Totally Absurd Inventions

Creative types can be so entertaining in the early stage of developing an idea. Many of the absurd inventions fall into this category. Maybe if they pursued another draft or two, their inventions would be anything but absurd.

powered by performancing firefox

StrangeUSA.com

This site contains links to the macabre and weird that have occurred in a specific area of the country. On the home page, visitors click on a state then city contained in a list, which brings surfers to the oddity that had occurred in that location: from hauntings to UFO sightings, etc.. Great for story ideas, as well as just a fun place to lurk if you enjoy learning about things that go bump in the night. I'm not talking about headboard knocking. There are other sites for that.

powered by performancing firefox

Home page link: http://www.strangeusa.com/index.asp

Classic Short Stories

Found this website that lists links to many classic short stories. Hence, the title of the website: Classic Short Stories.

powered by performancing firefox

All About Forensic Psychology

Another great website. That is, if this is your cup of poison.

powered by performancing firefox

Psychic Detectives

This is a website definitely worth visiting if you are an armchair detective like me.

powered by performancing firefox

HItman

Stumbled onto this website while doing research on my book. I'm hoping it is a joke but not sure. The subtitle on the site is: Hitman - The most trusted name in professional killings! You be the judge if this is the real thing or not. Scary . . .

powered by performancing firefox

Turning Book Signings Into Profit Centers

An informative article on how to increase book sales at book signings.

Nineteenth Annual Independent and Small Book Fair - Dec 2 & 3, 2006

Small Press Center - Home

powered by performancing firefox

Author Courts Book Clubs And Boosts Sales, Romance Novelist John Shors Makes Personal Calls And Visits To Book Clubs - CBS News

John Shors, author of "Beneath A Marble Sky," a romantic novel, boosts book sales by speaking at book clubs. Shors proves that a little innovation can go a long way.

Craft of writing might help art of medicine - Health Care - MSNBC.com

Interesting article. As long as the doctors are not into Horror or Science Fiction, it could be highly effective.

Craft of writing might help art of medicine - Health Care - MSNBC.com

Writing English - Proofreading and Copyediting Services

Good punctuation site if you can get past the typo in the fourth paragraph.


Writing English - Proofreading and Copyediting Services

all that's new(s) from A to Z

Counting words in a manuscript.


all that's new(s) from A to Z

Backspace-- The Writer's Place

Noah Lukeman article on plot at the link. . .

and Flannery O'Connor quote on writing below.

"'People are always asking me if the university stifles writers. I reply that it hasn't stifled enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good writing teacher."
--Flannery O'Connor"

Pub Rants

A primer on the grant of rights by Agent Kristin at pubrants. Great explanation why agents are important in negotiating a publishing contract.