These are just a few references and resources that I have collected. Of course there are many more that would be a great help to the writing community. Please send any that you recommend to: editor@sdwriteway.org.
» Bartleby:
Great Books Online — a reference site for literature, providing dictionaries,
thesauri, author index and quotations
» Cambridge Dictionary
Online — British English
» Merriam-Webster Online
— dictionary and thesaurus of American English
» Online Etymology
Dictionary
» Yiddish Online Dictionary
— English Yiddish dictionary.
(These are good if writing historical fiction to weed out
modern references.)
» A-Z
List of Idioms - UsingEnglish.com
» Answers.com
— encyclodictionalmanacapedia
» Idiom-attic
Dictionary/Thesaurus of Idioms.
» Common
Errors in English — common errors in English and alphabetical list of misused
words; easy grammar checking
» OWL
Handouts - Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling — brought to you by the Purdue
University Online Writing Lab.
» Associated
Press Stylebook — "the journalist's 'Bible'" widely used by newspapers
(but not book or magazine publishers)
» Chicago
Manual of Style — the most widely used style manual for book and magazine
publishing (but not newspapers); see also: One
Space or Two? — answers the timeless question of whether to put one or two
spaces following a period.
» Bartleby:
Great Books Online — a reference site for literature, providing dictionaries,
thesauri, author index and quotations
» Google
Book Search — search the full text of books to find ones that interest you
and learn where to buy or borrow them
» Internet Movie Database
— to locate a quote from just about any movie ever made; also good for other
movie trivia
» Literary Law
Guide - free articles and podcasts by an intellectual property law firm
regarding legal issues for writers
» Betsie's
Literary Page - How to Critique
» Chat
and Forum Listings — Preditors and Editors guide to publishers and publishing
services for serious writers
» Critique Circle
— give and receive feedback through online critiques
» Writer
Circle — an active site for critiques
» Universal
Writer's Group — chatrooms, forums and critiquing for all writers
» Allpoetry
Community — focuses on education and sharing your poetry; chat rooms, contests,
critiquing, classes and workshops
» Fiction Factor
— classes and workshops to help you publish and warnings about publishing schemes;
site contains forums, newsletters and markets
» La
Jolla Writers Conference
» Spoiled Ink Writing
Community — workshop your short stories and poems; contests, critiques and
forums
» A
Newbie's Guide to Publishing — author JA Konrath's blog on writing
» Absolute Write
— forums, classes, market listings, editorial services, writers directory, agents,
software, newsletter
» Betsie's
Literary Page — lots of links to book reviews, author interviews, upcoming
events, author-friendly radio sources
» Book Marketing Update
— resources for self-publishing and promoting your books
» CaliforniaAuthors.com-CaliforniaWriters.com
— book news, author and reader resources
» Dictionaryreference.com
— sources for reference books and software
» Folio
Literary Management (formerly Creative Media Agency Inc.) — helpful articles
for writers, including "How to Get Published"; a must site for anyone
hoping to sell a book to a publisher.
See also: How
To Write A Kick-Ass Query Letter — voice of experience from agent Paige
Wheeler, president of Folio Literary Management
» Donald
Maass Literary Agency — good writing still gets noticed: an interview with
Donald Maass. See also: 10
Secrets for Dazzling Query Letters by Rachel Vater, author of "The
Agents Directory: Everything You Need to Know to Sell Your Book or Script,"
and editor of "Guide to Literary Agents"
» The Market List -
A Writers Market Resource for Genre Fiction
» Preditors
& Editors — a guide to publishers and writing services for serious writers
» Publishers
Marketplace — fee-based site with book-publishing news
» Publishers
Newswire — bills itself as "The News and Marketing Resource for Book
Publishers and Authors"
» Publishers
Weekly — monitors the pulse of the book publishing industry
» Quotes
About Writing — get inspiration (or not) from the famous and infamous
» Scriptorium
— a virtual room for writers; on The Writers Digest 101 best writing websites
for 2004 and 2006
» Tips Products International
— Booklets and Info Products as Business Propositions
» Writer's Digest
Magazine — writing books, competitions and other resources for writers
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. Listing over 25,000 free books on the Web.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=defenestration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.freetranslation.com/
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
http://www.sandi.net/comm/media/news_media.html
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
http://www.bowkerlink.com/corrections/bip/itemsearch.asp