Links For Writers
| Authors | Bonnie Hearn Hill | Bonnie is my teacher and
motivator. |
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| Jan Karon | Author of the bestselling
Mitford years novels. |
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| Davis Bunn | Christy Award winner and
bestseller author. |
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| Camy Tang | Camy Tang writes Christian
chick lit with Asian American characters. Her Website
includes information for writers. Check her website for
excellent writing information and contests. |
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| Veronica Dale | Veronica is an excellent
writer I met in an online writing class. She is a pastoral
minister and writer of fantasy. I think we'll hear some
great things from he in the future. Check her webste for
more information, including a special page for writers. |
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| Research | Free Dictionary | Not only gives definitions,
also speaks the words. |
| Popular Baby Names | I use this Social Security site when looking
for a name for a character. You can see what the most
popular male and female names were by year. |
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| Etymology of first names | What does your character's
name mean? This site also provides the history of a name. It
includes names from many languages. |
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| Online Etymological Dictionary | This site can be used for
several purposes. It not only provides the source of a word,
it gives dates. It you are writing a historical novel, then
you can make sure the word existed at the time of your book
before you use it. |
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| Fictional Character Name Generator |
This website is fun to play with. All
you have to do is click on the male or female button to
get a name, first and last. Here are two examples:
Trevin Wostfoot and Scarlet Frelfly. It is
great for people who want a fictional sounding name.
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| BabyNames.com -- Tips for Writers |
This site is loaded with useful
information that will help you find the perfect name.
And, it is easy to read. There are eight short tips plus
comments from readers.
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| Bartleby.com | Online publisher of
literature, references, and verse. |
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| Common Errors in English | The author, Dr. Brians, is an
English Professor at Washington State University. I
ran across this online source of information while checking
out every day vs. everyday. |
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| Dr. Grammar | This University of Northern Iowa site is devoted to providing helpful assistance for writers everywhere. | |
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alt.usage.english newsgroup |
This is one of my favorite
sources of information about the English language. |
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| U.S. Copyright Office | You can search for information
about copyrighted material here. There are also links to
information about copyright law. |
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| Library of Congress | The Library's mission is to
make its resources available and useful to the Congress and
the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal
collection of knowledge and creativity for future
generations. |
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| American Memory | American Memory from the
Library of Congress provides free and open access through
the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings,
still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that
document the American experience. |
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| American Fact Finder | The U.S. Census Bureau
provides this Website. It offers information about
population and much more that could be useful when
researching a book. You can type in a city and find
breakdowns by gender, age, race, income, education, etc. |
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| AltaVista Babel Fish Translation | Use this site to translate
words and phrases from one language to another. |
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| Movie/TV Database | Look up movies and actors. |
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| National Punctuation Day | Started and used by children,
adults will also find excellent help on the use of
punctuation. National Punctuation Day is September 24, but
the website is available all year. |
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| Cliché Finder | Helps keep your writing free
of clichés. |
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| Information Please: Year By Year | To find information about
important events in history. Can select by year or decade
from 1900 to current year. |
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| Online Reources | Writer's Digest University | Formerly called Writer's
Online Workshops. I have completed five of these courses, and highly recommend this approach to learning to
write. |
| Publisher's Marketplace | A website with emphasis on
selling your work to publishers. There are some benefits
available free, but for most benefits you must pay $20 per
month. If you have your own website you probably don't need
the paid version of this. |
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| YouWriteOn.com | A free website to help new
writers develop, and to help talented writers get noticed
and published. You review and rate another members opening
chapters and then your opening chapters are sent randomly to
another member to review and rate. |
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| Sally Stuart's Christian Writers Market Guide | This Christian Market Guide is
updated in December each year. Some of the information about
Christian market is available online. |
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| FictionAddiction.net | Contains a multitude of
information about fiction for both writers and readers. |
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| Writing-World.com | I haven't checked all of this
Web site, but the contest database appears to be useful. See
next entry. |
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| WritersMarket.com | This is an online version of
the annual Writers' Market book published by Writers Digest.
There is a membership fee, but it is useful for those
looking for publishers. |
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| WritersDigest.com | Online version of the
magazine. |
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| Publishers Weekly | Online version of the
magazine. |
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| About's Freelance Writing | About.com offers a variety of
information about many topics. This one is about freelance
writing. It includes how-to articles as well as writing
opportunites. |
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| Miss Snark, the literary agent | Inside scoop from an anonymous
agent. Now retired, but great info still online. |
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| Contest Divas | This blog is to inform you of
romance writing contests, upcoming deadlines, finalists,
winners, anything to do with entering writing contests. Most
of the contests are sponsored by Romance Writers of America
Chapters, but a few are not. Can a man be a diva? |
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| Christian Manuscript Submission Services |
A service of the
Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA).
Provides member publishers a way to look for good authors.
There is a fee of $98 to post proposals for six months. I'm
not recommending this and you should check it out before
paying that much money. |
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| Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) |
An international,
not-for-profit, trade organization for the Christian
marketplace. |
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Writers Organizations |
American Christian Fiction Writers |
ACFW is an organization geared
toward meeting the needs of new and seasoned authors alike. |
| Christian Writers Guild | The Jerry B. Jenkins Christian
Writers Guild. Hefty membership fee, but provides many
services for those interested in the Christian market. |
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Romance Writers of America |
Romance Writers of America's
national Web site. Many contests available for romance
writers. |
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| Writers' League of Texas | The Writers' League of Texas
mission is to promote literacy and elevate the art of
writing. Annual contests and conferences. |
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| SouthWest Writers | Nonprofit organization devoted
to helping published and unpublished writers improve their
craft and further their careers. Located in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, serves writers of all ages across the nation in
every fiction and non-fiction genre. They have a great
contest each year. |