Sally Shivnan ~ Fiction ~ Essays ~ Travel <links> Favorite Web Sites Thomas Swick's website This is the website of Tom Swick, friend and travel writer extraordinaire. Lots of good stuff including a great blog. Michael Kimball's website Dynamic poet, novelist, film-maker, and the genius behind "Michael Kimball Writes your Life Story (on a Postcard)," here's Michael Kimball. The Pie Lady's blog My good friend and outstanding writer D.L. (identity protected out of respect for the cloak of mystery the Pie Lady skulks around in) writes brilliantly here about the sexiest, most drool-inducing pies imaginable, and supplies recipes. Andalucid My dear friend, and outstanding writer, Arpi Shively shares the world she's found since moving to the south of Spain four years ago. Fabulous photographs as well as fascinating text here. Bottled Ships--Salma Warshanna's blog A fun blog maintained by an interesting, talented young writer, Salma Warshanna. Great links 'n' stuff. 13 Ways of Looking at Philadelphia Link here to the online anthology of travel essays written by my UMBC students, who all went to Philly as part of their class on literary travel writing. One trip, thirteen completely different journeys. Discover the dark truth about Philly sports fans; uncover the relationship between the Liberty Bell and horses' rear ends; hear what a talking $100 bill has to say; and much, much more. Warning: essays contain mature themes and language. great sites about writing etc. Vicki Meade's blog Vicki is a fine writer and editor with a long-established freelance business doing both, and she blogs here about the ups and downs, ins and outs, of these pursuits. Everyone Who's Anyone website This is Gerard Jones's wild and wonderful directory to every agent you might ever be interested in, complete with his own irreverant correspondence with many of the agents; it lets you link easily to lots of agents' websites. Towse's Links to On-line Submission Guidelines This is a great site that lets you link easily to all sorts of places where you might want to submit work--connecting you directly to their submission guidelines. Miss Snark's blog Miss Snark, a mysterious, anonymous, irreverant and wise stiletto-strutting literary agent, maintains this extraordinary compendium of info and advice covering every aspect of getting to representation and publication. Note: she stopped blogging in 2007 but everything is archived. Washington Independent Writers This organization's website has excellent info, advice about publishing, resources and events for writers, etc. AgentQuery.com describes itself as "the internet's largest and most current database of literary agents" and it's easy to use and navigate too. New Pages lots of stuff--info about specific literary journals, conferences, contests, etc. The Happy Booker Wendi Kaufman's blog has among other things loads of info about literary events in the Washington, DC area. Travelwriters.com This outfit can connect you to a lot of press trips and other benefits for $59/year (which I haven't done) but also, for $39, will sell you their useful "Travel Publications Update" with detailed guidelines for submitting to 200 newspaper travel sections and 500 magazines. Alliance of Artist Communities This is the best resource out there for researching writers' residencies. Maryland Writers Association This organization, based in Annapolis, is a good resource for freelancers. C M Mayo This website, belonging to the fine writer C M Mayo, is full of great stuff--under "workshop," for instance, she has wonderful 5-minute writing exercises and lots of writing resources. Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) The leading professional organization for writers of literary stuff. Has great info on graduate writing programs and also on writing centers/conferences. publications Glimmer Train Stories, Spring 2001 issue You can't link to my work here but can look at the issue. My story "The Confectioner" appeared there, and later won a Silver Rose Award for Excellence in the Art of the Short Story from the ART Foundation and was featured in The Silver Rose Anthology 2001. ***LINKS TO FULL TEXT!!*** "Big Sky Prairie" from The Nature Conservancy Magazine, Winter 2007/2008 A short essay about the lovely Flint Hills of Kansas, in TNC Magazine's "Human Nature" series. ***LINKS TO FULL TEXT!!*** "A Greener Commute" This is a teeeeny essay about commuting to work by bicycle, which appears on the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy website. "Gringa Morisca" from the Travelers' Tales Best Travel Writing 2005 anthology This does not link to full text but to the introduction to the book, and to info about it and all the Travelers' Tales titles. ***LINKS TO FULL TEXT!!*** "Simon's Berth" from The Chesapeake Reader, Winter 2010 Short fiction: a story about a strange sailor. The Best American Travel Writing 2006 This links to Houghton Mifflin's page for this anthology, with information about the editor, Tim Cahill, and the book, where my essay "Airborne" appeared. ***LINKS TO VIDEO!!*** "Baltimore Afoot" from October 2008 Find here the four-minute video about Baltimore's wonderful walkable neighborhoods that I made with the Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association, which is a companion piece to the article "Baltimore Afoot" which you can also download from this link. ***LINKS TO FULL TEXT!!!*** "Rolling Along the River" from Washingtonian September 2008 This describes wonderful bike-riding to be had on the C&O Canal between Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown, WV. ***LINKS TO FULL TEXT!!*** "Andros Aphrodisiac" from The South Florida Sun-Sentinel 10/7/07 A sort of love story, from this most beautiful, watery island. This piece is included in the Notable Travel Writing list in The Best American Travel Writing 2008. ***LINKS TO FULL TEXT!!*** "Welcome to Downtown Moundtown" from The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida, December 12, 2004 Explores the lost cities of Mississippian Era American Indians in the Southeast and Florida. This link connects to full text.