Not much introduction is needed here, except to state clearly that this is a very subjective list. It was very difficult to make, and there is no order of preference either. So please do feel free to post your comments and add more songwriters you feel deserve to be mentioned here.

1. Bob Dylan

   

   Lets start with one person who would be on pretty much anyone’s top 10 songwriters list: Bob Dylan. A major figure in music scene for over 50 years, Dylan is by many considered a great poet, whose lyrics incorporate a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences.

   I gotta use words when I talk to you
   but if you understand or if you don’t
   that’s nothing to me and nothing to you
   we all gotta do what we gotta do.

   ——-

   The geometry of innocence flesh on the bone
   Causes Galileo’s math book to get thrown
   At Delilah who sits worthlessly alone
   But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter

   ——-

   Go to him now, he calls you, you can’t refuse.
   When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose.
   You’re invisible now. You’ve got no secrets to conceal.
   -

2. Leonard Cohen

   

   Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist, Leonard Cohen is famous for his deep voice and the richness of lyrics. Cohen’s work explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships. He has produced an impressive volume of work of high artistic quality over a five-decade career.

   Like a bird on the wire,
   like a drunk in a midnight choir
   I have tried in my way to be free.

   ——-

   On that fundamental ground
   Where love’s unwilled, unleashed, unbound
   And half the perfect world is found.
   
   ——-

   Everybody knows that you love me baby
   Everybody knows that you really do
   Everybody knows that you’ve been faithful
   Ah give or take a night or two
   Everybody knows you’ve been discreet
   But there were so many people you just had to meet
   without your clothes
   And everybody knows
   -

3. Waters/Gilmour

   

   Pink Floyd is known for their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour wrote some of the most beautiful, insightful and prophetic words in the albums: The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall.

   So, so you think you can tell
   Heaven from Hell,
   Blue skies from pain?
   Can you tell a green field
   From a cold steel rail?
   A smile from a veil?
   Do you think you can tell?

   ——-
   
   There is no pain you are receding
   A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
   You are only coming through in waves.
   Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying.
   When I was a child I had a fever
   My hands felt just like two balloons.
   Now I’ve got that feeling once again
   I can’t explain you would not understand
   This is not how I am.
   I have become comfortably numb.
   -

4. Jagger/Richards

   

   Of course, this list would be incomplete without The Rolling Stones. Having been friends since the early 1950s, when they were classmates at a primary school in Dartford, Kent, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have come a long way together, leaving behind an impressive legacy of hits.

   I met a gin-soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis
   She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
   She had to heave me right across her shoulder’
   Cause I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind.

   ——-

   Don’t you know promises were never made to keep?
   Just like the night, dissolve in sleep.
   I’ll be your savior, steadfast and true.
   I’ll come to your emotional rescue.
   -

5. Tom Waits

   

   With his trademark growl, Tom Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona, with a cult following. Known for incorporating pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music. Lyrically, Waits’ songs frequently present atmospheric portrayals of grotesque, often seedy characters and places – although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads.

   Well I got a bad liver and a broken heart
   yea I drunk me a river since you tore me apart
   and I don’t have a drinking problem
   cept when I can’t get a drink

   ——-

   Tonight I’ll shave the mountain
   I’ll cut the hearts from pharaohs
   I pull the road off of the rise
   tear the memories from my eyes
   and in the morning I’ll be gone

   ——-

   As I attempt to consolidate all my missed weekly rendezvous
   Into one low monthly payment, through the nose
   With romantic residuals and legs akimbo
   But the chances are that more than likely
   Standing underneath a moon holding water
   I’ll probably be held over for another
   Smashed weekend
   Thank you

   ——-

   Boney’s high on china white Shorty found a punk
   don’t you know there ain’t no devil thats just god when he’s drunk
   well this stuff will probably kill you let’s do another line
   what you say you meet me down on Heartattack and Vine
   -

6. Nick Cave

   

   Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor, Nick Cave has proved his multi-dimensional persona time and again.  His distinctive, highly dark, challenging lyrics and violent sound influenced by free jazz, blues, and post-punk were first expressed in the group The Birthday Party in the early 1980s. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were established in 1984, and are known for its eclectic influences and musical styles.

   Tallys up his loneliness, notch by notch,
   For the sea offers nuthin’ to hold or touch.
   
