/************************************************ * File: exlinks.js * Desc: Captain Black Web Site -- External Links. * Auth: Kevin Machin. ************************************************/ /*jsl:import cb.js */ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Func: cbExLinks // Desc: External links database for Writing Resource Links. // Retn: Database object reference (use oDB = new cbExLinks ()). //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// function cbExLinks () { var iCountLinks = 0, aoLink = new Array; var sT, sC; // *** Set up the database *** // Types: Blog -- Web log. // Facebook -- Facebook site. // Resource -- Information. // Web -- Web site. // // Categories: Author -- Author's blog or site. // Fiction -- Fiction blog or site. // Group -- Group blog or site. // Personal -- Personal blog or site. // Fiction blogs sT = "Blog"; sC = "Fiction"; add ("Wave Lengths","Paige",sT,sC,"wave-lengths"); // Group blogs sC = "Group"; add ("Cloud Line", "Captain Black",sT,sC,"cloud-line"); add ("Cutting It Fine", "Fiona", sT,sC,"cutting-it-fine"); add ("Novel Racers", "Liz", sT,sC,"novelracers"); add ("Novel Racers' Private Place","Liz", sT,sC,"novel-racer-meet"); add ("Novel Spaces", "Various", sT,sC,"novelspaces"); add ("Wanna Meet-up", "Captain Black",sT,sC,"wannameetup"); // Personal blogs sC = "Personal"; add ("Anita Loughrey's Blog", "Anita", sT,sC,"amloughrey"); add ("The Write Eye", "Annieye", sT,sC,"annieye"); add ("Non-Geordie Writer", "B", sT,sC,"nongeordiewriter"); add ("The Old Bat", "BattyPip", sT,sC,"battypip.wordpress.com"); add ("Beleaguered Squirrel", "BS", sT,sC,"beleagueredsquirrel"); add ("Writing About Writing", "Calistro", sT,sC,"writing-about-writing"); add ("Cloud Base", "Captain Black", sT,sC,"cloud-base"); add ("Natural Scotland", "Caroline J", sT,sC,"natural-scotland"); add ("Escaping the 9 to 5", "Caroline J", sT,sC,"escapingthe9to5"); add ("Writing Diary", "Caroline J", sT,sC,"cazjones"); //add ("In Search of Adam...", "Caroline S", sT,sC,"insearchofadam"); add ("In Search of Me...", "Caroline S", sT,sC,"www.carolinesmailes.co.uk/blog"); add ("My New Notebook", "Cathy", sT,sC,"cwnotebook"); add ("CC Devine Says", "CC Devine", sT,sC,"ccdevinesays"); add ("Home Thoughts Weekly", "ChrisH", sT,sC,"homethoughtsweekly"); //add ("Boob Pencil", "Clare", sT,sC,"www.boobpencil.co.uk/index.html"); add ("With Ink from the Pink Pen", "Colette", sT,sC,"withinkfromthepinkpen"); add ("Debs-Daydreams in the Shed", "Debs", sT,sC,"debcarrs-daydreams"); add ("Writing Humbug", "Denise", sT,sC,"writinghumbug"); add ("Confessions of a lazy perfectionist","Ellie", sT,sC,"lazyperfectionista"); add ("Fia of the Blog", "Fia", sT,sC,"fias-blog"); add ("Word Counting", "Fia", sT,sC,"chicklitwriter"); add ("Fiction Is Stranger Than Fact", "HelenMH", sT,sC,"fictionisstrangerthanfact"); add ("Spiral Skies", "Jen", sT,sC,"www.spiralskies.com"); add ("Tea Stains", "JJ", sT,sC,"tea-stains"); add ("The Yellow Room Editor", "Jo", sT,sC,"theyellowroomeditor"); add ("The Lady with the Laptop", "Juliette", sT,sC,"juliettemcalroy"); add ("Get On With It", "Karen", sT,sC,"writewritingwritten"); add ("Read like a Writer", "Kate H", sT,sC,"readlikeawriter"); add ("Wordgirl's Work in Progress", "Kate H", sT,sC,"chicklitworkinprogress"); add ("What Kate Did Next", "Kate LB", sT,sC,"katelordbrown"); add ("Kirsty Greenwood", "Kirsty", sT,sC,"kirstygreenwood.typepad.com"); add ("Dragon's Flame", "Kris", sT,sC,"intheflameofthedragon"); add ("L-Plate Author", "L-Plate Author",sT,sC,"lplateauthor"); add ("Itty Bitty Fiction", "Lane", sT,sC,"ittybitttyfiction"); add ("Lane's Write", "Lane", sT,sC,"laneswrite"); add ("When Life gives you Lemons...", "Lily", sT,sC,"lilysheehan"); //add ("Diary of a Demon", "LeatherDykeUK", sT,sC,"jasfoup"); add ("The Art of Subtle Procrastination","Leigh", sT,sC,"leighforbes"); //add ("Wordtryst", "Liane", sT,sC,"lianespicer"); add ("Hesitant Scribe", "Lisa", sT,sC,"hesitantscribe"); add ("Just Keep Writing & Other Thoughts","Liz", sT,sC,"lizfenwick"); add ("Being Lucy Diamond", "Lucy Diamond", sT,sC,"beinglucydiamond"); add ("My Word Mercedes!", "Mercedes", sT,sC,"www.mywordmercedes.blogspot.com"); add ("Diary of Mother X", "Mother X", sT,sC,"diaryofmotherxlivingwithautism"); add ("NoviceNovelist", "NoviceNovelist",sT,sC,"novicenovelist"); add ("The Last Word!", "Paige", sT,sC,"have-the-last-word"); add ("QwertyQueen", "Queenie", sT,sC,"qwertyqueen"); //add ("The Revising Life", "Revisionista", sT,sC,"therevisinglife"); //add ("Rowan's Writing Blog", "Rowan", sT,sC,"rowancoleman"); add ("Writing Etc", "Sally Q", sT,sC,"quillersplace"); add ("Just Get On With It", "Sarah*G*", sT,sC,"iwillwritemybook"); add ("Life of a British Expat in America","Sarah*G*", sT,sC,"wehavemovedtousa"); add ("Can I Have a Word?", "Secret Writer", sT,sC,"thesecretwriter.wordpress.com"); add ("Serendipity", "Serendipity", sT,sC,"hope-chances"); add ("Wordy Blog", "Tam", sT,sC,"wordyblog"); add ("Real E Fun", "Zinnia", sT,sC,"realefun"); // Facebook links sT = "Facebook"; sC = "Group"; add ("Amateur Fiction Writing","Captain Black",sT,sC,"www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2337282643","General discussion group about writing."); add ("Novel Racers","Maht Wells", sT,sC,"www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3373586683","Very quiet group. Better off visiting the blog."); add ("Suspense/Thriller Writers","Pat Bertram",sT,sC,"www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2397748813","Some good weekly discussion board topics."); // Resources sT = "Resource"; sC = "General"; add ("Alexandra Sokolov", "Alexandra", sT,sC,"thedarksalon"); add ("Andrew Lownie Literary Agency","Andrew Lownie",sT,sC,"www.andrewlownie.co.uk"); add ("Bookersatz", "Cathy", sT,sC,"bookersatz","Book reviews and news."); add ("Help! I Need a Publisher!", "Nicola Morgan",sT,sC,"helpineedapublisher"); add ("How Publishing Really Works", "Jane Smith", sT,sC,"howpublishingreallyworks","A plethora of information about the business."); add ("Lighthouse Writing Tips", "Kathy Krajco", sT,sC,"lighthouse-writing-tips","Not been updated for over a year."); add ("The Literary Lab", "Davin Malasarn, scott G.F. bailey & Michelle Davidson Argyle",sT,sC,"literarylab.blogspot.com"); add ("The Literary Project", "Gemma Noon", sT,sC,"www.theliteraryproject.blogspot.com"); add ("The New Romantics", "Various", sT,sC,"thenewromantics.org","Seven British novelists who are proud to write novels about the ups - and downs - of love."); add ("Paperback Writer", "Lynn Viehl", sT,sC,"pbackwriter","Blog."); add ("Pitch Parlour", "Miss Pitch", sT,sC,"pitchparlour","Showcase blog for submissions."); add ("StoryFix.com", "Larry Brooks", sT,sC,"storyfix.com","'How To' blog."); add ("Women's stories: read, write, enjoy!","womagwriter",sT,sC,"womagwriter"); add ("Writer Beware Blogs!","Ann Crispin & Victoria Strauss",sT,sC,"accrispin","Visit this site before submitting!"); add ("Writing Calendar", "Sally Quilford",sT,sC,"www.writingcalendar.com","Competitions, festivals, workshops..."); sC = "News"; add ("5th Estate", "",sT,sC,"fifthestate.co.uk","Blog by authors, editors & publishers."); add ("AuthorScoop", "",sT,sC,"authorscoop.com"); add ("Book2Book", "",sT,sC,"www.booktrade.info","Also known as BookTrade Info."); add ("BookBrunch", "",sT,sC,"www.bookbrunch.co.uk"); add ("The Bookseller", "",sT,sC,"www.thebookseller.com","Has a news section."); add ("GalleyCat", "",sT,sC,"www.mediabistro.com/galleycat"); add ("Publishers Lunch", "",sT,sC,"www.publishersmarketplace.com/lunch/free"); add ("Publishers Weekly","",sT,sC,"www.publishersweekly.com"); add ("Shelf Awareness", "",sT,sC,"www.shelf-awareness.com"); sC = "Plot"; add ("How to get unstuck", "Justine Larbalestier",sT,sC,"justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/01/05/jwam-reader-request-no-3-how-to-get-unstuck","What to do if your plot gets