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The Internet for Writersreference guide to web resources for writers As Nick Daws says in his introduction - 'You could almost believe the Net was designed for writers'. It represents a huge and easily accessible store of human knowledge; it allows you to communicate easily with others and to publish your work - either for profit or for promotion.
His pages are arranged somewhat like web pages - quick summaries, potted accounts of sites, and screenshot illustrations. There's advice on how to set up your own web pages; how to locate online learning courses; how to find free software; and how to deal with censorship, copyright, plagiarism, and publishers' contracts. There's a good section of websites for writers, for research purposes, for publishers, and for Internet providers. But the section you are likely to enjoy most is a list of individual writer's web sites - from Douglas Adams to Tom Wolfe. These are maintained by the writers themselves, or by fans. This is a serious resource for writers who want to make use of the Internet. If you were to work your way through all the chapters following the leads he offers - then you would end up well informed indeed. < © Roy Johnson 2001 [see our ESSENTIAL writing guides] Nick Daws, The Internet for Writers: Using the new medium to research, promote, and publish your work, Plymouth: Internet Handbooks, 1999, pp.191, ISBN 1840253088
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