When one of us succeeds, we all succeed.

I've always believed that. So I offer these links for writers in that spirit. Hopefully, you'll find something of use here.

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WRITERS LINKS
Updated July 23, 2004

Where are the best all-around WRITERS' websites? 

Writer's Digest

http://www.writersdigest.com/

Preditors and Editors

http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/

Writers Resources (from dictionary.com)

http://www.dictionary.com/Dir/Arts/Writers_Resources/

The Write News

http://writenews.com/

Writing World.com

http://www.writing-world.com/

Writing.com

http://www.writing.com/

The Writer's Almanac (Garrison Keillor)

http://almanac.mpr.org/  

Burry Man Writers Center

http://www.burryman.com/

The Book Browser: A Guide for Avid Readers

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/subjects/subjects.asp?
sourceid=40234846&userid=Mo5ovfh9kI&cds2Pid=1655

Where can I find helpful WRITERS' RESOURCES?

Cover Design -- Lindenville Publishing
http://www.lindenville.com/cover-design/

Indispensible Writing Resource Lab
http://www.quintcareers.com/writing/

Thesaurus .com

http://www.thesaurus.com/

Lynch Guide to Grammar and Style

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

Punctuation Made Simple

http://www.stpt.usf.edu/pms/

Writing for the Web

http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/

EPIC - The Electronically Published Internet Connection

http://www.epicauthors.org/

Common Errors in English

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html

Literacy Education Online -- How to Write a Book Review

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/bookrev.html

An Online Library of Literature

http://www.literature.org/

Library of Congress Online Catalog

http://catalog.loc.gov/

Bowkers Books in Print

http://www.booksinprint.com/bip/

Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

Cliche Finder

http://www.westegg.com/cliche/ 

Word Counter

http://www.wordcounter.com/

Etymologically Speaking (word origins)

http://www.westegg.com/etymology/

TOP 100 NEWSPAPERS

http://www.interest.com/top100.html

U.S. Copyright Office Home Page

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright

Where can I take WRITING CLASSES

Writers Online Workshops (Writer's Digest)

http://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/

Thompson Education Direct

http://www.educationdirect.com/writer/index.html

Purdue University Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

WritingClasses.com

http://www.writingclasses.com/

Writers.com

http://www.writers.com/

Where can I talk about writing?

CHAT

Fiction Addiction

http://www.fictionaddiction.net/chat.html

Verla Kay's KidLit Chats

http://www.verlakay.com/

YA Authors Cafe

http://ourworld.cs.com/YAAuthorsCafe/

@WRITERS CHAT (An IRC only forum)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6608/CHAT

Renaissance Writers Live Chat

http://killdevilhill.com/z/ycreatived/RenaissanceWritershall/live/chat.cgi

About.com's Creative Writing Chat for Teens

http://www.teenwriting.about.com/mpchat.htm 

New York Public Library

http://www.nypl.org/chat/

Author Chats.com

http://www.authorchats.com/

Talk City Chat

http://www.talkcity.com/homepage.htm?flash=y

MESSAGE BOARDS

iVillage.com's Readers & Writers

http://www.ivillage.com/books

BBS Writers

http://www.writers-bbs.com/home.shtml

Salon.com's Table Talk 

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WritersWrite Message Boards

http://www.writerswrite.com/messages/

DC Comic Message Boards

http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/index.jsp

Where can I get my book reviewed online?

Midwest Book Review

http://www.midwestbookreview.com/

Butterfish Children's Book Reviews

http://www.jhbutterfish.com/

Bookreporter.com

http://www.bookreporter.com/ 

MAA Online

http://www.maa.org/reviews/reviews.html

Poetry Today Online

http://www.poetrytodayonline.com/bookstore.html

The Mystery Reader Reviews

http://www.themysteryreader.com/review.html

Under the Covers Book Reviews  

http://www.silcom.com/~manatee/utc.html

Women's Books Online - A Cooperative Book Review

http://home.cybergrrl.com/review/

Bookworm Book Reviews Online

http://www.bookworm.co.uk/

The Layman Online Reviews

http://www.layman.org/layman/BookReviews/index-book-reviews.htm

Where can I read about MARKETING books?

MarketIt Right

http://www.marketitright.com/

HeartRate Reviews Free Author Promotion

http://members.tripod.com/heartratereviews/freepromo.html

Outcry -- Free book reviews and promotion

http://www.outcrybookreview.com/authors.htm

Where can I read about the CHILDREN'S/YA genre?

