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Online Writing Courses

The first Resourceful Friday focused on writing dealt with helpful writing books. The second came in with online writing guidelines. This weeks Resourceful Friday deals with online writing courses.

Some of the courses below are free, some with a nominal charge, some require a financial commitment. Some courses are short, others will take a week, most require a time commitment (some considerable).

Absolute Write University

A Free Course in Technical and Business Writing

BBC: Get Writing

Breaking into Print Writing Course

Coffee House for Writers

Copywriting course

Diana Hacker - Rules for Writers companion website

E-WRITE - Writing For Online Readers

Grammar Tutorials, University of Calgary

How to Write: Freelance Writing Courses and Reports (Copywriting)

Lousy Writer

One of Us; Creative Writing Workshop

online-learning.com

‘Round Table’ Creative Writing Group

Suite101.com

Tameri Guide for Writers: The Workshop

The Internet Grammar of English

trAced Links: Writing Courses

UCLA Extension - Lifelong Learning

Write 101: Know how to write well, 5 free writing lessons

Write 101: Online Writing Course

Writer OnLine - Learning Center - Courses

Writers Bootcamp

Writers Online Workshops: Business writing

Writers Weekly

Writers.com: Basic Writing Skills

Writing Classes: Gotham Writers’ Workshop

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If you have writing resources to suggest, go ahead and send them on over as I’d love to add them to my stash.

Until the next
Resourceful Friday,
cat

Posted by: Catherine Morley
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Online Writing Guidelines

On the last Resourceful Friday I posted books to help those aiming to write better. This week covers sites on grammar, language usage, style guides, clichés, writing guides, punctuation, writing tips and suggestions. They are split into three loose groups - writing guides and tips, style guides, grammar and punctuation, and a catch all, msc.

Writing Guides and Tips

11 rules of writing

A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices

Bartleby.com

Common Errors in English

Diagramming Sentences

OWL Handouts: Complete Index by Topic

Plain Language

Plain Language: Howto/Tools Guidelines

Plain Language: Howto/Tools Word suggestions

Plain Language: Howto/Tools Quick reference tips

Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric

Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style

SUNY Geneseo Online Writing Guide

Tameri Guide for Writers

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

re: Writing

Sentence Sense: A Writer’s Guide, an online textbook in basic writing

U of Calgary: Basic Elements Of English

uw-madison writing center writer’s handbook

Write Away - Learn how to become a better writer

Writers Web

Writers’ Workshop Writing Tips

Writing Guides

Writing resources from Study Guides and Strategies

Writing Tips

Style Guides

APA Style Tips

Chicago Manual of Style Online

Colorado Uni Style Guide

NICS Web style guide

Times Online Style and Usage Guide

U of WA: Citation & Writing Guides

Grammar and Punctuation

Ain’t Grammar Fun: Words to the Wise

Clear English Grammar Resources

Doc Durden’s Guide to Good Grammar

Good Grammar, Good Style

Grammar Book: Grammar Rules, Punctuation and Capitalization, Rules for Writing Numbers

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Jack Hart: Prevent punctuation and grammar errors that hurt credibility

Lynch, Guide to Grammar and Style

Online English Grammar

ProofReadNOW: Grammar rules

Punctuation Made Simple

Spark Notes: Online guide to grammar

The Armchair Grammarian

The Blue Book of Grammar & Punctuation

Writers’ Workshop: Grammar Handbook

Msc

Cliché site

Collective Nouns

Famous Quotes

Quote Reference

The Passivator

The Word Detective

Words: Woe and Wonder

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If you have writing resources to suggest, go ahead and send them on over as I’d love to add them to my stash.

Until the next
Resourceful Friday,
cat

Posted by: Catherine Morley
Category: Resourceful Friday
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This week we’ve had talk of money (accounting, book keeping, having and not), location and equipment. Picking the easiest, I’ll take the money and run.

For starters, the UK has the Better Payment Practice Campaign. Check out their code “The Better Payment Practice Group was established to promote a better payment culture within the UK and urges all firms to adopt a responsible attitude to paying on time.” Novel concept.

Money Articles

In the coming posts we’ll be discussing the subject of money. Often. While you’re waiting, here’s a few we found.

DiVITA Speaks!!: Budget for a Business

Lifehacker: Geek to Live: Automate your finances
Everyone has their own money personality and systems they use to keep their dollars and cents in order, but I thought I’d share some of the methods I’ve developed over the years.

Simplify This: Who needs a bookkeeper?
Most small businesses of a certain size can certainly benefit from a fulltime bookkeeper, however not all of them require one, especially the smallest of businesses.

Online Book Keeping Assistance

There are a ton of online payment, book keeping, accounting sites on the internet. I don’t have an opinion of any, so if you do, feel free to respond.

Blinksale (free account)
The easiest way to send invoices online. Blinksale is perfect for anyone who needs to invoice clients for services or products sold. Blinksale is an excellent choice for attorneys, accountants, designers, IT professionals, software developers, journalists, contractors, engineers, architects, videographers, and more. Basically, if you need to send invoices, Blinksale can work for you.

FreshBooks (limited free account)
The Fastest Way to Invoice Your Clients. FreshBooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service that saves you time.

TechCrunch Article: FreshBooks pushes the envelope in online billing

SimplifyThis (invitation only beta)
SimplifyThis is an intuitive web-based service to easily invoice your customers and get paid faster online. No more forgotten invoices, no software to install and no help manuals to read. Use this from home, from the library, or from any other computer on the internet.

Side Job Track (free)
Web-based job tracking, invoicing, reporting & project management software for the part-time independent contractor.

Wesabe: Take Control of Your Money
Take control of your money, find the best values in your area, and reach your financial goals by joining the Wesabe community.

What Are You Worth?

On every design forum the same question gets asked, “how much should I charge?” In the equation, it’s always useful to get a ballpark on how much they’re worth (taking into account where they are, their experience level, how fast they work, etc).

Ask Dr. Salary
Salary is a mysterious topic but it doesn’t need to be. I’ve started this blog to simplify salary in ways that can help both employees and hiring managers to understand and communicate about compensation with grace and ease.

CBSalary.com | Salary Calculator

Indeed.com | Salary Search
Search salaries from over 50 million jobs in the past year

Monster | Salary Center

PayScale
Salary Survey, Salaries, Wages, Compensation Information and Analysis. Get accurate, real-time salary reports based on your job title, location, education, skills and experience.

Salary.com
Job salaries - Performance reviews - Compensation software

SalaryScout.com
Negotiate with knowledge

WageExchange.com
Salary Survey, Wages, Compensation data

Taxes

When it comes to money, taxes can’t be denied.

Australian Tax Office | Business

Australian Government website | Tax matters
List of government websites relating to different aspects of taxation.

Taxpayers Australia
Aims to educate taxpayers via the media, educational publications and seminars on issues relating to *tax* and superannuation.

Tax Returns Australia
The safe, simple way to submit your personal tax return online.

Business Link (UK) | Taxes, returns & payroll

IRS (US) Small Business/Self-Employed Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop
This extensive workshop is designed to help new and existing small business owners understand and meet their federal tax obligations.

If you have resources to suggest, go ahead and send them over. Depending, I’ll add them to our resources and BoDo’s del.icio.us.

Until the next
Resourceful Friday,
cat