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here are some web sites i either use with unquestioned zeal or sites i’m trying to visit more frequently:

essentials:
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• beliefnet • “inspiration, spirituality, belief, religion”
• beyond blue • therese borchard’s spiritual journey to mental health
• double x • women’s web mag about “politics, fashion, parenting, health, sex, friendship, work, life”, etc.
• ed referral • resource to find eating disorder treatment facilities
• galleycat • “the first word on the book publishing industry”
• gürze • an eating disorder website with articles, books, blogs, links, etc.
• the happiness project • gretchen rubin’s blog where she tests different philosophies about happiness
• the huffington post • because… hello.
• jezebel • a cheeky, informative women’s website
• lehrman group • provides a bible verse each day
• love your body • a site to help you – surprise, surprise – love your body
• mirror mirror • one of my favorite eating disorder recovery websites
• operation beautiful • “ending fat talk one anonymous post-it at a time”
• the recovery group, recovery world • for when you want to go to a 12-step meeting but can’t get there
• the root • web mag that “provides commentary on today’s news from a variety of black perspectives”
• something fishy • the best eating disorder recovery website i know
• true • a remuda ranch-sponsored campaign to combat distorted self image

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book resources:

• amazing things
• authorlink
• backspace – the writers place
• backspace stet!
• becoming a writer – seriously
• book bitch blog
• book business mag
• book cannibal
• book maven media
• book page
• book pros[e]
• the book publicity blog
• the book studio
• bookninja
• bookpage
• bookreporter.com
• books (npr)
• bookslut
• booksquare
• carleen brice
• dennis’ writing annex
• drunk writer talk
• the elegant variation
• editorial anonymous
• editorial ass
• et in arcaedia, ego.
• evil editor
• flogging the quill
• follow the reader
• get started
• the good girls kill for money club
• how to write good
• it is to write
• jordan rosenfeld
• judy blume – on writing
• jungle red writers
• kim writes
• leah peah
• library journal
• lisa tener’s writing blog
• lit soup blog
• literary ladies luncheon
• lizzie skurnick
• mediabistro
• mediapost
• memoirville (smith mag)
• naked authors
• national book critics circle
• a newbie’s guide to publishing
• no excuses. just write
• the novel girls
• off the page
• old hag
• paper cuts
• personanondata: publishing strategy
• predators & editors
• pressing on
• pub rants
• publishers marketplace
• publishers weekly
• query shark (fiction only)
• rantings and ravings of an insane writer
• readerville
• reading under the covers
• rocket girls
• rosedog
• roses & thorns
• scribbling
• tenured radical
• thumbs down agency list
• to write and publish…
• tryst lit: inspiration for writers & artists
• wellness writer
• whatever
• word nerd
• worderella writes
• wredheaded writer
• write free
• the write thing
• writer beware blogs!
• writers.net
• writers and artists
• a writer’s edge
• the writer’s edge
• the writer’s mind
• writers on the rise
• writers’ rest
• the writing life

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fave charities:

• change • social networking for change
• good search
• the hunger site et. al.
• one
• save darfur
• volunteer match
• world vision

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etc:

• a bad case of the dates • if the date sucks, it’s okay to end it
• the obama diary • for unabashed obama adulation
• sara christian • because she’s incredible and artistic (… and yes, my friend)