This week’s Fascinating Fiction podcast is by a new Hubber. In fact, Funny Business: The Rodent, a humorous story about the Acme Newsletter (and survival!), is only mollymeadows‘ third Hub. I hope you enjoy the recorded version of the story, and I encourage you check out mollymeadows‘ other fun Hubs, too. It is quite exciting…
Read MoreClimbing Mount Fuji
Do you fancy yourself to be quite the explorer? If so, you might be interested in what Sir Cumference has to say about climbing Mount Fuji. In Climbing Fuji-San – A Quick Guide, Sir Cumference shares background on the mountain as well as a wealth of tips on climbing this famous volcano in style. If…
Read MoreOn Writing Well: An Interview with Mark Coker, CEO of Smashwords
As a part of our On Writing Well series we reached out to Mark Coker, the CEO and founder of Smashwords, an eBook publishing company. As so many of our Hubbers have literary ambitions and given the growing success of eBooks, I believe that Mark’s advice on writing well will be very valuable to our…
Read MoreTips on Choosing and Wearing Perfume
The world of perfume is astoundingly complex. Thankfully, perfume aficionada and HubPages staffmember Michelle Padro knows a thing or two about how to choose, test, and wear perfumes, and shared her sage advice in a Hub titled The Dos and Don’ts of Perfume. Listen in to this week’s podcast (Choosing and Wearing Perfume) as Michelle shares…
Read MoreHubbie Award Voting & The Importance of Community
In this week’s Online Writing Insider podcast, Robin and I discuss the Importance of Community in writing online (and offline, too!). In line with this podcast theme, I’m happy to announce that voting for the first annual Hubbie Awards is now open! To submit your nominations (votes) for each Hubbie Award, enter the username of…
Read MoreOn Writing Well: Becoming an Interesting Writer
Very often, while I am reading articles on similar topics, I find myself drawn strongly to one, while skimming through or getting bored with others. While these articles often deal with identical topics that I am inherently interested in, there are writers whose voice, treatment of a topic, way of involving the reader are so…
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 MoreIntroducing the First Ever Hubbie Awards
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again- HubPages would not be anywhere near the amazing site it is without its vibrant community. To celebrate awesome Hubbers as well as our fifth birthday, we are going to host the first ever Hubbie Awards on Friday, August 5th. This coming Wednesday, we will open voting…
Read MoreOn Writing Well: An Interview with Christin Evans of the Booksmith
As a part of our On Writing Well series, we reached out to the incredible Christin Evans, the owner of the best bookstore in San Francisco, the Booksmith. Christin’s job connects her to a large number of great writers, and her advice on writing is very welcome. Thanks Christin for your wise words! 1. What…
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…
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