Links

There are a huge number of websites aimed at writers, from online writing communities to grammar guides. Some of these are good, others are utter dross. The following links are selected because they have been useful to me or have been recommended by other writers.
  

Forum, blogs & communities

www.writewords.org.uk/
Lively online writing community offering support, advice, interviews and info on the latest writing jobs, opportunities, competitions and news.

www.breaktech.net/EmergingWritersForum/main.aspx
Emerging writers forum

www.bksp.org/
Backspace is an online community dedicated to helping writers navigate the world of publishing.

http://www.incwriters.co.uk
Website of the snappily-titled International Network & Community of Writers Society, a one-stop kind of place for people involved in Literature and the Arts.

http://www.vulpeslibris.wordpress.com
Reviews, views and opinions about books and the book world from a group of people with unusually large bookshop expenses.

Writers' resources

www.literaturetraining.com
Great resource for UK writers with details of jobs, funding and competitions etc

www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/
A corner of the vast BBC site devoted to books and writing, including the closed but still useful Get Writing section.

www.youwriteon.com/
Arts Council Sponsored website aiming to help new writers develop and help get talented writers noticed.

www.writerswrite.com
Claims to be a one-stop resource for writing, books and publishing.

www.author-network.com
Another writers' resource site. Not always particularly up to date.

www.jbwb.co.uk/
Information on writers' markets and writing competitions, plus links to writers resources.

books.guardian.co.uk/links
A page of writing links from the Guardian newspaper.

www.duotrope.com/index.aspx
Fascinating and comprehensive database of over 1825 current markets for short fiction, poetry, and novels/collections.

www.branching-out.net/independent/default.asp
Gives a selection of U.K. independent presses including a profile of their characters, imprints, readers and websites alongside a featured publication and contact details.

Reference links

www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Online version of William Strunk, Jr's totemic grammar book.

www.onelook.com/
Searches hundreds of dictionaries for definitions apparently.

humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
Roget's Thesaurus

www.rhymezone.com/
Rhyming dictionary.

www.usingenglish.com/glossary.html
Glossary of grammar terms

Assorted miscellany

www.geocities.com/suziesstudio42/
Suzanne Clements: artist and sculptor.  Marvellous.

www.artsandlettersdaily.com/
Lots of highbrow stuff to impress your friends.

www.holtuncensored.com/ten_mistakes.html
The top ten mistakes writers don't see (but can easily fix when they do)

www.abebooks.com/
An online bookseller that isn't Amazon. Sells books online on behalf of thousands of independent booksellers.

www.fwbookstore.com/category/writers-digest
Bookstore for writers.

http://www.bookarazzi.com/front/
The public face of bloggerswithbookdeals, a group of published writers who spend half their time on the internet.

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