HERE’S a link to the WikiAnswers.com Creative Writing category … supervised by Yours Truly, of course. Browse through the questions and you might learn something interesting!
Short-Shorts
Short-short: Ship’s Passenger Lists
HERE’S a great list of actual names – you can look up passengers on ships from the 1700’s and 1800’s – fantastic way to come up with character names!
Short-shorts: Photos of the Wild West
Legends of America has a great PHOTO GALLERY – tons of photos of the Old West for research.
Short-Shorts: Last Names
HERE’S another little website I found while researching – it’s a LAST name generator for your characters, using US census data.
Short-Shorts: Name Your Characters
HERE is a nice little collection of ways you can come up with unique character names, by our friends at WikiHow.
Short-Shorts: Awards
It’s not every day you get an actual medal as an award – I like it! And just for kicks, HERE’S a link to my YouTube “Writing Advice” playlist!
Short-Shorts: 7 Writing Apps
Where Writer’s Win has a great little post – 7 Must-Have Writing Apps
Short-Shorts: History Timelines
HERE is a link to a page of timelines, for those of you who write historical fiction — or who just like history!
Short-Shorts: Wild West Fonts
HERE are some free fonts from the Wild West!
Short-Shorts: Western Plot Kickers
Stephen Bly has a nice little blog with some realistic plot kickers for those of you who also write Westerns!