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Links

Why so few links, I hear you ask? Well, this is a baby site. Links will grow.

And I need suggestions from you. If you know of a great site that should be here - then contact me, give me the link and tell me why I should add it.

You'd like me to link to your site? That's fine - but you will have to sell it to me. I'll not link to everything just because you want me to.

Of course I'd like you to link to this site. These little links help us all to feel important. But it is not a prerequisite. I was never good at scratching your back in the hope that you will scratch mine.

Some great travel sites

I've included the obvious travel sites here. There must be hundreds more. Do tell me about them.

There are some great sites that will help if you want a tailor-made trip. I didn't use one, and so am reluctant to recommend one over the other. I suggest you trawl review pages or forums if you want to use one of these.

• Lonely Planet provides links to places to visit, places to stay, and a great forum.

• Rough Guide does more or less the same thing.

• Trip Adviser can be helpful. There are plenty of reviews here, so if you need to check out somewhere you're hoping to stay, it's worth looking here. But remember, some people will be upset by finding one spider in the bath, while others will shrug over a scuttle of cockroaches. So take them all with a pinch of salt.

• The British Foreign Office provides detailed, country by country, advice on health, politics, and local safety issues. There is a fine line between taking such advice and never stepping out of the hotel for fear of mugging. But, coupled with heaps of common sense, this is useful.

And some equally great writing sites

A quick google of writing sites will show you just how many there are. We all have our favourites, and here are some of mine.

But if you find others you think belong here - or if you'd like me to link to your's, then let me know (and tell me why!)

There are countless sites where you can post your work and ask for reviews - and you are expected to review the work of others. I suggest you play with them and find which one works for you

• Absolute Write
• Litopia
• Authonomy
• You Write On

Then there are the sites that help offer writing and publishing advice. Here are two that I turn to:

• Nicola Morgan's site is a gateway to her books, and to her wonderful blog (via her Writers Room).
• Catherine Caffeinated is Catherine Ryan Howard's site, with some great advice for anyone looking to self-publish.

Plus a miscellaneous collection of sites that I happen to like:

• Dan Holloway crops up all over the place. He's a gentle, witty man, with sound advice and support for anyone trying to string words together.
• Lexi Reveliian is quietly, persistently supportive of great independent writing.
• Abi Burlingham writes children's books. And she's fun, with a thoughtful little blog on Fridays.