Cindy Vallar

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

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(updated 4 June 2009)

The Categories

American History

Asian History

Costume History

Currency & Economics

English & Welsh History

European History

Food and Drink

History - General Reference

History of Medicine

Languages & Dictionaries

General Reference
Architecture
Entertainment
Folklore, Mythology, Religion
Home and Family
Mag., News., Primary Docs.
Museums
Names
Nature
Photography
Reference (Gen'l Resources)
Law and Copyright

Medieval Times & Viking Era

Readers' Sites

Rodeo, Old West, Frontier

Scotland

Scottish History

Transportation

Women and Women's History

Writers' Sites

American History

General
American Centuries
American Christmas 1840-2000
American Folklore
American Journeys
American Journeys: Columbus to Kerouac
American Life Histories
American Presidency Project
American Radio: The First Hundred Years
American Women through Time
Archive of Early American Images
Archiving Early America
The Circus in America: 1793-1940
Dying Speeches & Bloody Murders
Experiencing War
1st-person Narratives of American South
Folklife in Louisiana
History Resources-US
History Wired
Legends of America
Letters from America’s Wars
Love Letters
Lynchings in America
Nebraska Toy Stories
Presidents of the United States
U.S. History - PBS
USMA Digital Collections
Vanished Worlds, Enduring People
(native peoples)

16th - 19th Centuries
19th-century Schoolbooks
The American Founders Online
Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life
Ben Franklin
Colonial House
Coming of the American Revolution
Continental Congress & Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
The Gentleman's Page
(Practical Guide...19th Century American Man)
Goody Parsons Witchcraft Case
Klondike Gold Rush Historical Database
From Revolution to Republic
Harriet, the Moses of Her People
Home Life in Colonial Days
Mayflower History
Nineteenth-Century American Culture
Nineteenth Century in Print
Roanoke: The Lost Colony

Spy Letters of the American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia
Thomas Jefferson Papers
Trans-Atlantic Slave Database
Uncle Tom’s Cabin and American Culture
Virtual Jamestown
Voices from the Days of Slavery
(Former Slaves Tell Their Stories)
Woman’s Life in Colonial Days

Civil War
American Civil War Homepage
Battle of Antietam on the Web
 Christmas in the Confederate White House
Civil War Letters of Forrest Little
Civil War Love letters
Civil War Soldier - Wild Cat Regiment
 Civil War Through a Child's Eyes
Civil War Weapons
Civil War Women - Archival Collections
 Civil War Women - Primary Sources
 CivilWar@Smithsonian
Gilmer Civil War Maps
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Reconstruction: the Second Civil War
Unlocking a Civil War Prison
 Valley of the Shadow
Washington During the Civil War

20th Century
1900 Storm - Galveston Hurricane
1906 Earthquake and Fire
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
1930’s Dust Bowl
America in the 1930s
Crash of 1929
Dust Bowl Migration Digital Archives
The Great Depression
Hobo Signs & Symbols
Hurricane of '38
Kansas City: Jazz Age
Kidnapping of Aimee Semple Macpherson
Looking Back at the Crash of ’29
Mercury Theatre on the Air
New London School Explosion
Riding the Rails...Great Depression
Some Enchanted Evenings
(American Picture Palaces)
Teenage Hoboes...Great Depression
Vaudeville Nation
The Vietnam Project
Wessels Living History Farm
(1920s-1940s - Nebraska)

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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

Vietnam
Vietnam Center and Archive

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Costume History

Accessories
Bata Shoe Museum
Big Hair
(Wig history of Consumption 18th-century France)
Fan Museum
Footwear of the Middle Ages
Hand FAN Productions
Jewelry at Historic New England
Modee In Hats and Headdress
Ruffs, Ribbons, Collars and Cravats
Vintage Hair Fashion
Walk This Way: Tour

Celtic Costume
Before the Clearances
Buying your kilt
Celtic Dress of the 16th Century
Evolution of the Kilt
Historical Scottish Clothing Project
On the Dignity of Wearing Kilts
Scottish Clothes
Scottish Men’s Clothing
Scottish Tartan Museum

General Reference
All Sewn Up
(Millinery, Dressmaking, Clothing and Costume)
Best Dressed: 250 years of Style
Bissonnette...visual dictionary of fashion
Corsets and Crinoline

