Writing Resources

Writer's Resources - The Sites Every Author Should Know

Angel & Darla Interest Links:

Classical.net is a one stop resource for Classical music lovers. Reviews of CDs, info on composers, and thousands of links to other resources.
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.
Sanguinarius.org - A place for real vampires to meet. Let your mind slip a little and you'll enjoy your stay.

BtVS/AtS Links: to help with canon/episode accuracy

The BTVS Writer's Guild- Hosts Essays on writing, links to many sites you will find indispensable and more.
Angel Fan Fiction Resources - A companion site to the guild.
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.
Buffy Dialog Database- this site categorizes episodes by story arc, has nicknames and some great quotes.

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.

Language Links: to help you find the words you've been needing.

Babelfish - How did we ever survive without this handy tool? Translates English into German, Spanish, French, Italian or five other languages
Dictionary.com - Webster's site, search the dictionary or thesaurus any time. There are millions of words out there, find them here.
Bartleby.com- Need to search Gray's anatomy? Strunk's Element's of Style? Looking for that perfect Shakespearean Quote? Start Here.
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.
Everyday Irish Slang - And you thought the British had a lot of ways to say 'He's drunk."
The Dictionary of Gay Slang, this site will take the writing of slash to a whole new level.

History Links: to help make your facts right and your stories fun.

Archiving Early America- An interactive site of early resources, includes videos, newspaper clippings, etc.
Dagguerrotype Portraits and Views - Canon has shown us that Darla was fond of these portraits, see more of the same style.
Fifties Web - An entertaining look at music, television, and pop culture in the 1950s.
Godey's Ladies Book Online - An online text of an interesting 19th century journal. Includes fun fashion sketchings from the 1850's.
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.
TheHistoryNet - Part of About.com - a searchable site with links to many different history sites and essays.
Nineteenth Century Scientific American Online - Helpful for finding out just what technology was available to our hero and heroine as they travelled. Absolute fun!
Reconstructing History - A fabulous clothing resource. History, reenactment galleries, divided into country and time period. Go here before you put William in some garishly out of style outfit. Please.
The History Channel- A great searchable database, updated often.

Mythology/Demonology/Magic Links:

Demonology- A guide to demons, including gallery, based on historical accounts of Demons and 'Evil' beliefs
The Perseus Project- a must for Greek Mythology.
Folklore & Mythology Texts- Complete and revised texts from all over the world
Demonology - A look at the history of demons with an extensive list of the names of demons.
Occultopedia.com - a site you cannot live without, links to hundreds of websites detailing demons, mysticism, the occult and the unexplained in general.
Avatar Search - A searchable database for all things Occult.
The Pagan Path - A resource center for Wicca, Tarot & Occult
LuckyMojo- another wicca site, lots of info, essays and spells

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