WRITERS, AUTHORS, PLAYWRIGHTS, POETS, FREELANCERS,
Whether you're already published or on the brink,
here are

LINKS OF INTEREST

Things and Places You Need to Know About:

SUPPORT SITES
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LEFF'S ATLANTA MEDIA: FREE Freelancer Sign up.
Also offers a Directory of reporters, editors and producers in television, radio, newspapers, wire services, magazines, Atlanta bureaus of national media outlets, ethnic niche publications and online media outlets.
http://www.leffsatlantamedia.com

Dictionary Search
8,843,831 words in 936 dictionaries indexed
http://www.onelook.com/

Plain Language Resources
http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/Resources/

Garbl's Writing Center
http://garbl.home.comcast.net/index.html

The Owl at Purdue
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Purdue's Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/oldindex.html

The Text Doctor
http://www.textdoctor.com/resNews.htm

EDITORIUM
Program Add-ins for Microsoft Word
http://www.editorium.com

MS Word's Grammar and Style check
http://web.archive.org/web/20030602110710/saywhatyoumean.com/html/readingroom17.html

Copy Editor Newsletter
http://www.copyeditor.com

EDITORS' FORUM - Editing Resources
http://www.editorsforum.org/resources.php

The Editorial Eye
http://www.eeicommunications.com/eye

Journalists Toolbox - Jobs, Info and more
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com

Conversions of just about anything to anything else
http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/volume

StyleWriter Free Trial
http://www.editorsoftware.com/downloads/ReviewsSWTrial392/

TECHNICAL WRITING
The Craft of Editing
http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/handbook/visuals/pdf/04.pdf

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/

Quotations
Over 25,200 quotations
http://www.quotationspage.com

The Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com

Indispensable Writing Resources
A Complete Collection of Writing Essentials
http://www.quintcareers.com/writing/

Great Writers and Poets
Alphabetical listing of authors and literary prize winners.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html

Merriam Webster Dictionary

Poets & Writers
Poets & Writers is the primary source of
information, support and guidance for creative writers.

The Copyright Navigator
Fundamentals of U.S. Copyright Law
http://www.navigator.carolon.net

Writers-Editors Network
Linking professional writers and editors
with those who need content and editorial services since 1982.
http://www.writers-editors.com

Publicity Tips for Authors To Give You The Edge
(Mostly Free Digital Seminars in Mp3 file format))
Publicity Teleseminars

A (new and growing) World Directory of websites
http://georgia-usa.oymap.net/

ORGANIZATIONS and EVENTS

National

American Society of Journalists and Authors

Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA)

Harriette Austin Writers Conference
July 20-21, 2007
Georgia Center for Continuing Education
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Library of Congress

The Association of Writers and Writers' Workshops
(AWP)

Local (States)

Georgia Writers Association

Poetry at Tech
(That is, Georgia Tech)

Clarity Works, (for women only)
Newsletters, Workshops, and Retreats to inspire the writer,
offer critique, and provide intimate getaways to creative
atmospheres.

 

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