Costume Gallery
The Costume Institute
Costume History at The Costumer's Manifesto
Fashion-Era
Dressed to the Nines
(baseball uniforms)
Fashion Plate Collection
Glossary 18th-century Costume Terminology
Historical Clothing
History of Costume by Braun & Scheider
History’s Closet
Ladies Treasury of Costume and Fashion
Living History 1660-1715
Medieval Timeline in Fashion and Events
Milieux: the Costume Site
Museum of Costume, Bath
Realm of Venus
(clothes of Italian Renaissance)
Reconstructing History Articles
Reforming Fashion, 1850-1914
The Salacious Historian's Lair
Standardization of Women’s Clothing
Textile Museum
Textiles and Clothing
Timeline of Costume History
Two Centuries of Costume in America
(Volume 1 1620-1820)
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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
Medicine within the Market
Purchasing Power British Pound 1264-2006
Scottish Money in the 1600s
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English & Welsh History

BBC Online History
Cross Roads in England and Wales
(1738-1825)
Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads
British Library Online Newspaper Archive
British Library's Collect Britain
Camelot Village: Tower of London
Capital Punishment
Civil Wars...& Protectorate 1638-1660
City of Shadows: Gothic Tour...Vict. London
Conflict
Cotton Town
Crace Collection of Maps of London
Dictionary of Victorian London
Edwardian Life
English History, 55 BC-1688 AD
Evangelists of Empire?
(Missionaries in Colonial History)
Gathering the Jewels
Georgian London Street and Business Index
Greenwood’s Map of London 1827
Henry VIII
Henry VIII
(Man and Monarch)
Henry VIII
(500th Anniversary Exhibition)
Hidden Lives Revealed
Historical Directories England and Wales
(1750-1919)
History of Parliament
History of the Modern UK Rail Network
(1825-Present)
History of the Plague in London
Imperial War Museum Collections
In Search of Shakespeare
Island at War
Literary Liaisons
Life in Elizabethan England
Linley Sambourne House
(Victorian)
Living History UK – Help with Homework
London: A Life in Maps
London House
London Maps
London’s Burning
London’s Transport Museum
Map of Early Modern London
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oliver Cromwell
Renaissance Festival Books
Resources for Writers of Regency Fiction
Saint Valentine's Little Tokens of Love
Servants: Their Hierarchy and Duties
Spinning the Web
Tower of London: History
Trade Union Ancestors
Victorian...Servant Hierarchy...Wage Scale
Victorian London: Booth Poverty Map Project
Victorian Times
Windmill World
The Workhouse
World of Chaucer
WWI: Experiences...English Soldier
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European History

Corner of 10th-century Europe
Holocaust Encyclopedia
Letters to Sala
(Young woman’s life in Nazi Labor Camps 1939-1945)
Life After the Holocaust
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
Witchcraft, Demonology and the Inquisition
Witnessing the Holocaust

France
French Revolutionary Pamphlets
Guillotine Headquarters
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
 

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
 

Poland
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
Warsaw Ghetto
Warsaw Rising Museum
 

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

Spain
Love Customs in 18th Century Spain

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Food and Drink

American Diner Museum
Candy USA!
Did You Know? Facts about Mediterranean Food History
Early English Meals and Manners
Elizabethan Food
Feeding America
Flagon and Trencher Society
Food Timeline
Food Timeline
History of Eating Utensils
History of Sandwiches
Medieval & Renaissance Brews
Medieval & Renaissance Culinary Terms
Medieval Cookery
Not by Bread Alone
Topher’s Breakfast Cereal Character Guide
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General Reference

Architecture
Castles on the Web

Entertainment
Games We Play
History of Toys and Games
An Invitation to Dance
Toys of Our Childhood

Folklore, Mythology, Religion 
Celtic Folklore
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
History of the Moravian Church
House Shadow Drake
Mythic Creatures
(Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids)
Patron Saints
Reading Tea Leaves
Two Old Faiths
(Hinduism & Islam)

Home and Family
Antique Hardware Virtual Galleries
Book of Household Management
Hearth: Home Economics Archive
Illustrated History of Furniture
Making of a Homemaker
Wealth of Kings...Persian Carpets

