A brief overview of women writers during the English Renaissance. Related links to different writers.

This site features numerous famous writers from Mississippi. Click on an author to view a biography and list of works. Includes some literary criticisms and news and events.

An extensive exhibition of Benjamin Franklin work as a printer and as a writer, with comprehensive coverage of the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack.

A comprehensive research guide for writers who are interested in finding an agent. Rich with information and helpful hints; site is suited for children's literature writers but can also apply to other genres.

This resource provides information about careers, including writers and authors.

This site outlines the job outlook for writers and editors. Content includes information on the nature of the work, working and employment conditions, qualifications, earning potential, and more.

This article describes how four writers, taken from Africa as children and sold into slavery, grew up to write works that challenged British ideas about race, called for African brotherhood, and demanded the abolition of the slave trade.

This is the The Horror Writers Association homepage. HWA is an organization of writers and publishing professionals. It includes "The Top 40 Horror Books of All Time as chosen by the Horror Writers Association."

This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides an excellent overview of character and characterization. Content also explores flat and round characters. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters.

Weldon Kees (1914-1955?) was not only an important minor poet of the mid-20th century American literary scene, he was also a fiction writer, playwright, cultural critic and impresario, filmmaker and photographer, abstract expressionist...

Learn about the writer of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" and her early life -- how she heard family stories as a child, and how she developed the character Paul Edward for "The Land." There is an extensive bibliography of her works and...

Students draw on their understanding of different types of narratives to inspire and enrich their own storytelling. This is one of four storytelling lessons.

The Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project used personal stories as the basis for anthologies which would form a portrait of various groups of people in America. Click link to manuscripts from the FWP, 1936-1940. You can listen...

With beginnings in 1935, this group incorporated twenty years later and has grown steadily since. Visit its well designed information packed site here. There is a members-only section which requires a fairly simple registration.

The author of this site juxtaposes the causes and effects of World War I with the literature which was created in response to it.

Through a short video and an analysis of two primary sources, students will examine the life of Alexander Hamilton, an important military and political leader.

Science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer shares his word processing tricks and tools for proofreading and editing a manuscript. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 Use technology to produce and publish writing

From the Library of Congress American Memory project, this extensive online archive contains first-person narratives of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves that were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal...

Do your students' minds go blank when they confront a blank piece of paper? Speedwriting can help them get started with writing as well as come up with topics to write about. They can then incorporate their key ideas and phrases into a...

This site from the University of Mississippi provides biographical information on black American author, Richard Wright (1908-1960 CE). A list of his works is also included.

This site offers two proofreading exercises in which students proofread for errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage, and then retype passages correctly. When finished they click Answers for feedback.

This page offers a detailed overview of plot, including its various aspects and use in various types of literary works.

This site is an example of a well-written expository essay from the University of Victoria. Gives excellent tips for students, such as organization, paragraph development, and support. W.9-10.2a Intro/org/graphics

The story of early Roman hero Horatius Cocles by Charlotte Yonge includes the famous poem by Lord Macaulay about the Roman soldier who single-handedly defended a bridge across the Tiber from invading Etruscans.