Resources for Writers

Although this is not a comprehensive list, you will find many useful resources. The information was gathered from a variety of sources. Thank you to everyone who recommended a site or resource. Please email me with any new resource materials and I'll add them to the list.

JOURNALISM
www.sources.com/Sources Directory: more than 5,000 expert contacts and media spokespersons representing more than 1,000 organizations
www.strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/cp_main-e.html Canadian Intellectual Properties Office
www.icij.org/International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
www.journalismnet.com JournalismNet
www.cancopy.com/Canadian copyright
www.press-release-writing.comPRW Newsletter - Press Release Writing Tips
www.iabc.com/International Association of Business Communicators
www.cwc-afc.com/Canadian Women in Communication
www.outdoorwritersofcanada.com/Outdoor Writers of Canada
newsconnect.tpl.toronto.on.ca/Newspapers in over 70 languages
www.newswire.ca/Canada NewsWire service
www.thepaperboy.com/websites of all newspapers
www.cmpa.ca/Canadian Magazine Publishers Association
www.cln.org/themes/spelling.html spelling, word usage, etc.
clickz.com/article/cz.3494.html Writing Consistently Across Media: Ten Proofreading Tips
www.ojohaven.com/fun/ The Linguistic Fun Page
www.nobunaga.demon.co.uk/htm/english.htm Good English and Bad English
andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/ Guide to Grammar and Style
www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0300.html The American Heritage Book of English Usage
www.bartleby.com/100/ Familiar Quotations - Ancient and Modern Literature
www.hoovers.com/ Site for researching companies
www.drgrammar.org/ Dr. Grammar
www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html Common Errors in English Usuage
www.buzzwhack.com/ demystifying jargon and buzzwords
www.jargonfreeweb.com/ Site dedicated to jargon free language
www.logophilia.com/wordSpy WordSpy
home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/index.html Wayne Magnuson English Idioms: Sayings and Slang
www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2012/quote-07.html Quotations: Annoying Proverbs
www.netlingo.com/ NetLingo
www.buzzkiller.net/ The Buzz Saw
www.inkspot.com/ self-publishing
wordsmith.org/awad/ Word-a-day
www.edit-work.com/ editing
www.statcan.ca/english/ Statistics Canada
www.magomania.com/english/ listing of all periodicals
www.mastheadonline.com/ilinks.htm daily news about the Canadian magazine industry
www.pch.gc.ca/culture/cult_ind/magazines/mags_toc.htm magazine industry backgrounder
www.allbusiness.com/ templates for forms and agreements
www.CyberJournalist.net/ tips and talk for online writers and editors
writing.shawguides.com/ The Guide to Writers Conferences and Workshops
Writing Right for Today's Mass Media by Paul Adams, Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1998

FREELANCE
www.web.net/~pwac Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
The PWAC Guide to Canadian Markets for Freelance Writers
The PWAC Guide to Contract & Business Practices for Freelance Writers
The PWAC Guide to Editing as a Sideline for Freelance Writers
www.editors.ca/ Editor's Association of Canada
www.writersunion.ca/ The Writer's Union of Canada
www.caj.ca/ Canadian Association of Journalists
www.stctoronto.org/ Society for Technical Communication, Toronto Chapter
www.stc-montreal.org/ Society for Technical Communication, Montréal Chapter
www.aiconsult.ca/ Association of Independent Consultants
www.editors.ca/pubs/contract.htm Freelance Contract
www.freelancewrite.about.com/ contract examples and copyright information
www.freelancewriting.com/ Web Site for Today's Working Writers
www.writing-world.com/basics/tensteps.html Ten Steps You Can Take Today Towards Becoming a Freelance Writer
www.generation.net/~gjones/assoc.htm Photographer's Associations
www.secondrights.com site resells articles published by computer and technology writers
www.quillandquire.com/ Quill & Quire: Canada's Magazine for Book News and Reviews
www.marketsforwriters.com/r_adapt.html resources to help you live off the writing you love
www.literarymarketplace.com/ resource for book publishing industry
www.sentex.net/~pql/ The Porcupine Quill: advice and resources for writers
www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/index.htm Writer's Workshops: Univ. of Illinois
www.writersblock.ca/ Writer's Block: The Canadian E-Zine for the Writing Trade
www.onelook.com/ online dictionary and thesaurus
www.canadaone.com/ Small Business Hub
The Complete Guide to Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction and Getting It Published by Pat Kubis and Bob Howland, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1990

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RADIO
radio.cbc.ca/programs/outfront/radio/make.html CBC Radio - OUTFRONT (aired 11:45 am M-T on 88.5FM Montréal) -develops and broadcasts freelance work; offers a freelance forum to meet/talk to other freelancers-Email: outfront@cbc.ca Tel: 416-205-6606

NEW MEDIA
www.studioxx.org/ Studio XX Montreal: -offers multi-media courses for women
www.digitalevetoronto.com/ DigitalEve: Toronto chapter for women involved in new media; several active discussion groups on writing, web design, careers, job-hunting, etc.
www.digitelles.org/ DigitElles: DigitalEve's Montréal chapter
haig.commerce.ubc.ca/archive/tech98/msg00079.html information about IT salary ranges
www.pw.org/ Poets and Writers Online: Resources for Creative Writers
www.multimediator.com/ Multimediator - multiple resources
www.content-exchange.com/ The Digital Marketplace for Online Content Creators and Publishers
www.contentbiz.com/ Practical news for Internet marketing
www.canoe.ca/ Internet Network
www.corante.com/ Technology NewsWire Service
www.icontent.ca/ resource related to web content
www.ibiztips.com/archive.htm writing resources
www.ibizwriters.com/ Resources and advice for those who write
www.hwg.org/ The HTML Writers Guild
www.wiredwoman.com/ The Wired Woman Society
tutorials.beginners.co.uk/ Brief tutorials on many programs (i.e. Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc.)
www.wpdfd.com/index.htm Web Page Design for Designers
ibm.com/developer/Works IBM pc info site
Writing for the Web by Crawford Kilian, Self Counsel Press, 2001

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EMPLOYMENT
www.jeffgaulin.com/ Jeff Gaulin's Journalism Job Board
www.mediajobsearchcanada.ca/ Media Related Employment Opportunties
www.qcna.org/journalism.html Quebec Community Newspapers Association: Job Bank
www.communitynews.ca/ Canadian Community Newspapers Association: Job Bank
www.careerclick.com/ job/employment listings across Canada
www.charityvillage.com/ employment opportunities for non-profit organizations and voluntary groups across Canada
www.workopolis.com/ Workopolis
www.monster.com/ Monster
www.monstertrak.com/ Monstertrak
emploiquebec.net/index.htm Emploi-Québec Job Bank
www.jobboom.com/ job site
www.jobtrak.com/ job site
www.jobfinder.com/ job site
www.actualjobs.com/ Canada-wide job site
www.hotjobs.ca/ Canada job site www.bilinguallink.com/english/jobs/index.htmllinking candidates and employers in the bilingual labour market
voir.ca Voir - petites annonces
hour.ca Hour - classifieds
www.workaholics4hire.com/ job site for work in the New Economy
www.stc-montreal.org/jobbank.html Society for Technical Communication, Montréal Chapter: job listings
www.naa.org/employlink/ Newspaper Association of America: Employlink
www.internews.org/projects/jobs.html and www.internews/about/employment.htm InterNews Jobs: jobs worldwide
careerplanning.about.com/cs/jobinterviews/index.htm career planning information
www.elance.com/ Bid on writing/translation, etc. projects from 50 countries

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