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POETRY
Winning
Writers
-- Winning Writers finds and creates
quality resources for poets and writers.
Their expert online poetry contest guide,
Poetry Contest Insider, ranks and profiles
over 500 poetry contests. Winning Writers sponsor
two contests of their own, the
Wergle Flomp Free Poetry Contest (humor
poems) and the War Poetry Contest. They
are also assisting the Tom Howard/John
H. Reid Short Story Contest and the
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest.
Winning Writers has a free monthly email
newsletter. Winning Writers have
found over 75 quality free contests
to date. Visit Winning Writers at www.winningwriters.com
20th Century Poetry (Links)
-- http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english2.html#poetry
A Glossary of Poetic Terms -- http://www.datehookup.com/content-a-glossary-of-poetic-terms.htm
Prose & Verse Criticism of Poetry
--
http://library.utoronto.ca/www/utel/rp/indexcriticism.html
Versification
--
http://sizcol.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/versif/ChronList.html
Sonnet Central --
http://www.sonnets.org/
The Times Literary Supplement
--
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
-- http://www.almaz.com/nobel/literature/literature.html
Recent Poetry Award Winners
-- http://www.nciba.com/poetry.html
Literary Resources
-- http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
The British Library
-- http://www.bl.uk/
The Internet Classics Archive
-- http://classics.mit.edu/
The American Academy of Poetry
--
http://www.poets.org/index.html
The Poetry Center/American Poetry Archive
-- http://www.sfsu.edu/~newlit/welcome.htm
The Poetry Society of America
-- http://www.poetrysociety.org/
The Academy of American Poets
-- http://www.poets.org/index.html
Native American Poetry
-- http://hanksville.phast.umass.edu/indpoem.html
Emily Dickinson Compendium
-- http://www.planet.net/pkrisxle/emily/dickinson.html
ORGANIZATIONS
BREJCHA
DISABILITY RESOURCE SITE --
A wonderful website for writers with
a lot of quality information. Visit
www.netreach.net/~abrejcha
for details.
THE
BURRY MAN WRITERS CENTER --
A worldwide community of writers.
Visit www.burryman.com
for more informatio
RESEARCHING
NOLO
--
This
website includes self-help legal
materials for writers and is located
at www.nolo.com
RESEARCH-IT!
-- This is a one-stop reference desk
for writers. The website is located
at www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html.
Old
News History Links
--
The URL for Old News History Links is
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/OLDNEWS/links.htm.
COPNET,
International Law Enforcement
-- This site is a index to police departments.
worldwide. The site is located
at www.police.sas.ab.ca//homepage.html.
ENCYCLOPEDIA
MYTHICA
-- This encyclopedia on mythology, folklore,
legend is an excellent resource. The
URL is www.pantheon.org/mythica.
LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS EXHIBITIONS
-- The website URL is located at http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/images.html
THE
WHY FILES: SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS
-- The Science Behind the News research
site is located at http://whyfilesnews.wisc.edu/index.html
GENERAL
REFERENCE:
LIBRARY
SPOT
-- www.libraryspot.com
VISUAL
THESAURUS
-- www.visualthesaurus.com
ARCHIVE
-- www.archive.org
HOW
STUFF WORKS
-- www.howstuffworks.com
REFERENCE
DESK
-- www.refdesk.com
POWER
REPORTING
-- www.powerreporting.com
JOURNALIST
EXPRESS
-- www.journalistexpress.com
ALL
EXPERTS
-- www.allexperts.com
TRUTH
OR FICTION
-- www.truthorfiction.com
INTERNET-RESOURCES
-- www.internet-resources.com/writers
PUBLICATION
LIST
-- www.publist.com
FICTION
COPS
'N WRITERS
-- Cops 'n Writers is a
mystery writer's consulting service for writers who want to incorporate police
procedures and police culture into their writings.
THE
FICTION WRITER'S PAGE
-- If you're an aspiring
writer, this page can save you time and energy by showing you some shortcuts and
basic techniques that will let you write quickly, minimize rewriting, and get
your completed work out to market (the right market) as quickly as possible.
Each headline will take you to a linked page that deals with a specific issue or
technique in writing fiction.
THE
FICTION WRITER'S RESOURCE PAGE
-- Lists agents, articles, magazines, and other
resources.
WELCOME
TO MANDY'S MADHOUSE --
Home of Romance Author Madeline Baker.
Visit www.madelinebaker.net
for details.
NONFICTION
INDISPENSABLE
WRITING RESOURCES
-- links to writing labs, Web search engines, and writing-related
Web sites.