Magazines, Newspapers, 
and Primary Resources
Blacksheep Ancestors
Chronicling America
(Historic American Newspapers)
Do History
(Use of Primary Documents in Research)
Early 18th-Cen. Newspaper Reports
Eyewitness to History
FreeFullText.com
Historic American Newspapers
Historical Voices
Internet Library of Early Journals
Internet Sacred Text Archive
Journal of 17th-Century Music
Paper of Record
Repositories of Primary Sources
Time Magazine Archive
(1923-Present)
Resources for Research: Periodicals
W.P. Davies Newspaper Columns

Museums
LC Rare Book & Special Collections
Museum of Online Museums
NYPL Digital Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
Step into the Places Where the Past Is Alive
Vatican Museums

Names
Behind the Name
Irish Baby Names
Popular Baby Names
Seventh Sanctum Character Name Generators
Think! Baby Names

Nature
Bewick's History of British Birds
Horses for Courses
Ornithology of Anglo-Saxon England
UK Birds
(broad-leaved woodlands)

Reference (General Resources)
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Calendar Calculator
Calendar for any Year
Calendars through the Ages
Guide to Declassified Documents
Intute
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Life Histories of North American Birds
Literary Forensics
Perpetual Calendar
Portals to the World
Reference Desk
Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Villanova Digital Library
When Do You Want to Go Today?

Visual Arts
Picture History
Visual Dictionary

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History - General Reference

Crime
Crime Broadsides Project
Rogue’s Gallery
Torture, Fighting, and Death
(History of Violence)

Fencing & Duels
The Art of Fencing
Historical Fencing Manuals
Online Historical Fencing Manuals and Texts

General Resources
Deb’s Historical Research Page
eHistory
Historical Country Names
Historical Weather Events
History Detectives
The History Index
History Undressed
Inventions
Regnal Chronologies
Walk Through Time

Maps
16th- Early 20th-Century Maps of Africa
David Rumsey Historical Maps Collection
Historic Cities: Maps & Documents
Historical Maps
Louisiana Digital Map Library
(historical maps)
Mapping History

Weaponry
Armour Archive

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

History of Medicine & Medical Research

1918 Influenza Pandemic
Barber Surgeon
Benjamin Rush, Yellow Fever, Birth of Modern Medicine
Beyond Affliction
 (Disability History Project)
Celebration of Ether
Celtic Medicine in Scotland
Chinese Medicine History
 Civil War Medicine
Deadly Virus
Dream Anatomy
Greek Medicine
Famous People with Disabilities
History of Biomedicine
History of the Body
History of the Health Sciences
Images from the History of Medicine
Index of Medieval Medical Images
Influenza 1918
Influenza Digital Archive
Insects, Disease, and History
Intute: Medical History
Islamic Medicine
Maturin’s Medicine
Medicine in the Americas 1610-1914
Most Dangerous Woman in America – Typhoid Mary
National Library of Medicine
Red Gold: Barber Surgeons
Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms
Welch Medical Library: Institute...History of Medicine
When Roses Bloomed in Winter
Women Working, 1800-1930
(medical college)
Zeno's Forensic Site
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Languages & Dictionaries

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
American Dialect Society
Babylon’s Online Dictionary
British Dialect Translator
Concise Dictionary of Middle English
 Covey Crump Slang (British Royal Navy)
A Dictionary of Slang
Dialects of International English Archives
Dictionary of the Scots Language
English Dialects...8th Century...Present Day
English to Welsh Translator
Etymology of Expressions
Faclair Gaidhlig: Gaelic-English
Glossarist
How to Speak 19th Century
Icelandic Dictionary Online
Introduction to Old English
Irish Gaelic Translator
Language Construction Kit
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Middle English Dictionary
Non-verbal Dictionary of Signs & Gestures
Old Celtic Dictionary
Old English
Old English / Anglo-Saxon
Old English Modern English
OneLook Dictionary Search
Online Etymology Dictionary
Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English
Sabhal Mor Ostaig
(Scottish Gaelic College)
Scottie Translator
Scottish Slang Dictionary
Separated by a Common Language
Twists, Slugs and Roscoes - Hard-boiled Slang
Word Detective
Word Magic Eng...Spanish Dictionary
World Wide Words
(Investigating Inter'l English from a British Viewpoint)
Your Dictionary
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Law & Copyright

