Helpful, timely, and sometimes silly links to help the writer or editor:

Freeware & Online Tools for Writers, courtesy of the Paperback Writer.

Journalist's Toolbox has a whole bunch of links related to Food Safety for those of you covering tainted spinach and its ilk.

Sent to me by Susan Kirkland: "want to find out who sent you those irritating slabs of SPAM? This is a nifty tool that will track them down no matter what the header says is the last server to dish it up."

5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post With a Bang at Copyblogger.

How to explain RSS the Oprah way at the Back in Skinny Jeans blog. I cannot endorse skinny jeans but anything that makes Real Simple Syndication simpler is good by me.