Nowadays you can do virtually everything online. Writers can search for jobs, do research, submit articles, join and participate in writers groups, all online. It is worthwhile to get to know the Internet, if you already haven't. The online experience is exciting, addicting and very user friendly.
An 'online' writer should join a writers group if they already haven't. Not only can you share tips and advice but you also can share job information and receive support for your work. One great group for UK writers is listed on WriteWords a UK writers' community. Some of the general groups they list are fiction, short story, poetry, film and TV and journalism.
There is a fee involved but you can take a test drive on their one-month's free trial offer. Each group has up to 15 members, a nice cozy number. Site experts-successful writers, poets, playwrights, scriptwriters and editors- might comment on the work of the group. They have a great track-record for providing helpful and constructive feedback. Work that is done within the group stays there, nobody outside the group can view it. The overall aim of the writers groups are for an online community to be formed to provide support, advice, stimulation and encouragement.
Writer's Digest publishes a book, Writer's Online Marketplace, that editor Debbie Ridpath Ohi compiled. She surveyed hundreds of online editors and writers through Inkspot and Inklings about their online experiences, how they made money online, where they found their market info, how writing for the online market differed from other publications and more. The book consists of the results of these surveys as well as articles by and interviews with professional online editors and writers. The book even includes market listings for paying online markets, which have been carefully verified for accuracy.
Every resource a writer could ever want can be found online. Excess Voice lists online copywriting resources for online copywriters, freelance writers, webmasters, designers and Internet marketers. Look for these sites and many more within our links and the Internet community.