Writer Things
Online tools and resources that I think I’ll need someday.
Word
AdjectivesStarting.com: adjectives from A to Z
Collective Nouns (Wiktionary)
Forvo: pronunciation dictionary
LettersPro: sample letters
OneLook Dictionary Search: allows wildcards
Onomatopoeia Dictionary (Written Sound)
Positive Words and Language (BoomPositive)
Thing Database: find words for things
Word Frequency Counter (WriteWords)
WordCounters: word counts for existing books
WordHippo: thesaurus and other tools
Misc
Accelerated Reader Bookfinder: book level and word counts
Common Sense Media: advice and ratings
Fiction Genres (Service Scape)
Reference Angle: head angles and facial expressions
Media
Flickr Commons: public photo archives
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Morguefile: free stock photos for commercial use
Wikimedia Commons: free media files
Image
Image Resizer (Promo)
Inkarnate: map-maker
Instad.io: turn visuals into illustrations
Juxtapose: frame comparisons
Color
Color Leap: colors of history
Food
Gastro Obscura: 1,000+ unusual foods
History
SunCalc: sun direction on exact date/time in world
Science
Science & Entertainment Exchange: connects entertainment industry with scientists and engineers
Illustrations
Code
Event URL Generator: Google calendar links
Verification
Layouts + Templates
Picture Book Dummy (Tara Lazar): layout
Newsletters
Not a Newsletter: guide to sending better emails
Rates
Rate Finder (Lite Box): payments for illustrations
Rates Database (The Freelance Creative): database of publications and reported payments
Who Pays Writers? database of publications and reported payments
Submissions
Literary Journals and Rejections (Rejection Wiki)
Copyright + Trademark
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (Cornell)
Text Recycling Research Project: For Editors: understanding so-called self-plagiarism
Research
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