Writer Resources

Acronym Finder
Agent Research and Evaluation
Provides honest, detailed information on literary agents, separating the charlatans from legitimate agents. The unique online Agent Verification database is free.
Agent Query
The Internet’s largest and most current database of Literary Agents
Bartlely.com
Bibliomania
Free Online Literature--more than 2000 Classic Texts
Book Publishers Compared
Publishing contracts and services of 74 print-on-demand and e-book publishers dissected, analyzed, and ranked.
Book Title Scorer
Want to know if you have a killer title? Put your title to the test and find out if it has what it takes to become a best seller.
Bookwire
Book industry news and statistics
Character Generator
Generates short profiles with both physical details and background information.
Character Names
Do you need to find a name for your character?
CRIME & MYSTERY writers--Sisters in Crime
WEBSITE offering offering networking, advice, and support to mystery authors. Consists of authors, readers, publishers, agents, booksellers, and librarians bound by their affection for the mystery genre and their support of women who write mysteries
CRIME & SUSPENSE writers--Crime and Suspense.com
WEBSITE for fans and writers of crime, suspense and mystery stories
DamnGoodWriters
Site that enables authors to establish a low-cost presence on the web. involves a fee
Dictionary.com
Access to various dictionaries and thesauruses
Edit Red ONLINE Writing Community
Online writing community
The Editorial Freelancers Association
The Elements of Style
Encyclopedia of World History
Encyclopedia of Human Anatomy
Fantasy Novel Title Generator
Freelance Writers' Gigs
The Golden Pencil
The Freelance Writer's Complete Resource
Grammar and Writing Help
A large number of links to credible resources are found here.
Grammar Glossary
An excellent glossary of grammar and punctuation terms. Each term also includes a link that further describes and provides examples of each part of speech/punctuation.
Grammar Slammer
English grammar resource site
A Guide to Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary
A nice refresher guide for those pesky grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary conundrums that often arise. This link kindly provided by a resourceful student in Mrs. Anne Hughes' class (Monument Charter School).
Heartland Outdoorsman
Comprehensive site offering writer Forums.
Horror Writers' Association
Improv Generator
Generates a character or pairing, a keyword or set of keywords, and a setting or theme, plus a set length of time in which to write
Improv Generator--part 2
Internal Monologue
How to Handle Character's Thoughts In Third Person
Juvenile Fiction Writers--PublisherList
Juvenile Fiction Writers--Publishers List part 2
Juvenile Fiction Writers--The Purple Crayon
Over 200 articles and information about children's book writing and publishing
Juvenile Fiction Writers--Topical Help
Articles and links for writers of Juvenile Fiction
Library of Congress
Literary Agents and their authors
Literary Marketplace
LMP is the directory of America and Canadian book publishing, featuring listings on more than 30,000 companies, books, periodicals, awards, courses, or events, to name just a few categories. Expensive but worthwhile subscription service
Literary Sisters
A literary retreat for women who love to read
Literature Classics
International resource for writers
LitMatch (Now called Author Advance)
A full-featured social network Literary Agent Database and Query Tracking Tool that allows users to find literary agents, track the queries, and compare their experiences with other writers.
The Muse Writing Studio and Workshops
An organization for Hampton Roads writers, new and experienced, to come together in writing workshops, writing studios, readings, and special events
Mystery Writers of America official website
Premier organization for mystery writers, professionals allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime writers, and those who are devoted to the genre
Novel Title (a la Dan Brown) Generator
Create your own DAN BROWN novel (title)
Novelists, Inc.
Serving the needs of multi-published authors of popular fiction
Plot-O-Matic
Generates Movie Scripts
Plot Twist Generator
Generates wacky plot developments to jump-start a stalled story
Plotting
A helpful essay that features two writing exercises
Plotting
An Essay
Plotting
An Essay
Plotting--Fantasy Novel Generator
Generates a brief, if often zany, premise for a fantasy story
Plotting--Outlining
An Essay
Plotting--Use of index cards
An Essay
Poem, Lyric, or quotation HUNTER
Poets and Writers
Largest Nonprofit group offering information for writers
Point of View
Essay about Point of View
Preditors and Editors
A guide to publishers, literary agents, and writing services for serious writers
Project Gutenberg
Full text of 18,000 public domain, historical ebooks
Publishers Marketplace
Marketplace for publishing professionals to find critical information and unique databases, find each other, and to do business better electronically. $20 a year membership fee.
Publishers Weekly
Book selling news and Reviews
Research Resources for Writers
Reverse Dictionary
Rhyming Dictionary
Romance Writers of America
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Smart Writers.com
Information about writing
The Society of Children's Books Writers & Illustrators
Synopsis
How To Write A Successful One-Page Synopsis
Thesaurus
Tutor Hunt
A free service both tutors and students use to locate each other.
Urban Dictionary
Word Origins
List of words and the story behind them
Write to Inspire
Writers' Resource for Christian writers
Writers' Group--James River Writers
Writers' Group--Southeastern Writers Association
Writers' Free Reference
Writer Gender Identifier
Discover if your writing comes across as written by a man or a woman
Writers' Research Resource--CRIME AND FORENSICS
Writers' Resource for Juvenile Fiction Writers
Writers' Resources and advice for aspiring juvenile fiction authors.
Writers' Resources for Juvenile Fiction Writers
Basic information essay about writing for children
Writers' Resource for Juvenile Fiction Writers
Writers’ Tips
Writing Conundrums--Creating Vivid Scenes
Tips for building vivid scenes
Writing Conundrums --Handling Time Transitions within a story
Tips For Using Effective Transitions
Writing Conundrums--Writing Tight
Practical tips for tightening your writing
Zoetrope (ONLINE) writing workshop
EXCELLENT FREE ONLINE writing community for workshopping flash, shorts, poetry, novellas, and screenplays