Link Share Chat

Quick Promos and Blog links at the begining of the chat
Humor E-zine :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TRAILER_PARK_GAZETTE/
Renee's blog:
http://360.yahoo.com/rg_barn
Audrey's blogs:
http://audreyshaffer.blogspot.com
http://audreysays.blogspot.com/
Linda's blogs:
http://www.lindajhutchinson.com/
http://reviewhutch.blogspot.com
http://lindajhutchinson.com/blog
"Be a Successful Writer!" at
http://www.writers-edge.info/Success.htm
Find daily writing tips at Writer's Edge (Georganna's)blog:
http://www.writers-edge.info/
Glenn's Writer's Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writercircle



Shared Links:

http://www.m-w.com/

Character Development worksheet
http://www.toasted-cheese.com/jj/characterdevelopment.htm
http://www.answers.com/ bills itself as the world's greatest encyclo-diction-almanac-apedia
http://www.mediabistro.com/bbs/default.asp
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/index.php?
writer's encyclopedia http://www.writersmarket.com/encyc/index.asp



best glossary of magazine industry: http://www.woodenhorsepub.com/glossary.htm
journal of newspaper industry: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/index.jsp
articles for book writers http://www.bksp.org/
databases for book writers: http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ also publishes PublishersLunch daily newsletter about the industry
http://www.robertniles.com/stats/ Statistics Every Writer Should Know



http://lists.topica.com/lists/crwropps Daily emails of markets and contests.
httP://www.screenwritersutopia.com this is aforum for screenwriters, screenwriter classes, tips for screenwriters, and review by other screenwriters.
Contracts for a magazine article www.nwu.org/journ/msagmt.htm
http://www.sfwa.org/contracts/magazine.htm
Contracts for A web article http://www.sfwa.org/contracts/webcontract.htm
Contracts for An anthology story http://www.sfwa.org/contracts/ant_cont.htm
Trade book publishing agreement checklist http://www.copylaw.com/forms/pubchk.html



http://www.authorsbydesign.com/home1.php
This is a great site for writers to come together. We have forumns and
private critique group. We currently have an opening in my group - Prose
Nest . I would love to see some of you there.




Worksheet for authors, to figure out your marketing plan.
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journalNeil Gaiman's Journal http://boingboing.net A Site containing many wonderful things
http://www.nwu.org National Writers Union
I would expect everyone to know about writersmag.com (Writer's Market) and writersdigest.com (Writer's Digest) and its commercial database at http://www.writersmarket.com/index_ns.asp



http://www.copyright.gov/
http://www.writing-world.com/rights/copyright.shtml Copyright info.
http://lawandfiction.com/law/column.4.html Copyright info
www.nwu.org/bite/gloss.htm Another source, "Legal Lexicon's Lyceum," one of the best Internet Law Dictionaries, is available at http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm
Writer Circle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/writercircle/
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/internet_growth.html - A great article
for anyone who wonders if internet marketing is worth it.
http://www.nightcats.com/roundup/07-12-05.html - A great article on how
to promote your blog, for free.



What to do after your work is accepted and is in print. Here is a link that may help some promote their work. http://www.critiquecircle.com/ This is a great place to have your work critiqued. The site works on a points system, I've yet to post and not have at least 8 people critique. The people there are usually very helpful.
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=61811
American Society of Journalists and Authors http://www.asja.org/pubtips/pubtips.php



Ivan Hoffman's Website http://www.ivanhoffman.com/helpful.html
StarvingArtistsLaw.com http://www.starvingartistslaw.com/
http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/peeslw.htm Editors and Preditors
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004641.html - All writers
http://www.sfwa.org/beware/general.html
http://www.nwu.org/alerts/alrthome.htm
http://www.nwu.org/alerts/alrthome.htm
http://ralan.com
http://www.poetryscams.com
http://www.poetryscams.com
http://www.authorslawyer.com
http://www.authorslawyer.com
http://www.proofpositive.com/writers/beware.htm
http://freereads.topcities.com/freebooksonthenet.html LaRocca’s Site.
Loads of free information for writers.




http://sellwritingonline.com/tips.html Articles with lots of information for writers.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crimescenewriter/ Crime Scene Writer
http://allexperts.com/ Free Q&A service, lots of categories to choose from, volunteers answer your questions
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/



Book tv, C-SPAN2......Today I watched as writers of both fiction and non-fiction pitched their books before signings and during interviews...a way to see what life is after you are published.



