Web sites for writers

Since I don't want Brenda to be all hrumphy (is that a word?), I'm going to share some of my favorite resources.

REFERENCE:

Chicago Manual of Style (even if you don't have a paid subscription, there's a lot of useful info here):
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html

Strunk & White (the standard by which all else are judged):
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

Guide to Grammar & Writing:
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

The Slot (there's nothing like a curmudgeonly copy editor to set you straight):
http://www.theslot.com/

Purdue OWL (all your grammar questions answered, with illustrations and exercises!):
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Jon Carroll (mondegreens! and he's a good writer, too):
http://sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/

News Watch (they have a good style guide for nonoffensive language):
http://newswatch.sfsu.edu/

Language Corner:
http://www.cjr.org/tools/lc/

The Power of Words:
http://www.projo.com/words/

AJR Resources:
http://www.ajr.org/News_Wire_Services.asp?MediaType=14

Google Scholar:
http://scholar.google.com/

Sree net, smarter surfing links:
http://www.sree.net/stories/web.html

Power Reporting Tools:
http://www.powerreporting.com/

Journalism tools:
http://www.cjr.org/tools/

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Policy Research Institute (Kansas specific):
http://www.ku.edu/pri

Ref Desk (this may be the single best starting point for all kinds of information):
www.refdesk.com

A dictionary site that searches a bunch of dictionaries! (a reverse dictionary too!)
http://www.onelook.com/

Plain English:
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/plainenglish/?view=uk

New York Public Library Digital Gallery:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

Bible Reference tools:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/bible/

KSU library:
http://www.lib.ksu.edu/

Kansas Library Card:
http://www.kslc.org/index.jsp

Morbid curiousity (is Abe Vigoda dead or not?):
(Find a Grave) http://www.findagrave.com/
(The Dead People Server) http://dpsinfo.com/dps/

The Wayback Machine (an archive of Web sites):
http://www.waybackmachine.org/

Poynter Online (writing, ethics, journalism, photojournalism -- amazing resource):
http://www.poynter.org

WRITING TIPS:

Faith in Fiction -- tips and forum
http://www.faithinfiction.blogspot.com/

Lots of stuff at the eServer
http://eserver.org/

My own Web site:
http://lindaruthspot.blogspot.com/