AuthorsLawyer.com
(Copyright Resources - Piracy & Infringement)
Copyright Law 101
Copyright Term and the Public Domain
Dumb Laws
Guide to Law Online
The Laws of Nature and Nature’s God
(Commentaries, English laws, William Blackstone)
NOLO Trademarks & Copyright Law
Primary Sources on Copyright, 1450-1900
Publishing Law Center
Right to Display Public Domain Images
Take Down Copyright Infringers
U.S. Copyright Office
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Medieval Times & the Viking Era

Castles...Fortifications...England...Wales
Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
Corsair
(Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts)
The Crusades
The Edda: Volume 1
The Edda: Volume 2
Double Given Names Before 1600
Elizabeth Chadwick’s Reference Library
Female Heterosexuality Late Medieval Europe
Footwear of the Middle Ages
Gaddgedlar-Medieval Re-enactment
History of the Crusades
Hypertext Medieval Glossary
Index of Medieval Medical Images
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Knights in Central Park
The Legend of Robin Hood
Life in a Welsh Castle
Manners, Customs, and Dress
(Middle Ages & Renaissance)
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Medieval and Renaissance Wedding Page
Medieval Castle
Medieval English Towns
Medieval Europe
Medieval Hunting and Falconry
Medieval Imaginations
Medieval Names Archive
Medieval Page
Medieval People
Medieval Resources
Medieval Siege (NOVA)
Medieval Timeline in Fashion and Events
Medieval Wales
Mostly Medieval
Murthly Hours
Odin's Castle of Dreams and Legends
Pro Sponso et Sponsa
(Christian Marriage rituals in Northern Europe)
Regia Anglorum
Scottish Medieval Bibliography
Scottish Medieval Languages
Two Medieval Manuscripts Reunited
Unicorn Tapestries
Victoria & Albert: Medieval & Renaissance
 Viking Answer Lady
Vikings - PBS' Nova
Virtual Pilgrim
William Marshal
Year Books
(Medieval English law)
The Younger Edda
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Readers' Sites

 Aleta Tenney
Amber Quill Press
Baldwin Children's Literature Project
Bibliomysteries
Book Browse
Book Review Cafe
Cafe of Dreams
Coffee Time Romance
Eastern North Carolina Digital Library
Ebooks: New Releases and Contests
Essence of Romance
Historical Novels Review Online
 Historical Romance Writers
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes
(How to Find...Without Knowing Title/Author)
In Need of Rescue: Non-Fiction
Kei Swanson
Knowing Poe
LibriVox
Louis L'Amour
Operation Paperback: Recycled...for Troops
Palin's Attempt to Ban Books
Rare Book Room
Reading Group Guides
Romance Reader at Heart
Romantic Times
Sloan McBride
Tribute to St. Nicholas Magazine
Veronica Wolff
Virtual Children's Books Exhibits
Vive la Legion or, How I Became Hungarian
Wendy J. Dunn
What Book Got You Hooked?
Who Reads an Early American Book?
Why Do Books Cost So Much?
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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
Nat'l Museum of the American Indian Collection
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 it
MacDonald of Keppoch
Plant Life in the Scottish Highlands
Popular Scottish Forenames
Rampant Scotland Directory
Scotland's Clans
Scotlands People
(genealogy)
Scottish Connection in Kansas
Scottish Natural Heritage
Scottish Storytelling Center
US Scots
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Scottish History

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

General Resources
Accessing Scotland's Past
Acts of Union
BBC In Search of Scotland
Capital Collections
Darien Scheme
Darien Venture
English and Scottish Uniforms 1660-1914
History Blog
 History of Scotland
Lochaber College UHI...Electronic Library
Relations between England and Scotland
Revealing Women
Scotland History
ScottishHistory.com
Scottish History Online
Scottish History in Print
Scots Place Names
Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America
Short History of Scotland
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
(Proceedings)
Union of the Crowns 1603-2003
William Wallace - the Truth Behind the Man

