If you type “writer”, “writing”, or “author” into Google you’ll find, as I have, about a brazillion (see Brazilian/Bush joke here) sites listed. How do you judge, or even find the time to visit, all those sites to know which ones are useful for you as a writer? You don’t because you can’t.

But the editors at Writer’s Digest magazine have done the next best thing. They waded through some 2,100 sites that were nominated by readers and chose the 101 Best Websites For Writers 2008. They’ve also divided them into 9 categories for ease of use:

General Resources
Creativity
Publishing Resources
Jobs
Writing Groups and Communities
Genres/Niches
Agent blogs
Protect Yourself
Just For Fun

And if you know of a great writer’s site that isn’t on their 2008 list, you can submit it to them for nomination in the 2009 list.