Writers Victoria Writer's Toolkit

Fully searchable note taking tool, perfect for keeping track of scribble , ideas, projects and resources

Keep track of all your bookmarks and access them from any device. Share with groups, and join groups or search Diigo to get the best of other people's resources

A panel of publishers, writers and journalists at the Emerging Writers' Festival shared their tips on getting paid for your writing.

Subscribe to this website and receive email updates about websites that pay for content. None of them are high-paying, but it's fun to read about opportunities.

Handy explanation of the basics of differing spellings in Britain and America

That's grand, thanks. I Americanized (sic) my blog recently (to help me get a job in California) and found it a lot more painful than I had expected. It seems 30-odd years of training makes habits hard to break.

Handy post on a few places to get online critiques, info and support

I loved this TED Radio Hour special on storytelling. It includes interviews and TED talks from a Pixar scriptwriter, the author of the historical reimagining The Girl with the Pearl Earring and a book cover artist. "Storytelling is joke-telling."

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.

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.

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.

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

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