The news reports are buzzing. Writers’ circles everywhere are shaken up like a hurricane passed through. My inbox is slowly flooding with emails from irate people. J.K. Rowlings is achieving high publicity goals with one simple statement: A character in the Harry Potter series is gay. Yawn. So what? Why is this a major life [...]
Generating Blog Traffic (and Being Nice)
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Do you ever go out of your way just to be helpful? That’s exactly what Ben Yoskovitz from www.instigatorblog.com did about a month ago. After I commented on a post he’d written about XX, Ben (brilliantly) took my questions and created a new post to answer them. Needless to say, it was kinda cool to [...]
I Think I’ve Been Spammed
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Have you ever realized – too late – that you’ve been had? I have a blog I run as a hobby. I post from time to time. The blog gets its share of comments and I always have hope for a wider base of loyal readers. Today I thought I had gained one of those [...]
Focus For a Strong Business Foundation
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Ever tell yourself it’s time to sit back and focus? One thing I’ve noticed is that many people try to cast a wide net on the Internet in the attempts to strike it rich – or at least, earn a decent living. They don’t focus on one project; they juggle ten or fifteen, hoping one [...]
Big Authors with Humble Beginnings
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It’s interesting to discover that some big names in the fiction arena started off the same way we did: freelancing to fund a love of writing. In a recent Montreal Gazette article about Diana Gabaldon (see why she’s making headlines and yes, I’ll get off blogging about Gabaldon soon), I noticed that the famous author [...]
Get Startup Funding Advice and Make Money Online
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Ever have those weeks when you just can’t keep up with everything? That’s what we’ve been having. Here’s a look at what’s been going on over at JCME. The expected “slow season” turned into monsoon, keeping us hopping and on our toes. Work is pouring in, so big cheers for that. The downside is that [...]
Reviews: From Outlander to Rock N’ Roll Jesus
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I blogged yesterday about being wary of consequences for speaking up about issues that may be sensitive ones for other cultures. But I’m going to step out on a ledge and congratulate two artists I respect. Diana Gabaldon is one. A historical romance fiction writer known for her “Outlander” series, she’s written many a novel [...]
Business Communication: Cultural Values Matter
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With all its possibilities, I still find the Internet a restricted area for acceptance and freedom of speech. Case in point: my reluctance to blog about religion, sexual orientation, and music – even though I’d like to. Of course, this is a semi-business blog, so those three areas of discussion really don’t belong, if you [...]
Blog Action Day at JCME
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Today is Blog Action Day, and bloggers worldwide are going to post on this year’s topic, the environment. I won’t list actions to take or habits to get into that promote living “green”. Enough information already exists and interested people can find plenty of suggestions to be environmentally friendly with a simple search. I will [...]
How to Sabotage Your Own Project – Guaranteed!
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If you want to know how to guarantee that the final result of a project you outsource be exactly what you don’t want, sabotage it. It’s easy, really! Now, why would anyone want to sabotage his or her own project? Good question. I’d really like to know the answer myself, but that’s not the point [...]