SCBWI

http://www.scbwi.org/

SmartWriters.com

http://www.smartwriters.com/

Children's Writing Resource Center

http://write4kids.com/

Institute of Children's Literature

http://www.institutechildrenslit.com/

Cynthia Leitich Smith Children's Literature

http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/

The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

http://www.scbwi.org/

The Purple Crayon: A Children's Book Editor's Site

http://www.underdown.org/

Kid Magazine Writers

http://www.kidmagwriters.com/

Where can I explore CREATIVE NONFICTION AND JOURNALISM?

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Creative Nonfiction: The Journal

http://www.creativenonfiction.org/

Bruce Dobler's Creative Nonfiction Compendium

http://www.pitt.edu/~bdobler/readingnf.html

Brevity

http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/brevone.htm

Prospect: An Anthology of Creative Nonfiction

http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/CreativeNonfiction/

JOURNALISM

ASJA - American Society of Journalists and Authors

http://www.asja.org/index9.php

Newspapers Online!

http://www.newspapers.com/

Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Inc.

http://www.sabew.org/ 

Journalism.org: Resources to improve journalism

http://www.journalism.org/default.asp

Investigative Guide to Internet Research

http://www.journalismnet.com/

American Journalism Review

http://www.ajr.org/

NewsLink

http://newslink.org/

Where can I read about SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY & HORROR?

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY 

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.

http://www.sfwa.org/

SciFan

http://www.scifan.com/

The Mythopoeic Society

http://www.mythsoc.org/

Speculative Vision, Science Fiction & Fantasy

http://speculativevision.com/

Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust

http://www.mzbfm.com/

The Tolkien Society

http://www.tolkiensociety.org/

Ardeon- A Community of Fantasy

http://www.ardeon.org/

Fantasitca Daily

http://mervius.com/

Legends

http://www.legends.dm.net/

Locus Online

http://www.locusmag.com/

BIZANGO Fiction Workshop

http://www.bizango.net/

Dark Horizons

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news.htm

HORROR

Horror Writers Association

http://www.horror.org/

Dark Echo

http://www.darkecho.com/darkecho/

The Fright Site

http://www.fright.com/

Planet X Magazine

http://www.planetxmagazine.com/

Where can I read about the MYSTERY/CRIME genre? 

Mystery Writers of America

http://www.mysterywriters.org/

The Gumshoe Site

http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~jkimura/

Mystery Connection

http://emporium.turnpike.net/~mystery/

Mystery Readers Journal

http://www.mysteryreaders.org/

Alan Barbour's Forensic Toxicology Page

http://userzweb.lightspeed.net/~abarbour/

Where can I read about POETRY?

Academy of American Poets

http://www.poets.org/

Poetry Society of America

http://www.poetrysociety.org/

Poets & Writers

http://www.pw.org/

Poetry.Com

http://www.poetry.com/

Poetry Daily

http://www.poems.com/

Internet Poetry Archive

http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/

Where can I read about ROMANCE & EROTICA?

ROMANCE

Romance Writers of America

http://www.rwanational.com/

Romance Central

http://romance-central.com/

All About Romance

http://www.likesbooks.com/

The Romance Reader

http://www.theromancereader.com/

The Romance Club

http://www.theromanceclub.com/

The Romance Authors Page

http://www.nettrends.com/romanceauthors/

Resources for Romance Readers

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/8078/home.html

EROTICA

WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT

Desire Magazine (WARNING EXPLICIT)

http://www.desire.co.uk/

Erotic Readers Association

http://www.erotica-readers.com/

Hot Tips for Hot Writers

http://www.elated.com/erotica-femina/tips/

Society for Human Sexuality

http://www.sexuality.org/

The Sexuality Forum

http://askisadora.com/

Where can I explore writing CHRISTIAN material? 

EPCA - Evangelical Christian Publishers Association

http://www.ecpa.org/

Christian Writers Fellowship International ONLINE

http://www.cwfi-online.org/

Enter the OhZone!

http://www.ohzone.net/index.html

BibleWriters.com

http://www.biblrytr.com/

Where can I find SPECIAL NICHE writing resources?

Uncensored Black Writers Association

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International Black Writers & Artists

http://www.members.tripod.com/~IBWA/home.htm

Asian American Writers' Workshop

http://www.aaww.org/

Canadian Science Writers' Association

http://www.interlog.com/~cswa/

Women Writers Project

http://www.wwp.brown.edu/

Writer Support

Cover Design -- Lindenville Publishing
http://www.lindenville.com/cover-design/