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Hampton Roads Writers
Writer Resources
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Acronym Finder
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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.
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Agent Query
The Internet’s largest and most current database of Literary Agents
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Association of Authors' Representatives
Not-for-profit organization of independent literary and dramatic agents
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Bartlely.com
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Bibliomania
Free Online Literature--more than 2000 Classic Texts
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Book Publishers Compared
Publishing contracts and services of 74 print-on-demand and e-book publishers dissected, analyzed, and ranked.
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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.
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Bookwire
Book industry news and statistics
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Character Generator
Generates short profiles with both physical details and background information.
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Character Names
Do you need to find a name for your character?
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Chill - The E-Pub for Artists
Mingling place for actors, artists, musicians, poets, and writers.
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CRIME & MYSTERY writers--Mystery Readers International
WEBSITE of largest mystery fan/reader organization in the world. Open to readers, fans, critics, editors, publishers, and writers
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CRIME & MYSTERY writers--Mystery Writers of America
Premier organization for mystery writers, professionals allied to the crime writing field, aspiring crime writers, and those who are devoted to the genre
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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
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CRIME & SUSPENSE writers--Crime and Suspense.com
WEBSITE for fans and writers of crime, suspense and mystery stories
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DamnGoodWriters
Site that enables authors to establish a low-cost presence on the web. involves a fee
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Dictionary.com
Access to various dictionaries and thesauruses
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Edit Red ONLINE Writing Community
Online writing community
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The Editorial Freelancers Association
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The Elements of Style
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Encyclopedia of World History
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Encyclopedia of Human Anatomy
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Fantasy Novel Title Generator
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Freelance Writers' Gigs
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The Golden Pencil
The Freelance Writer's Complete Resource
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Grammar Slammer
English grammar resource site
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Heartland Outdoorsman
Comprehensive site offering writer Forums.
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Horror Writers' Association
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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
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Improv Generator--part 2
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Internal Monologue
How to Handle Character's Thoughts In Third Person;
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Juvenile Fiction Writers--PublisherList
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Juvenile Fiction Writers--Publishers List part 2
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Juvenile Fiction Writers--The Purple Crayon
Over 200 articles and information about children's book writing and publishing.
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Juvenile Fiction Writers--Topical Help
Articles and links for writers of Juvenile Fiction
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Library of Congress
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Literary Agents and their authors
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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
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Literary Sisters
A literary retreat for women who love to read
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Literature Classics
International resource for writers
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LitMatch
Literary Agent Database and Query Tracking Tool
that allows users to find literary agents, track the queries, and compare their experiences with other writers
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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
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Mystery Writers of America
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Novel Title (a la Dan Brown) Generator
Create your own DAN BROWN novel (title)
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Novelists, Inc.
Serving the needs of multi-published authors of popular fiction
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Plot-O-Matic
Generates Movie Scripts
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Plot Twist Generator
Generates wacky plot developments to jump-start a stalled story
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Plotting
A helpful essay that features two writing exercises
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Plotting
An Essay
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Plotting
An Essay
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Plotting--Fantasy Novel Generator
Generates a brief, if often zany, premise for a fantasy story
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Plotting--Outlining
An Essay
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Plotting--Use of index cards
An Essay
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Podcast Empire
PodCast Directory and resource site. One stop destination for everything Podcasting--including a comprehensive Directory, an informational Blog, Reviews, Forums, How-to's, Tips and much more!
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Poem, Lyric, or quotation HUNTER
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Poets and Writers
Largest Nonprofit group offering information for writers
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Point of View
Essay about Point of View
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Preditors and Editors
A guide to publishers, literary agents, and writing services for serious writers
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Project Gutenberg
Full text of 18,000 public domain, historical ebooks
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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.
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Publishers Weekly
Book selling news and Reviews
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Rejections
An essay
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Research Resources for Writers
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Reverse Dictionary
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Rhyming Dictionary
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Romance Writers of America
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
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Smart Writers.com
Information about writing
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The Society of Children's Books Writers & Illustrators
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Synopsis
How To Write A Successful One-Page Synopsis
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Thesaurus
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Urban Dictionary
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Word Frequency Indexer
counts how many times each word is used in your story
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Word Origins
List of words and the story behind them
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Write to Inspire
Writers' Resource for Christian writers
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Writer Group--James River Writers
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Writer Group--Southeastern Writers Association
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Writers' Free Reference
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Writer Gender Identifier
Discover if your writing comes across as written by a man or a woman
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Writers' Research Resource--CRIME AND FORENSICS
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Writers' Resource for Juvenile Fiction Writers
Writers' Resources and advice for aspiring juvenile fiction authors.
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Writers' Resources for Juvenile Fiction Writers
Basic information essay about writing for children
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Writers' Resource for Juvenile Fiction Writers
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Writers’ Tips
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Writing contests
An Essay
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Writing Conundrums--Creating Vivid Scenes
Tips for building vivid scenes
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Writing Conundrums --Handling Time Transitions within a story
Tips For Using Effective Transitions
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Writing Conundrums--Writing Tight
Practical tips for tightening your writing
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Zoetrope (ONLINE) writing workshop
EXCELLENT ONLINE writing community for workshopping flash, shorts, poetry, novellas, and screenplays
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