Cindy Vallar

Author, Columnist, & Editor
P. O. Box 425, Keller, TX  76244-0425

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American History

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Costume History

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Food and Drink

History - General Reference

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Rodeo, Old West, Frontier

Scotland

Scottish History

Transportation

Women and Women's History

Writers' Sites

America -- The USA

America at War
Experiencing War
Letters from America’s Wars
USMA Digital Collections
Veterans Remember
War Letters


Biography
The American Founders Online
American Life Histories
Ben Franklin
First-person Narratives of American South
Harriet, the Moses of Her People
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
 Thomas Jefferson Papers


Civil War
American Civil War Homepage
Antietam on the Web
Christmas in the Confederate White House
Civil War in America in the Illustrated London News
Civil War Letters of Forrest Little
Civil War Love letters
Civil War Weapons
CivilWar@Smithsonian
Gilmer Civil War Maps
John Jacob Omenhausser’s Civil War Sketchbook
Nettleton Civil War Letters
Unlocking a Civil War Prison
 Valley of the Shadow
Washington During the Civil War


Crime, Punishment, & Death
Dying Speeches & Bloody Murders
Goody Parsons Witchcraft Case
Lynchings in America


Earth, Wind, & Fire

1900 Storm - Galveston Hurricane
1906 Earthquake and Fire
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Hurricane of '38


Education
19th-century Schoolbooks
New London Texas School Explosion


Entertainment
American Radio: The First Hundred Years
The Circus in America: 1793-1940
Mercury Theatre on the Air
Some Enchanted Evenings
(American Picture Palaces)
Vaudeville Nation


Folklore
American Folklore


General History & Archives
American Journeys: Columbus to Kerouac
Archive of Early American Images
Chronicling America
(Historic American Newspapers)
Gypsies (Romanies) and Travelers
Historical Voices
North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project

Picture History
U.S. History - PBS
W.P. Davies Newspaper Columns
Government
American Presidency Project
   Presidents of the United States
 

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

1930’s Dust Bowl
America in the 1930s
The Civilian Conservation Corps
Crash of 1929
Dust Bowl Migration Digital Archives
Hobo Signs & Symbols
Riding the Rails...Great Depression
Teenage Hoboes...Great Depression


  Home Life
Folklife in Louisiana

The Gentleman's Page
(Practical Guide...19th Century American Man)
Home Life in Colonial Days
Nebraska Toy Stories

Wessels Living History Farm

(1920s-1960s - Nebraska)


Native Americans
American Indian Oral History
National Museum of the American Indian Collection
Vanished Worlds, Enduring People


Nature
Life Histories of North American Birds


19th Century
Hard Times: Down and Out in Antebellum America
Nineteenth Century in Print

Reconstruction: the Second Civil War


Slavery
Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life
Trans-Atlantic Slave Database
Uncle Tom’s Cabin and American Culture
Voices from the Days of Slavery
(Former Slaves Tell Their Stories)


Revolution and a New Nation
Coming of the American Revolution
Continental Congress & Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
From Revolution to Republic
Rochambeau Map Collection
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia


The Thirteen Original Colonies
American Centuries
Archiving Early America
Colonial House
Mayflower History
Virtual Jamestown


Vietnam
Vietnam Center and Archive
The Vietnam Project


Women
American Women through Time
Civil War Women - Primary Sources
Do History
(Diary of Martha Ballard, Midwife)
Woman’s Life in Colonial Days
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Asian History

Digital South Asia Library


China

Antique Maps of China
Chinese Paper Gods
Naxi Manuscript Collection


Japan

Scrolls of the Mongol Invasion of Japan

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Costume History

Accessories
Fan Museum
Hand FAN Productions
Jewelry at Historic New England
Maritime Jewelry
Ruffs, Ribbons, Collars and Cravats

Celtic Costume
Before the Clearances
Buying your kilt
Celtic Dress of the 16th Century
Evolution of the Kilt
On the Dignity of Wearing Kilts
Scottish Tartan Museum


