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by Cynthia A. Lockley
a woman for all seasons
by Cynthia A. Lockley
a woman for all seasons
Communication Aids for Writers, part 2
"Communication of all kinds is like painting—a compromise with impossibilities." ___Samuel Butler (II)
Writing and Editing Aids for Authors
- Audio-Forum —alphabetical list of language resource publishers
- Alumni Net find old friends from high school and college
- Amazon.com's Technical Writing books
- ARA Content a feature article distribution service (mat service)
- Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. Special Interest Group for DOCumentation (ACM SIGDOC)
Ad poster for the Empire typewriter - alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb
- Art Deadlines list a list of competitions, contests, call for entries and papers, grants, scholarships, fellowships, jobs, and internships in the arts or related areas (painting, drawing, animation, poetry, writing, music, multimedia, journalism, cartooning, dance, photography, video, film, sculpture, and so forth)
- Avoid using jargon in scientific and technical writing Robert Day's jargon replacement list
- Awards
- Biography Center search engine with 10719 biographies (5362 biographies in English) in several languages.
- Biography find search engine with 25,000 of the greatest names, past and present, at your fingertips
- Biography Information Guide
- BookManager IBM's electronic documentation solution for electrifying reading
- Bookstores online
- Books Online
- Bartleby Library from Adams to Yeats
- Books on tape
- 4AudioCassettes.com
- Audio Books on Compact Disc, Inc. audio books and spoken word recordings in many subject areas, in compact disc format
- Books on Tape sales and rentals of unabridged audio books
- Recorded Books, Inc. unabridged audiobooks: best-sellers, mystery, history, romance, biography, suspense, and classics
Photo of a 1900s Underwood typewriter - BookWire Best Bets Index with a link to insults from Shakespeare
- British Library's Online Information Server
- Calendars
- Browntrout
- Sornami (only works in IE)
- Chomskybot foggy, semantic mumbling
- Center for Plain Language
- Clarity an international association promoting plain legal language
- Common Errors in English
- Copyrights
- CANCOPY Canadian copyright laws
- Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. — CCC Online
- Community Networking
- Association for Community Networking
- Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Inc.
- Community Networking Movement
- Writers.com an online community for writers of all ages, interests and skill levels. Anyone may create a free portfolio and exchange feedback with other writers.
- Creative Thinkers discussions on thoughts, literature, living, creativity, writing & media
- Data Powers of Ten
- Dialectizer
- Dialogue and Prose Generators
- Automatic Complaint Letter Generators
- Lorem Ipsum
- Lorem Ipsum in different languages: Esperanto, German, Old English, Icelandic, Morse Code, Spanish, etc.
1890s etching press
- Definitions: Dictionaries
- British to American dictionary —available the 1st week of each month
- British, Canadian, and American Vocabulary
- Computer dictionary with a searchable index
- Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE)
- Dictionary of Symbolism
- DoD Dictionary of Military Terms
- DoD Dictionary of Military Terms PDF format
- DoD Electronic Library
- Engineers Edge engineering definitions from acoustic to welding
- e-word definitions
- Fictionary of Witty Words
- Global Glossary Collection Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Hacker's Jargon
- Hyperdictionary: Medical Dictionary
- IBM Glossary and Terminology consolidates the terminology from many IBM products and services in one convenient location
- Insurance Jargon
- Latin Dictionaries
- Marketing Glossary
- MedlinePlus Dictionary
- MedlinePlus Encyclopedia
- Merriam-Webster Online dictionary, encyclopaedia, and thesaurus
- Military Definitions
- New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Glossary
- OneLook Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Word of the Day
- Photonics Dictionary
- Reverse Dictionary can't think of the word? Enter the definition to get a list of words
- Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
- Systems and Software Engineering Vocabulary (SEVOCAB) from the IEEE Computer Society offers current terminology for software and standards developers, engineers, and students
- TechEncyclopedia define IT terms
- TECHtionary an animated technical dictionary
- Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms; Federal Standard 1037C
- Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- Word Spy devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases
- Definitions: Reference Resources
Edison using his dictating machine, photo National Park Service- Acronym Finder over 125,000 acronyms/abbreviations from all subjects, with a focus on computers, technology, telecommunications, and the military.
