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Too highbrow for us ordinary mortals? Naw. This site never ceases to amaze, entertain, and educate. Besides, how can anybody cram so much content into a single screen?
Need a break from writing? Browse interviews with some of today's best known writers at Powell's well-designed site.
An absolute must for every writer's tool kit. The site's boastful banner ("The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing...unlimited access to information on the web, free of charge.") is only a tad over the top.
The permanent online archive for C-SPAN’s award-winning author-interview program includes 800 interviews. Searchable video, too.
Only a web admin with a warped sense of humor would follow the staid Booknotes with the not-so-staid Bookslut. So sue us. The latter, edited by Jessa Crispin, is a monthly web magazine and daily blog "dedicated to those who love to read." Proclaims Crispin, "We provide a constant supply of news, reviews, commentary, insight, and more than occasional opinions." Strong opinions, you might say.
The 2007 results of the famous "worst writing competition" includes this winning entry, submitted by Jm Gleeson of Madison, Wisconsin:
"Gerald began--but was interrupted by a piercing whistle which cost him ten percent of his hearing permanently, as it did everyone else in a ten-mile radius of the eruption, not that it mattered much because for them "permanently" meant the next ten minutes or so until buried by searing lava or suffocated by choking ash--to pee."
If you have questions about copyright, visit this site before you consult an attorney.
Want to help another writer? One way is to offer constructive criticism either one-on-one or in a critique group. Writer Victory Crayne tells you how.
Books for writers, by writers. A wide variety of new and used references.
And we think we have accomplished a lot in a short period of time. Wait until you see what the writers and poets of Spartanburg have done!
Evan Jenkins, consulting editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, weighs in on writing rules and rebellion. Bookmark this site no matter what kind of prose you write.
An all-volunteer organization, like our own, that has been promoting Tarheel poets and poetry since 1932.
Now under new management (Ed Southern, formerly of John F. Blair Publishers, has taken over as executive director), this statewide organization hosts workshops and conferences, and offers other services to members. The web site is undergoing a redesign.
Although perhaps best known for its scam warnings, this site is truly "a guide to publishers and writing services..."
One of your webmaster's alltime favorites. Laugh...and learn...at the same time. For example: Tom Swifty -- An unseemly compulsion to follow the word "said" with a colorful adverb, as in "We'd better hurry," Tom said swiftly.
From highbrow to...well, something a bit less. This collection of links is subtitled Sites that Feature Fun with Words. 'Nuff said.
Headquartered in Greensboro, WGOT sponsors a variety of critique groups and other programs. We hope to work together to benefit our members and theirs.