50 of the Best Websites for Writers | Educhoices.org There are tons of reference sites on the web that can help you find a job or write a poem, essay or story. Here is a list of the best 50 websites for writers. Reference Websites Merriam-Webster Online - Merriam Webster is the perfect place to look up words and find information. The site offers a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, podcasts, word games and a lot of other things that may be of interest to writers and word-lovers. General Writing Websites Writer's Digest - Probably one of the best all-around websites for writers, Writer's Digest offers information on writing better and getting published. Fiction Writing Websites About.com - About.com publishes a Guide to Fiction Writing with general information about fiction writing and a number of community forums for both current and aspiring writers. Nonfiction Writing Websites Bella Online - This site offers a large collection of resources for nonfiction writers. Websites for Freelance Writers and Authors
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Haiku Journal | A project of Poetry Quarterly Magazine Write On! - Writing.Com How the internet is kickstarting a teen poetry revolution | Children's books Talk to publishers or booksellers about poetry, and you'll hear the same refrain. It's niche, it's difficult to sell - and young people just aren't interested. Look online and you'll see a different picture. Today, there's a mixture of love, angst and comedy to be found in the most popular poems on Movellas. On Wattpad, 14-year-old Abby Meyer - who goes by SnowDrop07 online - is still reeling after being shortlisted for a competition judged by Margaret Atwood alongside much older competitors. "Many teenagers can be very self-conscious, and afraid to be themselves or show their emotions to people close to them. Chloe Smith, 16, writes as sleepisfortheweak on Movellas, and joined when the teacher running her creative writing club asked the class to do so. Movellas, which launched in Denmark in 2010, made its UK debut last February. Ollie Lambert, 15 (known as WriterMan), came second in the Movellas competition for his poem "Walk". "I always look at the new poetry published on Movellas.
The Poetry Society (Home Page) Denny's Home World Poem Online All Poetry - Top community for poets to share poem critique feedback at all poetry Gormenghast | The Novels | Who Was Mervyn Peake? Mervyn Peake | Peake's Oeuvre | Bibliography Mervyn Peake artist, illustrator, novelist, poet 1911 - 1968 Mervyn Peake, a man of many talents, a creative virtuoso, and an eccentric genius, had a profound and singular interior idea. His work has frequently been compared to that of Dickens, albeit an off-center Dickens with a fantasy element. But the name "Mervyn Peake" is relatively unknown in the United States. Peake was born in Kuling, China, in 1911 to English missionary parents, Ernest Cromwell Peake, a doctor, and Elizabeth (Powell) Peake. At the age of 12 he returned to England with his family (never to return to China) and attended Eltham College in Kent, Croydon School of Art, and, from 1929 to 1933, the Royal Academy Schools. When a former professor from Eltham invited him to join the artists' colony on Sark, a tiny island in the English Channel, Peake moved promptly. Together Maeve and Mervyn had three children: Sebastian (born in 1940), Fabian (1942), and Clare (1949). Mr.