Internet Archive - features a Wayback Machine for surfing more than 10 billion archived web pages
Refdesk - www.refdesk.com
JournalistExpress - news links and lists for research
TruthOrFiction.com - investigate latest rumors and indetify hoaxes
Visual Thesaurus - a ballet of unfolding synonyms and definitions
HowStuffWorks - find out how stuff works
Power Reporting - research portal with thousands of tools
Nolo - "everyday law for everyday people"
Online Conversion - satisfies all conversion needs
AllExperts - huge archive of free Q&A
Internet-Resources.com - strictly a links site, which compiles sites on every area of the writer's life
ProfNet - links reporters with expert sources for no charge
American Online Columnists - links to more than 700 newspaper and magazine columnists
Mr. Magazine - keeps tabs on recently launched consumer magazines
PubList.com - search by keyword 150,000 magazines, journals, and newsletters
Bartleby.com - unlimited access with keyword searches to reference, verse, fiction, and nonfiction
NYFA Interactive - New York Foundation of the Arts' national database of awards, services, and publications
FundsforWriters - search for grants and contests that fund writing or research projects
The Internet Movie Database - searchable database of movies with more detail than you're ever likely to need
Arts & Letters Daily - scholarly list, updated daily, of the Net's best articles, opinions, and book reviews
BookWire - offers daily publishing news, literary events, and a wealth of industry links
Mobylives - news and commentary about books and writers, updated weekdays
PublishersLunch - sign up for publishing's "essential read," an email newsletter
ArtsJournal.com - daily digest of arts, culture, & ideas that collects news from English language publications
Poynteronline - claims to be "everything you need to be a better journalist"
Web del Sol - promotes contemporary literature in an electronic setting; hosts 25+ literary publications
Writing.com - give and get feedback; registered members receive an account with online portfolio
myhiddentalent.com - free membership, publish your writings, get reviews, then edit or delete your work
fanfiction.net - a site for teens who write for teens, have your writing screened and incorporate edits
ABCtales.com - a site to receive feedback on the quality of your writing
Common Errors in English - extensive list of words often misused
Word Play - links to dictionaries, foreign language translators, word games, and other sites
fun-with-words.com - examples of anagrams, palindromes, spoonerisms, pangrams, oxymora, etc.
Cliche Finder - search engine for the right cliche