Writer's Resources
Slash/Gay Links to help make your hot stuff sizzle:
A Brief Dictionary of Queer Language and Culture - Although no longer updated this site continues to have great subculture information and resources.
Citizens Against Bad Slash - I gush at how fabulous this site is, betas, lists, essays, reviews, and so much more. A real treasure.
The Dictionary of Gay Slang - this site will take the writing of slash to a whole new level.
Nifty.org - An erotica site with mainly male authors, for those who actually want to know why men enjoy other men. Lots of resources and original fiction.
British Links to help make your William/Spike more believable:
British to English Dictionary - Want to know what our neighbors across the pond call something, this is the place for you.
British Slang Dictionary - This site is not only useful, it's utterly hysterical, bet you didn't know there were 2000 words for getting drunk or screwed, leave it to the Brits to educate you.
Guide to Britain for the Confused - Geographic, population, trends, foods, and more info than you can shake a stick at.
Encyclopaedia of British History - 1500-1950 - Site includes histories of monarchy, railroads, cities, religion, theatre, wars, you name it.
Oi! Yanks! No! - A guide to writing Brit Lit, actually written by a Brit, and fantastic in so many ways. That helps!
Irish Links to help make your Liam/Angelus more believable:
Celt, Corpus of Electronic Texts - Irish history, politics, and literature.
Everyday Irish Slang - And you thought the British had a lot of ways to say 'He's drunk."
Finding the Origin of your Ancestors in Ireland - At first glance this simple text file will seem boring, but there is a wealth of timeline information taken from early censuses, and also many more resources to tracking down accurate historical information.
Galway.net - Want to know more about Angel's history? Start at birth and work your way forward.
Ireland's History in Maps - Maps from early B.C. to the 1840's.
Irish-Gaelic Translator - Need a quick Gaelic phrase, this is the place. This site even has short mp3s with pronunciation for you to listen to.
Interest Links for when the family need a hobby:
Bubl Link - Internet links for Opera and Theater. This site will help you find when and where performances were taking place throughout history.
Classical.net is a one stop resource for Classical music lovers. Reviews of CDs, info on composers, and thousands of links to other resources.
House of the Rising Punk - An unbelievable resource for lovers of all things punk. Links to bands, record labels, Punk shops, you name it.
Manilow.com - Gods help me, I've listed a Barry Manilow site. Damn you Angel.
Paris Opera - Chronicles the history of the Paris Opera, includes many images of the building itself.
Queer Vampire Movies - Um, yeah, a list of just what it says.
Sanguinarius.org - A place for real vampires to meet. Let your mind slip a little and you'll enjoy your stay.
The Vampyre Film List - A fairly definitive list of Vampire movies. Both Angel and Spike have been caught indulging, so I guess we should too.
Weetabix - I know, they're not really edible as a cereal unless you like mush, but they're just so cute, and how could Spike be wrong?
Buffy/Angel Links for Canon/Non-Canon checking, timelines, episode guides, links and more:
Angel Fan Fiction Resources - A companion site to the guild.
The BTVS Writer's Guild - Hosts Essays on writing, links to many sites you will find indispensable and more.
Buffy.com - true it's not as useful as it used to be, but still a good resource.
Buffy Dialog Database - this site categorizes episodes by story arc, has nicknames and some great quotes.
BuffyWorld.com - Transcripts, images, spoilers, news
Official Angel site - great plot summaries for all four seasons.
Slayage.com - My first stop of the day, if Buffy, Angel or anyone in the Jossverse are in the news today, they'll know.
Sonja Marie's Buffy search Engine - This site is a must if you are looking for any and all Buffy sites. This is the most comprehensive listing of fansites on the web.
General Language and Fanfiction Links to help you before you even start writing:
Babelfish - How did we ever survive without this handy tool? Translates English into German, Spanish, French, Italian or five other languages
Bad Fanfic, No Biscuit - A fan resource to help writers spot easily fixed mistakes.
Bartleby.com - Need to search Gray's anatomy? Strunk's Element's of Style? Looking for that perfect Shakespearean Quote? Start Here.
The Big List of Fanfic Peeves - Just what it says.
Dictionary.com - Webster's site, search the dictionary or thesaurus any time. There are millions of words out there, find them here.
Gabriel - The European Library Database, linking National Libraries from all of Europe in one easy place.
History Links to help you avoid inaccuracies that will make your readers cringe:
The Victorian Web - History, costumes, religion, society, amenities, links to more of the same.
History Buff - This is a truly awesome collection of news paper clippings from the 16th-20th century. Mainly American documents, but does include some notable European news events.
Historical Evolution of Transportation - Before Spike and Angel board that train to Vienna, make sure there was a train to Vienna.
The History Channel - A great searchable database, updated often.
TheHistoryNet - Part of About.com - a searchable site with links to many different history sites and essays.
Nineteenth Century Scientific American Online - Helpful for finding out just what technology was available to our hero and heroine as they traveled. Absolute fun!
Reconstructing History - A fabulous clothing resource. History, reenactment galleries, divided into country and time period. Go here before you put William in some garishly out of style outfit. Please.
Archiving Early America - An interactive site of early resources, includes videos, newspaper clippings, etc.
Dagguerrotype Portraits and Views - Canon has shown us that Darla was fond of these portraits, see more of the same style.
Fifties Web - An entertaining look at music, television, and pop culture in the 1950s.
The Gilded Page - A site housing documents, images, and links to Gilded Age (1890-WWI) events.
Godey's Ladies Book Online - An online text of an interesting 19th century journal. Includes fun fashion sketchings from the 1850's.
Photographs from the Great Depression - Site has more than 1,000 images of Depression era America, look for Montana to get Angel's view of the Depression.
Study of Colonial Currency - Site has useful primary and secondary sources dealing with money in the colonies, after all Darla was a woman of some property.
The Plymouth Colony Archive Project - The town of Darla's human death, learn more about Virginia from first hand accounts and images.
Mythology/Demonology/Magic Links:
A Touch of Magic - The BTVS Writer's Guild Magic Zone. Many resources.
Demonology - A guide to demons, including gallery, based on historical accounts of Demons and 'Evil' beliefs
The Perseus Project - a must for Greek Mythology.
Folklore & Mythology Texts - Complete and revised texts from all over the world
Demonology - A look at the history of demons with an extensive list of the names of demons.
Occultopedia.com - a site you cannot live without, links to hundreds of websites detailing demons, mysticism, the occult and the unexplained in general.
Avatar Search - A searchable database for all things Occult.
The Pagan Path - A resource center for Wicca, Tarot & Occult
LuckyMojo - another wicca site, lots of info, essays and spells