Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Calista's Wednesday Links

AskOxford.com
http://www.askoxford.com/
Administered by Oxford University Press, this site offers a global
search engine for English grammar, spelling, q & a, and much more.

Book Promoter
http://www.bookpromoter.com/authors-newsletter.html
Website for authors working to promote their and even
sell their wares. Site offers free forums, newsletters,
site appraisal, and more.

Copyright & Fair Use
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/cpyright.html
Straight forward, easy to understand explaination
and criteria for the fair use of copyrighted
materials.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Storyblogging Carnival

Trudy,
I've gotten the Second Year Inauguaral Storyblog up at http://talesoftadeusz.blogspot.com .
Cordially,
Eric R. Ashley

Calista's Wednesday Links

American Bar Association ~ Copyright Basics
http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/comm106/106copy.html
Comprehensive site of legal knowledge that answers questions about the basics of American copyright law. Information includes amplification of existing copyrighted material, who can and what is eligible for copyright registration and what forms should be used for copyrighting.

Filmmakers
http://www.filmmakers.com/index.htm
Screenwriters resource offering news, contest information,and resource links.

Handbook of Forensic Services
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/handbook/intro.htm
Forensic information site run by the FBI details proceedure for evidence submission, examination, and crime scene security and investigation.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Calista's Wednesday Links

The Blue Book of Grammar & Punctuation
http://www.grammarbook.com/
Easy to use online reference guide.

Copyright Society of the USA
http://www.csusa.org/
Organization whose main purpose is to gather,
interchange, and disseminate copyright law and
information.

Midwest Book Review
http://www.midwestbookreview.com/get_rev.htm
Publisher of book reviews for several public and academic library systems
and the internet. Considers small and self published books for review.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Calista's Wednesday Links

Alicia Rasley's Writers' Corner
http://www.sff.net/people/alicia/
Website geared towards Romance writers, but offers tips and courses for writers in all genre.

The Copyright Licensing Agency
http://www.cla.co.uk/
A non-profit organization, British Copyright Law and Licensing Agency offers tips to British writers on protecting their works under the loose British copyright law.

Doollee
http://www.doollee.com/Agents/6CANagents.htm
A searchable database of Canadian Literary Agents.

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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Camp

This is a short story written especially for the 1st Anniversary issue of the Storyblogging Carnival. See all the entries here!

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Calista's Wednesday Links

All Law
http://www.alllaw.com/topics/
An index of law related links from Administrative
Law, to ethics, identity theft and weather related
litigation.

AuthorsLawyer.com
http://www.authorslawyer.com/index.shtml
Offers copyright information from a proauthor viewpoint and copyright
resources. 1976 & 1998 US Copyright Law. Site also offers information
on literary scams broken down by agent, editor, printing and publishers.

Jerry Hill Present Names
http://anzwers.org/free/jhpn/
Need a name for a character? Looking for something interesting, esoteric
or just weird? Say, a tasty little tidbit in Finnish? A 14th century Scottish
given name? Or just something off the wall? Names: tidbits, trivia and a
lot of "Wow! I didn't know that."

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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Calista's Wednesday Links

American Screenwriter's Association
http://www.asascreenwriters.com/
Association for the advancement of screenwriters and perfecting their work.

Cover Script
http://www.coverscript.com/index.html   
Script critiquing, ghost writing, rewrites. Site includes an interesting collection of links and resources.

Flash Quake
http://www.flashquake.org/
http://www.flashquake.org/guidelines.html
Writing website offers online writing classes, and a quarterly magazine of flash fiction and non
fiction, poetry, and artwork.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Calista's Wednesday Links

Beth Anderson - Hot Clues
http://www.geocities.com/hotclue/
http://www.geocities.com/hotclue/barebones.html
Chicago area crime writer Beth Anderson offers up
notes from her writing seminars where she teaches
about the ever important synopsis, offers tips for new
writers and more. Take the time to read one hundred
things.

Copyright NewsNet
http://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/
http://www.copyright.gov/newsnet/subchange.html
Sign up for the American Library of Congress' copyright
newsletter. This free emailed newsletter provides updates
to American copyright law and issues.

Forensics Resource and Criminal Law Search
http://www.kruglaw.com/
http://www.scientific.org/tutorials/tutorial.html
Awesome crime and mystery writer's resource, check out the
"A Beginner's Primer on the Investigation of Forensic Evidence."

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Calista's Wednesday Links

CIPRO ~
Copyright Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office
http://www.cipro.gov.za/products_services/copyrights.asp
Cipro is the result of a merger of the South African Companies Registration dictorate
and the South African Patents and Trademark office. Site offers fee scale and on
line registration, and information.

Crime Scene Investigation
http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/
Mystery and Crime writer's paradise. Tips on the hows, whys,
where, whats, and who woulds of crime and crime scenes.

Dowse
http://www.dowse.com/home.html
Link archive for writers, artist, and other
creative people. Links include resources, markets,
and research.

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