At Stephen King’s suggestion (no, he’s not a personal friend – it’s in his book, On Writing), I created a file on my computer entitled “Toolbox”. In it, I keep my tools for writing. One section is for websites that come in handy. I’ll share the best with you here (all are free - I'm cheap). More can be found at: http://www.writersdigest.com/101BestSites/
Here are my favorites:
Readers-
http://www.amazon.com/ - (of course)
http://www.bookspot.com/reviews/ - For reviews by NYT, and many others
http://bookmooch.com/ - A free online used book sharing site – Did I say FREE?!
http://www.biblio.com/ - find/purchase out of print books
Writers –
http://thesaurus.reference.com/ - The best online thesaurus I’ve ever found
http://dictionary.reference.com/ - The best dictionary I’ve found
http://babelfish.altavista.com/ - Online translator – popular languages (no Swahili-sorry)
http://baby-names.adoption.com/ - Names – listed by country of origin as well.
http://www.bartleby.com/100/ - Quotations
http://www.slangsite.com/ - slang terms
http://www.moviecliches.com/ - movie clichés
http://www.rhymezone.com/ - rhyming dictionary
http://www.azlyrics.com/index.html - index of song lyrics. Great search features
http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms - need an acronym? It’s here.
http://geology.com/state-map - Maps
I collect these like baseball cards – you can’t have too many! I’m always looking for new helpful sites, so I’d love to hear your favorites.
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2 comments:
Hi Laura,
Your name popped up on a Google alert e-mail that tells me when new "Laura Drake" entries appear on the Web.
God, do you seem like a neat woman! If you lived anywhere near Oklahoma City I'd invite you for a cup of coffee.
There is another author named Laura Drake, a Middle-East expert PhD, who is a good friend of mine. But she is... ahem... somewhat notorious. You should be aware that there is a possibility you could be confused with her and get some hate mail -- or worse.
For example: "American University: after adjunct professor Laura Drake had a false email sent in her name denouncing Israel, the university responded by distancing itself from her and claiming that her contract had just expired.
(Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 18, 2002)"
Good luck with your book!,
Bill Gronos
Great sites! Thanks for posting.
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