A list of helpful sites related to writing. Where other sites have done a better job of listing markets etc, I've linked to them.
Market Lists
| TaniaWrites non-complete list of British and Irish lit mags | Duotrope's Digest | Ralan's Webstravaganza |
| Literature Training Jobs and Opportunities | The Short Story Website | Romance Wiki Publishers |
Writing Competition Listings
(note: the Short Story Website and Literature Training in the markets listings also list comps, so I have not repeated them here)
| Academi | Prize Magic | |
| Writers Forum (monthly competition and Sally's article) | Writers News/Writing Magazine (monthly comps) |
Publishers' Guidelines
| Womagwriter's Site (for women's mags) | Mills & Boon/Harlequin | Carina Press (Harlequin ebooks) |
| Accent Press/Xcite Books | Bridge House Publishing | The Yellow Room Magazine |
| MacMillan New Writing |
Story Generators/Ideas/Tips/Advice/Fun Stuff
| S/Cally Story Generator | The Seventh Sanctum Story Generators | Short Story Ideas |
| The Bookshelf Muse | The Literary Lab | The Novel Racers Resource List (see drop down box on left hand side) |
| Scribd.com (free books on writing) | Rum and Monkey Name Generator | Surname Profiler |
| Wikipedia List of Occupations | Behind The Name | Short Story Writing Tips |
| Ask Sally | Fiction Factor | NaNoWriMo |
| Ask Sally (Competition related) | Sally Zigmond - The Elephant In The Writing Room (features very good articles on short story writing) | The Literary Project (interviews with writers and industry insiders) |
| Fiction Factor | Short Story Group Writing Tips | The Critters Workshop |
| Writing Historical Fiction | Six Steps for Writing Historical Fiction | Flickr Random Pictures |
| Brainy Quote | Ten Rules For Writing Fiction (Guardian Article) |
Research/Encyclopedias/Misc