Links and Resources
A free on-line service of Wordsmith Anu Garg in which Garg will e-mail you a word a day, its history, definition and use. Plain English Campaign This is a British group organized to fight for public information to be written in plain English. 'Plain English' is language that the intended audience can understand and act upon from a single reading. The Campaign regularly recognizes examples of really bad writing that makes for hilarious reading. Who named it? An eponym is a word named after a person. Who named it? is a website devoted entirely to medical eponyms. Fun reading for linguaphiles. oxymoronica.com Jumbo shrimp, boneless ribs, male sensitivity, less is more, addition by subtraction, even sophomore, which means wise fool . . . oxymorons, combining opposites that sometimes make readers wonder or chuckle at its inanity. This web site is for lovers of wordplay. Can't remember the difference between lay, lie, and laid? Effect and affect? Capital and capitol? Complimentary and complementary? Principal and principle? This site is for you. Dictionaries: British/American English Dictionary
The Poetry & Literature Center of the Library of Congress The Center is the home of the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. In addition to supporting the Poet Laureate's activities and interests, the Center sponsors an annual series of public poetry and fiction readings, lectures, symposia, occasional dramatic performances, and other literary events. PoemHunter.com This is a web site that can be experienced more easily than it can be explained. Here you will find the top 500 poems, the top 500 poets, a list of classical poets and the number of poems each wrote. Poems are here that people submitted to the site, from the current day back. Also here is a compilation of newspaper stories that deal with either poetry or language used in a poetic way. Here, too, are on-line forums and a section called Manage Your Poems.
Wisconsin Regional Writers Association This statewide organization of writers dedicated to self-improvement, service to others, and to the writer's craft, has been in business since 1948. It holds spring and fall conferences and several writing contests each year. Mystery Writers of America MWA is the premier organization for mystery writers and other professionals in the mystery field. Among the many things the organization does is annual present the Edgar Awards. Membership is open to published authors, editors, screenwriters, and other professionals in the field. Sisters in Crime Thirty-six hundred members in 48 chapters
world-wide, Sisters offers networking, advice and support to mystery
authors. The organization was founded by Sara Paretsky and a group
of women at the 1986 Bouchercon in Baltimore. The organization's
three guidebooks for authors, "Shameless Promotion for Brazen
Hussies 2," "Breaking and Entering in the New Millenium," and "So
You're Going to do an Author Signing," make membership worth the
price. American Society of Journalists and Authors This is the nation's leading organization of independent nonfiction writers. ASJA focuses on professional development. It also provides confidential market information, meetings with editors and others in the field, a referral service, and seminars and workshops. Romance Writers of America RWA is the professional association for 9,000 published and aspiring romance writers. Among its activities, it hosts a national conference in a different U.S. city each summer. The conference offers more than 100 workshops with topics ranging from beginning writing skills to the business side of being a working writer. Horror Writers Association HWA is worldwide organization of writers and publishing professionals who bring you the most enjoyable sleepless nights of your life. HWA promotes dark literature and the interests of those who write it. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America SFWA is considered one of the most effective non-profit writers' organizations. More than 1200 sf and fantasy writers, artists, editors, and allied professionals are members. Among its activities, it present the prestigious Nebula Awards for the sf or fantasy best short story, novelette, novella, and novel of the year. Writers Guild of America The Guild's purposes are to promote and protect the professional and artistic interests of all creators and adaptors of literary material ("writers") in the radio, television and film industries. It is a master at negotiating contracts. It also supplies its members with an extensive number of support services.
The best is right here in town at UW's
Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts, the programs, courses,
and conferences directed by
Marshall Cook,
Chris DeSmet, and Laurel Yourke. An unconventional book publishing company.
You can find a wealth of books here that will help you with any writing problem you may have. SF Novelist An on-line critique group for writers of "hard science" science fiction novels. Writers.com The first private writing school on the Net, it offers classes to poets, fiction writers, journalists, essayists, mystery writers, playwrights and screenwriters, science fiction and fantasy writers, and business writers. Fiction Writer's Connection FWC provides help with novel writing and information on finding agents and editors and getting published. It also offers a critique service. The Writer's Lifeline is a full-range editorial services company. Writer's Lifeline appraises your writing with practical-minded discernment and teaches you, one on one, how to marry creativity and commerce.
Writers Net An on-line service to bring writers, agents and publishers together. You are interested in the section that deals with agents. James Russell Publishing This web site has a particularly good page on writing query letters and preparing submission packages.
For editors, agents authors and readers . . . A marketplace for the publishing industry, where editors and agents buy and sell unpublished and published properties and serious writers get exposure to publishing professionals. Gila Queen has been following writers markets for 15 years.
This website should be every writer's first site to go to when you want information on stuff, on whatever you're writing about. The Internet is the world's largest library containing millions of books, artifacts, images, documents, maps, etc. Refdesk has three goals: (1) fast access to all of that, (2) intuitive and easy navigation and (3) comprehensive content, rationally indexed. The prevailing philosophy is: simplicity. Your guide to more writing sites.
For writers of any genre, AbsoluteWrite gives writing advice, newsletters, and forums of people who want to chat about writing and get help from each other. Anyone can be a journalist for Helium, a collection of articles written by the masses. Share your expertise or opinion and you could win money for your articles. Exchange critiques with other writers, interact with a community of writers, and publish your work in pdf form right here on Scribeophile.
The MySpace for readers--an online community for people who want to talk books. Create your visual digital bookshelf--books you've read, books on your wish list, books you're reading now. Share your opinion about the books you've read by voting and writing reviews. Get advice from other readers who like the same type of book that you do.
Put your novel, story, or poem into this tool and it will read it aloud to you. You can choose accent, language, and speed of the voice. You can save the file to your computer or iPod. (This is actually very funny.) Free novel-writing software that helps you structure your novel. You can import chapters, divide chapters into scenes, add locations, character bios, photographs or drawings, props, and more. It keeps track of your word count for each scene and the novel as a whole.
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