Tools of the Trade

Over the years writers have developed a number of tools to help them in their daily lives. Not surprizingly, most of these are in book form. However, there are a number of useful tools available over the WWW.

Dictionaries

The Alternative Dictionaries - Slang, profanities, insults and vulgarisms from all the world

OneLook- A Dictionary Search Engine - Good for obscure and technical stuff

Rhyming Dictionary - Rhyme Zone

Weird Words - World Wide Words - Wonderful Ideas and Wonderful Words

WordNet - an online lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory.

WordSmyth - Dictionary and Thesaurus

Encyclopedias

Brittanica Online

Microsoft Encarta

Wikipedia - the free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

Glossaries

Glossary of Rhetorical Terms

Another Glossary of Rhetorical Terms - The Forest of Rhetoric
silva rhetoricae

Glossary of Poetic Terms - from Bob's Byway

Library Resources

British Library Catalogue

Library of Congress Catalogue

Style Guides

Guide to Grammar and Writing - US Guide

Translation Sites

Babelfish

Other Useful Links

Anagram Genius - Anagram Generator

Bibliomania - lots of links to classic texts

eBay Feedback Generator

Proper Manuscript Format by William Shunn

Society of Authors - Sort of Like a Trade Union for Wordsmiths

UK Literary Agents List


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