Writers Sites: A-B-C

25 Things to Know About Your Story's Stakes (Wendig, Chuck)

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Accents and Diacritical Marks: accents, diacritical marks - non-standard characters signs that change the sound of letters and words.
addall.com/used. Lists 20 different book sites at ascending prices (commercial, but useful--my brother-in-law gave this link to me when he'd heard I was buying the Oz books from amazon.com).
An Englishman in New Jersey (Jon Gibb's LiveJournal blog) Interesting Posts About Writing.

Articles
AuthorMania.
AutoCrit (posted by Jeremy Yoder to the OWW list).
Advice for Aspiring Writers (from the site Science Fiction World of Jeffrey A. Carter)
Great Science Fiction Creators Who Have Studied Architecture  By Gordon Jackson and Charlie Jane Anders

Late Bloomers (Peripherally related to us slow starters)
How Does The 'Layering' of Old Cities Occur?
Science Fiction Problems: How To Write Aliens
StoryMind.com.

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Kiss Your As Goodbye
By Margie Lawson, guesting at Writers in the Storm.

Author's Blogs & Websites
Piers Anthony
Star* Publish Times
Ann Cory's Aphrodisiacs for the MindAnnalee Blysse.

Adult-oriented literature, but also, her website references some writer's groups of interest (and thank you for the kind words. I do try to maintain some helpful and interesting links here).

Elizabeth Anne Ensley They did something weird to this site.....

Derek Handley Creative Writing
David Rosenberg
Bloggasm
Feath's Tarot Quick Question. Writer's thing.
Feath's Clam Dragon Page - page concerning her book,  Care and Feeding of Your New Pet:  Clam Dragon
Harlan Ellison's web site (And

Harlan, if you're reading this--you were nice to my daughter at that I-Con that her father and I were volunteering at (we're since divorced) and she was already going through enough shit at home then. I was already a fan before seeing you there, and I'm still one, even after talking with you (but then, I don't think I ever did anything to get a dose of the Ellison temper, lol). You and your wife, IMO, are both lovely people, you were both so nice to her. Thank you.

(Hey, it's my blog. I can insert messages here and there, as well as links.)

Heather Long - and yea, I know, romance author, but she writes paranormals. I took an on-line class with her, and she has some rather interesting ideas.

I have numbers! Stats on LGBT Young Adult Books Published in the U.S. – Updated 9/15/11

(Malinda Lo)
Jim C, Hines, Fantasy Author
Jon Gibbs
Ilona's World
Lara Parker Online

Kate Pearce's Blog

Michelle Styles Blog.
Paperback Writer. Novel III: Outlining.
Piers Anthony's website.
Ron Leming's Website
The Writing Life.

Terry Whalin's blog, and it has some good advice and insight into the writer's life.

Martha Wells, with World-building Tips


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Basic Plots in Literature

Bite (Vampire magazine)
http://Bulwer-Lytton
Basic Plots: Recurring Themes (Booker, Christopher) BBC Oxford Stage
Brain Candy


BIAW (Book In A Week)

April Kilstrom BIAW
April Kilstrom Workshops page (SFF.NET)



Blank Novel Outline

The Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers (PDF)


BookMooch: a community for exchanging used books (book swap and book exchange and book trade)


Book Review
Writing with Writers: Write a Book Review with Rodman Philbrick.


