Nobody ever told me that being a writer would be easy! Being underappreciated, and under-payed just about sums it up. If people truly realized the effort, time, sweat, and dedication it requires to produce fresh, professional content maybe they would understand that writing is like any other profession, and if you want the good stuff you must be willing to pay for it and give the author a byline!
Being recognized for brilliant articles is how we market ourselves and promote our services. I have successfully published multiple articles on various subjects and have received accolades for my work but the pay has been modest at best.
I sincerely want to make my living as a writer and not let it be a hobby like golf or stamp collecting, but unless something drastic happens and people start giving credit where credit is due and start respecting the profession more I see dark days for people who want quality articles from freelance writers. The amateurs will prevail because only they can afford to sell their work for pennies.
I will persevere and hope that things get better and brighter for word-smiths like myself and the idea's never die, but the enthusiasm wavers periodically and the Mellon-Collie sets in sometimes. Nobody ever said writing was an easy egg to crack.
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Monday, November 3, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
New Writing Contributor to Suite 101.com
I have been offered a freelance position on Suite 101.com based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. I have accepted the offer. My responsibilities will include posting at least 10 articles of at least 400 words every three months.
I will share the revenues that are earned by Google adds placed on the site. My earnings will depend upon the quality of my writing and the number of readers my work attracts. I am excited about this new opportunity and intend to make the most of it.
Suite 101.com has a large following and I anticipate great success. Once again, exciting new options seem to opening up in front of me and it is my intention to seize them!
I will share the revenues that are earned by Google adds placed on the site. My earnings will depend upon the quality of my writing and the number of readers my work attracts. I am excited about this new opportunity and intend to make the most of it.
Suite 101.com has a large following and I anticipate great success. Once again, exciting new options seem to opening up in front of me and it is my intention to seize them!
Friday, February 22, 2008
Vacationing in Humacao Puerto Rico published by Travel Planning Guide
Humacao, Puerto Rico is one of the most beautiful vacation destinations on planet earth. Tropical breezes during the day, miles of unspoiled white sand beaches, swimming, snorkeling, sunbathing, horseback riding, just to name a few of the relaxing and stimulating activities that are available for your enjoyment.
Humacao is the largest city in Puerto Rico and is known as “La Perla del Oriente” or the pearl of the orient. Humacao is widely known and famous for it’s “granitos” delicious, greasy snacks made of fried flour rice with cheese in the middle. Several sweet and wonderful tropical fruits are native to this island nation including guavas and mangoes.
Humacao has something for everybody, including a casino for the gaming lovers, beautiful post card views at every turn, and world class accommodations, including luxurious beachside condo rentals. Humacao is affordable opulence in a paradise setting.
The most grandiose resort on the island is Palmas del Mar, this mega resort is over 3000 acres and encompasses the entire south eastern portion of the island. Originally developed as a sugar cane plantation in the early 1900s, Palmas del Mar Resort now is a luxurious resort community with 20 tennis courts and two world class courses including a 18-hole Gary Player golf course, and l0 restaurants, with something for everyone’s taste and multiple exotic bars to help quench your thirst.
Palmas del Mar has a wonderful marina for the sailing enthusiast, plenty of crystal clear water for scuba diving, a water-sports center, places to rent or buy fishing equipment, fishing charters and sight seeing tours.
If you don’t find enough to keep you entertained and busy at Palmas del Mar, then you can explore the El Yunque (rainforest) and discover nature and try to catch a glimpse of the glorious wildlife and native birds that inhabit the rainforest.
The most popular tour to take is the one to Monkey Island. A half-hour boat trip takes you from Humacao to Santiago Cay off the coast of Naguabo. This island is the home of close to a thousand monkeys originally used as research animals, but are now liberated and studied in their natural environment.
Monkey Island has a variety of tropical marine life and gorgeous native corals. One of the most wonderful things to do why visiting Monkey Island is to snorkel in the shallow reefs and explore the remains of a sunken barge off the coast of the island.
Humacao is the largest city in Puerto Rico and is known as “La Perla del Oriente” or the pearl of the orient. Humacao is widely known and famous for it’s “granitos” delicious, greasy snacks made of fried flour rice with cheese in the middle. Several sweet and wonderful tropical fruits are native to this island nation including guavas and mangoes.
Humacao has something for everybody, including a casino for the gaming lovers, beautiful post card views at every turn, and world class accommodations, including luxurious beachside condo rentals. Humacao is affordable opulence in a paradise setting.