stuck."); add ("Creating a plot outline", "Holly Lisle", sT,sC,"hollylisle.com/pdf/Lisle-Plot-Outline.pdf","Mini-Course document."); add ("The 3 act structure", "Peder Hill", sT,sC,"www.musik-therapie.at/PederHill/Structure&Plot.htm","Part of Learn the Elements of a Novel site."); add ("Narrative tension", "Bill Johnson", sT,sC,"ezinearticles.com/?Creating-Narrative-Tension-in-a-Novel&id=88160","Ezine article."); add ("Tips for adding tension to your novel","Stacy Verdick Case", sT,sC,"www.fictionfactor.com/guests/tension.html","Article on Fiction Factor."); add ("The Hero's journey", "Wikipedia", sT,sC,"en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth","Monomyth article."); add ("Turn up the Wattage - Story Power", "Lynn Viehl", sT,sC,"pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2007/07/vw3-turn-up-wattage-story-power.html","Paperback Writer blog article."); sC = "Encouragement & Motivation"; add ("The secret of writing success", "Sally Quilford", sT,sC,"sallyquilfordblog.co.uk/2008/12/new-year-message-and-writing-secret-of.html","Blog article."); add ("For Writers", "Jennifer Weiner", sT,sC,"jenniferweiner.com/forwriters.htm","Even hugely successful chicklit authors like Jennifer Weiner have been rejected."); add ("A Conversation with Jasper Fforde","Kathleen Bolton", sT,sC,"writerunboxed.com/2007/06/22/author-interview-a-conversation-with-jasper-fforde","Jasper Fforde, rejected 76 times over 10 years."); add ("Finishing the Novel", "Maggie Gee", sT,sC,"spreadtheword.org.uk/index.php?id=miscellaneous&text=1053","Write as though you've got a gun to your head."); add ("How do you know when to quit?", "Toni McGee Causey",sT,sC,"murderati.com/blog/2009/4/19/how-do-you-know-when-to-quit.html","Article on Murderati."); sC = "Agents & Editors"; add ("The Road Ahead", "Scribbly", sT,sC,"writeblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2008/09/road-ahead.html","What they want."); add ("When to Cut Ties with Your Agent","Jessica Faust", sT,sC,"bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2008/06/when-to-cut-ties-with-your-agent.html","Bookends LLC article."); add ("Revisions Before Representation", "Jessica Faust", sT,sC,"bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2008/05/revisions-before-representation.html","When agents ask for revisions but don't offer representation."); add ("Talking Websites", "Agent Kristin", sT,sC,"pubrants.blogspot.com/2008/03/talking-websites.html","Do agents look at wannabe author's websites?"); add ("Novel Manuscript Format", "Matthew Carless",sT,sC,"www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scriptsmart/novel.pdf","BBC website on how to lay out a novel for submission to an agent/editor."); sC = "Characters"; add ("Body Language Cues to Emotion", "Joanna Waugh", sT,sC,"www.joannawaugh.com/Craft.html","Useful for show vs tell."); add ("Character Arc (I)", "Julie Cohen", sT,sC,"www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2010/01/17/character-arc","Blog article."); add ("Character Arc (II)", "Julie Cohen", sT,sC,"www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2010/01/18/character-arc-2","Blog article."); add ("Character and Plot: Inseparable!","Nathan Bransford",sT,sC,"nathanbransford.blogspot.com/2008/06/character-and-plot-inseparable.html","What makes a compelling character?"); add ("Create images of your characters","Channel Four", sT,sC,"www.channel4.com/entertainment/t4/microsites/M/makingfaces/yourface_createMate.html","Face Identi-Kit."); add ("NameVoyager", "Baby Name Wizard",sT,sC,"babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html","Matching a character's name to their age."); add ("Sympathy without Saintliness", "Alicia Rasley", sT,sC,"www.sff.net/people/alicia/artsympathy.htm","What makes a sympathetic character?"); sC = "IT & Software"; add ("Write or Die", "Dr Wicked", sT,sC,"lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html","Write or your computer will bleep at