The Loft's Writing Resources: Online Reference Tools

 

Have some great links we should know about? Your suggestions for additions or updates are welcome.

Professional Editors Network  http://www.pensite.org/index.html

Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/ 

Dictionary: Merriam–Webster OnLine http://www.m-w.com/

Visuwords—Graphical Dictionary-Thesaurus  
http://www.visuwords.com/

Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases 
http://thesaurus.reference.com/ 

"The Ultimate Writer's Guide" http://www.amsterdamprinting.com/Article/The+Ultimate+Writers+Guide/6842/Default.aspx

Mira's List: Contests, Grants, Awards, Fellowships for Artists. http://miraslist.blogspot.com/


Virtual Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/ 

The WWW Virtual Library http://vlib.org/ 

Wikipedia Free-Content Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 

HowToDoThings offers reliable information from experienced contributors and makes it available to inexperienced readers, a community sharing expertise (including writing topics). http://www.howtodothings.com/

Book Reviews http://www.thebooxreview.com/ 

Creative Commons provides complete information on copyright and other legal issues for artists.
http://creativecommons.org/

The Compulsive Reader (book reviews, author interviews, profiles, free e-zine, monthly competitions, literary criticism, links) www.compulsivereader.com 

BookSpace.org www.BookSpace.org or www.hclib.org/bookspace ) 
Hennepin County Library. Create and connect with an online reading community by posting your own book lists and reading book lists submitted by staff and other readers. Share comments about what you're reading, browse for reading ideas, sign up for e-mail alerts on new books by your favorite authors, receive daily five-minute excerpts from books by e-mail, and more.

Explore Minnesota  http://www.exploreminnesota.com/home.aspx
Points of interest in Minnsota, the arts, tourism, festivals, etc.

Compete Around the World  http://www.competearoundtheworld.com/index.php
Listing for worldwide competitions in the arts and more.