Saturday, February 19, 2011

A Search Engine for Writers

The wonderful author Elizabeth Spann Craig and software engineer Mike Fleming have created a search engine for writers. No need to Google then wade through 50 sites that don’t get you what you want. The engine is called: the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine.

Elizabeth has always visited blogs and posted the best of what she found on her own blog, Mystery Writing is Murder. When she had gathered over 1500 wonderful posts and article on writing, she realized she needed a way to not only to share these resources, but to make them available and searchable by anyone. With the help of Mike Fleming, a software engineer, they created a searchable engine. And it’s free.

You can read more about Writer’s Knowledge Base on Elizabeth’s blog. The resources provided by the search engine will continue to grow as she adds more and more articles to the list. Mike is continuing to make the engine fun and accessible. Elizabeth noted in her blog that he has included “a fun feature where a writer can browse the links and find random writing-related articles.”

On the homepage of Writer’s Knowledge Base, you’ll find a list of random articles. You can also search by category or keyword. Give it a try. And if you forget the link to WKB, look over in my sidebar - you’ll find a link there.

Thank you Elizabeth and Mike!

37 comments:

  1. This is such an excellent idea and invaluable resource! Thank you for linking to it. :)

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  2. This is awesome. Getting more info on fantasy writing is gonna be so much easier now. Thanks!

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  3. Very interesting, thanks for that.

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  4. Awesome! So happy to know about this resource. Kudos to the brains & talent that put this all together. This is one I'll bookmark and share.

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  5. I've heard about this. Last time, I got distracted, but this time I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the link.

    Happy weekend.

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  6. And I've just Tweeted it a couple of times. Thanks again!

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  7. Isn't this fabulous! I have a link to it on my site too. I find it so easy to move around and packed with great info.

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  8. Jill, thank you for helping to get the word out.

    I think it's a great resource and will continue to grow.

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  9. Sounds like a great resource, thanks for the link ...

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  10. I put it on my bookmark toolbar. It's my go to button!

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  11. Elizabeth is awesome, I love how she shares all the good stuff she finds on Twitter links. I'll check this out.

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  12. I had heard soemthing about this before but I haven't checked it out yet. I guess that's what weekends are for.

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  13. Helen,

    Thanks for spreading the word with the post and sidebar badge! Much appreciated.

    FYI, you can also get to the WKB via http://writerskb.com and http://writersknowledgebase.com. Those are a bit easier to remember than the full URL.

    HTH and thanks again!

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  14. It really is a wonderful site! :)

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  15. I'm definitely bookmarking it. :)

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  16. If you ever forget the link, come back here or go to several other blogs. I have the link in my sidebar.

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  17. What a fantastic service! Thanks, Helen and a big thank you to Elizabeth & Mike! Bookmarked it.

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  18. Helen, thanks so much for featuring the WKB today! Mike and I are hoping that it's going to prove a useful resource for writers. And I'm learning so much from the writing posts that go into the search engine. :)

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  19. Elizabeth, I think it's a brilliant idea and I'm glad you pulled it together.

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  20. Awesome! Thank you to Elizabeth and to you Helen for spreading the word.

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  21. Spreading the word, Liza, is easy. What Elizabeth did is genius.

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  22. Helen--Thanks for spreading the word. It certainly is a very useful tool.

    I'm posting and Twittering about it also!

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  23. Thanks for the heads up on that! What a great resourse :)

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  24. Thanks Jon. I hope more will make use of it.

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  25. I had a quick look and this is really handy! Thanks for the link :)

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  26. Thanks for stopping by, Lynda.

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  27. What a wonderful resource. Thanks for posting this.
    Ann

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  28. That is so cool. I will go to Elizabeth's blog and get the widget.

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  29. I've already used the Writer's Knowledge Base several times and I love it. They did an amazing job.

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  30. Sounds like a great resource ... I'm on my way over to check it out. Thanks!

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  31. I have used it and it is so useful. Such a great idea.

    At least if I get sidetracked while browsing, at least I will be reading something useful!

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  32. Thanks for this link. I'm going to check it out.

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  33. You heard me groan and cuss a blue streak the last time I was doing some research, weren't you, Helen. lolol!

    I'm going to have to play with this a bit more. Right now the brain is fogged with theraflu and whatever that other stuff was I took.

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  34. Get better quickly Sia!

    Not only is this a great resource for writers, but it will be constantly expanding.

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