What Am I Working On?

Somehow I never seem to manage to work on one project at a time. And my current workload is no exception. Besides my work on Bubbllews.com I’m outlining a book for girls about great women from worlds past and present and working on my blogs. I’ve also found a great book that helps authors organize and produce books in a short time. It is especially useful for those of us who publish e-books. It is called “How to Write Nonfiction Ebooks” by Henri Junittilla. It is available at Amaon both as a paperback and an ebook. He lays out a system for writers that maximizes any time spent and shortens the process of actually writing and publishing nonfiction ebooks. I’m going to stop now and try to get some work done on at least one of my projects. The problem is that it’s a bit hard to figure out which project I want to work on. Hopefully, I won’t come up with another one until I finish at least one of my other projects. I hope you are all right and having a great year.

I’m Finally Back!

Hi, everybody! I apologize for being absent so long on these blogs. I’ve been recovering from a pretty major infection which eventually landed me in the hospital. I’m still rebuilding my strength, but I think I can at least catch up here. I’m starting back to work on my projects. For some reason I can’t just start one, finish it and start the next one. So I’m working on a book for girls, articles for the other two blogs, and articles for Bubblews.com It turns out that Bubblews is the real thing. You don’t make a lot of money per article there, but it adds up over time. If you do join them, be sure to read and follow the rules very carefully. They’re not hard, but failure to follow them can cost you. You can have your money transferred to your online account, but you need at least $50.00. I suggest you wait until you have a couple of dollars over that minimum so that if there are problems with any of your articles and they are not counted, you will still have enough credits left to get your payment. I’m hoping to update this blog much more often now. I missed you guys.

Sorry I've Been Gone So Long



I apologize for being absent for so long. I developed a systemic infection a couple of months ago and things got worse after that. But I’m finally beating it and am gradually returning to writing. I’ve got stories to polish and post on all three of my blogs, so just keep an eye out for them.
I hope you’ve all had a great year, and that next year works out well for everyone.

We’re Working on a New Cookbook

We’re getting ready to test the recipes for our latest cook book.  It’s all about pumpkin.  I’m
planning to gain a few pounds over the next few weeks, but fall’s coming and I can cook and
bake to my heart’s content. 

I’m also adding chapters to my book “Remarkable Women.”  One of my biggest problems with
this book is that there are so many women whose stories deserve to be told.  I suspect there may
be a follow-up.  I’m also in the planning stages for its counterpart, “Remarkable Men.”

I’ll be posting soon on my experience with Bubblews.  But I can already tell you that my
experience so far has been very positive.

What Are We Working On This Month?

Hi, everyone!

I hope you’re all having a successful, profitable month.  We’ve been busy, although sometimes it
feels like we’re spinning our wheels.  That’s what happens when we over-schedule.

We’ve been working on a couple of big projects over the last several months.  Our biggest
projects, a cookbook yet to be named, and a compilation of biographies of interesting women,
are coming along nicely.  In fact, we’ll be concentrating on finishing both books this month.
Luckily we found someone to help us test the recipes in the cookbook.  If we had not, I’d
probably be looking like the Pillsbury Doughboy by Christmas.

We’re also working on putting the rest of our ebooks up on Nook and Kobo.  Sales have
flattened somewhat on Amazon, but we’re still meeting our sales goals there.

We’re also planning our new website.  In keeping with the company’s philosophy of keeping our
costs down, we’re setting it up on Weebly.  If you’d like to see what you can do with a Weebly
website, take a look at Regina Puckett’s author website here.  She positively inspired me.

There’s more, but I’ll be better able to tell you about it next week.  I hope your week goes well.
Don’t forget to take a little time for yourself. 

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Some of Scott D. Hawkens’ tips are good old tried and true methods.  But many others are going
to be new to even seasoned bloggers.  How can you use YouTube more effectively?  Income
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Is Bubblews the World's Largest Social Experiment?

I think I’ve figured out what Bubblews is really about.  If I am right, it’s actually a gigantic social experiment.  Where else can you connect with people all around the world as they share big and little stories about their lives and customs, families, and all the large and small details that make them real people?

I have always believed that if ordinary people around the world could talk directly to one another, we would find that we are all actually much alike.  Everyone wants enough food, a safe place to raise his or her family, and the ability to meet basic needs.  The Bubblews platform seems deliberately designed to try to meet the need for understanding among people of all cultures and social positions.  Without leaving the website, I have read stories about people living in Asia, Canada, South America, Europe and the Pacific Islands.  Some of these stories are well written, others struggle to express themselves.  Nearly all contain some little gem of knowledge or insight about the people who wrote them.

The only real downside to the site is that if you happen to violate one of their rules in a single article, you will be denied payment on your entire payout.  Hopefully, Bubblews will find a way to remedy that situation so that a writer is not penalized on their entire output for making a mistake on a single article.

It also doesn’t hurt that the site is one of the best-paying of its kind that I have run across.  It is going through some serious growing pains at the moment, so there are times when it is not possible to log in.  But in my opinion, it’s definitely worth the wait.

Whether this “social experiment” is intentional or not, I believe it is happening at Bubblews.  For this reason, if for no other, I will continue to support the site.