Book Writing

Kathy Carmichael's Pitch Generator
Crafting the Braided Narrative by David PoyerFAQ #1a: How do I get started writing my first book? Here's Nan's Top Secret Extra Special Sooper Dooper Philosophy on How to Write A Book!
Freelance Writing Tips by David L. Pulver
How To Write A Novel In 100 Days Or Less
Interview with Charles de Lint (1998)

Peg Kerr's Journal

The Snowflake Method for Writing a Novel ~ Randy Ingermanson


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Calculator
Coffeehouse for Writers


Celtic Literature
The Celtic Literature Collective

Celtic literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Celtic Folklore

CELT: The online resource for Irish history, literature and politics

Intute: Arts and Humanities - Search results

§17. Celtic Literature. XII. The Arthurian Legend. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21


newton03.pdf (application/pdf Object)


Celtic Resources

Medieval Sourcebook: The Celtic World

Free Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Mythology > Celtic & British Isles

Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold - Free eBook

Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold - Free eBook

Guinevere in Celtic Literature

Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold - Full Text Free Book (Part 1/3)

Celtic Literature: TABLE OF CONTENTS


Characterization

About Female Characters (or as I like to call them, Characters) by Adrienne Kress
Character Building Workshop at WritersUniversity.comCharacter Generator (description) at feath.com
Possible Considerations in the Study of Character
Establishing a Series Character (Buried under Books Blog) by Marni Graff
Fresh, Fresh Fresh Character descriptions (Writers In The Storm blog)
How To Create A Character Profile by The Lazy Scholar [TM].
Left, Right, Left, Right, Character (Keegan, Alex)
Building Character: Seven Keys to Defining Character
Questionnaires for Writing Character Profiles at Creative Writing Now
The Fictional Character's Survival Guide
Writing A Novel, Part 8: Using A Character Sheet

The CBI Clubhouse The online home for Children's Book Insider readers


Common Errors in English.


Clarion The Clarion Foundation



The Grand List of Overused Science Fiction Clichés © 2004 by John VanSickle

Climax

FINDING THE STRONGEST CLIMAX with Marth Alderson, The Plot Whisperer

Critique
CritiqueCircle.com
Critters


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Dark Erotica
Dark Shadows News Page
Describing a Person: Adding Details.
Dark Erotica writing tips.
Day 3 of Complexity – Degree of Difficulty
Dramatic Situations,The Thirty-six (plus one)

Definitions:

Space Opera on Wikipedia.

Dialogue

Top 8 Tips for Writing Dialogue

DICE

Medieval Dice Games and Rigging Them (little_details on LiveJournal)

DICTIONARY

Dream Dictionary.
Online Etymology Dictionary.
onelook.com dictionary search
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus.
dictionary.reference.com.
thesaurus.reference.com.
English-French Dictionary
English-Latin On-line Dictionary
Online English to Japanese to English Dictionary
Oxford Dictionary Online
ARTFL Project: French-English Dictionary Form

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
Rhymezone.com
travlang's English - Latin On-line Dictionary.
Urban Dictionary
Words For That

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ElfQuest.com
Evil Overlord List, the

Editing

On Editing: How To Make Your Inner Editor Die (temporarily)
The Shocking Truth About The Slushpile by Jean Hannah Edelstein

Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of Science.
Encyclopedia Mythica.
Masterliness The World Knowledge Library.

Essay Writing

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay.

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Fanciful Feline Hybrids
Farmer's Almanac Online.
FAQs, Help, and Tutorials.
Forward Motion for Writers
Free language courses.
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings (from Farmers Almanac Online)


Fairy Tales

Alphabetical Index to the folk and fairy tales in the Andrew Lang Fairy Books

Fan Fiction

Biggest Fanfiction Pet Peeves. Note: This is in a GaiaOnline forum. You might or might not need to register; but the topic is well worth reading, at least for the first message.

Fantasy
Fantasy Novelist's Exam, the By David J. Parker. Additional Material By Samuel Stoddard.
FantasyReaders.com.
Non-European Fantasy By Women Writers on The Mad Hatter's Bookshelf and Book Review

Flash Fiction

FlashFictionBlog
Flashes on the Meridian: Dazzled by Flash Fiction (Pamelyn Casto)
Stories In Your Pocket: How To Write Flash Fiction
Writing Flash Fiction Using Bubble Diagrams

Freeware

Open Directory - Arts: Writers Resources.
Google Search.

