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Books AtoZ

Links to related publishing sites, academic research, a calendar of book events, experimental online publications, and advice.

Everyone Who's Anyone in Adult Trade Publishing

Directory of contact information for literary agents, editors, and book publishers in the U.S., U.K., and Canada

Publishers Marketplace

Online database for publishing professionals. From PublisherLunch.

Writers Publish

Resource for authors and publishers featuring news, e-books, freelance jobs, writing contests, and advice.

NetRead.com

The Publishing Portal. Provides the tools, the community, and the knowledge to make book publishing simpler, rewarding, and profitable.

FINDaPLAY.com

Offers a searchable directory of the catalogs of major play publishers.

ITI's Literary Market Place.com

Directory of American and Canadian book publishers. Helps publishing professionals, authors, and those looking for industry data.

Writer’s Resources

BellaOnline: Writing

Danielle Hollister writes articles, reviews links and hosts an email newsletter, and discussion forum.

BloomsburyMagazine.com

The writers’ area is devoted to writers, published and unpublished. Advice, regular updates from the book business, a calendar of literary dates, and links to other sites.

Ideas4writers.co.uk

Ideas to make better writers. Writers’ bookshop, discussion forums, eZine and newsletter, competition, plus writing, computing, and word processing help.

Lit.Org

Offers forums and interviews with published authors. Also paying market and contest listings in a weblog format.

NotWriting.com

Aims to make writers feel better about procrastinators. Features ongoing commentary, diversions, and resources.

Resource Central

Links and resources for writing. Improve your writing skills, library skills, writing style, grammar. Fiction and nonfiction resources.

Scrawl: The Writer's Asylum

Provides writing workshops, story critiques, publication and support information, weekly flash fiction workshops, on-site e-zine publication, and discussion forums.

The Writer at Work

A free, weekly comic, by Richard Krzemien, for writers and creative people of all ages. The Writer mixes the working world of Dilbert with the absurdity of The Far Side.

Website Ideas for Writers

Every writer today needs an effective website as part of a complete marketing plan.

Writer Beware

Warnings and cautions for writers about literary frauds, scams, deceptions, and pitfalls.

WriteSuccess

Ideas, information and inspiration for writers.

Writers Write

Weekly magazine. Features author interviews, articles and daily editorial and publication news. Includes research, genre and marketplace links, as well as forums and archived issues.

Writing Corner

Resources, event listings, feature articles, newsletters and email lists. A site about the art, craft and business of writing.

Writer Beware

Warnings and cautions for writers about literary frauds, scams, deceptions, and pitfalls.

Writing-World.com

Writing articles and resources. Tips about how to become a better writer, get published and find writing markets. From Moira Allen.

eWriteLife.com

Find creative writing articles, prompts, ideas, reviews and other resources for writers.

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How to conduct research using primary resource methods?

How to conduct research using primary resource methods?

Primary research involves obtaining first-hand information about a phenomenon in the real world. This can produce either quantitative or qualitative data, and the means whereby it can be conducted are interviews, experiments, surveys, and ethnographic research. Almost...

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Assure, Ensure, or Insure?

Assure, Ensure, or Insure?

The English language has so many fun aspects, whether it’s sorting out homonyms (acts or ax) or figuring out which synonym is most appropriate (good or righteous). Even native English speakers can have difficulties with some nuances, so don’t feel too bad if you mix...

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Lay or Lie

Lay or Lie

When to use "Lay" versus "Lie": difference between lay and lie Lay means "to place something down." It is something you do to something else. It is a transitive verb. Incorrect: Lie the book on the seat. Correct: Lay the book on the seat. (It is being done to...

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Good Vs Well

Good Vs Well

It's such a simple little question: How are you? But I've heard from people who feel a twinge of apprehension or even full-blown frustration every time they have to decide whether to say they're good or they're well. “I'm good” is what you're likely to hear in general...

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What makes a great academic paper?

What makes a great academic paper?

The first rule concerning how students should set about writing academic essays is that there are no universal rules, since what works well for one writer may not suit another person. You may have been told in school that 'you should always begin with a plan' or that...

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Writing is a process, not an event

Writing is a process, not an event

Writing is more than just tapping words onto the page. There are several steps to writing: thinking, planning, researching, drafting and reviewing. What’s more, often all the stages in the writing process have to happen before a deadline. There can be a lot to do in a...

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