Treasure Chest of Resources

There I was in the middle of a sentence—stuck. I couldn’t think of the right word, the right verse, the information that would bring validity to my thought.  Facing a brick wall, at the end of my rope, on a road leading nowhere, and desperate for an idea, a clue, or an answer I opened a treasure chest. 

Today’s post is dedicated to you.  May you find your word, acronym, Bible verse, census data, cliché, Bible study information, decade data, dictionary info, name generator, language translation, old newspaper info, meaning of a phrase, quote, statistic, or thesaurus clue.

I've checked each site below to insure each one is still up and running.

Acronym Finder: http://www.acronymfinder.com/



Popular baby names:  http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames

Baby name meanings: http://www.babyhold.com/





Bible verses and research: http://www.biblegateway.com

Census 
 http://www.census.gov

Cliché Finder: http://www.westegg. com/cliche

In-depth
Bible study, devotionals and general Christian information http://www.biblestudytools.com/

Info on 1980's (or any year)
:
http://www.writersd reamtools. com/view/ decades/default. asp?Decade= 1980


Terms from the 70's (you can pick the year): http://www.inthe70s .com/generated/terms.shtml

Dictionary:
http://www.dictionary.com

Dictionary http://www.onelook.com

Type in a word, and it will bring up definitions from 12 or more dictionaries. Some are older dictionaries, which helps for words whose meanings have changed over time.

Name generator for character name ideas:
http://www.rinkwork s.com/namegen/ 


Language Translation: http://babelfish. yahoo.com/



Search old Newspapers:  http://www.newspaperarchive. com

Phrase meanings: http://www.answers. com/library/ Phrases%20BoW


Famous quotes: http://www.brainyquote.com/


Reference and Literary Quotes: http://www.bartleby .com/


Wikipedia to find out a little something to start a search:
http://en.wikipedia .org

Christian-based
Statistics, current information and research: http://www.barna.org/resources

Thesaurus: 
http://thesaurus. reference. com/


Isaiah 28: 23-29 When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually… His God instruct him and teaches him the right way…all this also comes from the Lord Almighty, wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom.

What other sites have you used to help you in your writing?