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Gender

Everyone Can Promote Equality In Genre Writing


General

Ask A Mathematician / Ask A Physicist
The Hidden Meaning of Pronouns
SLOWPOKE: How To Be A Faster Writer


Generator Blog, the.

Gothic
Elements of the Gothic Novel
Gothic Fiction (on Wikipedia)
The Gothic Novel
The Gothic Experience (a brief historical overview)
The Gothic Novel (overview, PDF. 10 pages, like those squares you would project on a flash screen, or whatever you call it)
GothNoWriMo Gothic Novel Writing Month site (apparently) I am noth sure which month it's for but, from the pposts in the word count column, I strongly suspect that it's October, the month leading up to Halloween.

Grammar

Daily Grammar
Dr GrammarEnglish Grammar book - EnglishPage.com.
The Good Grammar, Good Style Pages
GRAMBO. This is a test of the emergency grammar system.
Grammar Bytes! (I love the graphic on this page -- Grammarzilla LOL)
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing.
Grammatical Terms and Definitions.
Guide to Grammar and Writing
The Internet Grammar of English
The Tongue Untied A Guide to grammar, Punctuation & Style for Journalists.
Grammar Grabbers Professional Tips for the Amateur Writer (a not-so-serious guide to English grammar)
Hypertextbook of Modern English Grammar.
Dr. Grammar.
*_ Word Place, Inc.

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Hatrack River Writers Workshop Forum, moderated by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury.
Hellnotes
Horror Writer's Association
R.A. Salvatore on How to Write a Damn Good Fight Scene

I
Inspired Writers
Internet Writing Journal, the
Internet Writing Workshop
Interviews with YA Fantasy Authors
Introduction to Genealogy.
Inspiration, Writing

Inspiration
Anthologies Online: Generating Innovative Ideas for Writing.
Inspiration for Writers
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MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials

Making Light: How To Get Published Posted by Jim Macdonald

Medieval Demographics Made Easy Numbers for Fantasy Worlds

Middle Ages

What did people do in a medieval city?

Misconceptions about Medieval Medicine: Humors, Leeches, Charms, and Prayers By Michael Livingston

Foundation for Mythological Studies
Life In The Middle Ages Researched by Mrs. Sunda's 4th & 5th grade G.R. Students

Magazines

BLACK GATE: Adventure sin Fantasy Literature

Magic

 WHY Does Magic Have To Make Sense? M. K. Jemisin


Markets
Organized Writer's Guideline Database
Absolute Write's Market Archives
Writer's Weekly
Writing-World.com list of links to markets #1
Funds for Writers - Jobs and Markets (newsletter available, also click on grants and contests)
Ralan.com
Paying Markets List
Freelance Job Bank on Freelance Writing.com
Writer's Write Writer's Guideline Directory
Writer's Digest - Market of the Day
Writer's Market.com (subscription only)
The Writer Gazette #1
The Writer Gazette #2


Maslow's Hierarchy
Wikipedia
Educational Psychology Interactive
Changing Minds.org
Personality Theories
Businessballs.com
Using Psychology to Create Characters
Mel Speaks: Thoughts on Characterization


Mechanics:

The Physics of Fan-Fic Sex (slash)


NNational Novel Finishing Month
NaNoFiMo Resources pageNational Novel Writing Month
NaNoPlotMo International Plot Writing Month, December 1-31.

National Novel Writing Year (associated with NaNoWRiMo).
National Novel Editing Month
April Fools. Like NaNoWriMo, only you set your own writing goals for the month of April.
May D&G Challenge (new version) - for those who did not finish their bit for the April Fools writing challenge.
Notecarding: Plotting Under Pressure by Lisle, Holly
NOVEL IDEA SUMMARY SHEET
Novel Writing Year 2005 Blogspot.
Novel Writing Year 2005 Yahoo groups
Novel Writing Year 2005 LiveJournal
Novel Writing Year 2005 MSN community
On MSN it's called 1k words per week or something, NaNoWriYe 05 in a place or two -- but the basic goal is to write a novel in a year, or around 50-52k worth of a novel.
Noveling Notes: Detailed Chapter-by-Chapter Writing Outline


NaNoBlogs
Zette's NaNo
GloNoNatter


NaNoWriMo
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

MayNoWriMo

Stringing Words: For The Unrepentant WriMo.


