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Writing

Author Vicki Hinze's Writer's Library: A to P | Q to Z. A huge archive of essays by Hinze, spanning a wide range of topics centered around writing.

Author Holly Lisle's website. An excellent writing resource, including articles on everything from story and character development to how to get published.

To Boldly Nano, a writers' resource site with some useful information about common writing mistakes, writing contests, etc.

Not Theo Nion is an excellent site focused on Humor and Satire, with definitions, articles, market information, etc. (Special thanks to fae_witch for the link!)

Instructions to Format a Manuscript following Modern Language Association (MLA) Style in Microsoft Word

Other words for "Said". Because EVERY writer gets stuck with this.

Online Word Count tool. For those who work in Notepad or another program which lacks a word counter.

The Evil Overlord List. Extremely funny, but the cliches exposed in the list are also something to keep in mind while writing villains.


Other

National Novel Writer's Month (NaNoWriMo). Partially responsible for the inspiration which led to the GC, and an excellent writing challenge!

April Fools forums: April Fools is a yearly challenge similar to NaNoWriMo, except you can set your own word goal. The forums are active year round; a good place to pose questions or talk shop.

Lulu, a self-publishing site. You upload your book, and the company takes care of all the processing on a "print-on-demand" basis. You set the sale price (anything above Lulu's production cost). The Genre Challenge anthology is available through Lulu.

LiveJournal

Dictionary.com

The Reverse Dictionary

InvisionFree, a free forum creation/hosting site. Eventually Genre Challenge may move off of Livejournal onto InvisionFree.





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