[mod post] Useful Links and Resources

[paleogymnast]

Links, links and more links! This is your omgspnbigbang post for resources and helpful tips for writing, betaing, LJ how-tos, and art.

You lovely mods have started you out with some of the links they know, use, love, or think you could use.

But there are many more fabulous links out there that you know about that would be awesome to share with all our

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[walking_tornado]

I didn't see www.writingexcuses.com on your list. Writing Excuses is a 15-minute weekly podcast (updated Sun or Mon, depending on your timezone) about topics of interest to writers. The panel is made up of Brandon Sanderson, Howard Taylor, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Dan Wells (and often a guest). It's in its 9th season and it won a Hugo last year.

[paleogymnast]

Awesome! We will add it to the list!

[firesign10]

I offer ushobwri, (You Should Be Writing) a cross-fandom writing support group with weekly check-in, snippet sharing, and general camaraderie. Lots of support and fun here!

[paleogymnast]

Awesome! We will get that added to the list.

[dear_tiger]

http://www.dansimmons.com/writing_welll/archive/writing_index.htm is "Writing Well" blog by Dan Simmons, a sci fi and horror writer. There are some great installments on style and on making your characters real people. I highly recommend it.

[paleogymnast]

Faaaabulous! We will add it to the list!

[jalu2]

Police Forum has loads of info on just about any police procedure you could think of.

Pro Writing Aid and Edit Minion are both online programs to help with editing. They point out common problems (ie. grammatical errors, word repetition, punctuation issues, etc.).

Oh, and of course there's Write or Die (alt. link for the old (free) version here). Which will make you write all the words.

[paleogymnast]

Awesome! Thank you! Many of these are linked on the spn-j2-bigbang useful links post, but I'll make sure they get a top-level link here too!

[jalu2]

/facepalm -- should have checked that link out a bit better. I'll likely be back with more resources in the coming month, I may be a tad addicted to research and writing advice.

[paleogymnast]

No worries! Those are great resources and deserve top level posting so they're easy to find. Thanks for the great resources! Keep them coming!