Resources

References |  Tools | Websites |  Editorial Services

References

Style Guides

• The Elements of Style by Strunk & White.
• Guide to Grammar and Writing—Charles Darling’s guide.
• U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual
• Chicago Manual of Style’s FAQ
• The American Heritage Book of English Usage— grammar rules, style, and word formation.

Dictionaries & Thesauri

• One Look— online dictionaries and a acronym databases.
• Merriam-Webster OnLine— dictionary and thesaurus.
• Thsrs: The Shorter Thesaurus- synonyms the same length or shorter than the word you enter.
• Common Errors in English

Other

• Confusing Words- more than 3,000 words that get confused with other, or are difficult to understand.
• Slanguage: Slang Terms- regional, national and international slang terms.
• RhymeZone.com- words that rhyme, synonyms, antonyms, similar sounding words, and more.
• 100 Most Often Mispelled Misspelled Words in English.

Tools

• Tests Document Readability- online software tool calculates readability.
• Word Count Calculator- count the number of words, characters and lines of text in real-time.
• PDF-Word- Free PDF to MS Word converter.

Websites You Might Like

• Cliche of the Day- 2,100 cliches, sayings and figures of speech.
  
• PoliticalQuotes.org: Eigen’s Political & Historical Quotations- more than 40,000 quotations from different historical and political figures in searchable database.
• Query Tracker.net- find a literary agent.
• Preditors and Editors- a guide to publishers and publishing services for serious writers since 1997.
• A.Word.A.Day
• Random African Proverb Generator
• Random African Name Generator
• Afrikan Names- find an African name for a character, a child, or yourself.
• E-drum- listserv providing information of interest to Black writers and diverse supporters worldwide.
• AALBC.com- website promoting the diverse spectrum of African American literature.

Editorial Services

• Pentouch.  Pentouch specializes in corporate, technical, and website editing.
• The Wordsmith.  The Wordsmith is an editing and writing business which provides services for authors, publishers and executives.

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