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November 2009 Plans

By Travis, on October 30th, 2009%

In November I’ll be participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. NaNoWriMo is a writing contest. The challenge is to write a 50,000-word novel between November 1st-30th. The contest is held every year and thousands of people participate. You have to submit your novel to the NaNoWriMo web site before Nov 30th in . . . → Read More: November 2009 Plans

Increase eHow Traffic

By Travis, on October 29th, 2009%

October 2009 Goal Progress

My October goal of writing eHow articles is now complete! I have posted all my articles to the eHow site and now have a total of 25 articles online. eHow still has plenty of frustrating bugs to deal with, but at least I managed to get all of my articles online.

Now that . . . → Read More: Increase eHow Traffic

eHow Progress

By Travis, on October 25th, 2009%

October 2009 Goal Progress

October is wrapping up and I’m very pleased to announce that I have finished writing all the eHow articles I planned for the month. Not all of the articles are online yet, but they are all written in Word documents on my computer. I still need to find public domain pictures for . . . → Read More: eHow Progress

Follow Me on Twitter

By Travis, on October 20th, 2009%

I just now signed up for Twitter so that I could participate in Florida Today’s celebration of National Writing Day! Now you can follow me on Twitter: BadTea99. I’ll send out a tweet whenever I update my blog.

Click here to see all the tweets from Brevard county writers!

Thanks . . . → Read More: Follow Me on Twitter

Why My First Blog Burned Out

By Travis, on October 19th, 2009%

I started my first web site and blog several years ago, when I was interested in making web pages just for the fun of it. My site was a great way for me to practice web programming, write, and stay in touch with distant friends and family. It was basically a giant Facebook profile, before Facebook . . . → Read More: Why My First Blog Burned Out

eHow First Impressions

By Travis, on October 13th, 2009%

eHow is a web site where anyone can sign up and write “How to” articles. The article must include a brief introduction and a series of steps to accomplish any kind of task. If you are a U.S. citizen, you can sign up for the Writer Compensation Program (WCP) and earn a portion of the advertising . . . → Read More: eHow First Impressions

October 2009 Plans

By Travis, on October 9th, 2009%

In October I’m going to focus on writing eHow articles. . . . → Read More: October 2009 Plans

Experiment is Underway

By Travis, on October 6th, 2009%

I’m very excited to announce that my writing experiment is officially underway!

From October 1, 2009 to October 1, 2010, I am going to be evaluating my dream of writing for a living. . . . → Read More: Experiment is Underway

Welcome

By Travis, on October 5th, 2009%

Hello everyone! I am just starting to get this blog going. Please visit the About page to learn about what’s coming. Then stop by in a few days to see my . . . → Read More: Welcome

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