   ——-

   In the days of madness, my brother, my sister,
   When you’re dragged toward the Hell-mouth,
   You will beg for the end, but there ain’t gonna be one, friend,
   For the grave will spew you out! It will spew you out!
   
   ——-

   Along crags and sunless cracks I go,
   Up rib of rock, down spine of stone,
   I dare not slumber where the right winds whistle,
   Lest her creeping-soul clutch this heart of thistle.
   -

7. Elvis Costello

   

   Elvis Costello arrived to the music scene in the mid-1970s and quickly became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. A true wordsmith and an artist in word play, Costello’s lyrics stand out with rich vocabulary. He has boldly explored and experimented with diverse musical genres; one critic described him as a “pop encyclopedia,” able to “reinvent the past in his own image”.

   Accidents will happen
   We only hit and run
   I don’t want to hear it
   Cause I know what I’ve done

   And it’s the damage that we do
   And never know
   It’s the words that we don’t say
   That scare me so.

   ——-

   Oh I used to be disgusted
   and now I try to be amused
   -

8. Jim Morrison

    

   
   James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors, and is widely regarded as one of the most iconic frontmen in rock music history. Morrison was drawn to the study of literature, poetry, religion, philosophy and psychology. In his songs he explored mysticism, ancient myth and symbolism and was particularly attracted to the myths and religions of Native American cultures.

   Let’s reinvent the gods, all the myths of the ages
   Celebrate symbols from deep elder forests
   

   —–

   Riders on the storm
   Riders on the storm
   Into this house we’re born
   Into this world we’re thrown
   Like a dog without a bone
   An actor out alone
   Riders on the storm
   

   ——-

   Strange days have found us
   And through their strange hours
   We linger alone
   Bodies confused
   Memories misused
   As we run from the day
   To a strange night of stone
   ——-

   Not to touch the earth
   Not to see the sun
   Nothing left to do, but
   Run, run, run
   Let’s run
   Let’s run

   -

9. John Lennon

   

   The iconic figure of our times, John Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, his drawings, on film, and in interviews, and he became controversial through his political and peace activism.

   Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
   It’s getting hard to be someone but it all works out.
   It doesn’t matter much to me.

   Let me take you down, ’cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields.
   Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.
   Strawberry Fields forever.

   ——-

   Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.

   ——-

   Imagine there’s no heaven,
   It’s easy if you try,
   No hell below us,
   Above us only sky,
   Imagine all the people
   living for today…

   Imagine there’s no countries,
   It isnt hard to do,
   Nothing to kill or die for,
   No religion too,
   Imagine all the people
   living life in peace…

   ——-

   There are no problems, only solutions.
   -

10. Robert Plant/Jimmy Page

    

    Led Zeppelin, widely considered to be one of the most successful, innovative and influential bands in the history of rock music, left a legacy of some of the finest rock-n-roll poetry.

    Tangerine, Tangerine, Living reflection from a dream;
    I was her love, she was my queen,
    And now a thousand years between.

    ——-

    And as we wind on down the road
    Our shadows taller than our soul.
    There walks a lady we all know
    Who shines white light and wants to show
    How everything still turns to gold.
    And if you listen very hard
    The tune will come to you at last.
    When all are one and one is all
    To be a rock and not to roll.

    ——-

    Seems like the wrath of the gods
    got a punch on the nose and has started to flow,
    I think I might be sinking.
    Throw me a line if I reach it in time,
    I’ll meet you up there where the path
    runs straight and high.

     

Internet is an endless source of treasures when it comes to mystical, occult texts from many traditions, that until just a few decades ago, were available only to the select few. If you have any interest in the subject, here are some great free online resources to keep you busy reading, learning, growing…

1. Internet Sacred Text Archive

   Internet Sacred Text Archive is one of the largest free online libraries of  books and texts about religion, mythology, folklore and the widest range of esoteric subjects. The site is devoted to religious tolerance and scholarship.

   Internet Sacred Text Archive

2. The Hermetic Library

   Hermetic Library features a collection of texts and sites relating to Hermeticism in a broad sense and the Western esoteric tradition. Includes works of Sam Webster, Bill Heidrick, Aleister Crowley, and many others. Since its creation, in 1996, Hermetic Library has become one of the most comprehensive and popular resources on the mystical and esoteric subjects.

   The Hermetic Library

3. The Arcane Archive

   The Arcane Archive is a cache of Usenet and other text files pertaining to discussions in a wide variety of Usenet newsgroups devoted to occult, religious, magical, and mystical topics. It contains sub-directories in five major categories: interdisciplinary studies, mysticism, occultism, religion, societies and fraternal orders.