Fashion Terminology
Glossary 18th-century Costume Terminology
Medieval Timeline in Fashion and Events


Encyclopedias & Galleries
Bissonnette...visual dictionary of fashion
Costume Gallery
The Costume Institute
Costume History at The Costumer's Manifesto
Fashion-Era
Fashion Plate Collection
History of Costume by Braun & Scheider
History’s Closet
Ladies Treasury of Costume and Fashion
Living History 1660-1715
Milieux: the Costume Site
Of Men & Their Elegance
Realm of Venus
(clothes of Italian Renaissance)
Reconstructing History Articles
Reforming Fashion, 1850-1914
Screen Search Fashion
(1920s and 1930s)
Standardization of Women’s Clothing
Timeline of Costume History
Two Centuries of Costume in America
(Volume 1 1620-1820)
Hair Styles & Hats
Big Hair

(Wig history of Consumption 18th-century France)
Modee In Hats and Headdress
Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century

Vintage Hair Fashion


Military Dress

All Sewn Up


Shoes

Bata Shoe Museum
Footwear of the Middle Ages
Walk This Way: Tour


Sports
Dressed to the Nines

(baseball uniforms)
 

Textiles
Textile Museum
Textiles and Clothing



Underclothing

Secret History of the Corset and Crinoline


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Currency & Economics

Common-Place: Money
Current Value of Old Money
Economics...Coinage Denominations
English Currency
How Much Is That?
Inflation Calculator
Marteau Early 18th-Century Currency Converter
Purchasing Power British Pound 1264-2006
Scottish Money in the 1600s
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English & Welsh History

Archives
British Library Online Newspaper Archive
British Library's Collect Britain
Early 18th-Cen. Newspaper Reports


Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oliver Cromwell
  Resources for Writers of Regency Fiction


Elizabethan England
In Search of Shakespeare
Life in Elizabethan England


Entertainment & Literature
Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads

Renaissance Festival Books


General References
BBC Online History
Early British Kingdoms
History of York
Multimedia Histories



Government
History of Parliament


Home Life
Edwardian Life
Hidden Lives Revealed
Servants: Their Hierarchy and Duties


Industry & Trade
Cotton Town
  Historical Directories England and Wales
Spinning the Web
Trade Union Ancestors
Windmill World
The Workhouse


Kings and Queens
Henry VIII
Henry VIII: Man and Monarch
Henry VIII: 500th Anniversary Exhibition

London 
Camelot Village: Tower of London
Crace Collection of Maps of London
 Georgian London Street and Business Index
Greenwood’s Map of London 1827
History of the Plague in London
London 1753
London: A Life in Maps
London House
London Maps
London’s Burning
Map of Early Modern London
Tower of London


Medieval England
Medieval Soldier in Later Medieval England

World of Chaucer


Nature
Bewick's History of British Birds
Horses for Courses
Ornithology of Anglo-Saxon England


Regency Era
Nancy Regency Researcher

Regency Slang



Victorian Era
Dictionary of Victorian London
Echoes of History: 1846 Victorian Diary
City of Shadows
Linley Sambourne House
Literary Liaisons
Saint Valentine's Little Tokens of Love
  Victorian Domestic Servant Hierarchy and Wage Scale
Victorian London: Booth Poverty Map Project
The Victorian Web


Wars in the 17th & 18th Centuries
Civil Wars, Commonwealth, & Protectorate 1638-1660

Conflict


World at War
Island at War
WWI: Experiences of an English Soldier
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European History


France
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
(Exploring the French Revolution)
Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution
Napoleonic Guide
 Paris in the 19th Century
Poulet Gauche: 16th-century French Tavern


Holocaust
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State

Holocaust Encyclopedia
Letters to Sala
(Young woman’s life in Nazi Labor Camps 1939-1945)
Life After the Holocaust
Warsaw Rising Museum
Witnessing the Holocaust


