Mernac Link Guide for other Relevant Arenas.
Interactive Fiction**stray??
RPG Game Guilds D&D Vs. MUD in Pen and Paper Wars**Stray ??
Off Site resources:Passive VoicePassive Voice & Passive WritingDrow Name GeneratorGreat Science Fiction & fantasy worksLibrary on Line –
Excellent template site for those of us who require help with our Letter writing techniques.
Punctuation Rules – Name states it all.
Forum Care - lots of links
Orb on the Net – reference site
Transition wordsTransitional words and PhrasesWrite it now – Novel writing software
Writing world.com – lots of writing links and information.
Timeless MythsFantasy World Building Questions
SFS CrittersHow to draw nice mapsPublishing links and How toNational Novel Writing MonthL.R Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the FutureBook in a WeekWritesvillePersonality PathwaysPersonality TestSixteen TypesWeb Grammar –
Elsen’s suggestion is that all scribes take note of this site.
Answers: Answers.com is an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and almanac rolled into one site. Although this site provides a broad resource for information to begin a project, is is not a good source to cite in papers.
Infoplease: Online version of the popular annual Time Almanac, InfoPlease is an all-in-one encyclopedia, almanac, dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, and biography reference that includes the Random House Webster's College Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia.
Internet Public LibaryOriginal Farmers Almanac: Covers astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.
Copyscape: Use this free service to learn if anyone has plagiarized your work. Used here!
Guide to Online Plagiarism Sources: This site provides plenty of resources that will help you avoid plagiarism's dark shadow.
Designers Toolbox: While this site is geared toward designers, writers can find useful legal forms and design tools for business print necessities like business cards and CDs.
Unpublished writers guide: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc offers information on topics that range from submitting material to your rights as a writer.
Legal guide for bloggers: The Electronic Frontier Foundation provides a comprehensive summary into blogging and U.S. law.
Performancing : Once you begin to write your blog, you might consider how you can streamline the process or - heaven forbid - make money. This blog is written in layman's terms (mostly), and provides information about tools, writing tips, and commercial aspects that can turn your blog into the prime
marketing tool you need for your writing business.
Preditors and Editors : You'll save time and headaches by avoiding poor business deals that you'll learn about on this site. Use this and you'll be prepared to avoid author and writing scams altogether.
Acronym Finder: With more than 565,000 human-edited entries, Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initials. Combined with the
Acronym Attic, Acronym Finder contains more than 4 million acronyms and abbreviations.
Alternative Dictionary: The Alternative dictionaries contain "slang, profanities, insults and vulgarisms from all the world" in many languages. At the moment, there are 2743 entries in 162 dictionaries. This is a collaborative project, and the pages are developed and edited by Hans-Christian Holm. Had a ball with this one!
Dictionary of Military Terms: Browse the Department of Defense's Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. The DOD Dictionary and the Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations master data base are managed by the Joint Doctrine Division, J-7, Joint Staff. All approved joint definitions are contained in Joint Publication 1-02, "DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms as amended through 13 June 2007.
Poetic Terms: Robert G. Shubinski provides a poetic glossary through a first letter search or through a page with the entire glossary listing. Combined with Ian Lancashire's glossary of
poetic forms.Symbols: A fine resource for writers and for graphic designers, Symbols contains more than 1,600 articles about 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. Personally found this one interesting.
Gender Fair Language: This short guide will help you to avoid gender-specific discrimination in your writing and speech.
Verbix: Did he lay or lie? Which tense should you use? If you're confused, this
English conjugator will help you to determine how to use verbs in the proper tense. You can also
Ask Oxford if you'd prefer.
Short Stories: 10 Tips for Novice Creative Writers: The title tells it all for the shorty writer.
Word counter: No, this isn't a way to count the words in an article - it's a means to count words that you use too frequently. Bookmark this page and avoid redundancy forever. Add the
Cliché Finder to your bookmarks as well, and you'll be on your way to originality.
How to write a Better web blog: Written by Dennis A. Mahoney for A List Apart, this article defines Web writing for professionals, although "it ain’t never gonna happen if you got busted paragraphs, mistaken punctuation and, bad rhythm, not to mention kreative spelling: see?" Leaves me out in the cold.
Writing ProgramsWriters café –
Not a freebie, but there is free demo download to try before you buy. Also take a look in the free toys cupboard. It looks interesting.
Personal Know base –
Notes unorganised. Maybe this program may assist with the organisation of them.
Wordflood –
Stuck for the right word? This is a word replacement program, that may prove useful.
Wordfusion –
for making forms and document automation.
Wordweb/pro –
Been using this one for years! Nifty little program. There is a free trial download.
Back Pack: Backpack is a simple web-based service that allows you to make pages with to-do lists, notes, files, and images. Keep organized with a calendar and reminders, and with the ability to tag your notes so that they relate to each other, and send your messages via email or to your cell phone at predefined times. Sign up for free.
Autocrit: AutoCrit automatically identifies weak words and structures in your writing. This is a great tool to use to clean up your writing before you pass it on to human critics. Been using this one on and off for years!
New links will be added as they are obtained. Hopefully, this will become a valuable resource. Updated 14th July, 2007. Updated: 08/09/07.
Please let me know if there are any relevant articles missed.
