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Writing Poetry

Wild Poetry Forum:(website) a member board of the IBPC (Interboard Poetry Community) and a wonderful place to hone your craft.
(Yours truly--head moderator)

Amaze--The Cinquain Journal: an online journal with a print compendium devoted to the cinquain form.
(Yours truly--the webmaster)

Read, Write, Poem:  (website) An online gathering place for people who love poetry.

Poetry for Novelists, my free ebook:   A 5 session workshop on poetic tools to enhance fiction writing

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Forward Motion for Writers (website)
Information, support, and critique groups for writers.

TiddlyWikiWrite (upgraded, 12/09) (my personal wiki optimized for novel/story writing) based on Tiddlywiki ("a reusable, non-linear personal web notebook" created by Jeremy Ruston).

Organize your Novel With a Wiki   Companion (free) e-book to my (also free) TiddlyWikiWrite tool.

Pain, Pain Perception, and Healing, my free e-book:  A Primer for Writers 

Poetry for Novelists. my free ebook:   A 5 session workshop on poetic tools to enhance fiction writing

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Publishing Industry

If you are an aspiring writer, please spend time educating yourself about the business of publishing.  Knowledge is power and there are a lot of scams out there.  The more you know about how the business works, the better.  

Agent Query:
an online searchable listing of literary agents.

Preditors and Editors:
information on writing scams and disreputable agents

Writer Beware:
"Warnings About Literary Fraud and Other Schemes, Scams, and Pitfalls That Target Writers"

Miss Snark, the literary agent:
The now discontinued  blog written by an anonymous literary agent. Excellent resource on how the publishing business works with high entertainment value as well.

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Ergonomics

Writers are at high risk for repetetive trauma.  The combination of sitting, poor posture, and intense keyboarding/mousing are an unhappy triad.  The popularity of laptops only exacerbates the problems, as laptops are a bad compromise between head and hand positions.

Ergonomics tips for computer users
(including sitting posture and free computer time-out/break software for mac and pc)

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These are the blogs I am currently following now.  I subscribe to a few dozen blogs via 'rss' ('real simple syndication') and use  "Brief" an rss* reader in Firefox to manage them.  

*(An rss reader delivers any updates in any of the blogs or websites you like to follow, directly to you, without having to visit each site and check for updates.)