Spike/Angel Interest Links for when the boys need a hobby:

• Catholic.Org this is a thorough site and very useful when researching some of Angel's more Catholic responses to the situations he finds himself in.
• Classical.net is a one stop resource for Classical music lovers. Reviews of CDs, info on composers, and thousands of links to other resources.
• House of the Rising Punk - An unbelievable resource for lovers of all things punk. Links to bands, record labels, Punk shops, you name it.
• Manilow.com - Gods help me, I've listed a Barry Manilow site. Damn you Angel.
• Paris Opera - Chronicles the history of the Paris Opera, includes many images of the building itself.
• Queer Vampire Movies - Um, yeah, a list of just what it says.
• Sanguinarius.org - A place for real vampires to meet. Let your mind slip a little and you'll enjoy your stay.
• The Catholic Encyclopedia - Another immense religion resource.
• Weetabix - I know, they're not really edible as a cereal unless you like mush, but they're just so cute, and how could Spike be wrong?

Slash/Gay Links to help make your hot stuff sizzle:

• A Brief Dictionary of Queer Language and Culture - Although no longer updated this site continues to have great subculture information and resources.
• Citizens Against Bad Slash - I gush at how fabulous this site is, betas, lists, essays, reviews, and so much more. A real treasure.
• Minotaur's - Sqidge.org is home to the Slash Database project, Min's Tips for Slash Writers, and more.
• Nifty.org - An erotica site with mainly male authors, for those who actually want to know why men enjoy other men. Lots of resources and original fiction.

British Links to help make your William/Spike more believable:

• British to English Dictionary - Want to know what our neighbors across the pond call something, this is the place for you.
• British Slang Dictionary - This site is not only useful, it's utterly hysterical, bet you didn't know there were 2000 words for getting drunk or screwed, leave it to the Brits to educate you.
• Casebook: Jack the Ripper - A fascinating look at Victorian Era London, everything from weather reports to newspaper articles, fashion, technology, links and book lists.
• Dicken's London - An interactive map of London during the 1800's, a great way to add perspective to your writing.
• Guide to Britain for the Confused - Geographic, population, trends, foods, and more info than you can shake a stick at.
• Encyclopaedia of British History - 1500-1950 - Site includes histories of monarchy, railroads, cities, religion, theatre, wars, you name it.
• Oi! Yanks! No! - A guide to writing Brit Lit, actually written by a Brit, and fantastic in so many ways. That helps!

Irish Links to help make your Liam/Angelus more believable:

• Celt, Corpus of Electronic Texts - Irish history, politics, and literature.
• Everyday Irish Slang - And you thought the British had a lot of ways to say 'He's drunk."
• Finding the Origin of your Ancestors in Ireland - At first glance this simple text file will seem boring, but there is a wealth of timeline information taken from early censuses, and also many more resources to tracking down accurate historical information.
• Galway.net - Want to know more about Angel's history? Start at birth and work your way forward.
• Ireland's History in Maps - Maps from early B.C. to the 1840's.
• Irish-Gaelic Translator - Need a quick Gaelic phrase, this is the place. This site even has short mp3s with pronunciation for you to listen to.

Buffy/Angel Links for Canon/Non-Canon checking, timelines, episode guides, links and more:

• Angel Fan Fiction Resources - A companion site to the guild.
• The Annotated Buffy - Site has amazing recaps of episodes, only up to date til about Season 3 of Buffy, but story archs and references are linked within reviews, very helpful.
• The BTVS Writer's Guild - Hosts Essays on writing, links to many sites you will find indispensable and more.
• Buffy Dialog Database - this site categorizes episodes by story arc, has nicknames and some great quotes.
• BuffyWorld.com - Transcripts, images, spoilers, news
• Slayage.com - My first stop of the day, if Buffy, Angel or anyone in the Jossverse are in the news today, they'll know.

General Language and Fanfiction Links to help you before you even start writing:

• Babelfish - How did we ever survive without this handy tool? Translates English into German, Spanish, French, Italian or five other languages
• Bad Fanfic, No Biscuit - A fan resource to help writers spot easily fixed mistakes.
• Bartleby.com - Need to search Gray's anatomy? Strunk's Element's of Style? Looking for that perfect Shakespearean Quote? Start Here.
• Common Errors in Language - An online version of the book of the same name. Help with homonyms, punctuation, grammar, and more.
• Dictionary.com - Webster's site, search the dictionary or thesaurus any time. There are millions of words out there, find them here.
• Gabriel - The European Library Database, linking National Libraries from all of Europe in one easy place.
• Wunderground - This is a weather site that includes World Wide weather histories, find out to the degree what sort of weather our heroes can expect.
• SunriseSunset.com - When you're a vampire this is very importand information to know.

General/History Links to help you avoid inaccuracies that will make your readers cringe:

• History Buff - This is a truly awesome collection of news paper clippings from the 16th-20th century. Mainly American documents, but does include some notable European news events.
• Historical Evolution of Transportation - Before Spike and Angel board that train to Vienna, make sure there was a train to Vienna.
• The History Channel - A great searchable database, updated often.
• TheHistoryNet - Part of About.com - a searchable site with links to many different history sites and essays.
• History Resources for Fanfiction Writers - Many different periods, language, religion, and other resources.
• Nineteenth Century Scientific American Online - Helpful for finding out just what technology was available to our hero and heroine as they traveled. Absolute fun!
• NationMaster - This is a great resource, lots of encyclopedic infor, the nice thing about this site is the text links in every article that take you to even more information quickly.
• Wikipedia -A free interactive encyclopedia. Articles on just about anything, also available in more than ten languages.