Author & Beta Resource Guide
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why_me_why_notSo, my original Author & Beta Resource Guide was like 15 years old. The Snowflake challenge about resources was a good excuse to update it. Links gathered from various different places. (obvsly the fandom specific resources are not comprehensive - there are too many fandoms!)
bonus link: How to be a Good Beta Reader
MECHANICS OF WRITING (Punctuation, Grammar, Words, etc.)
Common Errors in English
Dear [not just urban fantasy] author
Focus Writer
writing program that will stop you from surfing instead of writing
Get Your Words Out tumblr
good for writing inspiration and productivity
Guide to Grammar & Writing
How to Use Apostrophes
How to Write Dialogue, or Say What?
Idioms in the English Language
Mimiheart's List of Commonly Confused Words
OneLook Dictionary
OWL - The Purdue Online Writing Lab
Queens English Society
References for Writers
The Elements of Style
Tips for Writing Emotion/Body Language
Tips for Writing Fighting/Movement
Word Count Tool
Word Hippo
thesaurus and word tools (including rhymes!)
Words for Skin Tone
Writing Links & Links for Writers
Writing the Other
Writing with Color
A tumblr focused on writing and resources centered around racial diversity. Contains Q&A-style advice, writing guides, etc.
REFERENCES, RESOURCES, AND MISCELLANEOUS
20,000 Names
Names from all different countries and cultures
Afraid to Ask
the health information you really want to know
Age Calculator
American's Guide to Speaking British
Anatomy
ASL for everyone!
Astrology
Baby Names
Behind the Name
Britannica
British Literature Wiki
Comic Vine
Common Occupations in the Middle Ages
Comprehensive List of Triggers, Tags, & Squicks by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
veelawings
Country Report
info on culture, countries and travel from around the world
Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion
Eplans
design your house
Erowid
Not just for drug usage. Contains a *huge* variety of information on everything from caffeine to metaphysics, and is a great overall portal.
Family Tree Maker
Fanlore
Fantasy Name Generator
Folklore & Mythology - University of Washington Libraries
Folklore Web Resources - UMass Amherst Libraries
Food Timeline
when which foods came into consumption
Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811 (download from Project Gutenberg here)
a dictionary of slang from the Regency period in England
Fripperies and Fobs
tumblr about historical clothing
Gay Sex Positions
Useful if you want to know if the position you're imagining for your Person with Penis/Person with Penis/Possibly More Persons with Penises is going to work at all without resorting to pipe-cleaner figures.
Greek Mythology
Guide to 18th Century Underwear
Guide to Marijuana
Haunted Libraries - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
How Stuff Works
Inkarnate
create fantasy maps
Internet History Sourcebooks
Internet Movie Firearms Database
Language of Flowers
Looking Back at Fashion History
tumblr about historical clothing
Magical Self Defense and Protection
Medieval Herbs & Their Use
Medieval Resources Masterpost
Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications Database
Minotaur's Sex Tips for Slash Writers
My Noise
background noise generator
Museums with Virtual Tours
Name Analysis
Native Languages of the Americas
Online Etymology Dictionary
Onomastikon
names broken down by country/part of the world and then even further into specific areas of the country, historical periods, religions, rulers, etc.
Paranormal Resources - San Antonio College Library
Phobia List
Phoenixian Book of Creatures
Random.org
randomizer, if you need to pick a random number, etc.
Representative Poetry Online
Research in Cryptozoology - Western Washington University Libraries
Resources for Fantasy & Mythology Writers
Resources for Writing Sketchy Topics
post of links including injuries, illegal activities, etc
Room Sketcher
Sacred Text Archive
Scarleteen
Sex Ed for the real world
Sci-Fi spaceship size comparison chart
Season of Kink
lot of easy-to-understand definitions as well as links to videos and other resources related to 100 different kinks
Seventh Sanctum
includes a collection of generator tools
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Tarot Card Meanings
The Internet Classics Archive
The Sherlock60 comm Index of Victorian topics
TV Tropes
The Ultimate Guide to Magical Herbs for Spells & Rituals
Time and Date
User's Guide to PTSD
Victorian Web
All about the Victorian Era
We Wear Culture
the history and background of what we wear to cover our bodies
What America Ate
from a federal project about food during the great depression. includes community cookbooks and recipes and notes about what people ate in particular parts of the us.
