Wisdom begins in wonder. Socrates

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This site provides you with information on Open Source  Software and Education resources in the form of links. Here and there you will find articles.

* The art of teaching is the art of assisting in discovery.
ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Descriptive Writing Memoirs  Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.


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Fiction Writing - Tips for Fiction Writers on Writing and Publishing. Advice and help for beginning and experienced fiction writers on writing fiction and getting published, including contests, competitions, exercises, and articles on improving your writing. 

The Story Mind  -  Writing Tips for Story Structure & Storytelling http://storymind.com/store/info/articles.htm

The Short Story Page>While the authors may vary in skill and ability, all share a common love for the craft of writing. The stories linked to this page meet two criteria: they are all short to medium length stories or poems, and I like them (and I hope you will too).  Join our forums to share and read others work! unknownwriters.net register today free!

Writer's Relief, Inc. - Short Story Checklist.
Miscellaneous Writing Links
Magazines
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things

Exquisite Corpse - A Journal of Letters and Life

forwriters.com   This is a full purpose writers site with resources on markets, agents, writers groups, writer conferences and forums for discussing the writing life and workshops where writers can have their works critiqued

Freelance Writing offers writing tips, job postings, market information and original articles for new writers as well as veteran freelancers. Let me help you learn how to query, build a portfolio, organize your home office and manage your time as a successful freelance writer. - Jessica Ramirez.

WriterOnLine WriterOnLine: expert information on screenwriting and playwriting, commercial writing, technical writing, fiction and poetry craft, contest writing, even financial matters for writers!,

Memoir Writing E-Zine:  An online magazine for memoir writers with tips and encouragement, challenges and news for both beginners and experienced writers of life stories.

Poets & Writers Magazine  Poets & Writers Magazine is the primary source for what creative writers need to know. Along with essays on the literary life and interviews with contemporary writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, the magazine publishes articles with practical applications for both emerging and established writers. In addition, it provides the most comprehensive listing of literary grants and awards, deadlines, and prizewinners available in print.

Slate Magazine  A contemporary news, blog, magazine and information site.

Women Writers web site provides links, information and resources about women novelists and poets, as well as book reviews and profiles about classic and contemporary women writers such as Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, and Emily Dickinson.

Worldwide Freelance Writer resources and a database of hundreds of freelance writer's markets around the world. Learn to write. And discover where to sell your writing.

WORMeBooks  WORMebooks is a dream that is about to come true and it was first thought of by entrepenuer and free spirited individual named Craig R. Cook.  Craig's dream was to provide the writer a way to express his or her writing's and supplement an income in hopes of providing unbelievable entertainment through reading and writing.

Wired News: A Contemporary information source

Write a Memoir to Remember!

Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, by Judith Barrington
Organizations
Association of American Publishers

Book Publishers

Publishing Industry

The Association of Writers & Writing Programs -- Serving Writers Since 1967 The mission of The Association of Writers & Writing Programs is to foster literary talent & achievement, to advance the art of writing as essential to a good education, & to serve the makers, teachers, students, & readers of contemporary literature. AWP is a unique organization in the position to help writers in ways that no other literary organization in the United States can. The commitment of AWP's individual members is crucial to AWP's continued success, new programs, & growth of an endowment to award honoraria to working writers.
National Writers Union
Research
Eighteenth-Century E-Texts

Medieval Latin literature. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05

The Devil's Dictionary  Ambrose Bierce's classic work.

The Enchantments of Love

The Jack London Collection (DL SunSITE)

The Walt Whitman Archive

Bartleby -- Encyclopedia

ClassicReader-- Read classic books

Encyclopedia Mythica

Orwell Today Everything Orwell and how the major themes of his work, 1984, are reflected in the news stories and societal trends of today.

Wikipedia 
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Fiction Writing - Tips for Fiction Writers on Writing and Publishing Advice and help for beginning and experienced fiction writers on writing fiction and getting published, including contests, competitions, exercises, and articles on improving your writing.
Writing Tips
Beginners Writing for Television

Better web writing -- better reading

Plot Tips And Tricks

Short Stories: 10 Tips for Novice Creative Writers (Kathy Kennedy)

Short Story Writing Tips - tips for writing short stories

Technical Writing Tips

TV Writer. Com

University of Wisc-Madison writing center writer's handbook

Warnings and Cautions for Writers--Writing Contests and Vanity Anthologies A warning for writers about writing contests and vanity anthologies

Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide | Gotham Writers' Workshop Writing Fiction and Fiction Gallery teach you the craft element of fiction writing and deliver intriguing short stories to read anytime or all the time. Brought to you by the faculty and staff or Gotham Writers' Workshop, the leading creative writing school in NYC and online.

Tips for picking software

There is no one best way to find FOSS projects that will best serve your needs. There are several rules of thumb you can use to help you make informed decisions.

    * Do you already have something that will do the job well?

    * Does the program do what you want?

    * Do you care about the ideologies behind free software and open source software?

    * Do you know other people that already use it?

    * Is the current version over a year old?

    * Are there user support mailing lists you can join?


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