Links I find helpful every day

Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. Covering the grammar rules and word choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers, Grammar Girl makes complex grammar questions simple with memory tricks to help you recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules.

Answers.com provides answers from the world's leading reference publications and contributions from our Q&A community. Dive in…

Thesaurus.com is not just an online thesaurus. It is also linked to Dictionary.com and Reference.com for every possible writing conundrum.

Online Etymology Dictionary This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

Wikisource is an online library of free content publications, collected and maintained by our community, with 128,911 texts in the English language library.

The OWL at Purdue The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material free of charge.

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia maintained and edited by its users.

Agent Query Connect offers aspiring writers, published authors, literary agents, editors, and other publishing professionals a free and easy way to connect through an interactive online community. I'm a member of several crit groups there. A great group of people.

Poets and Writers Magazine In addition to features from the award-winning print edition, the magazine online offers daily news items, advice from writers, and a popular blog about writing contests.

Association of Authors' Representatives, Inc. (AAR) is a not-for-profit organization of independent literary and dramatic agents. A great place to research potential agents.

MobiPocket eBooks Mobipocket Creator includes features essential for creating and publishing your eBook including; the encryption level required by eBookbase, an integrated "deploy" feature to automatically upload or update your books in eBookbase, and the metadata editor to set the price, ISBN, and cover image of your books. Mobipocket Creator Publisher Edition is free.

Publish on Kindle Digital Text Platform is a fast and easy self-publishing tool that lets you upload and format your books for sale in the Kindle Store.

North Carolina Writers Network The North Carolina Writers' Network serves writers at every stage of development through programs that offer ample opportunities for professional growth in skills and insight. The Network builds audiences for literature, advocates for the literary arts and for literacy, and provides information and support services.

Book Surge BookSurge offers complete publishing, inventory-free fulfillment and online distribution services for independent publishing. Whether your book is in ready-to-print PDF format or a working draft requiring editing, illustration, or formatting, we provide services to create your desired book and the tools to distribute your books cost effectively.

North Carolina Literary Festival: September 10-13, 2009 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

GoodReads Have you ever wanted a better way to get great book recommendations from people you know? Keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read? Form a book club, answer book trivia, collect your favorite quotes? This is the social network site for you.

Shelfari introduces readers to our global community of book lovers and encourages them to share their literary inclinations and passions with peers, friends, and total strangers. Shelfari is a gathering place for authors, aspiring authors, publishers, and readers, and has many tools and features to help these groups connect with each other in a fun and engaging way. Our mission is to enhance the experience of reading by connecting readers in meaningful conversations about the published word.

eHow.com is an online community, with more than 600,000 articles and 160,000 high-quality videos, dedicated to providing visitors like you the ability to research, share, and discuss instructional solutions that help complete day-to-day tasks and projects. Great resource for anyone, especially writers.