One of the many things that we are excited about this holiday season is about how well our Hubbers are doing on the Q&A section of HubPages. A recent report generated by our wonderful Ari Lamstein shows that a third of questions asked on our site get answered in less than 10 minutes, 70 percent…
Read MoreChanges to Our Podcasts
If you pay frequent visits to the HubPages blog, you will know very well that we have been regularly sharing new installments in three different podcast series: Fascinating Fiction: A series dedicated to the reading of short fiction Hubs The Online Writing Insider: A series sharing tips and advice for the modern online writer Weekly…
Read MoreTributes to earnestshub
The HubPages community learned on Monday, with great sadness, that earnestshub, a HubPages member for 3 years, had passed away. A treasured member of the community, earnestshub had published 146 Hubs sharing his expertise and passion for automobiles, and had gotten to know a lot of us through his frequent interactions in the forums. The…
Read MoreOn Writing Well: On NOT Losing the Plot
Much of the time, when writing prose, we get so carried away by character development and writing style that we forget all about the central structure of our work – the plot. Plot (or story, it really is the same thing) plays a critical role within creative prose. In fact as a judge of the…
Read MoreHow to Find Good Topics
We recently asked for some Online Writing Insider topic suggestions on our Facebook page and received a couple of excellent recommendations. One came from Tracy Robinson, who was looking for some advice on How to Find Good Topics to Hub about. In this week’s Online Writing Insider podcast, we outline five different ways to find…
Read MoreAn Interview with Sarahredhead – Award Winning Photo Hubber
In November’s HubPatron of the Arts contest, Sarahredhead won the $500 first place prize in the photo category for a beautiful collection of photos titled PHOTOGRAPHY: A Living Palate. To learn more about this impressive photographer and her work, we contacted her for an interview. Read on for a fun peek into the life of…
Read MoreBut What About the Mouse?
The Night Before Christmas, one of the world’s most popular Santa Claus stories, prominently mentions a mouse in its opening sentence… but leaves it at that. Not satisfied with that ever-so-brief reference, cherylone decided to add some backstory to this holiday classic, and A Christmas Mice Story was born. We hope you enjoy this special…
Read MoreWhy do we give gifts?
Right now, Christmas is all the rage on HubPages.com. Hubbers are sharing entertaining and decorating advice, complaining about rampant consumerism, delving into religious holidays that crop up around the end of the year, and writing lots and lots of gift guides. But why? Why do we give gifts on holidays? For how long have we been exchanging presents,…
Read MoreA Hat Tip to Some Amazing Poets
It has been nearly a week since the HubPatron of the Arts Contest came to a close, and Hubbers are still talking about the amazing Hubs that were published as entries. Of the 1,710 entries submitted, the majority were poems, and alas, only three could be selected as finalists for that category. That said, the…
Read MoreTips on Managing Literary Influences
Are you nervous about letting your favorite authors color your writing? Don’t be! In this Online Writing Insider podcast (Tips on Managing Literary Influences), Pia Chatterjee and I discuss the issues surrounding literary influences- from plagiarism and intimidation and inspiration and progress. You’ll quickly find that there’s nothing to fear! This podcast is inspired by one…
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