If you’re aware of our upcoming HubPatron of the Arts contest (which starts this Tuesday!), you already know that the contest has a photo gallery category. While you might be intimidated by the competition, do keep in mind that some of HubPages’ best photographers are only just getting started. Are you new to photography? In…
Read MorePoetry Tips from RebekahELLE
It takes a lot of passion and dedication to craft a truly good poem. rebekahELLE, a judge on the poetry panel of the upcoming, HubPatron of the Arts contest knows this well, and will be reviewing entries carefully, looking for telltale signs of quality. Are you curious to learn more about rebekahELLE’s poetry background, or…
Read MoreThe Origins of Halloween
With Halloween approaching, we are morally obligated to do a seasonal podcast. When poking around the fabulous October-related Hubs on HubPages, we found an excellent Hub titled Where Did Halloween Originate? Halloween’s Pagan Origins by kittythedreamer. Did you know that many of the roots of modern day Halloween lie in Samhain, a Celtic harvest festival?…
Read MoreA Radio Interview with Stephhicks68
It is very exciting to see a Hubber in the news and even more exciting to hear one speak (after all, we only have writing and avatars to go by). For this reason, we’re particularly pleased about a recent radio program in which Stephanie Hicks (aka stephhicks68) was interviewed. Last week, stephhicks68 was interviewed by Bill…
Read MoreUsing Your Name vs. Going Anonymous as an Online Writer
The issue of online anonymity has been popping up quite frequently in the media, so we decided to discuss the issue as it applies to online writers. In this week’s edition of the Online Writing Insider (Using Your Name vs. Using An Alias Online), we review reasons why online authors might want to be anonymous,…
Read MoreAn Interview with Expert Hubber and Photographer leahlefler
Leahlefler is one of HubPages’ best writers and photographers. Known for useful, insightful, and unique Hubs, leahlefler has consistently done well in the HubPages contests she enters, which is one reason why we are particularly excited to have her on as a judge in the photos, poetry, and prose-centric HubPatron of the Arts contest. Here…
Read MoreA Holiday Trip
I won’t say much about this week’s short story because it has a fantastic twist in it! This week, as part of our ongoing scary story series leading up to Halloween, we present A Holiday Trip, a wonderful piece by RNMSN about a boy named Allen with an odd hobby. I won’t say anything more…
Read MoreHubPatron of the Arts Judge Nellieanna Expounds the Differences of Poetry and Prose
Are you interested in submitting entries in our HubPatron of the Arts contest, but unsure of whether to submit poetry or prose? Perhaps some clear delineation from Nellieanna, a HubPages poet and judge on the contest’s poetry panel, can help you out. In the following interview, Nellieanna dishes on the differences between prose and poetry,…
Read MoreMuseum Anatomy with Chadwick and Spector
We created the Weekly Advice from Everyday Experts podcast series to better highlight the talented and fascinating writers that can be found in our community. Laura Spector is one such fascinating expert, and in addition to writing several fascinating Hubs on her work as an artist, she and her collaborator Chadwick Gray were willing to…
Read MoreOn Writing Well: Getting Over Writer’s Block
Every writer, especially one who has recently finished a long piece of work, confesses to felling a kind of creative exhaustion. A pretty significant fraction of writers also go on to describe what may be only be named writer’s block, where they are unable to get words on a page. Very often, writer’s block creates…
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