Places to go

So after you are done here, I have a few link recommendations for you. They’re all reading and/or writing related of course. Most of them have been posted in my blog before, and I will be adding more as we go along. You can also try looking at my Webly Wednesday posts for more links.
Fun stuff

• I Write Like …
  Find out which well-known author you write like (or have a great laugh).
• Wordle
  Make pretty “word clouds” of a text you’ve written. Also useful for seeing if you overuse certain words.

Useful writing links

• Duotrope’s Digest
  A database of more than 3,000 current fiction and poetry publications.
• Every Day Fiction
  Read a new story of 1,000 words or less every day. Or submit your own.
• NaNoWriMo
  National Novel Writing Month. Write 50,000 words in 30 days.
• The Original Fiction Mary-Sue Litmus Test
  Testing your characters for clichés and “Mary Sueness”.
• The Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test
  Another of those tests.

Useful reading links

• Goodreads
  Make your own virtual bookshelves to keep track of what you’ve read and what you want to read.
• Great Novels and Word Count
  An impressive list of well-known books and their wordcounts.
• Library Thing
  Catalogue what you read. Like Goodreads.
• Top 10 Longest Novels in the English Language
  Dizzyingly high wordcounts ahead!
• The Best Author Blogs
  Links to more than 50 writer blogs.
• Literary Tweets: 100+ of the Best Authors on Twitter
  Authors on Twitter.
• Shelfari
  Another place to make a virtual bookshelf.

Other links (or things that fall in more than one category)

• Amazon
  Where I like to buy the books I can’t get in my local bookstore.
• Spotlight on the WP Book Bloggers
  A list of book blogs on WordPress. Really useful for finding reviews etc.
• Wikipedia
  Oh yes. Not for in-depth research, but very good for getting an overview. Of mostly anything.