- And if that doesn't find it, try The Ultimate Acronym Tool developed by the Institute of Rural Sciences, University of Wales
- Antagonyms
- HighBeam Library Research research without legwork
- Encyclopedia of Banking & Finance
- Filename extensions
- HomeworkSpot a free homework information portal that features the very best reference and news information for K-12 students
- IBM Globalization Resources links to global Web statistics, country/region information, currency, population growth, and languages
- Internet Public Library
- Latin Abbreviations commonly used by writers
- Latin Abbreviations compiled by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog
- PeopleSpot an information resource about people
- Translating Dictionaries
- 24 Languages translating dictionaries
- German-English translating dictionary
- " The Awful German Language" by Mark Twain
- Spanish Medical Translations
- Word2Word —Language Dictionaries and Translators
- Units of Measurement
- Units of Measurement Converter
- Visual Thesaurus
- Whatis?com the most current IT-related words
- A.Word.A.Day provided by Wordsmith.org
- Yahoo! Reference Libraries
- Documentation Samples and Templates
- Editing
- American Copy Editors Society
- Editing and proofreading tips
- Editorial Resources a great list of Canadian and American resources for writers and editors
- Editorial Experts, Inc. (EEI)
- Electronic greetings
Woman using a 1900s candlestick phone- Blue Mountain Arts electronic greetings
- Card Central index of electronic card sites
- Castle Mountains postcards
- Celebrity Electronic Postcards
- Digital Postcard create your own
- Electronic Postcards
- Electronic postcards from Mountain Travel * Sobek
- Greeting cards
- Hallmark cards
- Tommy Lee Jones Electronic Postcards
- Virtual Chocolate
- English as a Foreign Language (University of Sussex Language Institute)
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- English Grammar FAQ
- English Language Reference provided by UsingEnglish.com
- ESL/EFL/TESL/TEFL Links Pages (Many TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ELT Links)
- ESL vocabulary quizzes for foreign students
- Etymology of Names
- Foreign Languages for Travelers
- Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetroppe Magazine with online writing workshops
- Grammar Hotlines in the USA and Canada
- GrammarLogs (Q&A about English grammar from 1994-current year): http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/grammarlogs.htm
- Guide to Grammar and Writing: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
- Greeting cards and party supplies
- Gift wrap – Sally Foster 50% of sales are donated to the school of your choice.
- Paper Catalog
- Pomegranate art and greeting cards, calendars, posters, and bookmarks
- Party Block
- HTML Writer's Guild
- ID Blog an information design weblog
- IEEE Professional Communication Society (IEEE PCS)
- iLoveLanguages (formerly the Human-Languages Page)
- Information Process Maturity Model (IPMM) Quiz
Test the maturity of the publication products in your organization. - International Association of Audio Visual Communicators (IAAVC) the International CINDY (Cinema in Industry) Competition
- IUPUI University Library Reference and Research Tools
- Labels
- Language and Linguistics
1900s librarian - Learn Spanish in Peru - travel to Lima and learn Spanish at El Sol, who offers six levels to study Spanish, homestay, volunteer opportunities, and more.
- Library of Congress
- Literary Arts WebRing
- Literary Criticism
- Literary Search Engine selective literary search engine about authors and poets
- Marketing and PR Sources Online
- Multimedia Search find movie trailers, itunes, music, and more
- Mega Converter convert Roman stadia to inches and more
- MLA Documentation Guides
- MIL-SPEC and MIL-STANDARD resources
- Military Specifications, Standards and Related Publications—DoD's Single Stock Point
- Museum of Television and Radio
- Old-Time Radio Digest
- Palindromes in alphabetical order
- Plain Language Action Network
- Plain Language Association INternational (PLAIN)
- Professional organizations for writers and communicators
- Public Relations and Event Announcement Resources
- EventCrazy.com
- Public Relations services from Gebbie Press mailing label database of TV and newspapers, etc.
- Publishers' Catalogues & Book Sources
- Purdue's Online Writing Lab
- Quotations
- Reference desk
- Resources for Technical Writers
- Rubber stamps
- Society for Technical Communication (STC) headquarters
- STC Washington, DC Chapter (STC WDC)
- STC WDC Blog
- STC WDC Forum (for STC members only)
- Science and Technology Virtual Libraries
- Style Guides
- Technical Writing:
- CMS Watch
- Docsymmetry; Become a Great Technical Writer even if you are not a great writer. Information for writers and managers about what technical writers need to know.
- Technical Writing: A Practical Approach companion Web site
Guides to Using Microsoft Word
1901 – Guglielmo Marconi seated inside the station at St. John's, Signal Hill, Newfoundland, after receiving the first transatlantic wireless signal. - Teaching Technical Communication Journals list
- Timelines Database: Who, What, Where New
- Keep up with Tina the Techwriter and other office characters from Dilbert.com
- Washington Independent Writers
- Writer's Almanac, The a daily program of poetry and history hosted by Garrison Keillor
- Writer's Block Tips
- The Writer's Center
- Writer's Resource Center
- The Writers' Source
- Writing Abstracts
- Writing Argumentative Essays tutorial
- University of Maryland's Book Collection for faculty and staff only
- The Vintage Library a specialty bookstore featuring a unique selection of hundreds of paperbacks, collector's editions, e-books, magazines, fanzines, and other formats that captures the spirit and excitement of the early to mid 20th century world of fiction.
- Washington Speakers Bureau for celebrity speakers
- World Wide Web Resources
- See also Art, drama, and literature
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