The most grandiose resort on the island is Palmas del Mar, this mega resort is over 3000 acres and encompasses the entire south eastern portion of the island. Originally developed as a sugar cane plantation in the early 1900s, Palmas del Mar Resort now is a luxurious resort community with 20 tennis courts and two world class courses including a 18-hole Gary Player golf course, and l0 restaurants, with something for everyone’s taste and multiple exotic bars to help quench your thirst.
Palmas del Mar has a wonderful marina for the sailing enthusiast, plenty of crystal clear water for scuba diving, a water-sports center, places to rent or buy fishing equipment, fishing charters and sight seeing tours.
If you don’t find enough to keep you entertained and busy at Palmas del Mar, then you can explore the El Yunque (rainforest) and discover nature and try to catch a glimpse of the glorious wildlife and native birds that inhabit the rainforest.
The most popular tour to take is the one to Monkey Island. A half-hour boat trip takes you from Humacao to Santiago Cay off the coast of Naguabo. This island is the home of close to a thousand monkeys originally used as research animals, but are now liberated and studied in their natural environment.
Monkey Island has a variety of tropical marine life and gorgeous native corals. One of the most wonderful things to do why visiting Monkey Island is to snorkel in the shallow reefs and explore the remains of a sunken barge off the coast of the island.
Monday, February 11, 2008
An interesting article I wrote about deepbreathing!
How to Improve your Health with Deep-Breathing.
By Jim D. Osborn
Freelantz@sbcglobal.net
It’s something we do on an average of 20,000 times a day! It costs nothing and it’s simple to learn and easy to encompass into your daily routine.
Guru’s of Yoga have been practicing deep--breathing techniques for centuries to help relieve stress and tension, improve energy and promote relaxation.
Breathing incorrectly can cause exhaustion, stress, vocal strain, and hamper athletic activities and can encourage aches, pains, and unnecessary and preventable illnesses. Without sufficient oxygen your body is more apt to develop flu’s and cold’s caused by fatigue which lowers our resistance and our immunity.
Deep-Breathing oxygenates every cell in your body, from your brain to your vital organs. It stimulates the digestive process and helps improve mental alertness and performance.
When we take deep, full breaths our diaphragms move through it’s entire range downward to massage the liver, stomach and other internal organs and upward to massage our hearts. This helps to detoxify the body and promote healthy blood flow.
Slow, deep breathing along with the steady pumping of the abdomen stimulates our nervous system and initializes our “relaxation response.” It helps harmonize our body and this has an impact on our overall health.
It’s important to learn how to breathe more naturally the way our bodies were designed to breathe. Deep-Breathing can influence our metabolism as well, speeding up our system to help in allowing our bodies to get more exercise and make it easier to loose weight.
When the body is tranquil and working to it’s maximum efficiency we feel better, we are clearer in our thoughts which allows our creative side to flourish.
The small sacrifice of your time, 15-20 minutes a day can be of great benefit to your overall mental and physical health. Before work or school or after your day is done to wind down and relax, whatever works for you!
Deep-Breathing consists of four easy steps.
A. Inhale slowly and deeply until your lungs are full.
B. Pause at the end of the intake of breath.
c. Exhale slowly and completely.
d. pause at the end of the exhalation.
It’s easy, free, and very beneficial, and It’s takes very little of your time. It can drastically improve your health and help you maintain a more care-free, stress-free existence.
But as with everything in the world it can be overdone, a word of caution, practice deep-breathing in moderation. Excessive intake of oxygen can cause hyperventilation, dizziness, or even headaches or fainting.
By Jim D. Osborn
Freelantz@sbcglobal.net
It’s something we do on an average of 20,000 times a day! It costs nothing and it’s simple to learn and easy to encompass into your daily routine.
Guru’s of Yoga have been practicing deep--breathing techniques for centuries to help relieve stress and tension, improve energy and promote relaxation.
Breathing incorrectly can cause exhaustion, stress, vocal strain, and hamper athletic activities and can encourage aches, pains, and unnecessary and preventable illnesses. Without sufficient oxygen your body is more apt to develop flu’s and cold’s caused by fatigue which lowers our resistance and our immunity.
Deep-Breathing oxygenates every cell in your body, from your brain to your vital organs. It stimulates the digestive process and helps improve mental alertness and performance.
When we take deep, full breaths our diaphragms move through it’s entire range downward to massage the liver, stomach and other internal organs and upward to massage our hearts. This helps to detoxify the body and promote healthy blood flow.