What Ho! A Library!
writing resources for early 20th Century England and US
What's On the Menu
menus from (almost all american) restaurants, starting from the 1850s. the collection includes cruise ship menus too, and a non-trivial number of menus for special occasion meals. do you want to know what people ate when they ate out, and what it cost? this is your site.
Wikipedia
World Anvil
worldbuilding tools
Worn on TV
PODFIC RESOURCES
Breathing while reading
An essay on how to identify comfortable places to breathe while you’re reading out loud.
How to Podfic from your phone
“So, you want to podfic, but all you have on you is your phone. Oh no! Whatever shall you do? Well, if you follow this tutorial, you should end up with a file you can upload to whatever hosting platform you normally use.”
A Newbie's Guide to Podficcing
Podfic: A Resource Index
An index where multiple resources for podfic creation are linked and divided in categories.
FANDOM SPECIFIC
Babylon5
The Lurker's Guide to Babylon5
Eerie Indiana
Eerie Indiana Fanlore Page
The Inner Mind Eerie, Indiana Episode Guide - A great resource for plots, characters, the names of businesses in the downtown area, etc.
George RR Martin
A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Harry Potter
HP Lexicon
LOTR
A Quenya Resource
A Quenya Tolkienien Elvish) resource, including a downloadable dictionary
Silmarillion Writer's Guild
The Encyclopedia of Arda
An encyclopedia of Tolkien's realms and peoples. Includes selection of interactive tools, including a chronicle to help you explore Tolkien's fictional history, and calendar to translate dates and events, a lexicon of names, a glossary of old and rare words, and much more.
Tolkien Gateway
Marvel
Stark Tower
breakdown of the layout of Stark Tower
Star Trek
Memory Alpha
Star Wars
Wookieepedia
Stargate
GateWorld
Stargate Solutions
Stargate Command Wiki
Supernatural
Supernatural Wiki
The Old Guard
The Old Guard movie transcript
The Witcher
interactive netflix map of the Continent
netflix static map
timeline of the show
bookverse map #1
bookverse map #2
interactive gameverse map
tour of gameverse kaer morhen
about witcher mutations and the trials
quick guide to lutes
If you have any to add, or if you find any of these links don't work, let me know!
bonus link: How to be a Good Beta Reader
MECHANICS OF WRITING (Punctuation, Grammar, Words, etc.)
Common Errors in English
Dear [not just urban fantasy] author
Focus Writer
writing program that will stop you from surfing instead of writing
Get Your Words Out tumblr
good for writing inspiration and productivity
Guide to Grammar & Writing
How to Use Apostrophes
How to Write Dialogue, or Say What?
Idioms in the English Language
Mimiheart's List of Commonly Confused Words
OneLook Dictionary
OWL - The Purdue Online Writing Lab
Queens English Society
References for Writers
The Elements of Style
Tips for Writing Emotion/Body Language
Tips for Writing Fighting/Movement
Word Count Tool
Word Hippo
thesaurus and word tools (including rhymes!)
Words for Skin Tone
Writing Links & Links for Writers
Writing the Other
Writing with Color
A tumblr focused on writing and resources centered around racial diversity. Contains Q&A-style advice, writing guides, etc.
REFERENCES, RESOURCES, AND MISCELLANEOUS
20,000 Names
Names from all different countries and cultures
Afraid to Ask
the health information you really want to know
Age Calculator
American's Guide to Speaking British
Anatomy
ASL for everyone!
Astrology
Baby Names
Behind the Name
Britannica
British Literature Wiki
Comic Vine
Common Occupations in the Middle Ages
Comprehensive List of Triggers, Tags, & Squicks by
Country Report
info on culture, countries and travel from around the world
Encyclopedia.com
Encyclopedia Mythica
Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion
Eplans
design your house
Erowid
Not just for drug usage. Contains a *huge* variety of information on everything from caffeine to metaphysics, and is a great overall portal.
Family Tree Maker
Fanlore
Fantasy Name Generator
Folklore & Mythology - University of Washington Libraries
Folklore Web Resources - UMass Amherst Libraries
Food Timeline
when which foods came into consumption
Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811 (download from Project Gutenberg here)
a dictionary of slang from the Regency period in England
Fripperies and Fobs
tumblr about historical clothing
Gay Sex Positions
Useful if you want to know if the position you're imagining for your Person with Penis/Person with Penis/Possibly More Persons with Penises is going to work at all without resorting to pipe-cleaner figures.