The Clans
Clan Cameron Archives
History of the Mackenzies
Rob Roy

The Clearances
The Clearances
The Highland Clearances
Napier’s Commission

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

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

Isles of Scotland
Archaeology Hebrides
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
Medieval Charters of Scotland
Murthly Hours
Scottish Medieval Bibliography Index

Primary Documents
500 Years of Printing in Scotland
Haco’s Expedition against Scotland
(Norwegian Account)
Records...Parliaments of Scotland to 1707
Scottish Archive Network
Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speeches
Scottish Handwriting
Scottish Taxation Records
Word on the Street

Religion
Churches in Scotland
Covenants and the Covenanters
John Knox's The First Blast of the Trumpet

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
(witchcraft)
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft
Witches in Scotland

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Transportation

Anatomy of the Bicycle
Ancient Trade Routes
Horses & Transportation
Steamboats!
Taking the Wheel
Travel in America, 1750-1920
Traveling in History
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Women & Women's History

Amelia Earhart papers
Anne Sullivan Macy
Annie Oakley
Before Victoria
(Extraordinary Women of the British Romantic Era)
Early Modern Women Database
The Education of Women
Hannah Snell
I Do: Love & Marriage in 19th-century Canada
Jewish Women Historical Encyclopedia
No Job for a Woman
(Effects of war on women’s lives in 20th & 21st centuries)
Other Women's Voices
The Spectacular Female Body
War, Women & Survival
Wilder Shores
(Lady Travelers of the 18th & 19th Centuries)
A Woman’s Work is Never Done
Women and the Holocaust
Women as Warriors in History
Women Military Reenactor's Homepage
Women of Ravensbruck
Women in Scottish History
Women of the Century
Women’s Education Evolves, 1790-1890
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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
How to Pitch...at a Writing Conference
Literary Agent Jeff Kleinman
Literary Agents
Passion Pen’s Romance Agent List
Preditors & Editors
Waiting to Hear Back from...Literary Agent
Why You Need An Agent

Contracts
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...Contract Terms and Royalties

Copyright
Copyright Navigator
Copyright Renewal Database
Crash Course in Copyright
Fair Use – Copyright
Take Down Copyright Infringers

General
31 Places to Monitor Your Reputation Online
AA Independent Press Guide
Articles for Writers and Publishers
Authors…against Internet Piracy
Authors and the Internal Revenue Code
Author Network
Authorlink
Burry Man Writers Center
Dead Trees to Dell.com
Fiction Factor
Funds for Writers
Handling Writing Income and Expenses
How to Publish without Perishing
Index on Censorship
Long Ridge Writer's Craft
The Passionate Pen
Pen Names
Postage Chart for Writers
Publication of Photographs
Tax Aspects of Authors/Writers/Screenwriters
Tax Tips for Small Businesses
Taxes for Writers
Ten Questions to Improve Your Manuscript
That Difficult First Novel
What Are Book Editors Looking for?
What's In a Name?
Writer Online
Writer's Hood
Writer’s Life
Writer’s Life Magazine
Writer’s Quest
Writers Write
WritersWeekly.com
Writing-world.com

Genres
C. Dillon's Resources...Romance Writers
Hey, There’s a Dead Guy...Living Room
Some People Don’t Like Historicals

Grammar and Style
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Cheryl Norman, Grammar Cop
Citation Style Guides
Elements of Style
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases
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
Verbals: Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives

Marketing and Promotion
Author Platform
Be Your Own Publicist
Book Promotion
Book Marketing Buzz
Booksigning Tips from Larry James
Building a Writer’s Business Plan
Donald Maass’ Career Novelist
Ebooks: New Releases and Contests
How to Work a Book Festival
Free Book Promotion Checklist
Marketing for Authors
Practical Book Promotion for Writers
The Real World of Virtual Book Touring
Take...Mystery out...Promoting Your Book

Publishing Industry
Four Paths to Publishing
Straddling the World of Books
Writing and Publishing News

Pitches, Queries, and Submissions
ABC's of ARC's
Analysis of a Literary Agent Form Letter
I am Your Editor: Submitting Your Novel
Rejection
Preparing E-mail Queries
Query Letters that Get Noticed
Ten Minutes to Glory...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...More...than Google...Tells
Using Body Language
You Can’t Say That!

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