Writers' Free Reference Desk Links to free resource
sites of use to writers. Nice diversity, from ancient literature and
The King's English to modern slang, dictionaries, magazines, literary
agents, sites both fun and functional.
Zuzu's Petals
One of the best literary jump stations on the web. More than
7,000 categorized links for writers. This site has won many awards
It's awesome, go to it.
Onelook Dictionaries
There are more than four million words in 746 online dictionaries indexed.
The last time we checked this was still free.
The
Electric Pen A well-visited site for writers and readers
of online fiction. With lots of a la carte links to other resources,
and a rich collection of ezine links.
My Virtual Reference
Desk Has an astonishing number of links to newspapers
and all things Internet. Not just for techies, but kind of angles that
way. Some fun links, too: the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock, if
you really need to know the exact time.
News
Central Touted as the largest single meta for newspapers.
3,500 and counting. And it works! Best resource on the Net for U.S.
papers, in particular.
Megasources:
Information for Journalists and Researchers Despite
the dud of a title, this website rocks, with links to all kinds
of repositories of the dense information that a reporter used to have
to scan on microfiche. Not real flashy, but info-rich.
Yahoo!
for Writers Yahoo-level links and resources for writers.
Search again and again!
Yahoo!
Poetry Yahoo!'s poetry center, and what a center it is...
a great, comprehensive collection of poetic inspiration.
Newspapers
on World Wide Web Like it sez.