NOVEMBER 2009

Dan Case is the owner of AWOC.COM Publishing and is the editor of their flagship publication, Writing for DOLLARS! He is the co-author of The Complete Guide to Writing and Selling Magazine Articles and author of numerous articles, essays and writes regularly for the “How to Promote Your Book blog” at promote.blogspot.com. His cartoons have appeared in books, magazines, newsletters and in syndication both online and in newspapers. He is also the President of Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. (OWFI) for 2009/10. In 2007, He went on a four thousand mile “search for Sasquatch” trip with author Charles W. Sasser to do research for a book on Bigfoot. Dan lives on a “hobby” farm in Era, Texas (population 124) where he has his office in an old barn.

Since 1997, the beginning of AWOC.COM and Writing for DOLLARS!, Dan Case has helped hundreds of writers become published and paid for the first time. Dan created the very first free searchable database of writer's guidelines on the internet. Writing for DOLLARS! was the first Internet newsletter for writers that was dedicated to the business side of writing. Dan will speak about the top five things you can do as writers to become published AND paid. Laced with success stories of writers that he has coached and/or met throughout his career, Dan will reveal the easiest places to get published, how to sell what you write, and write what will sell.

I've set-up a Google Group for those interested in joining an on-line critique group.

If you are interested, let me know and I'll send you an invitation to join the group.

Online Writing Resources

Below you will find online dictionaries, thesauri, grammars, encyclopedias, copyright law information, and other references that you will find useful when preparing your manuscript for publication.

We understand that online resources do not always measure up to their physical originals. Nevertheless, we want to provide you virtual links to quick online reference tools. Use these online writing resources as a complement to your reference library.

General

The Writers Store. Offers books, seminars, writing software applications, and supplies for writers and filmmakers.

Editing & Writing Services

The Editorial Department. A full-service independent editing firm dedicated to helping writers of full-length fiction and nonfiction turn promising manuscripts into salable properties. Authors’ Services include: manuscript evaluation & consultation, proofreading, copyediting, line editing, ghost writing & collaboration, synopsis & book proposal preparation.

Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Special Dictionaries

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third ed., containing over 350,000 entries.
Dictionary.com, dictionary and thesaurus search.
Merriam-Webster's OnLine Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
The Oxford English Dictionary Online. By subscription only.
Cambridge Dictionaries Online. Search the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, the Cambridge Dictionary of American English, the Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs or the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms.
YourDictionary.com. A collection of dictionaries in most languages, specialty dictionaries, thesauri, and foreign and English online grammars.
The Newbury House Dictionary of American English, containing over 40,000 entries and based on the Newbury House Dictionary of American English.
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, containing 35,000 synonyms.
The WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary for poetry and songwriting.
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
Acronym and Abbreviation Server. Find out the meanings of obscure or well-known acronyms and abbreviations.
The AltaVista BabelFish Translation page. Translate words and phrases to and from major European languages.

Encyclopedias

The Encyclopædia Britannica Online. By subscription only.
Encyclopedia.com. More than 14,000 articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, third ed.
Encarta, Microsoft’s online encyclopedia and dictionary.
The Encyclopedia Mythica. An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and legend.

Style and Grammar

The Chicago Manual of Style
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr.
The American Heritage Book of English Usage.
Web Grammar by Judy Vorfeld, a site devoted to tips on English grammar.
The 11 Rules of Writing by Junket Studies.

Quotations

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, tenth ed.
Quoteland, a searchable database of quotes.
Quote World, home to 15,000 quotes.
The Quotations Archive is a comprehensive, searchable database of general-purpose quotations.

Bibliography and Citation

BiblioExpress, a free bibliographic software available for download.

Copyright

The United States Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.
Copyright Basics from the American Bar Association.
Copyright law and fair use information from the Stanford University Libraries.

Facts and Biographies

The World Factbook. General information by the CIA about countries around the world.
Biographical Dictionary, containing biographical information on over 25,000 notable people.

Poetry Group
3rd Saturday
10:00 am
Emily Fowler Library
502 Oakland St
Denton, TX