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A systematic, simple way to understand and implement effective online marketing. A clear tutorial approach to the "Copyblogger method" of creating a profitable online business or marketing your offline business online. An organized reference guide to the "best of the best". I have found numerous articles on successfully marketing your writing and ways to use social networking as well. One of my favoritie articles is a Mad Men spin on blogging. http://www.copyblogger.com/mad-men/

Writing.Com is the online community for writers of all interests. Established in 2000, our community breeds Writing, Writers and Poetry through Creative Writing Help, Online Creative Writing Portfolios, Poetry, Writers' Tools and more.

I posted this because I like to keep this (and a few others) on my computer desktop for quick access while writing Free online dictionary, thesaurus, spanish-english and medical dictionaries, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games, and many more high-quality Merriam-Webster language resources.

This is a great dictionary site for creative, "visual" people. This site allows you to diagram words and their associations to other words. It's a fun way to brainstorm! See formal description below: Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary - Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate. Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree.

Advice from and for online journalsts.

This site has tons of online resources for writing. It includes lot of other links to writing sites and is a great jumping-off place if you are looking for information. Check it out!

If you're writing for a newspaper, the majority of them are fussy about following the AP stylebook. It makes sense from their perspective. They have a deadline and don't want to worry about details. Like this example from my hardcopy version of The AP Stylebook "Initials … T.S. Eliot (No space between T. and S. to prevent them from being placed on two lines of type." (P 363) I bet the online version is easier to search and the auto updates would be nice.

I posted this site for everyone who would like to keep a private Journal - electronically! The site gives you a realistic, "leather bound" journal with lined paper in it which you can use for notes, thoughts, feelings, lists, story ideas or anything else that you would like to write about. You can keep it private or you can share it if you wish. It's saved in the "Cloud" so wherever you are, there it is! It's free for a good basic version and $19 per year for the full blown "Pro" version with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy!

Fiona, this site is awesome! I have already started my own journal and am considering going pro. Thanks for finding and sharing this site.

DocumentaryHeaven is a site filled with thousands of free documentaries. This is my favorite documentary site.

This is the most comprehensive travel writing program I have found online. It's very affordable ($350) for a 12 week intensive course with a great community of fellow students and alumni. I plan to complete this program very soon. They also have travel photography and travel film making courses.

The best way to enhance your writing is by practice, practice and more practice. Blogs follow a theme usually and journals are ways to put our random thoughts on paper (or in text). Having an online journal with personalized security settings allows us to write whatever our hearts desire without worrying about what our audience might think. I found this site a great blend of personalized journaling and social networking. Below is their description of the site: LiveJournal is a vibrant global social media platform where users share common passions and interests. With hundreds of communities built around popular interests, like entertainment, celebrity gossip, music, food, travel, fashion, parenting, pets, and more, LiveJournal users express themselves through creative journaling and lively commentary.

An article in an online fund raising magazine. It is techonology being used, to raise funds, to get tech equipment to specific journalist who need it.

This site was one that I found by accident and it looks very interesting. It is a tool for visually mapping out projects and ideas as well as a collaboration tool (it integrates with Google docs). I haven't used it yet, but the video overview looks fantastic - check out the video! Create, share and collaboratively work on mind maps with MindMeister, the leading online mind mapping tool.

1. Citing Sources - General 2.Citing Electronic Sources 3.APA Style (American Psychological Association) 4.Chicago Manual of Style / Turabian Style 5.CGOS Style - Columbia Guide to Online Style 6.CBE Style -Council of Biology Editors 7.Harvard Style 8.MLA Style (Modern Language Association) 9.Resume Writing and Cover Letters 10.

An interesting approach to online writing groups.It could be just what you're looking for if you have trouble finding alocal group.

I shared this because it's a writer's community forum. Not only does it provide alot of information for writers, but it is a place to share work, thoughts and ideas. Share your poetry, short stories and novels. Join writing groups. Enter writing contests. Search publishers, literary agents and literary magazines.

Serving High School, College, and University students, their teachers,and independent researchers since 2000. This online tool was originally created by David Warlick of The Landmark Project on October 29, 2000 and is part of the Landmarks for Schools Web site for teachers.