Writing Resources and Guides

There are many writing resources in the forms of writing guides to help you with the general rules of English grammar and writing. Here are a few:

• The Elements of Style (2000, 4th edition), by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. New York: Macmillan. The original version of The Elements of Style is online.
• The Chicago Manual of Style (1993, 14th edition). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Edit Yourself: A Manual for Everyone Who Works With Words (1982), by Bruce Ross-Larson. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Writing Resources On The Web

Here is a wealth of writing resources to help you along in your writing career:

• Dictionary.com: Free online English dictionary and reference guide.
• Indiana University Writing Resources: Writing Resources and selections from the Writing Tutorial Services Library. Each of these links leads to a short article about how to deal with a specific writing situation.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Writing Resources on the World Wide Web.
• SharpWriter: A Resource for Writers: SharpWriter offers content and resources for writers of all ages: dictionaries, encyclopedias, grammar, usage, style tips; markets for fiction and nonfiction; and eBook info.
• Purdue University: The Purdue University Online Writing Lab serves writers from around the world just like you.

Writing Resources: Web Search Engines

There are thousands of website added to the Web daily. Millions of words are being indexed by Web Search Engines to help you find the information you need. Searching the Web via search engines is a helpful way to find needed writing resources. Here are the top search engines listed in alphabetical order.

• Alta Vista, "...a business of Overture Services, Inc., is a leading provider of search services and technology. AltaVista continues to advance Internet search with new technologies and features designed to improve the search experience for consumers" according to their About page
• Excite is a destination site that offers world-class content and functionality from over 75 leading sources. Excite has over 14 million monthly unique users and is the leading personalization portal on the Internet. From About Company page
• Go Guide is a prat of the Walt Disney Internet Group's (WDIG) which includes the Disney Store, ESPN, ABC News and Movies.com
• Google is the best and easiest search engine on the Web and indexes the largest number of Web pages. It offers search of images, groups, News and more. This is the search engine that I use more than any of the others.
• HotBot is a part of the Lycos Network family. From HotBot you can search HotBot, Lycos, Google, and Ask Jeeves.
• Lycos: Terra Lycos continues the highly successful network model first introduced to the Internet by Lycos. Terra and Lycos combined two powerful networks of sites to create the Terra Lycos Network. Each network property offers distinct features and targets a specific Web audience through unique programming and branding, and each is poised for continued audience growth. From Terra Lycos Web Sites and Services page.
• WebCrawler makes searching more of the Web easier by returning the best results from these leading engines: Google • Yahoo • AltaVista • Ask Jeeves • About • LookSmart Overture • Teoma • FindWhat.
• Yahoo: When Yahoo! was founded in 1994 by Stanford Ph.D. students, David Filo and Jerry Yang, it began as their hobby and has evolved into a global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other, find and access information, and make purchases. Today, Yahoo! Inc. is the Internet's leading global consumer and business services company, offering a comprehensive network of essential services for Web users around the globe as well as businesses of all sizes. From Yahoo's Media Relation page.

Writing Resources Electronic Helps

Here are some helpful products to help in writing eBooks better.

First, Ken Evoy's Make Your Words Sell. Ken loves words. He can't seem to write too many of them. He has sold hundreds of words and he will show you how writing eBooks with words that sell will enhance your productivity and sales.

Jimmy D. Brown and Ryan Deiss, who love writing eBooks and publishing them, have clearly written an Internet Best Seller which tells you as a writer how writing eBooks that are best sellers is possible. It's called How to Create Best-Sellers Online

Jim Edwards and Joe Vitale, two eBook frontline experts, wrote this eBook called How to Write and Publish Your Own eBook... in as Little as 7 Days. They will help you step-by-step in the process of writing ebooks that you can publish. This eBook will help you choose a subject (if you don't have one), provide ideas to write eBooks, suggest how to publish eBooks, provide some tips on marketing your eBook. You can't go wrong here.

Go ahead choose one and make writing eBooks a dream come true for you.