A list of writing resources

[pwcorgigirl]

The best, easiest-to-understand guide to grammar, writing and spelling ever is The Scholastic Writer's Desk Reference. It's aimed at middle-schoolers, but is so thoughtfully put together that it won't insult the intelligence of adults.

An excellent general reference book about fiction writing is The Writer's Digest Handbook of Novel Writing. Even if

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[vitawash24]

Would it be helpful to have a list of Princeton/New Jersey resources? I'd be happy to come up with some. I only ask because I see a lot of what I would consider geographical inaccuracies in stories - for example, New Jersey is nowhere near Texas. (don't ask.)

[pwcorgigirl]

Please do. That would be very helpful. I once had to research the role the New Jersey Medical Examiners' Office plays in investigating deaths, and just recently spent a great deal of time reading up on the state's fishing license regulations. Having resources corralled in one spot would be a great time-saver.

[vitawash24]

Okay, I'll work on that this week.

(I don't know that fishing regulations would ever have occurred to me, however...)

[pwcorgigirl]

*heehee* They only occurred to me because I was writing a story about fishing. All that stuff's at the New Jersey Dept. of Fish, Game and Wildlife website: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/

I've also looked up things in the official state website: http://www.state.nj.us/nj/govinfo/county/counties.html

And here's the one for the N.J. Medical Examiners' Office: http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/bme/bme.htm

And specifics about death certificates, autopsy reports and the like:
http://www.co.middlesex.nj.us/medicalexaminer/faq.asp