According to Robert Louis Stevenson: The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

That's sort of how the Internet makes me feel. There's just so much stuff out there! It seems like every time I go online, I find something new and interesting and probably quite useless. :) I'll use this page to share an eclectic assortment of links - some useful, some just for fun.

Romance Writers of America If you want want to write and sell romance novels, this is a good place to start. RWA is an excellent source for basic information from how to format your manuscript to what constitutes a reasonable offer from a publisher. If you have a local chapter, it can be a great place to meet other people who are selling romances or who want to sell them. In publishing, like in so many businesses, networking can be really helpful.

Archeology Archives The summer I was eleven, I got to spend time on an archeology dig run by the University of Colorado. If I recall correctly, the students were excavating an abandoned fort. I was fascinated by the painstaking work that went into exposing the artifacts. (Okay, so I was even more fascinated by the cute college boys but that's another story!) Maybe that experience is what led to my lifelong interest in archeology. This site has an eclectic mix of archeology news. I stumbled across it when I was looking for information about the body of an archer that was discovered near Stonehenge and I spent a couple of hours scrolling through the stories.

Woodstock 69 I wasn't at Woodstock - too young and a long way from New York - but I remember the news reports and, of course, the music. I ran across this site while doing some research for Lovers & Other Strangers and I enjoyed getting lost in the nostalgia of it.

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic On a less cheerful note, the recent outbreak of SARS, and the talk of mortality rates led me to this site. The Spanish Influenza seems to be one of those little known segments of fairly recent history. I can't imagine why because it had an astonishing world impact. This site gives a fairly brief overview. It's not exactly cheerful but it is fascinating. What can I say? I've got a weakness for history!

The Linguist  This is a great site if you have any questions about language. You can get help with translations from English to other languages and vice versa. Don't know how to say 'Howdy' in Potawatomi? This is the place to go. They also have grammar information and etymologies for those of us who can't help but wonder where a word or phrase originated.

Colorado Historical Society I was born in Colorado and I probably still know more useless facts about it than I do about any other state. Ah, fourth grade history! This is a nice site for all things Colorado.

Pawnee Buttes National Grassland And while we're on the subject of the Centennial State, this is probably my favorite spot on earth. When people think of Colorado, they always think of the Rockies, great skiing and mountain climbing and all that stuff but, to me, Colorado is the drylands. Wonderful, endless miles of prairie, sky and silence. Pronghorns and hawks and rattlesnakes and rickety barbwire fences that lean against the endless wind. The Pawnee Buttes rise out of the drylands like ships in the middle of the ocean. This is the sort of place where you can lose your soul. Or find it.

Links for writers This is exactly what it sounds like - a whole lot of links that are likely to interest writers. There are links for how to write and where to submit. Agents and publishers and workshops. Screenwriting, novels and short stories. I haven't explored much of this site but it looks like a whole lot of information in one spot.

Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions One of these days, I'd like to try my hand at writing a fantasy novel. If I ever get that chance, this is one of the places I'll look for guidelines. It's designed to help you make your fantasy world believable.