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Site of a local writer of short stories and flash fiction.

Good overview of how we as fiction writers could apply 'write what you know'. Practical. 

A whole lot of stuff, tools, advice, articles and comments - some of which are quite useful or get you thinking at least.

The history of English word usage. Fascinating for anyone who loves words but essential for anyone trying to vaguely keep things accurate in historical fiction. Also a little addictive.

One for the nonfiction writers especially but everyone will benefit, I think. Snopes debunks urban legends, lies and ridiculous social media campaigns by a team of fact-checkers. It is very fast and pretty reliable.

New Australian publisher of short stories and novellas. Must be by a Brisbane writer or have some connection to Brisbane. Pays $10 for a story and wants all world-wide rights for a year after the anthology is published, then rights revert to the author.

American markets for children's magazines

Take a story by a writer you really, really admire - preferably a short short story that won't take for ever to reproduce. Analyze it in minute detail: from word choice to sentence length. Now, choose a different setting and different characters with different dreams from that of the originals, and write a copycat story, following the exact structure and tone of the original.

This is the site I mentioned last week that sends you a random piece out of a book each day. Non-fiction. Good for ideas to write about, or just interesting. American.