Resources for Writers

Resources for Writers

resources: search tools and recommended books for writing

Directories

About
http://www.about.com

Open Directory Project
http://www.dmoz.com

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org

Yahoo
http://dir.yahoo.com



Search Engines

Alta Vista
http://www.av.com

Ask
http://www.ask.com

Dog Pile
http://www.dogpile.com

Excite
http://www.excite.com

Google
http://www.google.com

Mooter
http://www.mooter.com

Ms. Dewey
http://www.msdewey.com

Newsgroup Search Tools

Recommended Reading: Although this course is quite comprehensive, I am often asked to recommend a book or two for future reference. Here are my top choices:
Writing Toward Home: Tales and Lessons to Find Your Way

* Writing Toward Home: Tales and Lessons to Find Your Way
by Georgia Heard
Heinemann, 1995. 146 pages.

The Elements of Style

* The Elements of Style
by William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White
Allyn & Bacon, 2000. 105 pages.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

* On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen King
Pocket Books, 2000. 320 pages.

Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

* Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
by Flannery O'Connor, Sally Fitzgerald (ed.), and Robert Fitzgerald (ed.)
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1969. 256 pages.

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

* Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Eighth Mountain Press, 1998. 173 pages.

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

* Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
Anchor Books, 1995. 239 pages.

Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

* Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
by Ray...

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