Ireland
The Great Hunger
High Deeds of Finn...Ancient Ireland
History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847
Illustrated History...400 to 1800
In Search of Ancient Ireland
Ireland’s History in Maps
Irish Resources in the Humanities
Religion of the Ancient Celts
Singing the Praises of Ireland
Italy
The Borgias
Medici Archive Project
Roman Empire in the First Century


Maps
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
 


Northern Ireland
Ulster Folk & Transport MuseumNew



Russia
AlexanderPalace.org/Russian History Websites
   Romanov articles
Russia Engages the World, 1453–1825
The Whisperers
(Private Life in Stalin's Russia)


Spain

Love Customs in 18th Century Spain


Witchcraft
Witchcraft, Demonology and the Inquisition

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Food and Drink

Elizabethan Era
Elizabethan Food

 
Cookbooks
Feeding America


Food in General
Food Timeline
History of Sandwiches
Not by Bread Alone
Topher’s Breakfast Cereal Character Guide

 
Middle Ages
Medieval & Renaissance Brews
Medieval & Renaissance Culinary Terms
Medieval Cookery
Regional
Did You Know? Facts about Mediterranean Food History
Early English Meals and Manners


Setting the Table
History of Eating Utensils


Restaurants
American Diner Museum


Snacks
Candy USA!

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General Reference

Architecture & Furnishings
Castles on the Web
Illustrated History of Furniture
Wealth of Kings...Persian Carpets


Archives
Eyewitness to History
Internet Library of Early Journals
Internet Sacred Text Archive
Intute
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Repositories of Primary Sources
Time Magazine Archive
Resources for Research: Periodicals


Calendars
Calendar Calculator
Calendar for any Year
Calendars through the Ages
History Orb
(1,700 Years of History)
Perpetual Calendar
Walk Through Time


Entertainment
Games We Play
History of Toys and Games
An Invitation to Dance
Journal of 17th-Century Music


Folklore & Mythology 
Celtic Folklore
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
Mythic Creatures
(Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids)
Reading Tea Leaves
Home Life
Book of Household Management
Hearth: Home Economics Archive
Making of a Homemaker
Methods of Making Fire



Online Museums
LC Rare Book & Special Collections
Museum of Online Museums
NYPL Digital Gallery
Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Vatican Museums
Villanova Digital Library


Names
Babynology
Behind the Name

Double Given Names Before 1600
Irish Baby Names
Medieval Names Archive
Popular Baby Names
Popular Scottish Forenames
Seventh Sanctum Character Name Generators
Think! Baby Names


Reference Resources (General)
Portals to the World

Reference Desk
Six Techniques to Get More from the Web than Google Will Tell You
Top Documentary Films
  Visual Dictionary

Religion
History of the Moravian Church
Patron Saints

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History - General Reference

Crime, Punishment & Death
Blacksheep Ancestors
Rogue’s Gallery
Torture, Fighting, and Death
(History of Violence)


Duels, Fencing & Weaponry
Armour Archive
The Art of Fencing
Historical Fencing Manuals


General Resources
eHistory
Historical Country Names
Historical Weather Events
History Detectives
The History Index
History Undressed
Inventions
Odin's Castle of Dreams and Legends
Regnal Chronologies
Maps
16th- Early 20th-Century Maps of Africa
David Rumsey Historical Maps Collection
Historic Cities: Maps & Documents
Historical Maps
Mapping History


War
Beyond the Fire – Teen Experiences of War
Christmas at War
A Soldier's Heart
War Times Journal
World War One Document Archive

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History of Medicine & Medical Research

Anatomy
Dream Anatomy
History of the Body


Ancient Medicine
Greek Medicine


Barber Surgeons & Physicians
Barber Surgeon
Chinese Medicine History
Red Gold


Disabilities
Beyond Affliction
  Famous People with Disabilities


Elixirs, Pills & Powders
Medicine within the Market


Folk Medicine
Celtic Medicine in Scotland


Historical References
History of the Health Sciences
Images from the History of Medicine
Intute: Medical History
Medicine in the Americas 1610-1914
National Library of Medicine
Turning the Pages Online
Welch Medical Library: Institute...History of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
1918 Influenza Pandemic  
Benjamin Rush, Yellow Fever, Birth of Modern Medicine