Name Generators
Alien Names Generator
All the Name Generators.
Behind the Name Random Name Generator: the etymology and history of first names.
DadCafe's Baby Name Generator.
Fake Name Generator (courtesy of Ron Leming, who found it)
Flower Names For Girls
Random Name Generator )kleimo.com).
Random name generator (xtra-rant.com).
Serendipity
Seventh Sanctum Name Generators
Random Tavern Name Generator
squid.org fantasy name generator.
Totro, the Fantasy Random Name Generator.
Character Name Generator By Steven Edward Schend.
Baby Name Inventor.
Random Irish Name Generator.
Historical Name Generator: Sixteenth Century Irish and Scottish Gaelic Names.
123-baby-names.com name generator.
RinkWorks Fantasy Name generator. By Samuel Stoddard - Version 1.4.
Warhammer FRP Daemon Name generator.
Peter's Random Name Generator.
Baby Name generator - girls. (From pregnancyandbaby.com)
Baby Name generator - boys. (From pregnancyandbaby.com)
Name generator.
Horse Name generator - horse & pony names

Dictionary of Baby Names, Meanings, and Origins.
Native American Baby Names.
Bad Baby Names Hall of Shame, the (on Blogger)


7 Tips For Writing A Novel on eSsortment.
Learn The Elements of a Novel.



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One Hundred Thousand Stars (basically, a Google map of the Cosmos, san directions on how to get there).
Overcoming Writer's Block

Outlining
How To Make A Novel Outline
Easy Novel Outline – Free Writing Lessons and Worksheets
How To Organize Thoughts With A Book Outline
Outlining Your Novel: Why And How






OWW
The Serendip.
The Monthly Writing Challenge.
The Zoo.
The OWW Ark.
Online Writing workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
Serendipity Village.

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Khan Academy Although on the surface, this is techincally not a writing link, it is an informative one, and may be useful to writers.

LLanguage Construction Kit, the
LJ Book. PDF of your lj available.

Links
FTL Design

Literary Periodicals

Courtesy of Thomas Fortenberry:
Mind Fire international literary arts journal
Istanbul Literature Review

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Patterns in Mathematics: Limericks Factory.
PBW's Ten
Place Name Generators on PBW's Blog.
Philosophy Forum: Founding a new civilization.
PhobiaList.com
Piker PressNaNoWRiMo Forums.
Poets & Writers, Inc.
Preditors & Editors
Principia Infecta World Building.
Process Again: Getting Started And Keeping Going
Prompts Collection from diary-x.com.


Plotting
Notes on Craft


Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes.
PLOT—Part Two: Navigating Dangerous Terrain by Lori L. Lake (Aristotle’s Story Arc)
Plot Doagram PDF
Plot Workshop.
Plotting the Mystery Novel

What techniques are used to plot long (multi-novel) story arcs?

The Significance of Plot Without Conflict from Still Eating Oranges on Tumblr

PROMPTS/INSPIRATION
Language is a Virus

Psychology

The Fiction Writer's Guide to Psychology - includes a body language crib sheet. Worth exploring.

Punctuation

Guide to Punctuation

Larry Trask
University of Sussex
(to aid in the preservation of the English language)

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Writers and their Literary Estates: Story REPRINTS

Resources

little_details, a LiveJournal community dedicated to helping people research those little details for their stories.

(pending verification):
Online Creative Writing Courses Offered Free by Top Universities and Educational Websites It seems promising enough. A list of free, creative writing courses.