you!"); add ("yWriter", "Spacejock Software", sT,sC,"www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html","Free writing software."); add ("Wordle", "Jonathan Feinberg", sT,sC,"www.wordle.net","Create a 'word cloud' of your novel or short story."); add ("Using the Semi-colon","Improve Your Writing",sT,sC,"www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/skills/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_44.htm","Semi-colon quiz."); add ("The Gender Genie", "Bookblog", sT,sC,"bookblog.net/gender/genie.php","Do you write like woman or a man?"); add ("NaturalReader", "NaturalSoft", sT,sC,"www.naturalreaders.com","Get your computer to read out your novel/story for you"); add ("AutoCrit", "Nina Davies", sT,sC,"www.autocrit.com","Manuscript editing wizard."); add ("Backups", "Captain Black", sT,sC,"cloud-base.blogspot.com/2009/06/computer-disasters.html","Captain's Computer Tips article."); sC = "Writers' Block"; add ("The Nasty Four-Letter Word That Keeps You From Writing","Brian Clark",sT,sC,"www.copyblogger.com/writers-block","Copyblogger article."); add ("Just Don't Do It","Slate Magazine",sT,sC,"http://www.slate.com/id/2190909","A special issue on procrastination."); sC = "Publishing"; add ("Chain Reaction", "Danuta Kean",sT,sC,"www.danutakean.com/blog/?p=245","How do you get your book into the supermarkets?"); add ("Not just singing into the wind","Emma Darwin",sT,sC,"emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/2008/02/not-just-singin.html","Don't expect to earn loads of money."); add ("Things I've learned since my first book was published","Cherie Priest",sT,sC,"cmpriest.livejournal.com/879864.html","Blog article."); add ("Letting go of your first novel is so very hard to do","Antony Moore",sT,sC,"entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article2151594.ece","Author tries to promote his first book."); add ("How we choose what to publish", "Emma Barnes",sT,sC,"www.snowbooks.com/weblog/2007/06/how_we_choose_what_to_publish.html#more","Article on The Snowblog."); add ("Publisher Dating Dictionary","Kit Whitfield",sT,sC,"www.kitwhitfield.com/publisherdating.html","Covering letter/dating analogy."); sC = "Advice"; add ("The Writer's Writing Guide: Common Traps","Rachel Simon",sT,sC,"www.rachelsimon.com/wg_common.htm","35 traps writers fall into"); add ("Writing Novels","Various", sT,sC,"www.fictionfactor.com/novel.html","Fiction Factor series."); add ("Writing & Publishing","Various",sT,sC,"www.videojug.com/tag/writing-and-publishing","Really informative videos on writing and getting published"); add ("Novels for Young Readers","Ian Bone",sT,sC,"www.ianbone.com.au/pdfs/NovelsYoung_IanBone.pdf","Writing fiction for 8-12 year olds"); add ("Tricks of the Trade","Lisa Gardner",sT,sC,"www.lisagardner.com/tricks/index.htm","Writing tips."); add ("Writing advice","Caro Clarke",sT,sC,"www.caroclarke.com/writing.html","Collection of articles."); add ("Ten Commandments of becoming a Published Author","Julie Cohen",sT,sC,"www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2009/06/23/the-ten-commandments-of-becoming-a-published-author","Blog article."); add ("The Secrets to Publishing Success","Jane Friedman",sT,sC,"blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2009/10/06/TheSecretsToPublishingSuccessJanes2009ToughLoveGuide.aspx","Jane's 2009 Tough Love Guide."); add ("What It Takes to Become a Master Writer","Mary DeMuth",sT,sC,"michaelhyatt.com/2009/10/what-it-takes-to-become-a-master-writer.html","Guest post on Michael Hyatt's site."); add ("Building a reality-based writing career","KeVin K",sT,sC,"novelspaces.blogspot.com/2009/12/building-reality-based-writing-career.html","Keep the day job!"); sC = "Random Stuff"; add ("Have a nose at other writer's rooms","BBC",sT,sC,"news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7754115.stm"); add ("How to write","Various",sT,sC,"www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/howtowrite","Guardian