Deadly Virus
Influenza 1918
Influenza Digital Archive
  Insects, Disease, and History
Most Dangerous Woman in America – Typhoid Mary


Medieval Medicine
Early Medieval Surgical Knowledge
Index of Medieval Medical Images

Medicine in War
 Civil War Medicine


Operations
Celebration of Ether
   

Terminology
Maturin’s Medicine
Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms
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Languages & Dictionaries

Dialects
American English Dialect Recordings
British Dialect Translator

Dialects of International English Archives
English Dialects from the 8th Centuryto the Present Day


Dictionaries
Glossarist

Icelandic Dictionary Online
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
OneLook Dictionary Search
Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English
Your Dictionary


English of the Past
Concise Dictionary of Middle English
  How to Speak 19th Century
Introduction to Old English
The Lazy Professor
(Lexicon of Jacobethan words)
Middle English Dictionary
Old English
Old English / Anglo-Saxon
Old English Modern English


Etymology
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Online Etymology Dictionary
 Miscellanea
Language Construction Kit
Separated by a Common Language
   The Word Detective
World Wide Words
(Investigating Inter'l English from a British Viewpoint)


Scotland
Dictionary of the Scots Language
Faclair Gaidhlig: Gaelic-English
Sabhal Mor Ostaig
(Scottish Gaelic College)
Scottie Translator
Scottish Slang Dictionary


Slang
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Cant A-F and Cant G-Z
 Covey Crump Slang (British Royal Navy)
A Dictionary of Slang
Them's Fighting Words: Old French Insults

Twists, Slugs and Roscoes - Hard-boiled Slang


  Translators
Babylon’s Online Dictionary
English to Welsh Translator
Word Magic English Spanish Dictionary

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Law & Copyright

Copyright
Copyright Navigator
Copyright Renewal Database
Copyright Term and the Public Domain
Crash Course in Copyright
Fair Use – Copyright
Primary Sources on Copyright, 1450-1900
Right to Display Public Domain Images
U.S. Copyright Office
Law
Guide to Law Online
International Criminal Court
The Laws of Nature and Nature’s God
(Commentaries, English laws, William Blackstone)
Year Books
(Medieval English law)


Publishing Law
Authors in the War against Internet Piracy
Pen Names
Piracy & Infringement
Publication of Photographs
Publishing Law Center
Take Down Copyright Infringers
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Medieval Times & the Viking Era

Castles & Knights
Castles and Fortifications of England and Wales

Knights in Central Park
Life in a Welsh Castle
Medieval Castle
Medieval Siege
Virtual Pilgrim
William Marshal


Crusades
The Crusades

History of the Crusades


Entertainment
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments

 

England
The Legend of Robin Hood
Medieval English Towns
Medieval Imaginations


Home Life
Manners, Customs, and Dress
(Middle Ages & Renaissance)
Medieval and Early Modern Cookery
Medieval and Renaissance Wedding Page
Pro Sponso et Sponsa
(Christian Marriage rituals in Northern Europe)


Manuscripts
Digitized Medieval Manuscripts

Corsair
(Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts)
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts
Murthly Hours
Two Medieval Manuscripts Reunited
Norse & Norse Sagas
The Edda: Volume 1
The Edda: Volume 2
Viking Answer Lady
Vikings - PBS' Nova
  The Younger Edda


Reference
Elizabeth Chadwick’s Reference Library
Hypertext Medieval Glossary
Medieval Bestiary

Medieval Europe
Medieval Page
Medieval People
Medieval Resources
Medieval Seals
New
Mostly Medieval
Regia Anglorum
Unicorn Tapestries
Victoria & Albert: Medieval & Renaissance


