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Writer's Notes - January 2010



Happy (Belated) Birthday, Writer's Notes!

In honor of Writer's Notes' third blog birthday, on January 27th, I've decided to make things simple and post a link to the first post I ever wrote here, Opportunities for Writing Online Abound! Hopefully, it will bring back memories for many!

I'm in the middle of writing a second post on this topic, which discusses some of the events that have occurred in my life during the past year, strongly impacting my blogging. I should be able to put that up later today or tomorrow. So, stay tuned.

How could I have let my third blog birthday pass unnoticed, you ask? Well, sickness and extreme busy-ness with writing projects played into it. However, despite these, I've decided not to let the day go by totally unrecognized--even if late--and hence, this announcement.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting here--despite my frequent fits and starts--for the past three years!

Sincerely yours,
Jeanne



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Hippie Magazine Seeks Green Content

January 27th 2010 19:31


Put Your Environmental Savvy to Work

If you enjoy writing about ecology and the environment--or simply reporting on various innovations that help make our world and our lives safer, healthier, and more sustainable--you might find Hippie Magazine a great venue for your work. This online magazine is currently seeking "individual eco-rockstars" to contribute posts to its website.


A Few Details

Hippie Magazine pays $5-50 per post (for all rights) based on quality and length of post. You'll also receive a byline and an author page with a link to your website. Each post must be original and (of course) previously unpublished and requires at least one image. While compensation from this particular market isn't substantial, the posts I've looked at don't appear to have required a great deal of time or research to write. (Of course, a certain amount of research would be involved in simply finding innovative green applications, products, or methods--unless you happen to come across one in the course of your other work and decide to do a quick write-up for this mag.)


Mainstay or Supplemental Market?

Whether you're interested in this type of writing as a mainstay or prefer using it to supplement your other writing projects, Hippie Magazine could just prove to be a viable market for your work. Take a look at some of the posts the site has published in the past to get a better idea of the sort of content the publisher is seeking. Categories listed on the site include Business, Energy, Gadgets, Lists, Opinion, Politics, Products, Reducing, and Tech. These should provide a wide variety of opportunities to find a topic you'd be interested in writing about--even if environmental issues aren't your main writing focus. (My thought has always been that the more versatile a writer is, the more writing opportunities he or she will find. So, even if you've never written a "green" article before, why not give it a try. Today is always a great time to branch out and try something new.)


Pertinent Links

Here's a link to the Hippie Magazine "Write for Us" page. To give credit where credit is due, I found this market via this GenuineJobs.com link.


Hope you'll find this market helpful!
Jeanne


Have you written about the environment before? What do you like/not like about tackling this topic? Know any other viable green markets your fellow writers can tap?



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Call for Submissions

As I was perusing Craigslist this morning, I came across a call for submissions for a teen grief book and thought this would be a great writing opportunity to mention on my blog. While I've personally had more than my share of grief experiences, my losses didn't occur during my teens--though I know that for many others, they did. That's why I'd like to share this opportunity with my readers.

If you've lost a parent or other loved one during your teen years (whether you're still a teen or an adult who experienced grief while in your teens), this might be a good opportunity for you to share your story, experience some healing, and in the process possibly help someone else who is battling grief right now.


Grief Relief Book in Planning Stages

After I found the ad, I shot an e-mail off to the Craigslist mailbox, telling the advertiser that I'd be willing to post info about the opportunity to my blog if I had a direct contact e-mail address. To my surprise, I received an almost immediate reply (from the advertiser and not an automatic notification from Craigslist about a closed mailbox)--a very refreshing occurrence from Craigslist!

Fran Hall responded, telling me a little more about her project:

My friend and I both went through this as teens and now volunteer working with other kids who have experienced the death of a parent/parents. We especially would love to hear from teens themselves, as well as from people who are now adults who lost someone close when they were adolescents. Finding teens I think is going to be the most challenging part of doing this so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


In a later e-mail, Fran elaborated further on her project:

Also it's probably worth mentioning in the post that this is not intended to be a cliche, uplifting type of book even though I'm sure some stories will be which of course is great. However, some people may have had horrific experiences like being left with an abusive surviving parent for instance, or maybe their surviving parent neglected them. (Horrible I know, but it happens!) We want to hear the good, bad and the ugly because we need kids in every circumstance to know that they are not alone. That is the main goal.


The Original Ad

Just so you have all the info, here's the original Craigslist ad:

Did you experience the death of a parent or other close loved-one when you were a teenager or young adult? Do you remember the isolation and the feeling that you were different from everyone else you knew? We're editing a collection of non-fiction stories about death and grieving that will act as a support group for teens/young adults that feel that they have no one to relate to. The book will be geared for adolescents and we want to hear your stories.

We are looking for the following types of contributers:
1)adults who experienced a major death when they were teens/young adults
2)teens/young adults who experienced a major loss

We hope to create a resource that will help normalize the feelings that a grieving adolescent experiences. Stories can be uplifting, funny, devastating, or whatever... just as long as it's from a place of honesty. The goal is to help teens through their grieving process, in whatever that means to them, so we are not looking for contributors to give advice or share tired cliches like 'time heals all wounds' or ' I know they're in a better place'. We merely want honest and heartfelt stories that reflect personal experiences.


Contact Info

If you think you might be interested in contributing to this book project--as either a writer or an interviewee--contact Fran at the following e-mail address: griefreliefbook@yahoo.com.

Since the project is still in the planning stages, Fran is currently collecting info from all those who are interested in contributing and plans to contact and interview each one at a later date. Contributors will likely receive compensation for their stories, though the amount hasn't been determined yet, since it's so early in the process. If this sounds like a project you might be interested in, drop Fran a line.

Here's to getting your story out there!

Good luck!
Jeanne



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A Writer's Notes Video Experiment

The New Year is a fantastic time to try something new! So, in the spirit of embarking on a new adventure, I've decided to try putting periodic videos on my blog. That seems a wonderful way to connect with my readers on a more personal level, and--while I'm by no means highly experienced in this creative medium--I hope you'll all receive this short message as a token of my esteem for each of you and my sincere wishes for your success in the New Year.



My 2010 New Years Message to My Readers



Video removed due to technical difficulties.



Your Feedback is Welcome

Please feel free to share your feedback in comments. While I'm well aware that my delivery needs a bit of work, I'm hoping you'll look beyond the obvious imperfections of this presentation and focus more on the message and the spirit in which it was shared. I could have redone this video countless times in hopes of making it as close to perfect as possible. But, I've decided, instead, to simply be myself and let this little impromptu time of sharing speak for itself.

Hope you'll enjoy it--but more than that, I hope you'll get some real value from it!


To your success in 2010!
Jeanne

P.S. Please let me know about any technical problems you may encounter while watching this video. I realize that volume could be a problem, since I didn't speak as loudly as I might have for optimal audio quality. (Will do my best to remedy that in the future!) Thanks for reading, watching, and commenting!



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