Favorite Links
Favorite Links
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BOOKSTORES--NEW/USED Every writer/reader needs to know where the best books can be found: | |||
| For new books, try: | Indigo Books Chapters.ca Barnes and Noble Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk |
For used or out-of-print books, try: |
www.newandusedbooks.com/
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| REFERENCE For overall romance writing information and market study, try: | |||
| www.eharlequin.com | |||
| For grammar guides and punctuation try: | |||
| www.grammarbook.com andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/ | |||
| For quotations go to: | |||
| www.bartleby.com/100/ | |||
| For words--definitions and uses try: | |||
| www.yourdictionary.com/ dictionary.com/ thesaurus.com/ | |||
| Translations--back and forth from many languages can be found at: | |||
| babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn | |||
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One of the best sites I've found to help locate a huge variety of information is: | |||
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These are also excellent sites for encyclopedic type information: | |||
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Bibliomania: the best online literature and reference books | |||
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Take Our Word For It: Words and Etymology
OneLook Dictionaries Common Errors in English Eponym: International Names | |||
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E-PUBLISHING It's the newest thing--a starting place for lots of writers. To learn about the ebook industry go to: | |||
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Some of the top e-publishers are: | |||
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To check out the ezine (electronic magazine) industry go to: | |||
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| SITES FOR WRITERS To learn the basics or hone your skills, try these: | |||
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www.writersdigest.com/
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| PUBLISHERS' WEBSITES Need up to date publisher info? Get it from them... | |||
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www.penguinputnam.com/ | |||
| AUTHORS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Even if you don't belong to the Romance Writers of America, don't overlook their website when you are searching for information. They have a Romance Novel Database, lists of award winners, author events listings, bestsellers and upcoming books. | |||
| Go to: www.rwanational.com/index.htm | |||
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But the best thing about their site is THEIR links pages. There are literally hundreds of links to author, publisher and chapter webpages.
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| AUTHORS: offer a wide variety of information on their websites. Some discuss only their own writing and publications, and you can learn a lot about writers' methods and styles from them. Others discuss the writing process and offer classes, articles and lots of useful information. Many also offer newsletters for which you can sign up. Examples of author sites: | |||
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www.maryjoputney.com/
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| CHAPTER websites offer a varying amount of information; some are simple, others are wonderfully replete with articles and educational opportunities. Some Chapter websites: | |||
| www.poboxes.com/vic-rwa/ Vancouver Island Chapter of RWA http://www.rwagvc.com/ (Greater Vancouver) http://www.nsrwa.com/ (North Star RWA Edmonton) www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/2164/ (Virginia) cfrwa.org/ (Central Florida) | |||
| Prairie writers, check out the Saskatchewan Writers Guild... | |||
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A little off topic, but a great site with wonderful info for fiction writers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Inc | |||
| www.sfwa.org/ | |||
