The following Internet sites have been selected for
their value as reference sources. Although reviewed by library staff
at the time of inclusion in this list, the Palm Beach County Library
System is not responsible for their contents.
Abbreviations
The A to Z of abbreviations and acronyms, including Internet
emoticons. |
Absolute
Write
One-stop web home for professional and beginning writers with
classes, editorial services, market listings and newsletters |
Academy of American
Poets
Check out this site for a comprehensive listing of poets and poems
and to read current events in the poetry world. |
Agent Query
This free site offers the most current searchable database of
literary agents on the web. |
Agent Research
Use this free service to check an agent's public records for any
negative reports. |
American
Screenwriters Association
The Web site for the American Screenwriters Association has a list
of conferences, competitions, awards and resources for
screenwriters. |
Autopsy Screenwriters Guide
Everything a writer needs to know about autopsies, but didn’t know
who to ask. |
Backspace
Dedicated to helping writers navigate the often confusing world of
Big Publishing. With over 400 members from a dozen countries and a
constantly revolving line-up of guest speakers including literary
agents, editors, and authors, the online forums are a virtual
writer's conference that runs year round. |
Backstory
Where authors share the secrets, the truths, or just the illogical
moments that sparked their fiction. |
Barry Eisler: For Writers
This best-selling author shares his thoughts on the craft of
writing, getting published, marketing, touring, and has created the
Moderator’s Manifesto on how to run a great panel discussion. |
Bartleby
Thesauri, dictionaries and quotations are all here at this reference
site for literature. |
Bookseller Chick
Excellent resource for writers, including links to lots of helpful
sites. |
Booktalk: All
the Buzz about Books
The publishing insiders page with information about authors,
publishers, agents, and bookstores. |
Bulwer-Lytton Contest
“Where www means Wretched Writers Welcome.” Get all the info on the
competition for the worst opening line for a novel, based on Edward
George Bulwer-Lytton’s "It was a dark and stormy night" novel
opening. |
Buzz, Balls & Hype
Because there are over 175,000 books published a year and they can't
all get reviews in the NYTBR – help on the how-to’s of book
marketing |
Charlotte Dillon's Resources for Romance Writers
Information on everything from writing prompts, editors, agents,
research, contests and more, plus an online community 1500 members
strong. |
Children's Book
Council
The Children’s Book Council is a nonprofit trade association that
posts tips on how to break into the children’s book market and
current job openings in the field. |
Christian Writers Guild
This site offers to educate, train, and support
writers who desire to promote a biblically based, Christian
worldview. |
Cliché
Finder
Search for just the right cliché from this database of over 3300
entries.
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Cool
Stuff 4 Writers
Find gifts for writers including tee shirts, mugs, etc., plus lots
of informative articles about the writing business. |
CopyLaw
Make sense of the complex and puzzling world of copyright,
trademark, publishing, Internet, and entertainment law. |
Critique Circle
This online writing workshop provides a place for writers to give
and receive feedback on their work, offering forums as well as
helpful writing tools for manuscript progress, submission tracking,
character generation and more. |
Duotrope
Use this page to search Duotrope's Digest, a database of over 1275
current markets for short fiction and poetry. Updated daily. |
Erotica
Readers & Writers Association
This site offers writers tips and advice from prominent erotica
authors, relevant book recommendations, how to submit fiction for
publication, current calls for submissions, and publishers
guidelines for writers of erotica. |
Fiction
Addiction
Free registration will get you lots of articles on writing, editing
and publishing fiction. |
Fiction Writing
Collection of articles ranging from "Craft & Technique" to "Find an
Agent" as well as listings of writing contests. |
Freelance
Writing Organization-International
An ongoing endeavor to construct the world's largest, free, online
writing resource database. |
Funds
for Writers
This site features various ways for writers to make money, including
grants, contests and markets that only pay in cold hard cash. |
Go-Publish-Yourself
Thinking about self-publishing? Check out these articles and
resources and make an informed decision.
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Intellectual Property Law
Look up copyrights, trademarks and patents, as well as very useful
collection of legal reference links. |
Library of Congress
Look up books by author, title, publisher or ISBN. Also visit the
U.S. Copyright Office, www.loc.gov/copyright to find out everything about copyrights
and how to protect your work. |
National Writers
Union
The trade union for freelance and contract writers: journalists,
book authors, business and technical writers, web content providers,
and poets. With the combined strength of 3,500 members in 17 local
chapters nationwide, and with the support of the United Automobile
Workers (UAW), the Union works to defend the rights and improve the
economic and working conditions of all writers. Dues are scaled
depending on your income from writing. |
Newbie's
Guide to Publishing
Author J.A. Konrath’s take on the writing process, how to get
published and offers tons of creative marketing ideas. |
Online
Conversion
Convert just about anything to anything else with over 5,000 units,
and 50,000 conversions, from weight, volume, speed and temperature
to cooking, clothing and dog years. |
Oyez Database for
Constitutional Law
Started by political science professor Jerry Goldman at Northwestern
University, this multimedia database covers major U.S. Supreme Court
cases with abstracts and more. Listen to oral arguments with
RealAudio, or see how justices voted. The site links to FindLaw.com,
which lists complete written opinions from 1893 on. |
PoeWar
Writers Resource Center
A site about writing and the writing business that features
articles, freelance jobs, and writing employment, and offers reviews
of MFA programs. |
Poynter Institute
The Poynter Institute site includes articles, seminars and other
resources to help improve the quality of journalism. |
Preditors &
Editors
A guide to publishers and publishing services for serious writers.
Editors, agents, publishers, etc. are rated from “Highly
recommended” to “Strongly not recommended”. P&E is aggressively
slanted in favor of writers. |
Publishers Lunch
Up to the minute information about the publishing industry, books,
authors, agents and editors |
Purdue
University's Online Writing Lab
It's oriented to acedemic and business writing, but the grammar and
punctuation help is applicable to any kind of writing. |
Quotations Page
Searchable database with over 25,000 quotations online from over
3,000 authors, with more added daily. |
Renaissance:
The Elizabethan World
Everything a writer with a hankering to write about Elizabethan
times needs, from life at court to heraldry to sumptuary laws, plus
a discussion group and links to other Renaissance sites. |
Science Fiction and
Fantasy Writers of America
Membership is not required to access this site featuring tips and
tools for sci-fi and fantasy writers, and the writing-scam warnings
are relevant to all writers. |
Seventh
Sanctum
Here you'll find tools for writers, gamers, and artists; randomly
assembling names, concepts, and more for when you need inspiration,
or just a bit of amusement. |
Writers
Digest
The online arm of the popular magazine features Vendors & Services;
Writer's Guidelines; Contests & Competitions; Writer's Conferences;
Hot Markets; Creative Prompts and more. |
The Writers Guild
of America
Lists of agents, advice for writers, negotiation help and a
myriad of pertinent information for writers at this web site. |
The Writer's
Medical and Forensics Lab
This site is intended as a place where writers and readers can
learn, be entertained, and obtain the specialized medical and
forensic knowledge they need to make their stories come to life. |
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