL"- my.aol.com "News Is Free"- www.newsisfree.com "Add This Search Engine Optimizer"- www.addthis.com "Squidoo"- www.squidoo.com "PlugIM"- Business Writing Social Bookmarking Site "Southern California Independent Bookseller Association"- www.scbabooks.org/home.html "Backflip"- www.backflip.com "BlinkBits"- www.blinkbits.com "Blinklist"- www.blinklist.com "Blogmarks"- blogmarks.net "Buddymarks"- buddymarks.com "CiteUlike"- www.citeulike.org "Diigo"- www.diigo.com "Dzone"- Social-Networking of Software Developer Articles: www.dzone.com "FeedMarker"- www.feedmarker.com "Feed Me Links!"- feedmelinks.com "Give A Link"- www.givealink.org "Gravee"- www.gravee.com "Hyperlinkomatic"- www.hyperlinkomatic.com "Kinja"- kinja.com "Lilisto"- lilisto.com "Linkagogo"- www.linkagogo.com "Linkroll"- www.linkroll.com "Magnolia"- ma.gnolia.com "Maple"- www.maple.nu "Newsvine"- www.newsvine.com "Raw Sugar"- www.rawsugar.com "Rojo"- www.rojo.com "Scuttle"- sourceforge.net/projects/scuttle "Segnalo"- Italian Social Bookmarking: segnalo.alice.it "Simpy"- simpy.com "Sphinn"- Promote any internet marketing news articles at the Social Bookmarking site: sphinn.com "Spurl"- www.spurl.net "Tagtooga"- www.tagtooga.com "Tailrank"- tailrank.com "Unalog"- unalog.com "Wink"- "Zurpy"- Save your writings online and re-download them from any computer anywhere with this service: zurpy.com "Spinn3r"- Great for finding news content to write about: spinn3r.com "Wordpress"- wordpress.com "Socializer"- Use in your browser to post your writing on multiple social bookmarks in only one click: ekstreme.com/socializer "Blogware"- Blog building software: home.blogware.com -Online Feed Readers "My Yahoo! Feed Reader"- my.yahoo.com "Bloglines"- www.bloglines.com "Newsgator Online"- www.newsgator.com "Kinja"- kinja.com -Windows Feedreaders "FeedReader"- www.feedreader.com "SharpReader"- www.sharpreader.net "FeedDemon"- www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon "NewsGator Outlook Edition"- www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NewsGatorInbox/Default.aspx -Feed Readers for Mac "NetNewsWire"- www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/Default.aspx "PulpFiction"- www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14977 "NewsFire"- www.newsfirerss.com "RSS Tutorial"- rss.softwaregarden.com/aboutrss.html "San Diego Writers Meetup RSS Feed"- Protocol prefix is "feed" on the URL (Uniform Resource Locator), not "http" : www.meetup.com/rss/g/writers/424/new/ "Tech For Writers"- www.techforwriters.com "Tech For Writers Writing Contests"- www.techforwriters.com/techtalkforwriters/viewforum.php?f=14 "Nichebotclassic.com"- Tracks popular keywords so your online writings can get more page views: www.nichebotclassic.com "How To Use Keyword Promotion Effectively"- http://www.nichebot.com/keywords/how-to-use-the-data-in-website-promotion.php "Adwords"- https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal "Yahoo! Buzz"- http://buzz.yahoo.com/overall "Google Zeitgeist"- http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html "Google Trends"- http://www.google.com/trends "AOL Hot Searches"- http://hotsearches.aol.com "Ask.com IQ"- http://about.ask.com/en/docs/iq/iq.shtml "Textalyser"- Shows keyword density for your online texts: textalyser.net -Writing Experiments "Cut-Up Engine"- vispo.com/cgi-bin/wonder/cutup/cutup.cgi "Lazarus Corporation Text Mixing Desk"- Includes Rastafarian conversion of your writings... "Language Is A Virus Cut-up Machine"- www.languageisavirus.com/cutupmachine.html "Language Is A Virus Creative Writing Experiments"- www.languageisavirus.com "Safe Downloading"- www.nationwide.com/other/safe-downloading.jsp "Safe Downloading And Computer Practices"- www.nationwide.com/other/safe-downloading.jsp "Statemaster"- In case you need to know anything about statistics for your writings: www.statemaster.com/index.php "