Scotland
Medieval Scotland
 

  Wales
  Medieval Wales
 

  Women
Female Heterosexuality Late Medieval Europe
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Readers' Sites

Authors
Kei Swanson
Knowing Poe
Louis L'Amour
Sloan McBride
Veronica Wolff
Wendy J. Dunn


Books
Eastern North Carolina Digital Library
Ebooks: New Releases and Contests
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes
(How to Find...Without Knowing Title/Author)
  LibriVox
Rare Book Room


Censorship
Palin's Attempt to Ban Books
Index on Censorship


Children
Baldwin Children's Literature Project
Tribute to St. Nicholas Magazine
Virtual Children's Books Exhibits
Genres
Bibliomysteries
Essence of Romance
Historical Romance Writers
Romantic Times


History & Information
Who Reads an Early American Book?
Why Do Books Cost So Much?


Publishers
Amber Quill Press
 

 
Reading Guides
Reading Group Guides

 
Reviews
Book Browse
  Cafe of Dreams
Coffee Time Romance
Historical Novels Review Online
Romance Reader at Heart
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Rodeo, the Old West, & the Western Frontier

American Cowgirl
   Cowboy Photographer: Erwin W. Smith
Donner Party
Drawing the Western Frontier
History of the American West
Jesse James
Old West
Professional Bull Riders Association
Western Trails
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Scotland

Books and Articles on Scotland
The Capital Scot
Clan Cameron
Clan Gregor
Clan MacPherson
Complete Works of Robert Burns
Comunn Gaidhlig Inbhir Nis
(The Gaelic Society of Inverness)
Electric Scotland
General Register Office for Scotland
Heart o' Scotland
The Highland Fling...How to Teach itMacDonald of Keppoch
Plant Life in the Scottish Highlands
   Rampant Scotland Directory
Scotlands People
(genealogy)
Scottish Connection in Kansas
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Storytelling Center
Scots
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Scottish History

Ancient Scotland
Scottish History Online


Archaeology & Architecture
Accessing Scotland's Past
Lothene Experimental Archaeology
National Committe on Carved Stones
Scone Palace
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
Scottish Crannog Centre
Sites and Monuments Record: Aberdeen


Biography
William Wallace - the Truth Behind the Man
History of the Mackenzies

Rob Roy



The Clearances
The Clearances
The Highland Clearances
Napier's Commission



Emigration
Darien Scheme
Darien Venture
Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America


Folklore
Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland
Folk-Lore and Legends
Tea-Cup Reading...by a Highland Seer


General Resources
BBC In Search of Scotland
Capital Collections
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
(Proceedings)
 Scottish Archive Network
Scottish Handwriting


Government
Acts of Union

Relations between England and Scotland
 Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707
Scottish Taxation Records


Home & Hearth
Highland Home
Did You Know? - The Quaich
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character
Scottish Textile Heritage Online

Literature
500 Years of Printing in Scotland
Lochaber College UHI: Electronic Library
Scottish History in Print
Short History of Scotland
Haco’s Expedition against Scotland
(Norwegian Account)
Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speeches


Isles of Scotland
  Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides


Jacobites
The 1745 Association
The 1745 Rebellion
Battle of Culloden
Battle of Prestonpans 1745
Bloody Culloden
Culloden Battlefield Memorial Project
Jacobite Rebellions
Lyon in Mourning
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745
Volume I & Volume II & Volume III
Pickle the Spy
Rise & Fall of the Jacobite Rebellion


Lowlands History

Border Reivers


Maps
Maps from NLS Collection

Medieval
Albanach.org
Murthly Hours
Scottish Medieval Bibliography Index


Religion
Churches in Scotland
Covenants and the Covenanters


Witchery

Daemonolgie by James VI and I
Horrid Sinne of Witchcraft
James VI and I’s Daemonologie
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
Newes from Scotland
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft


Women

Revealing Women
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Transportation & Travel