REVISION

20 Tips on Revising

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Random Science Fiction Story Ideas: Random Character Generator
Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop.
Science Fiction Citations: Hunting for the earliest citations of SF words.
ScytheConnection  A Website committed to promoting the use of the scythe.
Internet SACRED TEXT archives.
Semicolon: "How To Use A Semicolon (The Most Feared Punctuation On Earth)"
Seventh Sanctum Setting Generator
SFWW: Science Fiction Writers Workshop Since 1988. No matter how many times I edit the link, it keep taking me to the wrong page: but snip the extra bit from "http://www.sfwritersworkshop.org/" and that takes you to the sign-in page..
Shoes and Handbags
Sky-Map.org.
SPELLCHECK.net--Free Online Spell Checker.
Spellchecker, Mark Horrell's
Spellex Corp Spell Check Basic English Text Here (also gives basic word count)
Strange Horizons: Stories We've Seen Too Often.

Scene Structure
Notecarding: Plotting Under Pressure
© 2002, by Holly Lisle

Scene-Creation Workshop -- Writing Scenes that Move Your Story Forward © by Holly Lisle

Writing the Perfect Scene by Randy Ingermanson

Yet more Writer's Tips by Rosalyn Alsobrook

TECH: Scene and Structure Book Summary From: Mike Barker

More plotting (Scene and Sequel) by Shawn

"Introduction to Screenwriting" Week Two: Steven Barnes' Free Writing Class!



Sound Effects




SciFiWriMo Science Fiction Writing Month



Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Software

FocusWriter A simple, distraction-free writing environment.

Star Trek
StarTrek.com

Steampunk

On Wikipedia
What is steampunk? -Steampunk.com
Clockwork Empire: A Steampunk Take on SimCity
The Steampunk Workshop
Steampunk Magazine
Steampunk World's Fair


Storyboarding
Storyboarding (Crawford Kilian).

Stories We've Seen Too Often (Strange Horizons)

Story
A simple four-item formula for turning story into fiction


Story Middle
Stuck in the Middle of Your Story? Try Prompts! by Alina Sandor

Archetype storytelling cards


Style
Buried Under Books: An Author’s Look At “Style” For Writers And Readers (Kit Sloane)

Synopsis

Hugh Cook's Notes II.

Writing the Dreaded Synopsis by Carolyn Jewel



A Writer's Main Selling Tool - The Synopsis By Marcella Kampman © 2003

Warning: The above uses the movie rather than the book The Wizard of Oz for sample synopsis. You can tell by the descriptions of both Dorothy and the slippers, assuming that you've read the book.


Basic synopsis, according to Vivian Teresa Beck of the Vivian Beck Agency:
Step 1: Start With A Hook.
Step 2: Introduction of Characters.
Step 3: Construct the Body of Your Synopsis.
Step 4: Use Three or Four Paragraphs to Write the CRISIS and RESOLUTION of Your Story.
Step 5: Revise your synopsis.

Five Steps To Writing A Synopsis by Vivian Teresa Beck
The five basic building blocks to writing a synopsis.

Mastering the Dreaded Synopsis - Condensing Your Novel by Lee Masterson
Writing a synopsis is one of the most daunting chores a writer must face. After spending months lovingly crafting a complex plot, realizing and nurturing a cast of characters and painstakingly selecting the right prose for descriptions, how do you then summarize your masterpiece in just 2 or 3 pages?

Outlining Your Script or Story by Thomas B. Sawyer
A synopsis is generally defined as a one-to-four page narrative description of what happens in your story, told with some sizzle, since it will likely be used as a selling tool –- to entice an agent, publisher or producer to take a look at your manuscript.

A Writer's Main Selling Tool - The Synopsis By Marcella Kampman © 2003

Outlines and Synopses by Robert J. Sawyer
Actual synopses for four of Sawyer's novels (and outlines for several more).

Writing a Synopsis from the Ground Up" by Dee-Ann Latona LeBlanc
Breaking it down: one sentence, one paragraph, on page, and longer synopses.

