Typepad can't beat Wordpress! Wordpress is better and used all over blogsphere.
Joe Un
· 11 months ago
Hei, I think that for freelance jobs, elance.com need to be included.
lyn cadence
· 11 months ago
Loving it - thanks. If you develop into an ebook with more detail and additional resources, I'd be even happier. If you don't, I may have to. Great resource, thanks.
Cheri Renee
· 11 months ago
This is VERY useful!
oliver
· 11 months ago
thanks for saving us so much time. oliver. b/t/w: it's remiss. unless, of course, you truly ran the risk of going amiss.:)
This is a great post. I am looking at some of the blogging links you posted. I currently have wordpress hosted on a webserver. The employment resources are also great.
For those of you that are looking for a more advanced website, but something that is easy to add to, or use as a blog, try joomla.com. You will need to be somewhat familiar with uploading and installing programs on a web server. If you are looking for something very simple to host on a web server, stick with wordpress.org. It is the easiest software I have used.
Justin Razmus
· 11 months ago
Also, don't forget tumblr.com for a quick, easy, and free blog website.
Lee Walsh
· 11 months ago
Thanks for the comprehensive list.. I found several tools that I am checking out.. I bookmarked your post to revisit.
Veronica
· 11 months ago
What, no LiveJournal?
Arthur
· 11 months ago
You might also want to check out Readernaut which is, like GoodReads, a book sharing site.
Stephen
· 11 months ago
Google Docs is great for planning out big pieces of writing online but that's not so good if you've got academic writing - I use it to draft posts to mailing lists etc personally - because it's got ropey support for footnotes and citators.
Jay Keating
· 11 months ago
This is an very helpful collection of tools for any writer or blogger. Thank you for the research and time it took to bring this together.
Contact lens blog
· 11 months ago
I love this list and post. I am trying to build up a following for one of our blogs on our online contact lens website http://clecontactlenses.com. Some of these tips are relevant to what I'm trying to do. Thanks
Grace
· 11 months ago
viva Wordpress! thanks for the tip on the iPhone app- safe to assume it works for Touch as well? also provides a concrete argument that Facebook actually is an effective internet communication/networking tool... say it ain't so ;)
Allan Schmidt
· 11 months ago
One small problem with Google docs is the issue with copyright. When you sign up for GD, you basically give away all your rights to Google to use for whatever purpose they wish. Perhaps not the best start for a writer with a brilliant idea for a new book.
Simon SC
· 11 months ago
Great list! I'm quite surprised in that I've already made most of my choices.
By the way, Blogger isn't that bad. You just need lots and lots of Javascript to emulate most of the functionality offered by more advanced platforms like Wordpress
They have over 10,000 users and Eddie Burns is on their board of advisors.
bananatree
· 11 months ago
Good list.. I'm thinking of trying out a few of these apps now. There's also plurk.com for microblogging, but I don't know if it's good since I haven't actually tried it out.
boyhowdy
· 11 months ago
Warning to prospective Blogger users: the service has recently started wiping perfectly legal, artist- and label-approved posts off music blogs; over the last few months many music bloggers have given up or begun to move, and a huge percentage of them have lost posts. In a few cases, the posts didn't even have any songs, they just talked about them. Blogger continues to have no comment. So much for "don't be evil".
I recommend using a blog tool that lets you host your own, like wordpress.org.
Chris
· 11 months ago
Your "recommendation" ruined your perfectly good PSA.
Maggie Tsai
· 11 months ago
Paul, great list! Thanks for researching and sharing
You should add www.writerscafe.org to the list. It's a great community where you can make friends with writers who will give you feedback, and you get to showcase your work as well. Nanowrimo (www.nanowrimo.org/) and Script Frenzy (www.scriptfrenzy.org/) are also two things writers should do (if they have time) they're both a great exercise done with other writers. Nanowrimo is where you try and finish a novel in a month, Script Frenzy a script in a month.
Michael Blowhard
· 11 months ago
Great list.
I second your endorsement of Squarespace, which strikes me as the most-underknown and underappreciated website-making tool out there. I've used Movable Type, WordPress, and Blogspot/Blogger, and I like Squarespace loads more than any of them. Just blog, or build a complete website, even one incorporating multiple blogs. Use your own URL. Tear down pages; put new ones up. Have a blast with photos. Easy, reliable, and fun. No idea why more people don't make use of Squarespace. It's a really great service.
