WRITING

Think Magazine's Writer's Resources

Text: Sara Joy

Be the next Dr. Seuss! Check out: How To Write Children's Books
www.write4kids.com

The Children's Writing Resource Center is all about writing books and stories for children: advice, how-to info, tips, Live Chat, research links, FREE Online E-Zine for Children's Writers! FREE E-Books about Writing for Children! And much more. They claim to have the web's only message board dedicated to children's writing. Stop by to browse, or get involved and post a message about green eggs and ham.

The Market List for Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror http://www.marketlist.com

Here you can find articles on Craft, Critiquing, Workshops, and any number of other informative topics are included each month. Check out this index of articles past and present. Interviews: Want to know what's on an editor's mind? Interested in hearing a Pro tell you about breaking in? Each update includes new Q & A sessions with editors, writers, and other important figures in the writing field.

Reviews: Each update the site includes several magazine reviews, spotlighting the publications, the authors, and their fiction. Are there promising young screenwriters working in Jama's video rental nook? Well, all you Tarrantino wannabes better drop the remote, clean the popcorn grease off your hands, and get online at the Internet Screenwriters' Network at http://www.screenwriters.com

Or try the Writer's Toolbox - Internet Resources for Writers
http://www.writerstoolbox.com/

After clicking into oblivion a smattering of Brother Microsoft's pop-up ads on-screen as the Writer's Toolbox loads, websurfers entertaining a writerly bent will find a diverse and ever-growing collection of Internet resources for the novelist, poet, playwright and journalist. Whether you're a professional or a hobbyist, a writer of fiction or of nonfiction, a seasoned professional or are just beginning your writing career. You will find many useful resources in the Toolbox. It also delves into practical issues like the business of writing, creativity, good screenplay and other software and how to get a job as a writer.

Annoyed by Alliteration? Puzzled by Posh? Confounded by Cattycorner? Baffled by Balderdash? Flummoxed by Flabbergast? Perplexed by ? Nonplussed by ... Nonplussed? The Word Detective http://www.word-detective.com/ is for anyone who loves words and language. Here, budding writers and trivia masters alike can immerse themselves in words. The site is loaded with columns and links on word origins and other literary topics in an Alice in Wonderland theme So if you run across a "jake braking" sign, "antimacassar" or "doily", give The Word Dick a click.

Some short addresses to help you in you writing career: 4-Writers.Com - Creative Writing Classes - Novels - Short Stories - Poetry http://4-writers.com Free online creative writing courses, online writer's bookstore and more. BARTLEBY LIBRARY - Great Books Online http://www.bartleby.com

Writers Write University http://www.writerswrite.com/wwu An Online classes designed for amateur and professional writers who are serious about writing, who are looking to improve their skills and to jump start their writing careers.

Where every great writer who was anybody is buried...
http://www.findagrave.com/ Find - A - Grave: Not nearly as creepy as it sounds, Find-A-Grave offers a guide to the burial plots of famous figures. ("Over one thousand," the site promises.) Under "H" alone, find where a famous writer (Nathaniel Hawthorne), an actress (Jean Harlowe) and a business magnate (Henry Heinz) are buried. Some of the more notable graves are depicted in photographs.

And Finally:
Beanie Mom - Creative Writing Corner - A Very Beanie Story http://beaniemom.com/julystories/storyjuly18.html "Ready, set, go!" Baldy's voice echoed in the nursery as we came running out. "Ohmigosh, I can't believe it!" cried Claude, scuttling along. "I know," said Roary "We are going to be RELEASED!" We all stampeded along the hallway of Ty screaming and yelling, happy as can be. Then, suddenly, out of the nursery, jumped the biggest, scariest, animal I had ever seen. He was big, and gray, and had a giant horn coming out of his nose. That was all it took "Aughhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" I screeched." Excerpt from: "The AMAZING adventures of Chip"

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