For Writers
- Barbara Fister’s Research Tips for mystery writers
- How Stuff Works
- Reverse Dictionary
- Marcia James, author and publicity maven
- Penny C. Sansevieri, author of Red Hot Internet Publicity
Diamond Lust
- Eira Thomas, the inspiration for fictional heroine Petra Paris, discovered one of the world’s biggest diamond deposits.
- Matthew Hart’s book Diamond is the story of the fabulous discoveries of diamonds and creation of a billion dollar industry in Canada’s far north.
- Canada has at least four operating diamond mines — Diavik, Ekati, Victor and Snap Lake — with more under development.
- The fictional Ptarmigan Mine was named for this bird.