Wow. You so totally rock for this. A special place in heaven; I think so.
John.BB
· 11 months ago
A superb list of resources. Many thanks!!
Maria Lavis
· 11 months ago
Great and thorough listing. Wonderful! Thanks! Bookmarked.
I find it hard to believe that Scribd wasn`t mentioned though for online publishing! I recently covered the service here: http://tinyurl.com/5myshe
ciao, Maria
aeropolowoman
· 11 months ago
I appreciate the work you put in compiling this resource for writers and journalists. Squarespace will be a new one for me to try. And after reading so many positive comments on it, I suspect I'll hook up today for my site that is still under construction. Thank you
dave
· 11 months ago
You made a giant list. Congrats. And blogging continues to die.
Kate
· 11 months ago
Tokoni (www.tokoni.com) is another online community for writers. On Tokoni a user's profile is the collection of stories he/she has told. Less commitment than a blog, with more opportunity for conversation.
Payperbiz
· 11 months ago
I stumbled on this post yesterday and after reading its entirety, I went to Red Room. It's an amazing site. Thank you for sharing it here:)
mwacker
· 11 months ago
Wow! Thank you so much for this! You cut right to the important pieces, thanks for making it easy!
enamu
· 11 months ago
Great list. Very helpful. Still, you missed tumblr. Thanks!
Jerry
· 11 months ago
Paul - This is great! I'm having so much fun going through your list and even the sites suggested by readers' comments. Very helpful indeed. Thanks
What I also find interesting is Maggie's slideshow of Paul's list. Gee, what an awesome way to play and browse through all sites automatically http://tinyurl.com/writerstoolbox. I can even stop and navigate among pages. Good job.
Online promotional tools for authors at Booksconnect.com includes creating and updating profiles, blogs, news, bookshelves,events, reading guides, extracts and more.
jazib
· 6 months ago
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Vee
· 3 months ago
Here's one more to add to your list - www.infloox.com - it's a literary search engine where users can look up the favourite literary influences of authors and also other prominent figures in society. Other features include finding connections between authors, getting book recommendations and being able to do a collective search (eg: give me a list of the top 5 preferred books amongst politicians in the US between 1900 to 1950)
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This is great! Thank You.
I am going to put a plastic image of you on the dashboard of my car, instead of St. Christopher!
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I am still checking out your other lists.
Thanks,
pomahony2
patrick.omahony@gmail.com
oliver.
b/t/w: it's remiss. unless, of course, you truly ran the risk of going amiss.:)
For those of you that are looking for a more advanced website, but something that is easy to add to, or use as a blog, try joomla.com. You will need to be somewhat familiar with uploading and installing programs on a web server. If you are looking for something very simple to host on a web server, stick with wordpress.org. It is the easiest software I have used.
also provides a concrete argument that Facebook actually is an effective internet communication/networking tool... say it ain't so ;)
By the way, Blogger isn't that bad. You just need lots and lots of Javascript to emulate most of the functionality offered by more advanced platforms like Wordpress
They have over 10,000 users and Eddie Burns is on their board of advisors.
I recommend using a blog tool that lets you host your own, like wordpress.org.
Here is an interactive WebSlides of the list ~
http://tinyurl.com/writerstoolbox
Check it out
Nanowrimo (www.nanowrimo.org/) and Script Frenzy (www.scriptfrenzy.org/) are also two things writers should do (if they have time) they're both a great exercise done with other writers. Nanowrimo is where you try and finish a novel in a month, Script Frenzy a script in a month.
I second your endorsement of Squarespace, which strikes me as the most-underknown and underappreciated website-making tool out there. I've used Movable Type, WordPress, and Blogspot/Blogger, and I like Squarespace loads more than any of them. Just blog, or build a complete website, even one incorporating multiple blogs. Use your own URL. Tear down pages; put new ones up. Have a blast with photos. Easy, reliable, and fun. No idea why more people don't make use of Squarespace. It's a really great service.
I find it hard to believe that Scribd wasn`t mentioned though for online publishing! I recently covered the service here:
http://tinyurl.com/5myshe
ciao,
Maria
What I also find interesting is Maggie's slideshow of Paul's list. Gee, what an awesome way to play and browse through all sites automatically http://tinyurl.com/writerstoolbox. I can even stop and navigate among pages. Good job.
http://www.uniqueforex.info
please mail me if any buddy realy wants to help me thax