"How to Write a Synopsis" by Marg Gilks


Syntax and Ambiguity
Ambiguities
Identifying and Resolving Ambiguity
LING 301 ENGLISH SYNTAX
The Major Principles of Syntax

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Takei, George. Author of "Oh, Myyy (There Goes The Internet)". Goodreads reviews listing here.

Tara K. Harper Science Fiction/Fantasy Author

Tips for Fiction Writers: Structure.

TypeCharge Word, Line and Character Counter

Title Scorer. Lulu Title Scorer--Put Your Title to the Test.


Thesaurus
The Erotic Thesaurus
THESAURUS.COM.



TRANSLATOR
Tradukilo (an online Esperanto translator)



TVTropes




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Vision: A Resource for Writers.
Visualizing Science


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Werewolf Cures.
Werewolf Cures (Little_Details on LiveJournal--good info, here!)
Women-Ink.com, women's book coach Katey Coffing Ph.D.

Worldbuilding

* Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions By Patricia C. Wrede

Welcome To My World: Worldbuilding Checklist By Heather Massey

The World Building Checklist Posted by Talia Vance

Organic Worldbuilding by Robert A. Sloan

25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding by Chuck Wendig

A world-building checklist Written by Suzan

World Check Paperback Writer blog.

More does turn up on a Google search. Some excellent suggestions offered. I only skimmed the top.


Write or Die
Dr Wickehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifd's Writing Labs (Got the link from the blog of Martha Wells).

Writer Beware Blogs
The Ten Kinds of Writers' Block And How To Overcome Them

Writers Chatroom—good resource.

The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media

Writer's Workshops (Update: 01-16-2007)
Forward Motion for Writers
Critique Circle
Critters Critique Group, founded by ABurt.





WRITING
So You Want To Write A Book? Page of pointers from O'Reilly which lists some excellent points to remember.
The Write Calling
Ten common writing mistakes your spell checker won't find.
Write A Novel In A Month - Wired How-To Wiki
Writerly Stuff
WritersNet.
Writing Fiction (blog for the editor of The Fiction Writer's Page, above).
Writing Flash Fiction Using Bubble Diagrams
Writing from the Editor's Perspective: Diana Gill Conference.
Writing Fix
Writing Prompts and Useful Sites
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy. online workshop thing.
"Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy" by Jeffrey A. Carver (free, on-line course, apparently)
Writing Tips.
writing-world.com advice index.
writing.org.

This is a noncommercial Web site for writers. It's sponsored, edited, and written by Durant Imboden.

Written? Kitten! Site where, for every hundred words, you get rewarded with a picture of a kitten.




Word Frequency
Free Trial Download: Hermetic Word Frequency Counter 2.07

Worldbuilding
Developing the Fictional World Through mapping
Constructed World
30 Days of World Building
Peter's Guide to Map Creation
Women Fighters in Reasonable Armor
Writing Fantasy-A Creative Approach to World Building
Words, Works, Worlds
Three Rules of Fantasy Worldbuilding
World-Building Workshop ~ Naming Your World and Choosing a Hierarchy
World Building Project

Find A Writing Group Site founded by Jon Gibbs.


Writing Prompts
A Writer's Jottings: Writing Prompts Collection - Part 1
Cybernetic Engines Writing Prompt Generator.
Creative Writing Prompts
Feath's Bookcase: Writer's Prompts.
Narrative Essay Prompts
Promptme_CE2/
PromptMe_Women
Random Compliment Generator.
Seventh Sanctum Generators.
Shakespearean Insult Generator
Shakespearean Insulter
Story Spinner Online
Surrealist Compliment Generator.
The Writing Spark
Wake Up Writing
WritersPrompts
WritingFix.com Daily Prompt Generator.

Xenobiology: How To Create A Scientifically Plausible Alien Life Form io9.com

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