Writer's Style Guides

Writing Across the Curriculum

Writer's Guidelines is a collection of guidelines for articles of all kinds.

Pulitzer Prize Winners

Google's Sites of Writer's Resources - a very good collection of sites for the writer.

The Slot contains highly opinionated suggestions about writing, punctuation, etc.

Paradigm Writing Assistant helps find things to write about.

Writer's Free Reference has links to all sorts of documents that are associated with writing.

Lifehack's 50 Tools which can help you in writing.

Word Etymology from Fun-With-Words, has some examples of word etymology but also includes some examples of spoonerisms, pangrams, oxymora, palindromes, etc.

Word Etymology has some great etymologies.

Etymologic - Word Etymology Game lets you guess at a multiple choice test of the etymology of a word.

Everyday Spelling is designed to assist teachers of spelling but the rest of us can use it also.

Word Detective specializes in origins of words or phrases.

Idiom Site talks about the origins of words or phrases.

World Wide Words is dedicated to words including their history and origin.

Wordie is a great list of words that have been submitted by site visitors. Great site for 'word of the day' freaks.

Strange and Unusual Dictionaries includes the Dictionary of All Vowel Words and the One Letter Word Dictionary (about 700 entries). Also includes reviews of books about words.

Phrases "The Phrase Finder does for phrases what a thesaurus does for words. Give it a single word and it will give you a list of phrases and sayings that are related to the word in some way."

Rules for Capitalization

Rules for Punctuation

Rules for Punctuation

Online Resources for Writers

Online English Grammar

OWL is sponsored by Purdue' Online Writing Lab and lets you type in a question about grammar, spelling, or punctuation. There is a lot of reference material here, also, with a lot of links to other sites.

Doctor Grammar explains when to use what. Has a large collection of when to use affect vs. effect, bring vs take, etc.

Mining Company's Techwriting Sites includes links to topics related to technical writing.

The Grammar Lady is dedicated to the correct use of the English language.

The Internet Writing Journal focuses on publishing on the Internet. An affiliated site is Writers Write.

Writer's Site has an assortment of links to assist an aspiring writer.

News Letters About Writing is a list of listserv's that will send you periodic mailings about writing.

Common Errors in English

Confusing Words helps out telling the difference between such words as effect and affect.

Writers Beware is brought to us from the Science Fiction Writers of America. These are warnings about how not to get ripped off.

Guide to Grammar and Writing by Charles Darling.

Literary Market Place has resources for writers like publishers, agents, small presses, editorial services. Also has advice and articles related to publishing.

National Writers Union has links to a variety of resources for writers: conferences, seminars, job banks, dictionaries, etc.

Writers on the Net has tips, online courses, newsletter, etc.

Cliche

PopUp Grammar gives you a little quiz on grammar.

Serendipity sets you straight on many of the common errors we all make like when to use i.e. or e.g., when to use 'affect' vs 'effect', etc.

Contentious is an editorial site for Web writers.

Writing for the Web is informative material on writing styles that are conducive to the Web presentation. Brought to us by the Web Developers Virtual Library.

Theme Stream lets you publish your articles so that other readers can rate them.

Business Writing from the Writers Write group.

Bartleby's Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English

Common Errors in English Language - common errors in english - helps you write gooder with brief descriptions of hundreds of errors commonly made when speaking/writing the English.

Grammar Girl - has great, short grammar lessons aimed at improving your writing and speech. Includes podcasts.

Big Dog's Grammar has short lessons with a quiz.

Jargon Free Web is an effort to reduce the amount of jargon on the Web.

Dr Grammar

Word Oddities Browse through a collection of various word oddities like the three 7-letter words that can be played on a musical instrument.

Logolepsy - "...dragging obscure words into the light of day."

Oxymorons like 'jumbo shrimp' or 'liquid gas'.

WordCount shows the frequency of word use in the English language. Some one has too much time on their hands.

Library of Congress 2004 National Book Festival

Print Google - search for a book on any topic, read some or all of it online, and/or buy it.

Origin of English Phrases has a search engine that helps you find common sayings and phrases.

50 Tools for Better Writing- some very good tips (IMHO).

OEDILF is the Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form. Enter a word into the Limericktionary, and OEDILF returns user-submitted limericks containing the word.

Merriam-Webster Game of the Day - a new word game each day.

ClueMaster crossword puzzles and logic games.

MacNamara's Band crossword puzzles

Michael Curl's Puzzles and wordplay

PuzzleDepot's Weekly Crossword

Wolinsky's Word Play has a bunch of links to stuff associated with words including Burma Shave Signs, Complex Statements for the Simple-Minded, the Crossword Solver, the Word Wizard, etc.

CrossWorld has links to other crossword puzzle sites.

Brain Candy is about having fun with words and language.

CNN's Crossword Puzzle of the Day has a new one every day if you can stand it.

Crossword Puzzle Games

Plumb Design Thesaurus has to be the coolest use of Java. It depicts relationships between words in a graphical way.

Puzzle Maker creates mazes and word puzzles.

Puzzability from the folks that brought us Games Magazine. Word puzzles through java.

Puzzle Connection has word puzzles and conundrums.

Thinks has all kinds of puzzles and thinking games. They also have software and other products related to the cerebral pursuits.

One Across This site helps you with crossword puzzles. You enter the clue phrase and as much of the word as you know. It helps you with the rest. The site also has other word games.

World Wide Words has a variety of material that is hard to describe except that it is all about words.

Scrabble Helper - when you're really stuck.