   The Arcane Archive

4. Perseus Digital Library

   The Perseus Project is a digital library project of Tufts University that assembles digital collections of humanities resources. It is hosted by the Department of Classics. It is an evolving collection of resources for the study of the ancient world, including archaeology, atlas, texts and translations, text tools and lexica. Ancient Greek works in Perseus are stored as beta code, though they can be reformatted for display into a variety of transcription systems.

   Perseus Digital Library

5. Muktabodha

   This is an online digital library of rare Sanskrit texts initially focused on Kashmir Shaivism, then broadening to Trika-Kaula, Saiva-Siddhanta, Pancaratra, Natha Yoga and other tantric works, in addition to manuscripts on Vedic Shrauta ritual. Hosted by the Muktabodha Indological Research Institute whose mission is to recover and preserve endangered treasures of India’s religious and philosophical wisdom and make them accessible for study and scholarship, and ultimately as a resource for humanity.

   Muktabodha

6. ACIP

   The Asian Classics Input Project aims to preserve disappearing books containing the great ideas of the Eastern half of humanity, and to make these books and ideas accessible to the world at large. Downloadable mainly as zipped text & rtf files. Includes over 200 previously unreleased titles from the classics of traditional Asian philosophy in the Tibetan language.

   ACIP

7. Dharmic Scriptures

   Here you will find the four Vedas which you can download in a zipped Word file, together with Vedas Excerpts, Vedic Samhitas & Brahmanas Introduction, and the Upanishads, all in zipped Word files.

   Dharmic Scriptures

8. Encyclopedia Mythica

   As the name says, this is an online encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. The mythology data base is divided into large geographical regions, with further subdivisions, and is also searchable by linguistic and ethnological groups. Folklore is set up in three sections; general folklore, folktales from many lands and Arthurian legends. As an added feature there are several special interest areas – a Bestiary, legendary heroes, an image gallery, and genealogical tables of various pantheons and prominent houses.

   Encyclopedia Mythica

9. The Theosophic Society

   A large collection of Theosoophical writings, in plain text format, including books by Blavatsky, Judge, Tingley, Purucker and many others. Also, here you will find introductory manuals on Theosophy and material on the world’s sacred traditions. There is also a searchable PDF version of Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine, and the latter is downloadable in a zipped file.

   The Theosophic Society

10. Taoism Digital Library

    This online library hosts many popular texts in English language: The Tao Te Ching, the Chuang-tzu, I Ching and other works. Further links to a wide variety of Taoist texts and commentaries.

    Taoism Digital Library

If you like to write, there are many ways you can make money online and earn extra income on the Internet. You do not need to have a blog, or a website, or any prior knowledge of HTML or JAVA, or SEO, or whatever. How come? Well, there are already many websites out there that will let you publish your writing and make money off it, while they take care of all the technical stuff and even promote your pages by bringing them more traffic than you could ever do on your own.

So if you don’t suffer from the “must-have-my-own-domain” complex, you can not only save money on domain  name and web hosting, but also skip the time-consuming process of promoting your blog, improving its page rank, optimizing the pages for search engines, link building, etc. It’s a known fact that most bloggers give up after about 6 months because they do not see the results. They do not see the results because it takes time to achieve high search engine ranking. And that’s something you get for free by publishing your writing on those sites that already have it.

Then again, there are websites that will pay you a flat fee for your articles, or put you in touch with someone who will. Internet is full of endless opportunities, if you know where to look.

Beware, though, for there are many scams blooming on the internet that will take advantage of your work and never pay you a cent for it. I recommend running a search to check for user reviews before registering at any websites, especially if what they offer sounds too good to be true. An excellent resource for this kind of research is EssayScam.Org.

Having said that, the websites reviewed below have all been thoroughly researched and are rated based on the earning potential they provide for writers.

1. HubPages

   Hubpages is one of the best earning venues for internet writers. It allows you to post articles called hubs about anything, granting them a lot of exposure and a means for you to earn some money. It is ideal for writers who don’t have any idea about html or javascript, as the interface is very clean and easy to use.

   Unlike WordPress, you can monetize your blog all the way. What’s more, HubPages gets ranked in the search engines quickly and most of them in the first pages bringing you instant traffic immediately. You don’t even need to do search engine optimization, work on traffic or advertising your blog.