Info and Markets http://www.absolutewrite.com/ Absolute Write
http://www.writersweekly.com Writers Weekly
http://www.fundsforwriters.com/ Hope’s newsletters
http://www.fictionfactor.com Fiction Factor
http://www.AnthologiesOnline.com Anthology markets
http://www.ebookedit.com/demo.php demo of ebook editor
http://www.openoffice.org Free "Office" alternative
http://www.electricpenguin.com/ohi/inkygirl/




This is a list of the newspapers around the US...along with contact info US Newspapers http://www.usnpl.com/
Resources for grants: http://www.fdncenter.org - The Foundation Center
http://www.nea.gov - The National Endowment for the Arts
http://www.nasaa-arts.org - The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
http://www.fundsforwriters.com/links.htm - Look under grants.
This is an automated critique machine AutoCrit http://www.autocrit.com/Processtext.cfm



Perhaps you think you could write better television dramas yourself. If so, check out this website: http://www.tvwriter.com/
http://www.houseandgarden.com/services/contact/
Turn some of life’s mysteries into fiction for Over My Dead
Body at: http://www.overmydeadbody.com/wguide20.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/
http://dictionary.reference.com
http://thesaurus.reference.com/
http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/ writing links, and resources on the web
For writing prompts I want to mention Christine Senter at http://www.thepromptwriter.com and Milli Thornton at http://www.fearofwriting.com/




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These two sites are invaluable to me ...at times. Get Organized Now Forum
http://www.getorganizednow.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi Fly Lady
http://www.flylady.net/index.asp
This link has Reviews of Writing Books
http://www.cobblestonepress.com
Daily Writing Prompts
http://writingfix.com/dailypromptgenerator.htm
Writers Free Reference --free information
http://www.writers-free-reference.com/



Gotham Writers' Workshop
http://www.writingclasses.com/
The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/content/
http://www.thefirstline.com/index.htm
Smart Writers.com Markets and Contests
http://www.smartwriters.com/index.2ts?page=magmarkets
Ryze Business Networking http://www.ryze.com/
Maureen’s website, Moonspinners Writer’s Page, http://www.ralan.com./
http://www.behindthename.com/ Etymology and history of first names. Browse by Masucline/Feminine, English, Arabic names, Italian names, etc...
http://www.mediafinder.com Largest database of US and Canadian periodicals
Holidays and Observances http://www.butlerwebs.com/holidays/default.htm
This is a directory of free WIFI hotspots http://www.wififreespot.com/
Here's a Free Press Release http://www.prweb.com/



Fix your fiction at Fiction Fix
http://www.coffeehouseforwriters.com/fictionfix/0505Grossack.html
Deb's Historical Resource page http://home.insightbb.com/~d.lawson/ a website that is full of this woman's research...incredible
http://creativewritingprompts.com/
Strunk Jr., Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
This is an Online Library
http://www.alexanderpublishing.com/library/



Another prompt site Imagination Prompt
http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html
Links and Resources
http://www.writerswrite.com/writinglinks/
English Grammar
http://www.wordpower.ws/grammar/gramtoc.html
Creative Writing Directory
http://www.creative-writing-secrets.com/
Java Script word count
http://javascript.internet.com/forms/word-count.html




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http://www.fundsforwriters.com/ Hope’s newsletters
for genre writers there's http://speculations.com/
ShawGuides http://writing.shawguides.com/
http://www.nightcats.com/roundup/07-12-05.htmlA good article on blog promotion, for free.
There is a series of articles written by Richard Hoy at http://www.writersweekly.com/ that talks about blogs and how to submit them to the search engines.
Audrey: The info I gave in our last blog/rss chat is now on the Education page as downloadable PDF files. http://www.ama-assn.org/ American Medical
Association home page.
http://www.webmd.com/
http://www.medicinenet.com/ more medical info
http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/expressions.htm



http://www.cdc.gov/
http://www.anthologiesonline.com/
http://www.lindajhutchinson.com/ Check out the Published Clips page. The list is finally getting long enough to be worth listing.
My own insane lists are here ... http://tales.scvs.com/



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Our chatroom team:
Audrey Shaffer – Chatroom Moderator and Guest Scheduler http://audreyshaffer.com
Linda Hutchinson – Moderator, Researcher and Bio Writer
http://www.lindajhutchinson.com/
Renee Barnes – Moderator
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TRAILER_PARK_GAZETTE/
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