Save the Words is not really a word game. A bunch of words are displayed that you probably have never heard before. You click on one and the definition is displayed.

New York Times Best Seller List

Independents Best Seller List gets its data from the local book stores around the country.

Publisher's Weekly Best Seller List

Top Best Sellers 1900 - 1995

Barnes and Nobles Best Sellers - list of 100 best sellers is updated daily.

Readalikes is a list of authors. You can search for a favorite and the list will show other authors that are similar that you might like.

Your Next Read recommends current books to you based on your selections of books that you liked in the past. Links between books are based on ratings and recommendations from the public.

International Children's Digital Library has books online for ages 3 thru 13.

USA Today's Best Seller List is compiled from actual book sales.

The Hugos - awards in science fiction literature.

American Booksellers Association includes general news from the book world.

New York Books sells books. The site includes reviews.

BookRadio includes interviews of authors via RealAudio.

James Patterson author of 'Kiss the Girls'.

Barnes and Noble

Amazon

Borders

Macmillan Computer Publishing actually has a lot of material to browse. You can also buy books.

Reviews of Books on Writing from the Writers Write folks.

Discovery Online Book Store where you can buy books related to the material on the Discovery Channel.

Book Lover's Resource Page

Compendium of Book Discussion Groups

is hard to categorize. It has links to magazine articles in various categories. The categories are themes and the articles can come from various magazines as long as they fit the category.

Alexlit "The slickly configured process lets you easily express your opinion of several hundred books in about ten minutes. The Librarian digests this information, then produces a list of books that seem to be the kind you would enjoy reading. Should you wish, you can buy books and download them from the site. You can find even unusual, rare, and out-of-print books with the efficient search engine. This unique approach, well presented and personalized, puts this site a step above most online bookstores."

Arts & Letters Daily - serves up a collection of articles for the reader. There is a lot of variety and the writing is pretty good to excellent.

Academy of American Poets

SFSite has a lot of stuff related to science fiction.

Analog is the son of Astounding Stories.

The On Line Books Page has all kinds of full length books online for you to read.

The Gutenberg Project, the mother of all etext pages, has thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of books on line for you to search and read.

Classic Reader has over 600 full classic books and over 800 short stories available online.

Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia has thousands of books on line for you to search and read.

Periodyssey specializes in old magazines. They will let you see them if you show them your money.

Female Detectives specializes in reviews of books involving female detectives.

eBookNet reviews ebooks. Also has reviews of ebook devices and ebook related news.

RecordedBooks.com sells recorded books.

Hear Now Audio Books sells recorded books.

Book Player List has reviews of book player devices.

10 Websites with Free Audio Books

FiveBooks is a site that asks experts to recommend five books. Interesting to see what they think are the best books in their field.

AllReaders is a search engine that lets you search for books based on author, title, plot, character, etc.

Fantastic Fiction - tracks bibliographies of fiction authors. You can see the titles of the books that they wrote along with their recommendations for other authors.

Best SF Books is a list of the best science fiction books according to Adam Doppelt, a science fiction reader. Nice collection of award winners.

Critical Reading is about serious reading and writing.

Guardian Top 10s is a very British site that shares the top ten lists of a number of authors and pundits.

Short Stories is a British site dedicated to the art of the short story.

Audible.com sells all kinds of recorded book material.

Prarie Home Companion

Books on the Web is a searchable index of ebooks that are available on the Web for free.

BookCrossing This site wants you to leave books in public places for others to read. You can get BookCrossing stickers to put inside them that instructs the reader to leave the book for someone else when finished.

Library Thing - Flickr for books

Free Books is an article from the PCWorld folks about where you can find free books.

LibriVox - free audio books that have been recorded by public readers.

Bookslut is a blog about books.

Booksprouts is a site that hosts book forums.

Google Books offers free books and magazines that have been made available to the public domain. You can search the material or download the whole issue or book.

PDF Genie is an ebook search site.

Data Sheet is an ebook search site

Scribd is YouTube for written material. The public uploads all kinds of written matieral including tech guides, manuals, books, etc. All is free and probably illegal.

Free Computer Books has tech books that you read online or download but they are all free.

Free Tech Books

Six Best Sites to Get Free Ebooks

Best Places to Get Free Books is a rather large collection of sites where you can get free books and ebooks.

New York Times Book Reviews

Complete Review

The Book Browser has reviews and articles about books and their authors. They have a "best of" section and a section of titles that are grouped by 'feel' which allows you to find other books that you might like based on past experiences with an author or style. Lot of concentration on mystery, fantasy, adventure fiction, and science fiction.

The Book Group reads, discusses, and rates books. Mostly "good" literature rather than action or adventure stories.

Salon is a publication that reviews movies and books. They also have a chat room.

The Book Report "...- a home for readers and writers, with author interviews, books reviews, excerpts, and more."

The Hungry Mind reviews all kinds of books and has links to the major book sellers for convenient purchase.

Washington Post Book World has reviews but also has the first chapters of selected books.

New York Times Book Reviews

BookWire includes reviews and announcements of new books.

Netsurfer Books is a weekly newsletter that reviews a hand full of books from a hand full of subject areas including science fiction, nonfiction, technical, etc.

BookBrowse

The Library Thing - reviews of books, reader forums. Also has lists of books similar to others that you liked.

Blog Kindle is a blog that has news, rumors, tips, discussions, etc. related to the Kindle devices. It has sections covering accessories, hacks, tutorials, faqs, etc.

Puzux is a site that brings you interactive word games for ereaders.

Zublo specializes in Web games for the Kindle. You use the built-in browser.

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