TED-ed Original: How to build a fictional world

...by Kate Messner This is part of the reason why I am (still) on Facebook... not to post selfies, not to tell people that I am bored/sick/hungry/tired... but to find stuff like this in my news feed. *smiles* You can check out their website here.

How to beat your competition…

I looooove what I have just found on Darren Rowse's Problogger website: How to Beat Your Competition Online by Trying this One Thing It is marked as a "guest contribution" - so kudos to whoever you may be! 🙂 Aaaaaaaaaaand: I think I should go now and see about some additional visual content...

A Pro-Blogger and “9 Unsexy Truths about Making Money Online”

I am still half asleep, and it is already past noon. Ummm... no, that does not mean I live the life of the rich and famous and have been partying till dawn... it just means that todays's a national holiday here in Germany, and I've spent the better part of last night (or more likely… Continue reading A Pro-Blogger and “9 Unsexy Truths about Making Money Online”

The Renegade Writer: “4 Ways to Make Your Freelance Writing Career More Secure”

Love this article from "The Renegade Writer": Trouble Paying Your Bills? 4 Ways to Make Your Freelance Writing Career More Secure Subscribing to the right writing blogs and newsletters is a great thing for information, training, news, inspiration... and even makes sense as a way of procrastination...

Writing Kick

When it comes to writing and I need to push myself a little… I try to get back to the things that, long ago, made me want to become a writer. In many cases, that has been READING. So I go back to one of my fave books, or certain movie scenes etc. It might… Continue reading Writing Kick

Copyright, Public Domain, and the Wild Wild Web (an article by Moira Allen)

If you read German, too, you might have seen yesterday's post about recommendable newsletters for writers (here resp. at suite101). One of my recommendations was/is the website and the relating newsletter http://www.writing-world.com - and here is one of the reasons why: Let me direct you to this great article by Moira Allen of "Writing World"… Continue reading Copyright, Public Domain, and the Wild Wild Web (an article by Moira Allen)