A sampling that includes professional writers' organizations, sites with a multitude of author links, and pages that offer a wealth of information on how to get published.
Moira Allen's Writing World: www.writing-world.com
American Library Association: www.ala.org
America Writes for Kids: usawrites4kids.drury.edu
The Authors Guild: www.authorsguild.org
The Book Report: www.thebookreport.net/
Booksource.Com Awards List: www.booksource.com/bookseller_awards.asp
The Children's Book Council: www.cbcbooks.org
Children's Literature: www.childrenslit.com
The Children's Literature Web Guide: www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
Children's Writers Place: members.aol.com/CWPLACE/index.html
Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's Literature Resources: www.cynthialeitichsmith.com
Embracing the Child: www.embracingthechild.com
The GWBench Online Critique Group: members.aol.com/TheGWBench/index.html
Marilee's Picture Book Links: www.ameritech.net/users/macler/authors.html
Mystery Writers of America: www.mysterywriters.org
SmartWriters.com: www.smartwriters.com
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators: www.scbwi.org
TeensReadToo.com: www.teensreadtoo.com
Harold Underdown's Purple Crayon: www.underdown.org
Kay E. Vandergrift's Special Interest Page: scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander
Writer Beware: www.sfwa.org/beware
PUBLISHERS
Folks who publish Marilyn's books or articles by and about her.
Carus Publishing: www.caruspub.com
Clarion Books: www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/clarion
Gale Publishing: www.galegroup.com
HarperCollins: www.harperchildrens.com/hch
Henry Holt: www.henryholt.com/byr
Holiday House: www.holidayhouse.com
Hyperion Books: www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com
Random House: www.randomhouse.com/kids
Scholastic: www.scholastic.com
Simon & Schuster: www.simonsayskids.com
CLASS ACTS
A selective list of some excellent writers, illustrators, and other publishing people.
Jennifer Armstrong: www.jennifer-armstrong.com
Toni Buzzeo: www.tonibuzzeo.com
Tony DiTerlizzi: www.diterlizzi.com
Chuck Galey: www.chuckgaley.com
Nancy Garden: www.nancygarden.com
Kristine O'Connell George: www.kristinegeorge.com
Dr. Jacqueline Golding: www.healing-stories.com
Peni Griffin: www.txdirect.net/~griffin/0writing.htm
Kelly Milner Halls: www.kellymilnerhalls.com
Joan Holub: www.joanholub.com
M. E. Kerr: www.mekerr.com
Jackie French Koller: www.geocities.com/~jackiekoller
David Lubar: www.davidlubar.com
Walter Mayes: www.walterthegiant.com
Jess Mowry: http://Timoun.tripod.com
Patricia M. Newman: www.patriciamnewman.com
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent: www.dorothyhinshawpatent.com
Mary E. Pearson: www.marypearson.com
Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff: hometown.aol.com/lizbooks
Deborah Kogan Ray: www.dkray.com
Dian Curtis Regan: www.diancurtisregan.com
Bethany J. Roberts: www.bethanyroberts.com
Stephanie Roth: www.stephanitely.com
Roni Schotter: members.aol.com/ronisch
Neal Shusterman: www.storyman.com
Roland Smith: www.rolandsmith.com
Joyce Carol Thomas: www.joycecarolthomas.com
Kay Winters: www.kaywinters.com
Jane Yolen: www.janeyolen.com
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer: www.tracievaughnzimmer.com
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
To learn about
dogs and dog sports -
American Kennel Club: www.akc.org
American Mixed Breed Dog
Obedience Registration: www.amborusa.org
The Dogpatch Doghouse: www.dogpatch.org/dogs
Dr. P's Dog Training: www.uwsp.edu/psych/dog/dog.htm
Poodle History Project: www.poodlehistory.org
Working Dog Web: www.workingdogweb.com
United Kennel Club: www.ukcdogs.com
To visit Marilyn's
dog club -
Staten Island Companion
Dog Training Club: www.geocities.com/sicdtc/index.html
To find out about other animals and conservation -
American Museum of Natural History: www.amnh.org
American Society of Crows
and Ravens: www.ascaronline.org
Animal Behavior Society: www.animalbehavior.org
Bat Conservation International: www.batcon.org
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: birds.cornell.edu
Cornell University's NestBox Cam: birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/nestboxcam
Defenders of Wildlife: www.defenders.org
FeatherSite - The Poultry Page: www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html
Greenpeace, U.S.A.: www.greenpeaceusa.org
The Marine Fish Conservation Network: www.conservefish.org
Monterey Bay Aquarium: www.mbayaq.org
National Audubon Society: www.audubon.org
The Nature Conservancy: www.tnc.org
North American Bluebird Society: www.nabluebirdsociety.org
North American Butterfly Association: www.naba.org
NRDC BioGems: www.savebiogems.org
The Raven's Aviary: www.shades-of-night.com/aviary/birdfact.html
San Diego Zoological Society: www.sandiegozoo.org
Sierra Club: www.sierraclub.org
Stokes' Birds at Home: www.stokesbirdsathome.com
University of Florida's Book of Insect Records: ufbir.ifas.ufl.edu
Wildlife Conservation Society: www.wcs.org
World Wildlife Fund: www.worldwildlife.org
The Xerces Society: www.xerces.org
To get theatre
info -
Playbill: www.playbill.com
Talkin' Broadway: www.talkinbroadway.com
To get film info -
Internet Movie Database: us.imdb.com
To play great
online games -
Boxer Jam: www.boxerjam.com
To discover
computer games -
Gameboomers:
www.gameboomers.com
Gamespot: www.gamespot.com
Just Adventure Plus: www.justadventure.com
To trade computer
games -
Game Trading Zone: gametz.com
To read the latest
about STAR TREK -
StarTrek.Com, the Official
Site: www.startrek.com
Trek Web: www.trekweb.com
For your amusement
-
Brain Candy's Dying Words of Famous People: www.corsinet.com/braincandy/dying.html
The Electric Eclectic: bloxword.ca/jimsbmks.htm
Gallery of Regrettable Food: www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.htm
Gareth Long's Encyclopedia
of Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts:
webhome.idirect.com/~donlong/monsters/monsters.htm
Queendom Personality & Intelligence Tests: www.queendom.com
Urban Legends Reference Pages: www.snopes2.com
To learn about
Internet hoaxes-
Hoaxbusters: hoaxbusters.ciac.org
Scambusters: www.scambusters.org
For a dictionary,
almanac, encyclopedia, atlas, stuff to learn-
Bartleby: www.bartleby.com
How Stuff Works: www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
iBiblio: www.ibiblio.org/
Information Please: www.infoplease.com
Library Spot: www.libraryspot.com/
Refdesk: www.refdesk.com/