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RESEARCH IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF EVERY WRITER. CHECK OUT THESE LINKS
TinyURL is the place to go when
writing for or about teenagers. Forget dressing in torn jeans, unseasonal clothing and body piercing so that you can sneak
into the local youth hang out to eavesdrop on Generation X. Learn the real meaning of teen slang and idiom at TinyURL.
You could be in for a shock! (0606)
New York, New York An equally scary place as that above, but all is revealed in the
Insider's Guide at NewYorkology. (0606)
Cops 'n Writers is a consulting service for writers who wish to incorporate law
enforcement elements into their writings. Based in Tucson, Arizona, John Cheek gives you the low-down on writing crime for the
US crime scene.
AskOxford.com
As you might expect, this site is all about words; their meaning and history, etc. Featuring: Word of the Day, Quote of the
Week,and a Question & Answer section, you can browse for hours exploring the wonderful world of words. An excellent reasearch
too with a search facility.
Arts & Letter Daily
Philosophy, aesthetics, literature, ideas, criticism, culture, history, music, art... Not for the faint hearted. Takes yonks to
load.
Book Browser
Reading lists, reviews, forthcoming titles, author info & interviews, readers’ resources...
Guardian Books Review
Erudite reviews on the latest fiction and non-fiction, read first chapters of selected books, plus extracts from others. Another
good research site.
Notes in the Margin
Mary Daniels Brown of St. Louis, Missouri offers her notes and comments on books she has read - and she has read lots! Candid
comment both good and not-so-good.
Spike Magazine
Spike Magazine dubs itself: “UK literary / cultural website of impeccable taste.” Gosh. Some lively interesting stuff here,
including the “Splinters” page which is “designed to provide Spike readers with a daily dose of new sites, gossip, mini-reviews
and whatever else won't fit into the rest of the site.”
Fiction Net
Featured authors, Recommended sites, Author index, Author interviews. A lot about authors, really.
London Review of books
As you might expect, this is the web site for the London Review of Books publication. And, also as you might expect, it reviews
books. You can subscribe to the publication on line. An archive section is also included.
Novel Guide
The site modestly claims: “Novelguide.com is the premier free source for literary analysis on the web. We provide an educational
supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary Literature Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and
Author Biographies.”
Times Literary Supplement
The web site for this famous weekly publication. You can subscribe to their E-mail newsletter and view a copy of the very first
TLS edition of 1902.
The Mystery Place
“The Home of America’s Leading Short-Fiction Mystery Magazines”. Not strictly research, but an interesting link to Ellery Queen’s
Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
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The Essential Guide To Ghostwriting
Ghostwriters are the secret army behind scores of paperback books found in libraries and book
stores - and especially behind the reports, articles, e-books, manuals, how-to books and mini-courses you see all over the
Internet. Buy a book on any subject, and there's a fifty per cent chance that it has been produced by a ghostwriter. It's a
simple matter of taking any information that your client gives you, doing some highly targeted research and you're out of the
starting blocks.
Find out more.
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