alt.writing
One of the mammoth public newsgroups frequented by writers and wannabes.
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for Web-based newsgroup browsing.
COPYEDITING-L
Subscription mailing list for copyeditors--click here to request information
by typing "info copyediting-l" in the body of your message.
Critical-Decisions
A monthly email newsletter/discussion list about improving writing
and obtaining critiques.
GRANTDISC-MG
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grantdisc-mg" in the body of your message and leave the subject blank.
misc.writing
This high-volume newsgroup attracts both fiction and nonfiction writers.
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Online
Writing
See what new-media writers are up to at the Web site of this relatively
new email list.
TECHWR-L
Click here to view the Web site of the Technical Writers' email list
(who call themselves "techwhirlers").
WorkforWriters
Mailing list for job networking among freelance and staff writers and
journalists.
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