   With Hubpages you can earn significant passive income every month but you have to work hard to start with. People earn over £1000/$1000 per month. So if you work hard for a year or two you can get an extra few thousand every month for the rest of your life. The way this is done is through programs such as Google Adsense, Amazon.com, Ebay,  and Kontera but you can also join other affiliate programs and promote your websites and blogs. If you are using Adsense, Amazon.com, Ebay and Kontera, you can link to your accounts and get 70% revenue for the time your adverts are displayed.

   There is also an affiliate program that allows you generate ongoing revenue when you refer new writers to HubPages. The more high-quality writers you bring in, the greater your royalties.

   
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2. Squidoo

   Squidoo is a great website with high page rank that lets you write and publish your own articles. They make it easy to create and update lenses. A lens is an article on Squidoo’s site. You have many different options to make your lens unique. You can add photos, Amazon.com products, ebay listings, Orbitz vacation spot, YouTube videos, etc. If you are writing a review about a book or another product you can link to a specific Amazon.com ASIN so the person can buy the product and you receive a commission. No HTML knowledge needed to use the lens builder.

   You can rate other people’s lenses and leave comments. You can do that at other article sites, but what sets Squidoo apart is you can create or join a group that is interested in the same subject. When you join a group you can discuss the subject and share your view and your articles with other members. Squidoo won’t pay you for every lens you create, instead you earn a commission off of every Amazon.com sale, eBay sale, or Orbitz sale. You don’t have to have your article approved before it is posted.

   They also offer a pretty good affiliate program; when you refer a person and they earn $15.00 you both receive $5.00 bonus. You need to accumulate $20.00 before you can receive payment.

   

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3. Info Barrel

   Although sticking to the model of a revenue sharing website, Info Barrel offers a few innovative options to its writers, redefining the way average users participate in online media sites.  Every time a piece of your content is published on Info Barrel, you are entitled to 75% of all the Google Adsense ad impressions generated by your content.

   Info Barrel provides its writers with the ability to publish articles in multi-formats, giving you more freedom in creative expression. Also, Info Barrel openly rewards longer articles, with a point system attributed dependent upon length of articles. Last but not least, they have an affiliate program enabling you to further earn passive income on writers you refer.

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4. Bukisa

   Bukisa is a publisher of informational & educational content. They are both a UGC website and an aggregator, which means that they will let you submit content that’s already published on the net, as long as it’s yours. You can submit content in the form of articles, videos, presentations, audio recordings and image slide-shows.

   Bukisa runs on a unique and revolutionary revenue sharing model based on two main revenue streams and the innovative Bukisa Index:
   1. Getting paid for people reading, viewing or listening to your high quality published content.
   2. Getting paid for the read, viewed & listened published content of your friends, friends’ friends and their friends (up to three levels).
   You get paid up to three levels. Payments are processed via PayPal.

   
   
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5. Virtual Author’s Assistant

   There is a booming niche market working with authors that no one knows about, the so called “Ghost Writers”. Virtual assistants are the hottest growing job market. They are the people who work behind the scenes to create, organize and coordinate all the different pieces necessary to get a book published. They make phone calls, organize material, send out emails, coordinate designers, proofreaders and printers and conduct research. This is a no-nonsense, real, work at home business, and if you are interested, The Publishing Store website specializes in training virtual author’s assistants.

   Virtual Author’s Assistant

6. She Told Me

   This is one site that lets you do what most others don’t and even pays you for it. You actually get paid for bookmarking your links. They can be in form of articles, videos and photos. For each link you submit to SheToldMe.com a new web page is created. Every page includes the title of the scoop, the link itself, and a description of the linked site you write up.

   She Told Me has a good page rank, and a link to your website will show on everything you submit. This can be a powerful traffic booster for your website or blog.

   As for earning potential, She Told Me uses a truly unique approach based on 100% Adsense revenue sharing. They also have integrated Chitika ads, so if you sign up for Chitika you get all the Chitika earnings too. You can make more money on referring people as well.

   

   Join SheToldMe.com

7. Best Reviewer

   The creator of SheToldMe has recently created another website similar to SheToldMe in this sense:

   • Adsense revenue sharing 100%
   • Referrals program to get your Adsense id displayed on all your referrrals’s pages
   • You can post links to your own websites/blogs and articles on other places

   What is different is :

   • It’s brand new, so doesn’t have alexa or google pagerank just yet
   • It’s not digg-like, there’s no voting system, it’s more like an article directory, except the articles are “tops” like Top 10 best paid actors, or Top 5 best smartphone in 2010, etc.
   • You also get your site URL to be displayed on all your referrals’ pages.

