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Rich repository of journal articles and published papers on almost anything. If you are a member of a university library or State Library and put that in your Scholar profile, it will tell you when you have direct access to an article in a subscription-based database.

It's is always worth investigating the authors of a paper before you use it from Scholar, I reckon. Universities overseas, particularly in the US, have different funding arrangements and sometimes the papers here (especially health-related ones) are less than independent.

Fair call. True also of many materials online - factual or opinion-based ... or in the hard to tell the difference category. One good measure of credibility (or arguments against the findings) is to look at how many other people have cited the material and what they've done with it, which you can do via Scholar.

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

I've belonged to this for more than ten years. It is a huge community of people who write, at all levels of experience. Mostly Americans, but many from all around the English-speaking world. There is a free course you can do to see if you like it, before paying to join. If you join, there are many interest groups, self-moderated. I belong to one focusing on literary short story writing, invitation only, full at the moment and not taking members. There are groups writing every kind of genre you can think of. The standard varies hugely from group to group, and from course to course.

For Chrome users, an extension to block out those enticing sites that distract you (this is the one I use). if you accidentally try to access a blocked site, you get a message: shouldn't you be working?

My favorite dictionary. You have to pay to use it.

Good addition. This is often cited as the dictionary standard for Australian authors. You can access it free if you join the State library and many of your local public libraries too.

I keep copies of all my writing on this Cloud site.

I use Dropbox for pictures and Google Drive for text, in essence. The benefit of Google Drivein my opinion is that it ties in (almost) seamlessly with Google's online word processing tools.

Agreed. Simple to use and really terrific for online collaboration. Slightly different concept as the files aren't natively in Word or Excel or whatever, but still very handy.

Find apps to add to Chrome to integrate your other tools (eg Evernote and Diigo). Then when you find a web page you like - anywhere - one click of a button will save it to your Evernote or Diigo account.

Great software for drafting - much easier to use than MS Word for longer pieces of writing. It's worth downloading the trial and setting aside some time to play with the tutorial.

Yes it is, though it's only about $40. Have a play.

Writing software designed especially for writers. Costs around $40 (but do a search for vouchers and you may get a discount).

"Discover and share books you love on Goodreads, the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations" (and obsessively check your reviews and star ratings). Author dashboards, book discussion groups and lists, your library and bookshelves. Where readers are.

I didn't know I had an account until you mentioned it. As it turns out, I told Goodreads a year ago that I'd begun reading Noah Devine's Dharma Punx. I am, to this day, still trying to read Dharma Punx! It is keeping me honest...

Yes, I look like I've been reading the same books for a year, too.

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.

Chrome (or Firefox) allows you to integrate many web tools through its extensions

Mark any web page to read later, eg on your phone or iPad (or computer). Pocket works offline, so you can keep reading in a train tunnel or without wifi.

Use feedly to subscribe to news sites and blogs, and then you can read all your updates in one place.

Free (or very cheap if you want upgrades or cloud version) software for writers, including formatted templates for scripts of all kinds and integrated shooting calendars, production resources, etc

Download free mind mapping software (for Windows or Mac). If you don't like Freemind there are other options listed on the page.

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

Some good inspirational presentations and talks to get you thinking. Regularly update with new ones, and very topical, sometimes confronting.

Huge range of encyclopaedias, dictionaries, journals, databases (eg AustLit). They are free to access (but you have to join the library - also free - to do so.)

Another possible Google Reader replacement - has a good rap so far, and promises to work on ANYTHING. You folk with old Safari versions - try to break it.

Interesting if you like keeping an eye out for what is happening in the international writing world.