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LINKS: Writing in General

How-to-write info, publisher and agent info, copyright basics, and other resources writers might need. See General Reference for dictionaries, quotations, calendars, time and currency conversion, and more.

AbsoluteWrite: Includes a message board, The Water Cooler.
John Adcox: The Web Adventure: Lots of good links on this writer's site.
American Amateur Press Association: A good resource for amateur writers.
Association of Authors' Representatives: Official site.
Authors' Blogs: A listing.
The Bear’s Lair: An author’s writing journal that has useful info.
Books A to Z: Services and info for publishers and others.
Burning Void Writers’ Resource Page: A comprehensive list of useful links
Burry Man Writers Center: Community driven site for genres, markets, resources, and more.
Citation Styles: From CW Post Campus.
Copyright Office: This office of the Library of Congress is the place to go for copyright info.
Critique Magazine: An online magazine for writers.
Duotrope's Digest of Fiction Fields: Search for writing markets.
Lars Eighner’s Home Page: An eclectic site. Not updated, but still useful.
English Grammar Forums on Forums.com: A message board for grammar questions.
Fiction Writer's Journey: A blog by Emily Hanlon, a writing coach and novelist; includes writing tips and resources.
Flogging the Quill: Excellent writing blog from writer/editor Ray Rhamey.
FloorPlanner.com: Create living and work spaces for your characters.
Forward Motion: Online writers community.
Get Writing: Articles, links, and more from the BBC on this nice site.
Haruki Murakami: A very cool author site.
Inky Girl: A weblog for writers, has listings and more.
Irving Hoffman, BA, JD, Attorney at Law: Good resource for questions on intellectual property.
Internet Resources-Writers Resources: A no-frills, comprehensive site of links.
Jill's Pagination: Nice looking blog with helpful links.
Jonathan Lethem: Interesting writer's site, nicely done.
Joy's Journal: Links.
Andrea King: Some good links on this writer's site.
Library of Unwritten Books: A look at the books people want to write.
LitDotOrg: An online community for writers.
Literary MarketPlace: An essential for writers.
Literary Terms: All American Glossary of Literary Terms: Alphabetical links.
Making Light: Teresa and Patrick Nielsen Hayden’s blog.
Midwest Book Review: Excellent links.
Museum Plantin-Moretus: Online museum of printing.
NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month, every November.
National Amateur Press Association: Another source for amateur writers.
National Writers Union: Union for freelance writers in US markets, includes resources.
Paperback Writer: A writer's blog with good links.
Preditors and Editors: A resource for writers, lots of links.
Progress: From Manuscript to Bookstore: A published author’s blog on how a book makes it into print.
Progress Bar: For word counting.
Publishers’ Weekly: The journal for publishers and book trade, articles now limited to paid subscribers.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab: A good place to hone skills.
Rough Draft: Software for writers.
Rugged Land: Very cool site for a small publisher.
Scriptorium: "Webzine for Writers."
Sugar Quill: Fannish resources, with forum.
Surnames.com: Includes a directory by nationality. Get character names here.
Text Block: Virtual index cards for writers.
Toasted Cheese: An online writing community, has a calendar of writing prompts.
Teresa Williams: An author blog that delves into the philosophy of writing.
Word Riot: Webzine.
The Word Spy: Searchable database of new words and phrases.
WordCraft: For word lovers.
WordPlay: "Sites that Feature Fun with Words."
World Wide Words: English from a British viewpoint, by Michael Quinion.
Writely: Online word processor, makes pdfs.
Writer’s Life: Writing help, classes, resources, and a newsletter
Writer Beware: Check on agents here.
Writer Gazette: "Writing resource site for writers on writing and publishing..." Some nice links here.
Writer's Encyclopedia: From Writer's Digest Books.
Writers Guild of America: Official trade union.
Writers Write: Resources for writing and publishing books.
Writing and Literature Resources: Books, magazines, research, writing tips, and more.
Writing World: Another good source for writers.
Zoetrope: All-Story: Webzine.
Zoho Word Processor: An online word processor.