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CourtSystem.org

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CourtSystem.org is home to tens of thousands of US courts, jails, prisons, police departments, sheriffs, and district attorneys with easy to access contact information including addresses, hours, phone numbers, and services provided by each office. A very useful site for research purposes.

Best Poems Encyclopedia

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Large collection of poems listed by author nationality.  Also offers poets the ability to submit their poems and get them published online.

Alternet

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American site offering an alternative view of the news, supported by the not-for-profit Independent Media Institute. The database contains more than 7,000 articles on all aspects of current affairs and recent events. Also runs the Alties alternative movie awards. www.alternet.org

Freespeling

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Richard Lawrence Wade's campaigning website which has as it mission: 'to encourage flexibility within English speling similar to the language’s versatility of expression and innovation of vocabulary so that, year by year, a new consensus on preferd spelings wil emerge to enable greater ease of written communication and wider literacy.' www.freespeling.com   Read more

Italian Language

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Useful site for anyone wanting to learn or improve their Italian. http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/

Education News

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Covering mainly the US but with some international and UK news, this is a vast resource of education news from K-12 and higher education policy and politics all the way to education technology. Comprehensive, stimulating and up-to-date. www.educationnews.org/

The Site

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Useful wide-ranging site one-stop advice and information website where 16-24 year-olds can find support and guidance on a range of issues. It has a useful page for aspiring writers and comments from author Stella Duffy. www.thesite.org/

English Degrees in the Twentieth Century

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An educational resource put together by a group of recent college graduates with a passion for English. Drawing from they university and employment experiences, they offer useful materials for those engaged in the study of English from high school students to college students to post-graduates. Also features the Ultimate Grammar guide and the Guide to Technical Writing.  Read more

Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED)

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Online community of several million focusing on exchanging and spreading ideas from some of the world's greatest thinkers and doers. http://www.ted.com For instance there is a video clip of Amy Tan talking about her writing www.ted.com/index.php/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity.html

AcademicInfo

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An American online education resource centre with extensive subject guides and distance learning information which seeks to provide free, independent and accurate information and resources for prospective and current students. Founded in 1998 by Mike Madin, a librarian coordinator, and now maintained by multiple contributors.  Read more

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10 June 2019 - What's new

June 2019
  • ‘First the length. In an age of ever-shortening attention spans, you have to have a pretty powerful message to keep anyone's interest for much over 75,000 words (about 300 pages).
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The Kindle Storyteller Award 2019

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Closing date: 
31 August 2019
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Writers of 18 or over publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing between 1st May and 31 August 2019 No entry fee
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Grand Prize £20,000 cash, publishing agreement with Amazon Publishing and Amazon launch

The Kindle Storyteller Award 2019 is a £20,000 literary prize recognising outstanding writing. It is open to writers publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing between 1st May and 31 August 2019. There are some specific exclusions in the Terms and Conditions, which need carefuly reading.  Read more

'If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.'

— Stephen King

Writing your first non-fiction book

10 June 2019

‘First the length. In an age of ever-shortening attention spans, you have to have a pretty powerful message to keep anyone's interest for much over 75,000 words (about 300 pages). In fact, if you can't present your proposition in 300 pages, then you may have a problem with excessive verbiage you should deal with.  Read more

3 June 2019 - What's new

June 2019
  • ‘When...I started, there was the hardback and the paperback. Then there was the hardback, the trade paperback, and the paperback. Then there was the hardback, the trade paperback, the paperback, and the ebook. Then there was all that plus audio.
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