THE
WRITING CENTER
-- Explore topics by stages of the writing
process
ONLINE
NEWSLETTERS FOR WRITERS
ABSOLUTE
WRITE
-- www.absolutewrite.com
APOLLOSLYRE
-- www.apolloslyre.com
SELL
WRITING ONLINE
-- www.sellwritingonline.com/neverending.html
WRITERS
CROSSING
-- www.WritersCrossing.com
WRITE
SUCCESS
-- www.writesuccess-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
FUNDS
FOR WRITERS
-- www.fundsforwriters.com
N.A.W.W. --
www.naww.org
PARA
PUBLISHING
-- http://ParaPublishing.com
WEBSITES
TO LIST YOURSELF AS AN EXPERT
PROFNET
--
www.profnet.com
MAGAZINES
WRITER'S
DIGEST
-- Writer’s Digest, www.writersdigest.com
THE
WRITER
-- The Writer, www.writermag.com
AMERICAN
DEMOGRAPHICS
-- American Demographics, 1230 Avenue
of the Americas, 16th Floor, New York,
NY 10020 1-800-529-7502
PUBLISHER
WEEKLY
-- Publisher’s Weekly, 245 W. 17th St.,
New York, NY 10011, 212-463-6758, 800-278-2991,
www.publishersweekly.com
BOOK
CLUBS
WRITER'S
DIGEST BOOK CLUB
-- Writer’s Digest Book Club, www.writersdigestbookclub.com
MONEY
FOR MARKETING
FUNDS
FOR WRITERS
-- www.chopeclark.com/fundsforwriters.htm
WEBSITES
FOR ONLINE BOOK CLUBS
READERVILLE
-- www.Readerville.com
THE
WELL
-- www.TheWell.com
ADVERTISING
TO GET YOUR OWN INTERVIEWS
RADIO-TV
INTERVIEW REPORT
-- www.rtir.com
MARKETING
NEWSLETTERS AND WEBSITES
JOHN
KREMER'S BOOK MARKETING TIP NEWSLETTER
-- “John Kremer’s Book Marketing Tip
Newsletter,” JohnKremer@bookmarket.com
FRUGAL
MARKETING TIP
-- Shel Horowitz’s “Frugal Marketing
Tip”, www.frugalmarketing.com or subscribe@topica.com
GUERRILLA
PUBLICITY
-- Guerrilla Publicity: Hundreds of
sure-fire tactics to get maximum sales
for minimum dollars. The site
is located at www.guerrillapublicity.com
WEBSITES
FOR SENDING PRESS RELEASES
NEWSPAPERS
BY TYPE AND LOCATION
-- www.newspapers.com
(tracks down newspapers by type and
location
MEDIA
LISTS
-- www.newsbureau.net/beta/medialists.html
ABOUT
PUBLIC RELATIONS
-- http://aboutpublicrelations.net/deskref.htm
BUSINESS
NATION
-- www.businessnation.com/library/media3.html
VATC
--
www.vatc.org/pr/primer/primer5.htm
BLUE
EAGLE
-- www.blueagle.com
MR
MAGAZINE
-- www.mrmagazine.com
PRWEB
-- www.prweb.com
PR Web provides a free online press release
distribution system.
CONTESTS
The
Complete Guide to Literary Contests
(Current Year), Prometheus Books, compiled
by Literary Foundation
WINNING
WRITER --
Winning Writers finds and creates quality
resources for poets and writers. Their
expert online poetry contest guide,
Poetry Contest Insider, ranks and profiles
over 500 poetry contests. Winning Writers sponsor
two contests of their own, the
Wergle Flomp Free Poetry Contest (humor
poems) and the War Poetry Contest. They
are also assisting the Tom Howard/John
H. Reid Short Story Contest and the
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest.
Winning Writers has a free monthly email
newsletter. Winning Writers have
found over 75 quality free contests
to date. Visit Winning Writers at www.winningwriters.com
FINDING
A LITERARY AGENT
Guide
to Literary Agents (Current year), Writer’s
Digest Books.
Literary
Agents: What They Do, How They Do It,
and How to Find and Work with the Right
One for You, (Revised and Expanded)
by Michael Larsen, John Wiley &
Sons, Wiley Books for Writers, 1996.
(Current
year) Writer’s Guide to Book Editors,
Publishers, and Literary Agents: Who
They Are! What They Want! And how to
Win Them Over! by Jeff Herman, Prima
Publishing.
LITERARY
AGENTS
-- www.literaryagents.org
LITERARY
MARKETPLACE --
www.literarymarketplace.com/imp/us/agentsorglist.asp?id=6
(When
you get the name of an agent, plug into
www.google.com
for more information.)
