Sites for Writers
An indispensible site for writers, with experienced authors, amateur writers and experts on hand to help you at every step.
Contains a useful tool – a searchable engine for finding out target age, word length and other important information for already-published children’s books. Don’t be put off by the fact it is also a shopping site.
Autocrit
An invaluable tool, helping you analyse overuse of words in your manuscript. although it’s a paid service, there is a free “lite” service that you can use.
Okapi Readability Service
Just enter a sample of your text and receive an analysis of how “readable” it is. Extremely useful!
Wonderful thesaurus’ to help with creating more original methods of showing things such as settings, emotions etc.
A very useful site giving advice on how to format manuscripts for submission.
Sometimes this can be hard to read, but it provides valuable insights for any unpublished writer.
Sites About Rats
My personal rat website.
An active UK-based website and forum for rat owners.
A very detailed rat encyclopaedia concerning all things ratty.
Recognised by rat owners as one of the best rat sites on the internet – lots of info and fun things to read and do.
A site showing all the different colours and types rats come in. They aren’t all black, white or brown!
A useful site to refer to when your rat has freaked out for no real reason, or is doing something just a bit daft.