newspaper articles."); add ("The Book Show","Various",sT,sC,"www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=TheBookShow","YouTube videos."); add ("Free Rice","UN World Food Program",sT,sC,"www.freerice.com","Test your vocab and help charity at the same time."); add ("The Right Brain vs Left Brain test","Perth Now",sT,sC,"www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511-5005375,00.html","Are you right-brained or left-brained?"); add ("Behind the Lines","Times on Line",sT,sC,"entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2615414.ece","What drives writers to write?"); sC = "Editing"; add ("How to kill your darlings without remorse","Brenda Coulter",sT,sC,"brendacoulter.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-kill-your-darlings-without.html","Blog article."); add ("Rewriting a novel","Justine Larbalestier",sT,sC,"justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=890"); add ("3 steps to edit your novel","Nina Davies",sT,sC,"www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/6/1/Edit-Your-Novel-In-Three-Steps/Page1.html","Part of the AutoCrit Writing Centre."); add ("Editing","Caro Clarke",sT,sC,"www.caroclarke.com/rewriting.html","Collection of articles."); add ("Revision Toolkit","Therese Fowler",sT,sC,"theresefowler.blogspot.com/2007/07/revision-tool-kit.html","Blog article."); add ("English Software","EnglishSoftware.org",sT,sC,"www.englishsoftware.org/articles.html","Articles section."); // Authors sT = "Web"; sC = "Author"; add ("Cally Taylor","Cally Taylor", sT,sC,"www.callytaylor.co.uk"); add ("Captain Black","Captain Black", sT,sC,"www.kevinmachin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk"); add ("Caroline Smailes","Caroline Smailes", sT,sC,"www.carolinesmailes.co.uk"); add ("Catherine Walter","Catherine Walter", sT,sC,"www.catherinewalter.co.uk"); add ("Deborah Carr","Deborah Carr", sT,sC,"www.deborahcarr.co.uk"); add ("Della Galton","Della Galton", sT,sC,"www.dellagalton.com"); add ("Wannabe a Writer?","Jane Wenham-Jones",sT,sC,"wannabeawriter.moonfruit.com","Site relating to Jane Wenham-Jones, friends and colleagues, author of the book Wannabe a Writer?."); add ("Kate Harrison","Kate Harrison", sT,sC,"www.kate-harrison.com"); add ("Lucy Diamond","Lucy Diamond", sT,sC,"www.lucydiamond.co.uk"); /////////////////////////////////////////// // Priv: add // Desc: Add an entry to the database. // Args: psName -- Display name for link. // psAuth -- Name of author or owner. // psType -- Type of link. // psCat -- Category for link. // psURL -- Location of link. // psDesc -- [Optional] description. // Retn: New link object reference. /////////////////////////////////////////// function add (psName, psAuth, psType, psCat, psURL) { var oLink, psDesc, oDesc; // Create new object psDesc = (arguments.length > 5) ? arguments[5] : null; oLink = new link (psName, psAuth, psType, psCat, psURL, psDesc); // Update array and count aoLink[iCountLinks] = oLink; iCountLinks++; // Constructor function link (psName, psAuth, psType, psCat, psURL, psDesc) { var sURL; // Fill in members this.sName = psName; this.sAuthor = psAuth; this.sType = psType; this.sCat = psCat; // Fill in any missing URL parts sURL = psURL; if (sURL !== "") { if (sURL.slice (0, 4) != "http") { sURL = "http://" + sURL; } switch (psType) { case "Blog": case "Fiction": case "Group": case "Resource": if (sURL.indexOf (".") < 0) { sURL += ".blogspot.com"; } break; default: break; } } this.sURL = sURL; // Description is optional if (psDesc === null) { this.oDesc = null; this.sDesc = ""; } else { oDesc = cbTag ("Span"); oDesc.innerHTML = psDesc; // Set here as cbTag might interpret embedded '=' as attributes this.oDesc = oDesc; this.sDesc = cbStrNode (this.oDesc); } } // End of link (constructor) return (oLink); } // End of add // Return the information this.iCountLinks = iCountLinks; this.aoLink = aoLink; this.add = add; } // End of cbExLinks /* End of file exlinks.js */