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Conferences
- Annual Writers Conference [http://writers-conference.com/index.html]
- southernwriters [www.southernwriters.co.uk]
Reference resources
- The Phrase Finder [http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/]
- Roget's Thesaurus [http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html]
- Gutenberg project [www.gutenberg.org] free books online
- dictionary.com [http://dictionary.reference.com/]
- wordsmyth [www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?content=news&nr=1]
- Google ~writing ~better ~books ~storyline [www.google.com/search?&q=~writing+~better+~books+~storyline]
- Google ~writing ~fiction ~plot ~start ~finish ~books ~storyline [www.google.com/search?q=~writing+~fiction+~plot+~start+~finish+~books+~storyline]
- Bibliomania [www.bibliomania.com] fiction, non-fiction, poetry and reference materials
- Bartleby [www.bartleby.com/] ditto
- BBC get writing, particularly The Craft [www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/thecraft]
Writing competitions
- BBC competions links [www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/competitions]
- UK writing competitions [www.prizemagic.co.uk/html/writing_comps.htm]
- writing competitions [www.literacytrust.org.uk/whatson/writingcomps.html]
- yahoo uk writing contests [http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/arts/Humanities/Literature/Creative_Writing/Contests/]
- writing world [www.writing-world.com/contests/]
- writers of the future [quarterly 17 [www.writersofthefuture.com/index1.htm]
- fiction addiction [http://fictionaddiction.net/storycontest.html]
- writers digest [www.writersdigest.com/contests/]
How to write
- Google: ~writing ~novel [www.google.com/search?&q=~writing+~novel]
- The Fiction Writer's page [www.capcollege.bc.ca/dept/cmns/fwp.html]
- Writing for Kids [www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/writingforkids.htm]
- e-writers [http://e-writers.net]
Web page design
Good writers should be able to create good web pages
- Writing for the web [www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/]
- Google's Web Useability directory [http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Web_Usability/]
- more web design links [www.onepoyle.net/doc/main.pl?links]
finding books
- abebooks [www.abebooks.com]
- list of book finder services [www.nationalfinder.com/bfs/index.htm]
- uk [http://uk.bookchecker.com]
fonts
- fonts [www.masterstech-home.com/The_Library/Font_Samples/FontIndexMain.html]
Other - classification in progress
- Real Writers [www.real-writers.com]
- Book Pl@ce [www.bookends.co.uk]
- Writers' Forum [www.worldwidewriters.com]
- firstwriter.com [www.firstwriter.com]
- storytellers [http://storytellers.co.uk]
- critters [www.critters.org/]
- for writers [www.forwriters.com]
- hackwriters [www.hackwriters.com]
- internet writers links [www.internetwriter.co.uk/chapters/index.htm]
- writernet [www.writernet.org.uk]
- writers services [www.writersservices.co.uk]
- woking writers [www.wokingwriterscircle.org.uk]
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- notes on website contributions [www.guildfordwriters.net/main.pl?webedit]
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