Recipes are extremely popular on HubPages and the new Special Layout Options we offer can make these mouthwatering guides better than ever! As you give the new Recipe Capsules a try, we would like to share some best practices with you when it comes to crafting and sharing online recipes. Listen in to this week’s…
Read MoreHow to Make the Most of HubPages
Over on our Facebook page, Kenneth Crawford suggested that we give some advice on getting more “bang” from writing on HubPages. Seeing how vast our site is, this is a fabulous subject! On a basic level, you can get more bang from your Hubs by writing on search-friendly topics and putting together high quality articles,…
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 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…
Read MoreTips on Self-Optimization
Do you know what self-optimization is? It involves analyzing your current body of work, evaluating the most successful pieces, and working on more pieces that are similar to those successful hits. Listen in to this week’s Online Writing Insider podcast (Self-Optimization for Writers) to get some self-optimization tips from the pros. We’ve got advice on how…
Read MoreWriting Marathons – A Great Way to Kickstart Your Career
If you are trying to kickstart your career as a novelist, poet, freelance writer, blogger, or columnist, you should consider taking on a writing challenge! Writing marathons, just like running marathons, are very challenging, but are exceedingly rewarding. Listen in to this week’s Online Writing Insider podcast (Writing Marathons) for some advice on embarking on…
Read MoreThe Three Gifts from the Wise Men
Past stories featured in the Fascinating Fiction podcast have taken place in the past- sometimes the ’50s, sometimes in old country Western times… but never before have they gone all the way back to Biblical times. In this week’s Fascinating Fiction Podcast (The Three Gifts from the Wise Men), SamboRambo reads a story of his revolving around an…
Read MoreEnemy Hearts
Rarely do I read things online that prompt me to make audible reactions, when something I’m reading does cause me to make noise, said noise is typically laughter. Enemy Hearts by Taressa Klays is one of the very unusual Hubs out our site that has made me actually yell out in alarm- in a good…
Read MoreOvercoming Writer’s Apprehension
Are you new to HubPages, or online writing in general? Are you having trouble publishing your first couple of articles? In this episode of the Online Writing Insider (Writer’s Apprehension), Michelle Padro and Yours Truly discuss the mysterious effects of Writer’s Apprehension- that troublesome nervousness about sharing one’s writing in the public sphere. In addition…
Read MoreResearching Competition
Do you want your online writing to have a shot at really doing well? If you do, you’ll have to write the best article on your subject that’s out there- something that blows the existing competition out of the water. In this episode of the Online Writing Insider (Researching Competition), Robin and I share how…
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