Useful Websites
Maybe I was out of line earlier — here’s a useful website if a helicopter falls on you
The old cliche always speaks of truth being stranger than fiction, and with regard to helicopter accidents that might be true. Here’s a useful legal website to know about if helicopters do fall on you, or otherwise injury you, or otherwise entangle you in legal matters: HelicopterAccidentAttorney.com is the name of the site.
The website is [...]
Follow-up to my earlier post: Here’s a useful website if you need a personal loan
Not meaning to be a loan junkie here, but the earlier post about sources to cover legal finances got me looking. Here’s a useful website that might come in handy if you are in need of personal loans — “Personal Loans Mania” is the place, and according to the website, where you can find fast [...]
Here’s a useful site to apply for cash in advance if you’re facing a lawsuit
Writers deal with many issues that can escalate into legal problems. I was reminded of this recently on a forum I visit frequently when the discussion came up about some details concerning copyright laws. So if you’re a professional writer, chances are good you may face unpleasant legal issues from time to time.
I ran onto [...]
Here’s a useful site if you’re interested in self-publishing
After posting about self-publishing and book publishers, I ran onto a site that might be useful if you’re considering self-publication, or use of an Internet-savvy publishing company. The company is AuthorHouse, and their website says they have worked with more than 40,000 authors to help them self-publish more than 50,000 books since 1997.
I haven’t used [...]
Attention freelancers: Here’s a useful site with some free timekeeping software
I confess I haven’t yet tried this, but it looks good if you’re doing freelance writing that requires keeping track of your time and turning in an invoice or detailed record of your work time to clients.
The company and product I’m talking about is Journyx Timesheet, a free time tracking and time management software package. [...]
Useful website if you need some great tools — not writing tools, ‘real’ tools
Like it or not, putting off those home repair tasks will sooner or later catch up with you. When they do, you’ll need to make sure you have the right tools — and I’m not talking about computers, pens, pencils, and other writing tools.
Here’s a useful website for all your “real” tool needs, Burns Tools [...]
Travel much? Here’s a useful site for some wonderful luggage
I read earlier today at The New York Times website that American Airlines canceled 850 flights today in the ongoing flap over proper maintenance for their MD-80 airliners. That made me thankful that my current writing career is done mostly locally and online — with little need to travel and no recent need to fly.
But [...]
Baseball fans — the season rapidly approaches and here’s a useful ‘fantasy’ site for you
Are you a baseball fan? Do you participate in fantasy baseball leagues? If you said yes, here’s a website you want to check out — “Sports Prophet Software” is the company, and their Fantasy Sports Prophet’s Fantasy Baseball software is the product you want. In fact, the screen shot below is an actual image from [...]
Like oysters? Here’s a useful website for your dining pleasure
When I was growing up in land-locked, small town, southeastern Nebraska, we never had much opportunity to enjoy a platter of Gulf oysters. In fact, my first memory of eating oysters was a huge, steaming bowel of oyster stew made from CANNED oysters — one of my dad’s specialties.
But whether you’re an oyster fanatic or [...]
Looking for webhosting? Here’s a website with useful web hosting information
We all know the term “Bluebook” as the standard for automotive values and prices, but here’s a “Useful Website” if you’re in the market for hosting for your website or blog — “Web Hosting Bluebook.” In fact, the site has a wealth of information about web hosting and web hosting companies, including reviews and ratings [...]
Want to win a Wii? How about cheap Internet access for life? Here’s a useful website for you
Hey, how about a chance at winning a free Nintendo Wii system? Would you also like the chance to bid on cheap high-speed Internet access for life?
Step right up, my friends, and Click Here for a Chance to Win a Nintendo® Wii™! Go to that page and you can also register to bid on Charter [...]
Interesting service you might use generate traffic to your blog or website
Have you ever heard of Buzzfuse.com? I hadn’t either, but they seem to be a “Useful Website” you could use to draw traffic to your blog or website with little effort and no cost on your part. (Okay, looking around, I see they offer some paid services. But their basic membership is free. I just [...]
My apologies for overlooking one of the best ‘Useful Websites’ for writers
I just realized that I’ve mentioned “Writer’s Digest” magazine from time to time in this blog — but I’ve never, as far as I can find, featured their website as one of my “Useful Websites.”
So that’s what I’m doing today: Go right over to the Writer’s Digest website and take a good look around. They [...]
I may be in love with ‘Lulu’ — self-publishing center Lulu.com that is
Sometimes I’m amazed at what writing resources there are on the Internet which I’ve not yet found. Today I just found another which I think is a good one — Lulu.com. I’ve spent the last half hour looking around, and as close as I can figure, it’s a very reasonable self-publishing center. The membership to [...]
Need a new webhost? Check on this offer before it ends
The Top Hosting Center website (otherwise known as THC) has a limited time webhosting offer right now that you ought to take a look at if you have a website or a blog — or if you plan on having a website or blog. It may be one of the best hosting offers I’ve seen [...]