   Join Best Reviewer

8. Associated Content

   At Associated Content you can make money by joining their community and writing about any topic you choose, as long as you are knowledgeable about it.  There is a wide range of topics you can write about, almost anything is acceptable, as long as it is in good taste. Before submitting the article, proof-read it extensively, because spelling or grammatical errors may cause them to reject your article. After a few business days you will receive a reply, either offering you a fee for your article, or letting you know that it’s been rejected. They will also offer you a monetary amount of $3 to $40 for your article.  You can decide if you want to accept their offer or not.  If you accept, you will receive your payment through PayPal within two weeks.

   Please note, if you accept their offer they are in effect purchasing your article so you will not be able to sell it to anyone else.  If you don’t accept their offer you get to keep your article, but you will not receive any money.

   Most new users will only earn about $3-$5 per article, but do not get discouraged.  As long as you remain an active user with Associated Content your average per article will increase.  It also helps if you write about hot topics like the war on terror, celebrities, and sports.

   Join Associated Content

9. myLot

   myLot lets you earn extra money by posting discussions in their forums. You can earn $0.05 to $0.25 per post. Although this may not sound like a lot,  you are not limited to the number of posts you can make in a day. Your earnings are updated daily, and a minimum amount of $10 is needed before you can withdraw payment. They pay via paypal once a month.

   Keep in mind, though – you can’t make money just by replying to every post you see with a lol or one word answer. You should post an intelligent comment that adds to the conversation. The longer and more you add to a discussion the more you will make per post. A word of warning: every member can rate other people’s posts. If you make too many bad posts you will start to make less per post.

   myLot accepts members from any country. They also have a referral program. You earn 25% of your referrals earnings; if you can recruit a dozen very active members you can really make some extra money.

   

   Join myLot

10. Triond

    Triond is a complete publishing service that enables users to easily publish quality content of any type, in any media format. It is not limited only to writers. They accept all original content on any topic, including written articles, pictures, audio, and video. You can easily keep track of all of your published items in your Triond account. You can even personalize your profile page to transform it into a unique, sharable portfolio that rivals any blog.

    Triond publishes your work on a network of niche websites so you reach a wider audience, gain more recognition and earn more revenue. They give you 50% of the revenue generated by the ads displayed on your content.

    Join Triond

11. Helium

    Helium.com was launched in October 2006, and has since established itself as an excellent get paid to write articles website. It has a unique system that works like this: for every article you submit, you are given two pieces to read and rate. If your article receives good ratings it will become one of the top reads for that subject.You earn money from Helium.com by receiving a part of the advertising revenue that they make. Instead of a flat fee for each article you submit you earn money for every time someone clicks an ad while reading your article. Although you won’t be able to make a lot of money quickly you can slowly build up your income and make money.

    Some topics are more profitable to write for than others. Some of the higher paying topics include personal finance, health and medical, and business.

    

    Join Helium

12. Online Writing Jobs

    This is probably the most extensive job website for freelance writers, the one you are likely to visit more often. There is no cost, no fee, no registration required. If you get past the visual barrier, the website is quite functional. There is a counter displaying how many people have viewed each job, it offers easy sorting function prominently displayed at the top of the landing page, and – last but not least – job posting dates are displayed, saving you the effort of applying for old postings.

    Keep in mind though, this is a job list accumulator, which means that it copies writing jobs from other sites, and these are not first postings. However, it will serve to cut down your search time significantly. Highly recommended for the busy freelance writer.

    
    Online Writing Jobs

Here is the list of top ten writing tools on internet. Whether you write professionally or just for fun, you’ll be able to make use of these ten excellent writing tools. Some will help you in writing style and grammar, some in research and citation, others yet in mind-mapping and inspiration. Check them out.

1. OmmWriter

   OmmWriter is a simple text processor, unlike any other in that its sole purpose is to help you concentrate and stay inspired. It will not check your grammar and spelling mistakes. There are plenty of other word programs that do that. OmmWriter is all about making writing a pleasure once again, vindicating the close relationship between writer and paper, but in a modern, screen version. Any writer knows that the more intimate this relation is, the smoother the flow of inspiration. If you are a scriptwriter, blogger, journalist, copywriter, poet or just someone who enjoys writing, welcome back to concentrating.
   .

