Notes From A Writing Coach Links Firearms information Gun Facts A free e-book that covers many of the issues and misconceptions involving guns. Absurdities that gun-control people believe An article debunking gun-control idiocies Good illustration of a semiautomatic pistol Don't confuse this type of handgun with a revolver My favorite sites Bob Baker's Newsthinking Bob Baker, author of the book Newsthinking, is a Los Angeles Times writer. His Web site is a great resource for writers who want to learn. John Rains, Writing Coach My other site Words at Work A blog by Pam Robinson, co-founder of the American Copy Editors Society. Professor Gibson's Wonderful World of Editing The good professor doesn't seem to have added anything to this site lately, but it is chock full of good stuff on editing. Absolute Write A ton of advice for writers in all genres on this site owned by Jenna Glatzer American Copy Editors Society This site has a good section containing articles and quizzes for copy editors. Training Tracks A column by writing coach Steve Buttry. Check out his handouts for workshops. And check out the rest of this site. You Don't Say John McIntyre of the Baltimore Sun writes about language and copy editing. Common Sense Journalism--the blog Excellent commentary by journalism teacher Doug Fisher. And read Doug's column, also titled Common Sense Journalism, here: http://www.jour.sc.edu/news/csj/index.html Writing-World.com Moira Allen has an enormous amount of good material for writers. A couple of my articles are archived here.