American Journeys
Anatomy of the Bicycle
Cross Roads in England and Wales
History of the Modern UK Rail Network
Horses & Transportation
Legends of America
London’s Transport Museum
Steamboats!
Taking the Wheel
Travel in America, 1750-1920
Traveling in History
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Women & Women's History

Biography
Amelia Earhart papers
Anne Sullivan Macy
Annie Oakley
Hannah Snell
Wilder Shores
(Lady Travelers of the 18th & 19th Centuries)


Education
The Education of Women
Women’s Education Evolves, 1790-1890
Women's Intellectual Contributions

Women Working, 1800-1930


England
Before Victoria
The Spectacular Female Body
History
Early Modern Women Database
Jewish Women Historical Encyclopedia
Other Women's Voices
War, Women & Survival
Women and the Holocaust
Women in Scottish History
Women of Ravensbruck


Love & Marriage
I Do
(19th-century Canada)


Work
No Job for a Woman
A Woman’s Work is Never Done
Women as Warriors in History
When Roses Bloomed in Winter
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Writers' Sites

Agents
Agent Query
Association of Authors' Representatives
Editors, agents and blogs, oh my!
Guide to Literary Agents’ Editor’s Blog
Interview with Carole Blake
Judging a Book by Its Cover
  Literary Agent Jeff Kleinman
  Passion Pen’s Romance Agent List
Preditors & Editors
Why You Need An Agent

Contracts
ASJA Contracts Watch
Book/Literary Contracts

How Lucky Can You Get?
(What Can Happen After You Sign a Contract)
How Much Should I Charge?
How Royalties are Calculated
Negotiating Book Contract Terms and Royalties
The Payoff Will Be in Good Karma



General
  AA Independent Press Guide
Articles for Writers and Publishers
Author Network
Authorlink
Burry Man Writers Center
Fiction Factor
   How to Publish without Perishing
Long Ridge Writer's Craft
The Passionate Pen
Straddling the World of Books
  Ten Questions to Improve Your Manuscript
That Difficult First Novel
  What's In a Name?
Writer Online
Writer’s Life
Writer’s Life Magazine
Writer’s Quest
Writers Write
WritersWeekly.com
Writing-world.com


Genres
C. Dillon's Resources for Romance Writers
Hey, There’s a Dead Guy in the Living Room
Some People Don’t Like Historicals
Weaving Faith into Fiction


Grammar and Style
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Cheryl Norman, Grammar Cop
Citation Style Guides
Elements of Style
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases
Grammar and Punctuation Glossary
Guide to Grammar and Style
Guide to Grammar & Writing
The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors
Ten Mistakes Writers Don’t See
Truth About Editing
Ultimate Resource Guide List for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE
Verbals: Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives


Marketing and Promotion
Author Platform
  Book Marketing Buzz
Booksigning Tips from Larry James  
Donald Maass’ Career Novelist
Ebooks: New Releases and Contests
 Going on a Virtual Book Tour
How to Work a Book Festival
Marketing for Authors
The Real World of Virtual Book Touring



Publishing Industry
Book Square
Four Paths to Publishing
Judging a Book by Its Cover Part II
Two Worlds Collide
Writing and Publishing News


Pitches, Queries, and Submissions
How to Pitch Your Book at a Writing Conference
I am Your Editor: Submitting Your Novel
Preparing E-mail Queries
Query Letters that Get Noticed
Ten Minutes to Glory: Your Editor/Agent Pitch
Writing the Synopsis


Research
Jeannie Ruesch’s Resources for Writers
 Literary Liaisons
Market News from Karen Fox

Our Time Lines
Research and Documentation
Six Techniques to Get More from the Web than Google Tells
Using Body Language
You Can’t Say That!


Writing as a Business

31 Places to Monitor Your Reputation Online
Authors and the Internal Revenue Code
Building a Writer’s Business Plan
Funds for Writers
Handling Writing Income and Expenses
Tax Aspects of Authors/Writers/Screenwriters
Tax Tips for Small Businesses
Taxes for Writers
Writer's Postage Chart
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