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All links to outside sites open a new window. Calculators and Timelines: mileage, calendars, and historical Lot of handy extras here--get the history for any date in the past by clicking the day.
Timing is everything. If your hero leaves town A to meet your heroine in town B...well, you get the idea.
Timelines of History, Today in History, World History
An interactive database of famous people and events in history--provides links to popular search engines with in depth information about each person and event WhoWhatWhen - Interactive Historical Timelines
You can never know enough about what makes people tick--especially yourself Keirsey Temperament and Character Web Site
Interesting website devoted to nonverbal communication The Nonverbal Dictionary of gestures, signs & body language cues
Clichés, quotes, and more... Bemorecreative.com: Thinking, Working and Living More Creatively
Avoiding those clichés, are you? Or perhaps you wish to find one. Either way, check out these sites...
quoteland.com - Quotations on every topic, by every author, and in every fashion possible
Copyscape - Website Plagiarism Search - Web Site Content Copyright Protection
Court TV's site--for true crime aficionados, it can't be beat.
Details give fiction authenticity--legal resources galore. FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
Say your antagonist is convicted of murder, it might behoove you to know whether or not he or she's going to hang, fry, or face lethal injection...or not. State By State Death Penalty Information
An invaluable resource for literature, reference, and verse Bartleby.com: Great Books Online -- Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus and hundreds more
As writers, we can never have too many words Glossary of Money Words from ADVFN
OneLook searches 957 dictionaries indexed.
Online English Dictionary from dictionary.net
Pretty ugly? Government organization?
pseudodictionary - the dictionary for words that wouldn't make it into dictionaries :: v2.0
Good or bad, lawyers can make for compelling characters and taxes can make or break a person...or thicken a plot.
If you know anything of Ambrose Bierce, a visit to this unique website is a must. Mouse over the highlighted text...
Here's a subject specific glossary, good for, say, gamblers or other characters who bet the ponies. Thoroughbred Horse Racing Glossary
Comprehensive dictionary download:
This is the handiest free dictionary download you'll ever use, installs a big red "W" on your system tray that you can click on for instant definitions and synonyms. I liked this so much, I purchased the Pro version, and was that ever worth the money.
Early America, the Wild West, and Native American Early American documents, maps, notable women, etc.
Chinook Jargon Sentence Structure Interesting site
More information about life in the past, including remedies for what ailed you.
Primitive Living Skills Article Index Here's a helping hand (lots of links) for those period westerns. Marvelous online resource for all things Western
FirearmsID.com- An Introduction to Forensic Firearm Identification
Here is a firearms tutorial that includes ballistics, patterns of tissue injury, etc.
Folktales, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Medieval, and Mythology Research for my first novel, since shelved, resulted in this remarkable find. A (much) smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland
Articles on Heraldry, Surnames, Ireland, Scotland, plus a colorful, and extensive, gallery of coats of arms, the meaning of the images and backgrounds, and a lot more.
An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend.
Introducing some of the greater and lesser known works in Celtic literature.
Treasure trove of online material Folktexts: A library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology
Extensive collection of links on all things Irish IRISH LITERATURE, MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, AND DRAMA
Middle Ages :: Medieval Resources
A collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization. The Online Medieval and Classical Library (DL SunSITE)
General information: articles, processes... A place to find information about...places ePodunk - Profiling 46,000 cities, villages, towns, townships and podunks across America
Host of resources for research on a multitude of subjects
To check the current trends, double-check your facts, or discover articles found only in trade magazines
Check here to learn...
Supplement to every library catalogue on the planet (according to them)
Just as the name implies, the Public Library of the Web.
O'Keefe Library-Best Information on the Net- A to Z
Database of alternative medical information
Explanation for the lay person
Links to anything medical, including pathology and related fields
Scientific Testimony - An Online Journal
Great place to start the research on disease, conditions, or general medical knowledge
Having trouble naming that guy or gal who just entered the scene?
Seventh Sanctum - Quick Name Generator
What's in a name? Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names
A website that makes it easier to find your way through the maze of Government information
NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
Index of newspapers throughout the world, plus radio/TV, et al.
Newspapers U.S. and Worldwide from refdesk.com
Certainly your characters will have some of these 7 Deadly Sins, 7 Heavenly Virtues
Handy resource for the writer with a character who feels the need to spout a Biblical verse or ten.
his is an ongoing series, a study of the old Testament from the Jewish perspective.
How about a few Dead Sea Scrolls translations? On-Line Texts Related to Biblical Study: Dead Sea Scrolls
An introduction to the Hebrew Bible
Omitted from the Bible by the Nicene council
A fine search engine
Another avenue for research from Earth and Environment to History and much more... AllRefer Reference & Encyclopedia Resource
CompletePlanet - Discover over 70,000+ databases and specialty search engines
KartOO visual meta search engine
Need a local, regional, national, or international search engine?
Real information and articles, plus a search engine for the web
Soople; easy search in Google. Advanced calculator *Sources Select Online--Expert contacts
Slang--Western, English, Irish, and more
The original Irish slang site Everyday English and Slang in Ireland
Period western? Here's some help with the lingo, pardner. OLD WEST SLANG AND PHRASES, A Writer's Guide
Great site for slang usage, spelling, and definitions. SlangSite.com - The Slang Dictionary
Just in case your character is a colorful sort, here's a site that covers epithets and expletives in 133 languages. Swearsaurus: Swearing, Cursing, Cussing, Insulting and more Swear Words!
TexianCowboy Lingo - Index of Terms
Wranglin' Entertainment - Old West Dictionary
Writing about space? Check out this site SpaceRef - Space News As It Happens
Text analysis, wordcount, keyword density analyzer, prominence analysis
If you wish to count the words in a document, say in a post to a forum, an article, etc., then click the link.
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