   Visit OmmWriter website

2. Pulse Smartpen

   This is our absolute favorite, an innovative writing gadget that adds loads of features to a once sole-purpose object. There have been quite a few attempts to create a product that could convert hand-writing to digital format, but nothing worked that great. Pulse Smartpen is aimed at students and professionals, it captures what you write and what you hear simultaneously and synchronizes the writing and audio, so when you tap a particular word, you can hear what was being said when you wrote it. If you have the need to write a lot on paper, this is by far the best product for capturing any kind of hand-written notes. The Pulse has a number of other features, such as a calculator, translator, menu-navigation arrows, bookmarks, replay, playback speed, and volume controls. These functions are just the start, as Livescribe plans to create additional productivity apps and open up the platform with an SDK. It has already been referred to as “ipen” by its users.

   Despite the number of controls on the page and on the pen itself, the simplicity of use is impressive. Livescribe Smartpen will capture handwriting, simultaneously record audio, and then synchronize the two. You can charge the pen through the computer or an AC charger, and battery life is very long.

   Visit Livescribe website.

3. Textanz

   Textanz is a unique and essential tool for writers. It analyzes all types of text content and provides you with a list or dictionary of the words, phrases, and grammar forms, and their frequency of use within the text. It is not an editing program and will not change your original document in any way. The information you receive from a Textanz analysis enables you to check for excessive use or repetition of words or phrases within any document. Textanz provides a vital editing function that is missing from most standard grammar-check and editing programs.

   

   Visit Textanz website

4. WhiteSmoke

   WhiteSmoke Writer is probably the most advanced software for correcting and enhancing your writing. Besides the classical tools, such as grammar and spellcheck, it also offers advanced style checking and review. WhiteSmoke Writer comes in different versions to suit specialized writing needs: General, Business, Bio-Tech, Executive, and Creative. We recommend The Creative Writer as it includes all regular features and extends them with creative styles, artistic text enrichment, and an enhanced dictionary including relevant terms.

   

   Visit WhiteSmoke website

5. The Literary Machine

   The Literary Machine is a powerful mind-mapping tool — built especially with the writer in mind. It is packed with indexing and display techniques so general and potent that you can use it as an intelligence center. LM incorporates a unique and powerful blend of idea-generation, information-analysis, information-management, and composition tools. It does not fool around with features that your conventional word processor already does well. What it does is serve as a dynamic archive and idea management tool aimed at creative thinking.

   Visit The Literary Machine website

6. Writeboard

   Writeboard is a handy online editing tool, convenient for creative writing collaboration. You can easily save every edit and roll back to any version. Completely free, Writeboard is perfect for authors, journalists, PR folks, editors, and publishers.

   Visit Writeboard website

7. New Novelist

   NewNovelist is detailed yet easy to follow software, that enables you to write a novel. Its great advantage compared to other writing software is that it breaks down the process of writing a novel into manageable chunks. What does this mean to you? It works in the same way as a writer’s mind. It allows you to develop ideas as they occur to you, regardless of where you might be in the story.

   NewNovelist has been used by over 51,000 writers in more than 60 countries to write better novels, faster than they ever dreamed of. It has received an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response from the press, including The Sunday Times. The software was written for all to use – you don’t have to be a technical whiz or an experienced writer – so you can get started with your writing immediately, knowing it will be an enjoyable experience.

   Visit New Novelist website

8. WorldWideOCR.com

   In short, this website provides quick and easy international online copyright registration and archiving. In 5 minutes, you can register your SEAL™ account, upload your original copyright file to their server, and download your date-stamped and protected SEAL™ file for personal archiving. Membership prices start at $20 per year which gives you 7 credits (1 credit is charged for every 20MB or less file containing copyrights).

   Visit WorldWideOCR.com website

9. Wordnik

   Wordnik is a fast-growing online dictionary of contemporary English language. Wordnik aims to show you as much information as possible, as fast as it can find it, for every word in English, and to give you a place where you can make your own opinions about words known. For any word you can see an example sentence, related words, images, statistics, and audio pronunciation.

   

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10. ClichéCleaner

    This is a program for writers that highlights passages in your text that are either clichés, other overly-used common expressions, or phrases of your own that you have repeatedly used within the same document. ClichéCleaner includes a list of nearly 7000 unique clichés and common expressions that are compared against your text.

    

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