Great Blog Content Requires Being Gutsy!
Published September 6, 2011 | 
Blogging is a powerful medium for fearless writers.
Here are 3 almost ‘instinctive’ ways in which any blogger can easily create unique content people will enjoy even if there is no news fit to print!
Follow Your Heart
As easy and obvious as this may seem many tend to overlook this ‘source’ since it can open up a can of worms. By creating blog posts that express your own feelings as the author you open yourself up to criticism or ridicule and naturally nobody wants that! On the other hand you are entitled to your own opinions as well as the next person. When you consider that many may not share your feelings and will likely comment accordingly, you now have opened the door to more interaction on your site. You have capture the attention of your readers and will find that the discussions that result will be very thought provoking for everybody on the site. Debates may rage while pros and cons are exchanged but you have succeeded in increasing the interactivity and strengthening the ‘bonds’ of community on the site!
Share Your Insight
Do not overlook the power of your own experiences or personal perspectives when it comes to sharing them with others. Nobody ever perceives or experiences things in the same exact way therefore your own insight is a great source for unique content you can post. Using blog posts like this tend to present subject matter to others in a way they may not have considered before thereby increasing their own perspective as a result. Now these people have gained some type of value from what you have written and of course this is your objective.
Feel Free to Be Impulsive
Sometimes the most impulsive or whimsical comments can be the most thought provoking as well! Have you ever noticed that the more thought or consideration you may give to something tends to ‘temper’ the way in which you present it to others? Now it is not always recommended to make rapid-fire responses or comments about something unless of course you have strong reasons to do so. In almost every case typically an attitude has already been established based upon prior knowledge or experience. In any event when creating potentially controversial blog posts like these you ALWAYS want to have good reasons for doing so. These reasons will likely be needed by you to respond to any comments that may be left that question or even object to the post itself!
Remember blogging is more about what you feel or are passionate about and to contain this would only put limitations on your content!In this case everybody loses!
Sometimes, no scratch that, often times creating blog content that captures the attention of your readers can be challenging to do. In many cases some of the best sources which you can pull from to create thought provoking blog posts are not to be found in any research! If you are not afraid to share your insights or personal thoughts, you have within you an untapped reservoir of unique content that readers will probably love, so be gutsy and use it!
Rejection from Publishers: What to Do Now
Published August 1, 2011 | 
After completing a novel, the most frustrating part is trying to get it published.
So you’ve written a book and now, you want to share this work of art with the world; publishers are the only people standing in your way. It doesn’t really matter what genre you specialize in, the fact of the matter is, when you send your work to editors or publishing houses, you can get rejected.
Nothing can be more frustrating than getting rejected by publishers and here’s how you can deal with the rejection. Instead of sulking at home, refusing to write another word, you can try sending your manuscript to another editor. When that’s done, you can sit back, relax and spend your time doing other things besides thinking about your book. More often than not, publishing houses and editors work under strict guidelines with manuscript submission and you’ll be putting yourself in danger by sending your manuscript to other editors at the same time.
Meanwhile, you can keep a close eye on your email for a letter from the publishers. When you receive a letter, expect a no. Expecting the worst will be easier for you when you do get the worst. For this particular circumstance, you can scream and shout, rant and rave for a few minutes about how these people just let a good thing pass them by. You then get back to reading the rest of the rejection letter. Here, you’ll be given a number of tips how you make your work better. When all these tips have sunk in, you can start submitting your manuscript to another editor.
Simply repeat the process of sitting and waiting, keeping an eye out for a letter from the publisher, etc. For the first rejection slip you’ve received, you can file this letter away or you can simply throw it out. Remember that that was just one publisher’s opinion. You have a long list of publishers to go through. In the meantime, you can continue revising and editing your manuscript. When you think you’ve made it even more perfect, you can send this out to another editor. Rejection from publishers is just a part of the process for becoming a successful writer.
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