Slow, deep breathing along with the steady pumping of the abdomen stimulates our nervous system and initializes our “relaxation response.” It helps harmonize our body and this has an impact on our overall health.
It’s important to learn how to breathe more naturally the way our bodies were designed to breathe. Deep-Breathing can influence our metabolism as well, speeding up our system to help in allowing our bodies to get more exercise and make it easier to loose weight.
When the body is tranquil and working to it’s maximum efficiency we feel better, we are clearer in our thoughts which allows our creative side to flourish.
The small sacrifice of your time, 15-20 minutes a day can be of great benefit to your overall mental and physical health. Before work or school or after your day is done to wind down and relax, whatever works for you!
Deep-Breathing consists of four easy steps.
A. Inhale slowly and deeply until your lungs are full.
B. Pause at the end of the intake of breath.
c. Exhale slowly and completely.
d. pause at the end of the exhalation.
It’s easy, free, and very beneficial, and It’s takes very little of your time. It can drastically improve your health and help you maintain a more care-free, stress-free existence.
But as with everything in the world it can be overdone, a word of caution, practice deep-breathing in moderation. Excessive intake of oxygen can cause hyperventilation, dizziness, or even headaches or fainting.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
History of the Sports Truck: by Jim Osborn- published by www.Sports-Trucks.com
Remember when your grandpa had that old beat-up F-150 that he used to haul fire wood? The paint was faded and it had dents all over it and it had bald tires, or maybe your dad had a old Chevy Custom that he bought for 300.00 dollars that had different colored fenders and a warped tailgate!
I remember those days! Days when a truck was for working and they were all crunched up from running over logs, and bumping into fence posts.
But one day somebody down at Dodge thought it would be cool to build something different! Something innovative that would start a trend that not only survives until today, but is actually a frenzy.
In 1978 Dodge came out with a high performance, limited production truck that had a narrow wheel base, step-side fenders, chrome-plated vertical tailpipes, and only came in one color, Canyon Red! The Li’l Red Express! The Sports Truck was born.
Today’s sports truck enthusiast has taken the love of sports trucks to a new plateau. Custom air-brushed paint, chrome everywhere, custom interior, tires and rims.
These passionate trucks lovers have proven that nothing is beyond the human imagination when it comes to customizing.
These American icons of creativity and passion were not content to keep these trucks locked away in the garage or backyard.
Custom trucks shows have sprung up in the U.S. from coast to coast and attract thousands of people. The Spring California Truck Jamboree in Irvine California is packed every year with custom parts manufactures and hundreds, and hundreds of people eager to show off their custom rides.
The Havoc East Coast Custom Truck Show in Bowling Green, Kentucky has grown every year until it is an awesome event that attracts trucks lovers from all over the east coast.
There are literally thousands of trucks shows every year from sea to shining sea, with a heavy saturation of shows in California, Florida, Las Vegas, and Louisiana.
No! Trucks aren’t just for hauling topsoil and cargo anymore. The sports truck industry is a thriving billion dollar industry that’s here to stay!
I remember those days! Days when a truck was for working and they were all crunched up from running over logs, and bumping into fence posts.
But one day somebody down at Dodge thought it would be cool to build something different! Something innovative that would start a trend that not only survives until today, but is actually a frenzy.
In 1978 Dodge came out with a high performance, limited production truck that had a narrow wheel base, step-side fenders, chrome-plated vertical tailpipes, and only came in one color, Canyon Red! The Li’l Red Express! The Sports Truck was born.
Today’s sports truck enthusiast has taken the love of sports trucks to a new plateau. Custom air-brushed paint, chrome everywhere, custom interior, tires and rims.
These passionate trucks lovers have proven that nothing is beyond the human imagination when it comes to customizing.
These American icons of creativity and passion were not content to keep these trucks locked away in the garage or backyard.
Custom trucks shows have sprung up in the U.S. from coast to coast and attract thousands of people. The Spring California Truck Jamboree in Irvine California is packed every year with custom parts manufactures and hundreds, and hundreds of people eager to show off their custom rides.
The Havoc East Coast Custom Truck Show in Bowling Green, Kentucky has grown every year until it is an awesome event that attracts trucks lovers from all over the east coast.
There are literally thousands of trucks shows every year from sea to shining sea, with a heavy saturation of shows in California, Florida, Las Vegas, and Louisiana.
No! Trucks aren’t just for hauling topsoil and cargo anymore. The sports truck industry is a thriving billion dollar industry that’s here to stay!
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