Greek Mythology
Guide to 18th Century Underwear
Guide to Marijuana
Haunted Libraries - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
How Stuff Works
Inkarnate
create fantasy maps
Internet History Sourcebooks
Internet Movie Firearms Database
Language of Flowers
Looking Back at Fashion History
tumblr about historical clothing
Magical Self Defense and Protection
Medieval Herbs & Their Use
Medieval Resources Masterpost
Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications Database
Minotaur's Sex Tips for Slash Writers
My Noise
background noise generator
Museums with Virtual Tours
Name Analysis
Native Languages of the Americas
Online Etymology Dictionary
Onomastikon
names broken down by country/part of the world and then even further into specific areas of the country, historical periods, religions, rulers, etc.
Paranormal Resources - San Antonio College Library
Phobia List
Phoenixian Book of Creatures
Random.org
randomizer, if you need to pick a random number, etc.
Representative Poetry Online
Research in Cryptozoology - Western Washington University Libraries
Resources for Fantasy & Mythology Writers
Resources for Writing Sketchy Topics
post of links including injuries, illegal activities, etc
Room Sketcher
Sacred Text Archive
Scarleteen
Sex Ed for the real world
Sci-Fi spaceship size comparison chart
Season of Kink
lot of easy-to-understand definitions as well as links to videos and other resources related to 100 different kinks
Seventh Sanctum
includes a collection of generator tools
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Tarot Card Meanings
The Internet Classics Archive
The Sherlock60 comm Index of Victorian topics
TV Tropes
The Ultimate Guide to Magical Herbs for Spells & Rituals
Time and Date
User's Guide to PTSD
Victorian Web
All about the Victorian Era
We Wear Culture
the history and background of what we wear to cover our bodies
What America Ate
from a federal project about food during the great depression. includes community cookbooks and recipes and notes about what people ate in particular parts of the us.
What Ho! A Library!
writing resources for early 20th Century England and US
What's On the Menu
menus from (almost all american) restaurants, starting from the 1850s. the collection includes cruise ship menus too, and a non-trivial number of menus for special occasion meals. do you want to know what people ate when they ate out, and what it cost? this is your site.
Wikipedia
World Anvil
worldbuilding tools
Worn on TV
PODFIC RESOURCES
Breathing while reading
An essay on how to identify comfortable places to breathe while you’re reading out loud.
How to Podfic from your phone
“So, you want to podfic, but all you have on you is your phone. Oh no! Whatever shall you do? Well, if you follow this tutorial, you should end up with a file you can upload to whatever hosting platform you normally use.”
A Newbie's Guide to Podficcing
Podfic: A Resource Index
An index where multiple resources for podfic creation are linked and divided in categories.
FANDOM SPECIFIC
Babylon5
The Lurker's Guide to Babylon5
Eerie Indiana
Eerie Indiana Fanlore Page
The Inner Mind Eerie, Indiana Episode Guide - A great resource for plots, characters, the names of businesses in the downtown area, etc.
George RR Martin
A Wiki of Ice and Fire
Harry Potter
HP Lexicon
LOTR
A Quenya Resource
A Quenya Tolkienien Elvish) resource, including a downloadable dictionary
Silmarillion Writer's Guild
The Encyclopedia of Arda
An encyclopedia of Tolkien's realms and peoples. Includes selection of interactive tools, including a chronicle to help you explore Tolkien's fictional history, and calendar to translate dates and events, a lexicon of names, a glossary of old and rare words, and much more.
Tolkien Gateway
Marvel
Stark Tower
breakdown of the layout of Stark Tower
Star Trek
Memory Alpha
Star Wars
Wookieepedia
Stargate
GateWorld
Stargate Solutions
Stargate Command Wiki
Supernatural
Supernatural Wiki
The Old Guard
The Old Guard movie transcript
The Witcher
interactive netflix map of the Continent
netflix static map
timeline of the show
bookverse map #1
bookverse map #2
interactive gameverse map
tour of gameverse kaer morhen
about witcher mutations and the trials
quick guide to lutes
If you have any to add, or if you find any of these links don't work, let me know!
