For a lot of writers, the idea of public speaking is terrifying. They are a lot more comfortable with being behind the scenes, writing and editing. But there are many advantages to reading your own work out loud to receptive strangers. You get to engage with an audience, your work is heard, and you might…
Read MoreeBay Program is now live: sign up!
Simone announced in a post last week that we had worked out an agreement with eBay to allow Hubbers to earn via the eBay Partner Network as part of the HubPages Earnings Program. We are all set now, and now you can go and apply to the eBay Program: https://hubpages.com/my/earnings/affiliate/epn Please note that Hubbers with…
Read MoreHow to Stay Sharp as an Online Writer
The best online writers are constantly improving their work. Are you? Continuously upping one’s ante is helpful in many respects. It helps your articles continue to rank well in search engine results, it helps you garner more loyal readers, and it also helps you become a better, stronger author. Listen in to this week’s Online…
Read MoreThe Legend of Oomak
Early in September, we had a special two week long Halloween-themed Weekly Topic Inspiration session to prepare for the coming holiday. One of the Hubs shared during those weeks was Scary Halloween Campfire Tales: The Legend of Oomak by RedElf. It offers a really fun scary story alternative to those fatigued by the typical cliches so…
Read MoreDaring Female Pirates
ARRR you a fan of pirates? ARRR you a bonnie lass or in favor of rambunctious women? If ye answer’d AYE to these questions, ye’ll love this podcast. For this week’s Weekly Advice from Everyday Experts podcast (Daring Female Pirates), we discuss four of history’s most famous female pirates: Mary Read, Anne Bonne, Ching Shih,…
Read MoreOn Writing Well: Writing the Ending
For a lot of people, crafting conclusions is the hardest part of writing. Writers from all genres find endings harder to write than any other part of the work, and the dread is entirely understandable. After all, the conclusion is our last point of contact with the reader, and as writers, we strive to make…
Read MoreHow to Write SEO-Friendly (but AUTHENTIC!) Online Titles
The line between search-engine friendliness and authenticity is fraught with peril. Many writers write witty, fun, humorous, and interesting titles that have no shot at being found by searchers. Others write titles that are so SEO-optimized that they look as though they have been written by over caffeinated robots (or, at the very least, spammers). Is it…
Read MoreIntroducing the HubPatron of the Arts Contest
HubPages is a vast site, full of many, many different subcommunities of writers and enthusiasts. Some of the strongest communities on our site are comprised of the artistically-inclined: poets, fiction writers, and photographers. To celebrate these amazing artists, we decided to make our next contest all about prose, poetry and photos! Enter the HubPatron of…
Read MoreUpdate: eBay Earnings Directly Through HubPages
As you may have read in Paul Edmondson’s previous forum post on the topic, eBay is going to be available to many of you shortly. We have always cared deeply about the ability for Hubbers to earn and are looking forward to seeing how this enhanced earning privilege will allow Hubbers to earn more. We greatly…
Read MoreRevenge of the Glowing Green Cats
What happens when electron-genetic-construct experiments go terribly, terribly wrong? Paradigmsearch explored this very potentiality in Revenge of the Glowing Green Cats, a short but highly amusing Hub. It was pretty fun to record the podcast version of this short story. Listen in if you’re on the go! Big props to paradigmsearch for turning a somewhat newsy…
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