This eclectic collection of creative writing resources will provide hours of inspiration, tips, activities, help, and entertainment for creative writers. Every time I come across an interesting or useful site I post it here.
Newest Link: Riddle Fence, a journal of arts and culture based in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Some sites are weird. Some are funny. Others are works of art. Some are simply useful or informative.
UNphotographable provides interesting reading and ideas to jumpstart your own writing.
byGosh.com makes accessing books, stories, or fables online a breeze with no downloading, just instant access. The Writers' Trust of Canada provides emergency funding for established writers through their "Woodcock Fund." And wherever you're located, find writing conferences and workshops worldwide with Shaw Guides.
So explore the many writing resources below, and check back often to see what's new. If you're aware of something good that's not here, let me know about it!
Armchair Interviews
Authors Aloud
BC Writers
Canadian Writers
Paris Review
Quill & Quire Profiles
Barcelona Review
bookforum.com
Boston Review
Globe and Mail
Guardian
Idependent
January Magazine
KevinfromCanada
Kirkus Reviews
Mostly Fiction
New York Review
New Yorker
Open Letters
Powell's Review-a-Day
Quill & Quire
Washington Post
Antigonish Review
BC Studies
Brick
Canadian Journal of Native Studies
Canadian Literature
Capilano Review
Carousel
Dalhousie Review
Danforth Review (archived copies)
Fiddlehead
Geist
Grain Magazine
Malahat Review
Matrix
Maynard
New Quarterly
Prairie Fire
Prism
Rampike
Riddle Fence
Room
sub-TERRAIN
The Windsor Review
Directory of Canadian Universities
Berton House Writer's Retreat
Shaw Guides
Clear, Concise Sentences
Common Word Errors
Curing Wordiness
Eliminate Wordiness
Micro-Editing
Write Concisely
The Writers' Trust of Canada Woodcock Fund
Online Etymology Dictionary
World Wide Words
Book Shelf Ideas
Daily Kos
Darwin Awards
Life Photo Archive
New Yorker Cartoon Collection
Photo of the Day
Pop Culture Madness
Quackwatch
Smartset
Spiked
UNphotographable
Enchanted Learning
Fact Monster
byGosh.com
Free Chekhov Stories
Full Books Online
Literature Network
Atlantic
CIA Studies
Mother Jones
New Yorker
Poets & Writers
Psychology Today
Reason
Salon
Scientific American
Walrus
Wired
The Drudge Report
Google News
The Onion
Dictionary of Onomatopoeia
Skeptic's Dictionary
Slang Dictionary
Visual Thesaurus
AdFlip Database of Historical Advertisements
Ask the Experts
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
HowCast How-to Videos and Articles
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
Virtual Museum of Canada
Advanced & Archaic Vocabulary
The Phrontistery
Vocabulary.com
Vocaboly Vocab Test
Writers.ca
Writer's Union of Canada
Infoplease
The Quotations Page
Wordsmith.org
Bob Levey's Neologisms Competition
Fun-With-Words.com
WordPlays.com
Writer Advice
An excellent ezine that provides quality fiction, poetry, interviews, reviews, contests, and articles.
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