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These are links to Web Sites we find particularly useful - or in some
cases, particularly interesting. Some are massive Web-links; others are
direct URLs. There may be some duplications among the various lists of
links, but there's a wealth of resources to tap. This is our list:
some purely writing-oriented; some organizations pertaining to writing;
some research areas of a broad nature; and some pure fun.
CONFERENCES, FUNDS,
AGENTS, SCAMS
Creativity http://www.creativityforlife.com (personal/workplace creativity; links to other creativity sites) http://www.creativity-portal.com (all areas of life, including writing)
http://www.writersbbs.com WriterWorkshops (over 300 resources; writing guides) http://www.writerworkshops.com/ Robin's Nest Resources for Writers http://www.com/mainwriters.html Writer's Digest magazine
Common Errors in English http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ Fowler's "King's English" http://www.bartleby.com/116/index.html Roget's Thesaurus http://www.humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html Rhyming Words http://www.rhymer.com/ Foreign Dictionaries
Bartlett's Quotations
Author's Guild http://www.authorsguild.org American Society of Authors & Journalists http://www.asja.org Association of Author's Representatives http://www.bookwire.com/AAR/ Children's Writing Resource Center (for children's writers) http://www.write4kids.com Children's Book Resources http://www.underdown.org/children.htm Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators http://www.scbwi/org/ Mystery Writers of America http://www.mysterynet.com/mwa/ Mystery http://www.mysterynet.com/ http://www.zott.com/mysforum/ (inc. discussion/writers) The Muse's Muse (songwriting resource) http://www.musesmuse.com/ Fiction Writer's Connection http://www.fictionwriters.com Romance Writers of America http://www.rwanational.com Romance Central http://www.romance-central.com Science Fiction/Fantasy Writing http://www.sff.net http://www.sfwa.org/ RESEARCH, EXPERTS Open Directory (massive links to research, almanacs, museums, science, etc.; also writing links) http://dmoz.org WWW Directories (massive; goes to links in copious subjects) http://www.webring.org Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org Library of Congress http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html Information Please Almanac http://www.infopls.com Old Farmers Almanac http://www.almanac.com/ Experts
Concordances of Great Books/Authors http://www.unl.edu:2020/alpha/Concordances_of_Great_Books.html http://www.erraticimpact.com/html/concordances.htm http://www.tug-libraries.on.ca/referencetools/quotations.html Find Best Online Price for Books http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books Books & Stories Online http://www.Bibliomania.com/ http://www.eserver.org http://promo.net/pg http://bartleby.com/index.html Open Diary (over 10,000 WWW diarists, essayists, poets, etc.) http://www.opendiary.com Publications List (over 150,000 mags, journals, newsletters)
Franklin Institute Science Museum http://www.fi.edu/ Museum of Unnatural Mystery (weird science, plus links) http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm PBS (wide range of subjects including Sesame Street) http://www.pbs.org World Wide Art Resources (links to several hundred museums) http://wwar.com National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com Apparel & Fashion through Time http://www.costumes.org/ History
White House Web (if it's about the US gov't, it's here) http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Services/ Legal Resources http://www.lawguru.com http://www.findlaw.com/index.html http://www.publaw.com National Institutes of Health (links to 24 institutions)
Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com TV Guide Movie Database http://www.tvguide.com/MovieDb/MoviePage.asp Movie Schedules Online (enter zipcode or title to find out if playing in your area) http://www.moviefone.com/ Television Schedules Online (tv programs playing in your area) http://www.tvguide.com/listings/setup/localize.asp Museum of TV & Radio http://www.mtr.org Foreign TV & Radio (actual broadcasts, most in English) http://www.foreigntv.com Jump the Shark (fun site: defining moments when quality tv reaches peak and begins to go downhill) http://www.jumptheshark.com Global Spycams (! ?)
Just for Fun: Humor http://www.cbs.com/latenight/top_ten/ (Letterman) http://www.nbc.com/tonightshow/ (Leno) http://www.nbc.com/conan/ http://www.laffnow.com/reallife.html http://www.sebourn.com/stupid.html http://www.amused.com http://www.dumblaws.com/ Alerts: Hoaxes, Urban Legends, vs. Real Viruses (info; lists)
Self-Promotion http://www.webhostmagazine.com (reviews web hosts; free, budget, premium) http://www.wordthunder.com (resources/promotion tips for self and e-publishers) http://www.spannet.org (Small Publishers Assoc. of North America; discussions) "ASIDES"; MORE; ACCESS/?? Some "Asides" http://www.dmaconsumers.org/offtelephonelist.html (register to stop telemarketers' calls) http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref (decipher computer technology, error messages, etc.) And more . . .
This is massive accessability to subscriber-based research databases that would cost individuals a separate fee for each. Included are such as Grove's Dictionaries of Music, Art, Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Life Sciences; Gale's Contemporary Authors; PoemFinder; StoryFinder; Multimedia Archives of more than 500,000 current and historical photographs; NoveList that lists over 100,000 titles, 75,000 full texts, and includes over 36,000 subject headings; databases of magazine and newspaper articles, many available full text; several search programs aimed at elementary and middle school students (don't overlook these for your own research - you'll find many simplified explanations); and possibly more, depending on the programs subscribed to by your state. Many libraries have this subscriber-based program available from library computers, and if you're lucky, your library even offers access from your home with the simple expedient of entering your library card number at the Access/?? entry. Fantastic. |