Best of the Web: Writer’s Chat & Writer’s Tips
My travels — which, I’m pleased to say, pushed my writing projects forward significantly — still interrupted my blog writing. Now that I’m back home and settled back into my routine, I’ve uncovered some particularly useful items for my “Best of the Web” series.
Write to Done
Every week I find interesting and useful resources online — but seldom do I find something that excites me as much as the brand-new blog Write to Done. Blogger Leo Babauta knows what he’s writing about — just read his “About” page to learn about his impressive career. Playing with my StumbleUpon extension that I’ve added into Firefox, I discovered this blog for the first time, coming across a most remarkable blog post about How To Write First Thing in the Morning. As a morning writer myself, I learned some valuable new tricks which I will put to immediate use. Scrolling through the blog convinces me that he lots more to share. By all means, take a look yourself.
The Writer’s Chatroom
The Writer’s Chatroom [TWC] has many offerings to help writers — a new monthly newsletter, twice-a-week online chats, a 24/7 forum and more.
This month’s email newsletter, which just arrived in my inbox, carries a feature article that is particularly useful. In “Keep Track of your Romance Characters,” Rita Karnoop provides concrete suggestions that certainly transcend her genre — they will be valuable to any writer who must juggle characters and plot.
A visit to the Chatroom website will give you a chance to sign up for the newsletter, as well as learn about the online chat service as well. While I myself do not participate every week, I do sign in for chats that involve the business side of writing or feature non-fiction writers. They are always informative, and it’s fun to watch how the moderators handle the writers who queue up to ask questions. It’s quite a community.
Writer Biz
Readers of this blog may wish to check out Erik Sherman’s WritersBiz blog, which I’ve just discovered through the magic of internet networking. I naturally found it very interesting.
Internet Resources
For the most extensive list on online resources for writers that I’ve ever encountered, go to this resource list, maintained by Sal Towse. Broad coverage, tightly organized into nested categories, you’ll find your way to writers communities, learn about article submission guidelines, track down dictionaries of all sorts, discover research tools, uncover hints about the business of writing and more..
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Tom Colvin 
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Tom,
You’ve shared some great resources in this post! Thanks for tracking them down for your fellow writers!
Jeanne