AGENT
RESEARCH
-- www.agentresearch.com
WEBSITES
TO HELP YOU AVOID SCAMS
(From:
“Too Good to be True, A few Unscrupulous
Agents and Publishers Scam Writers with
Promises of Success,” by Moira Allen,
The Writer, December 2002).
“Avoiding
Writing Scams: Advice from Those Who
Know” -- www.writing-world.com/business/scams.html
“Before
You Write That Check” -- www.writer.org/scamkit.htm
“How
to Protect Yourself from Questionable
Agents” -- www.writing-world.com/business/agents.html
“Preditors
and Editors: Agent Listings” --
http://anotherrealm.com/prededitors/pubagent.htm
“Web
Resources That Help You Identify Scams"
-- www.winningwriters.com/scambustingsites.htm
“Writer
Beware” -- www.sfwa.org/beware
CHECK
TO SEE OF YOUR AGENT IS A MEMEBER OF:
The
Association of Author’s Representatives
-- www.aar-online.org
Association
of Author’s Representatives, 10 Astor
Place, Third Floor, New York, NY 1003,
(212) 353-3709.
RESOURCES
FOR FINDING A PUBLISHER
The
Writer’s Handbook (Current Year), The
Writer Books
(Current
Year) Writer’s Market, Writer’s Digest
Books -- www.writersmarket.com
(Current
Year) Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s
Market, Writer’s Digest Books
(Current
Year) Novel & Short Story Writer’s
Market, Writer’s Digest Books
(Current
Year) Writer’s Guide to Book Editors,
Publishers, and Literary Agents by Jeff
Herman, Prima Publishing
(Current
Year) Literary Marketplace (LMP): The
Directory of the American Book Publishing
Industry Yellow Pages, R.R. Bowker
OTHER
PUBLICATIONS THAT LIST BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS
Publisher’s
Weekly, 245 W. 17th St., New York, NY
10011, 212-463-6758, 800-278-2991, www.publishersweekly.com
and http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com
USA
Today, “Best-Selling Books,” every Thursday
and www.top150.usatoday.com
ABA/Booksense
extended best-seller list: www.bookweb.org/booksense/bestsellers
Michael
Cader’s Publisher’s Lunch: www.publishersmarketplace.com/lunch/subscribe.html
RESEARCHING
NOLO
--
This
website includes self-help legal
materials for writers and is located
at www.nolo.com
RESEARCH-IT!
-- This is a one-stop reference desk
for writers. The website is located
at www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html.
Old
News History Links
--
The URL for Old News History Links is
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/OLDNEWS/links.htm.
COPNET,
International Law Enforcement
-- This site is a index to police departments.
worldwide. The site is located
at www.police.sas.ab.ca//homepage.html.
ENCYCLOPEDIA
MYTHICA
-- This encyclopedia on mythology, folklore,
legend is an excellent resource. The
URL is www.pantheon.org/mythica.
LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS EXHIBITIONS
-- The website URL is located at http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/images.html
THE
WHY FILES: SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS
-- The Science Behind the News research
site is located at http://whyfilesnews.wisc.edu/index.html
GENERAL
REFERENCE:
LIBRARY
SPOT
-- www.libraryspot.com
VISUAL
THESAURUS
-- www.visualthesaurus.com
ARCHIVE
-- www.archive.org
HOW
STUFF WORKS
-- www.howstuffworks.com
REFERENCE
DESK
-- www.refdesk.com
POWER
REPORTING
-- www.powerreporting.com
JOURNALIST
EXPRESS
-- www.journalistexpress.com
ALL
EXPERTS
-- www.allexperts.com
TRUTH
OR FICTION
-- www.truthorfiction.com
INTERNET-RESOURCES
-- www.internet-resources.com/writers
PUBLICATION
LIST
-- www.publist.com
SEARCH
ENGINES
www.google.com
www.iLOR.com/search
www.yahoo.com
www.dogpile.com
www.askjeeves.com
www.kartoo.com
MISCELLANEOUS
BREJCHA
DISABILITY RESOURCE SITE --
A wonderful website for writers with
a lot of quality information. Visit
www.netreach.net/~abrejcha
for details.
THE
BURRY MAN WRITERS CENTER --
A worldwide community of writers.
Visit www.burryman.com
for more information.
Way of the Horse -- Dedicated to compassionately teaching excellence in the horse/human relationship and all activities with equines.
www.WayoftheHorse.org
Beyond Natural Horsemanship
www.BeyondNaturalHorsemanship.com
RALAN.COM
-- A writing website with much to offer
the aspiring writer. Visit www.ralan.com
for details.
SPLASHES
FROM THE RIVER
-- (Multimedia Entertainment Inc., Cozy
Educational Videos) Visit www.splashesfromtheriver.com/writing.htm
for details.
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