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Among the many websites we have visited, we think the following are worth mentioning.
Many of them have links pages themselves with further useful information. If you come across a site which you feel should appear on these pages, please let us know.
| Acronym Finder |
| Tells you what all those TLAs mean - asap! |
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| Babel Fish |
| Remember the Babel Fish from the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Well here's a website that 'decodes the brainwave patterns'.
OK, so that probably isn't how they do it, but it's amazing anyway.
Probably no computer translation will ever be perfect, but this will at least help to give you an idea of what a foreign text means. |
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| Bartleby's reference |
| An enormous selection of searchable reference works available from one site. |
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| Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation |
| Brush up on your grammar and punctuation skills. |
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| Grammar Book |
| More useful grammar information. |
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| Merriam-Webster On-Line |
| All writers should have a dictionary and thesaurus to hand. Here you have both on one site, and they won't clutter up your physical desktop.
Includes some neat word games, too! |
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| Rhyming Dictionary |
| Trying to write a poem, but you're stuck for a rhyme? You'll find the words and phrases you need here, sorted by syllables or number of letters. |
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| Snopes Urban Legends Reference Pages |
| How often do you get e-mail chain letters and wonder whether there's any truth behind them? Here you can check up on the veracity before sending them on to all the people in your address book. |
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| The Electric Eclectic |
| Lots of usefully documented links about 'all kinds of everything'. |
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| Absolute Write |
| For information about freelance writing, screenwriting, playwriting, novels and non-fiction. |
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| Inscriptions |
| Information and resources for writers. (Also a paying market.) |
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| Jacqui Bennet Writers' Bureau |
| Includes lists of (UK) small press publications, agents, and much more. |
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| Moira Allen's Writing World |
| Information and resources for writers. (Also a paying market.) |
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| Project Gutenburg |
| Project Gutenburg makes available books and other materials to the general public in a form accessible by the vast majority of computers. It's a vast project. Check out the website and see how you can become involved. |
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| Purdue University's On-Line Writing Lab. |
| Lots of resources for writers. |
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| Robin's Nest |
| Another resource site. |
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| The Drexel Online Journal |
| Online general interest publication for a broad audience with wide-ranging interests and tastes.
DOJ publish fiction and essays of varying length and type, also some poetry and digital art and photography, film, book and other reviews.Main issue publsihed every two months. Frequent updates between main issues. |
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| The National Association of Writers' Groups |
| Association with over 120 affiliated writing groups and 50 individual members across the UK. |
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| Writers' Digest |
| Information for writers. |
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| Writers' Resource Center |
| Articles, job opportunities, book reviews etc. for writers. (Also a paying market.) |
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| Zuzus Petals |
| The blurb states: "Our mission (in keeping with Dana Gioia's National Book Award winning, 'Can Poetry Matter?'), is to expand the influence of poetry beyond its traditionally academic audience and to make quality writing an everyday craving."
Includes a vast number of links. |
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| Academi |
| Includes searchable lists of literary events, writers, publishers and activities. |
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| Alsop Review |
| includes some excellent pages on various aspects of poetry writing. |
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| Bob's Byway |
| Poetry definitions, and examples. |
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| EveryPoet |
| A showcase page of poetry which also includes a useful links page, discussion forums for critique, and even a haiku generator. |
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| Luminarium |
| A perfect joy of a site for lovers of classical poetry. Includes mediaeval, renaissance and 17th century sections. |
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| Magnetic Poetry |
| As well as a place to buy any of the magnetic poetry products - including special paint to turn your walls into an enormous magnetised notice board - this site includes an anthology of poems created with the various versions, and an opportunity to try your hand at writing poetry on-line using drag and drop word tiles. |
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| Poetry Society, UK |
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| Amazon |
| The famous on-line bookshop. |
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| BBC - Arts - Poetry |
| A showcase of visual poetry. |
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| BBC Radio |
| Both World Service and UK national and local radio. Includes the possibility of listening to the programmes and provides background information. |
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| Chiasmus.com |
| chiasmus (ky-AZ-mus) n . a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases.
This site is dedicated to all things chiastic. It will bring 'quotations into your life, and life into your quotations.' |
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| Lightbulb Jokes |
| How many Real Men does it take to change a lightbulb?
If you don't already know you can find the answer on this site, along with thousands of other corny, witty, politically correct and incorrect lightbulb jokes. |
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| Pemberley |
| Here you can find out almost anything you ever wanted to know about the life and works of Jane Austen. The site includes a complete hypertext version of Pride and Prejudice. |
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| Tantamount |
| Our sister site. Web site design and management, graphic design, publications and multimedia. |
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| The Chronicle of the Future |
| Written and compiled by journalists and staff of The Times, this site contains 'news reports' for the first fifty years of the twenty-first century. |
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| The Philosophers' Magazine Online |
| Articles, quizzes, quotes and general food for thought. |
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| Tony Squance |
| As well as painting, Madrid-based artist Tony Squance does story-boards for advertising. This is his award-winning website. |
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| Translations 2 Go |
| A free online translator souring service. |
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| United States Postal Service |
| Buy your stamps on-line instead of wasting your money on IRCs. |
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| World Wide Words |
| A fascinating site with facts and fun for language lovers. |
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| X Files |
| There are many websites dedicated to the sci-fi TV series, but this is the official one. It includes a complete epěsode guide, so you can reminisce about the good old days of the early series. |
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