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The wisest things you can do as a writer are to make use of others’ experiences, to develop writing aids to make your work easier,

and to investigate all available resources. This page is designed to get you started. I will always be posting new information to help you. If you have any sites to suggest, feel free to contact me.

Writing Aids

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

writing-aids

APA (American Psychological Association) is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences.

www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

A great resource for anyone who works with words. There is also a forum where you can connect with other writers and ask questions. You get a regular email with the Chicago Q&A resource. Plus, you can set up your own manual to create your own style sheets. It is only $35 per year to subscribe.

http://www.aphids.com/quotes/index.shtml

The Quotations Archive is searchable, and you can browse by subject or author.

http://www.quoteland.com/

Quotations on every topic, by every author, and in every fashion possible.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/

The Acronym Finder has over 600,000 entries, including computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.

http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?start=#

Worried about how to format citations in the MLA, APA, Turabian, or Chicago styles? This site allows you to fill in the content, and it gives it back to you perfectly formatted. You can also follow their blog: http://citationmachine.blogspot.com/

Publishing Resources

http://www.ivanhoffman.com/helpful.html

Tons of articles on contracts, distribution, copyrights, etc. by Ivan Hoffman, Attorney at Law specializing in

printing press

Entertainment Law, Publishing and Writing Law, Copyrights, Trademarks, Web Design Law, Internet Law, and Intellectual Property Law.

http://www.fonerbooks.com/cornered.htm

In his blog Morris Rosenthal covers just about every topic related to self-publishing or subsidy publishing.

http://www.publishingbasics.com/

Ron Pramschufer of Self Publishing Inc. is behind this site. Although he does offer book printing services himself, his site and his monthly newsletter offer a lot of information.

http://www.fotel.com

Fotel.com is where you can get quality printed and digital barcode labels. In working with them, I was thrilled with the service. Their reps are super nice and knowledgeable.

http://www.fidlardoubleday.com/

Fidlar-Doubleday specializes in digital printing in quantities of 25-1000, which is perfect for self-publishers.

 

 

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