The Artist Unleashed: FINDING A COMMUNITY, by Kate Tilton

With reminders of the holiday season all around I have been thinking a lot about community, a place where you belong. Growing up I spent years in private school and homeschooling leading to an interesting transition back into the public school system when I was in the 6th grade. I spent most of my first school year back in public school trying to fit in.

It didn’t work.

I quickly learned that I wasn’t a part of the community of my peers. They had grown up together and had been in the same classes for years. I just simply wasn’t able to compete with that. So I found my own community online.

My first experience with community was ...

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The Artist Unleashed: DON’T MISS YOUR BIG MOMENT! (WHY YOU NEED A WEBSITE), by Lori Culwell

In case you haven’t noticed, Facebook has built a neat little widget called “Trending” that now appears on the right hand side of your news feed. This widget is supposed to act like Google Trends, informing you of the news that is popular around the world (or at least around the internet) at that moment.

Why am I telling you this?

Because, as a writer, there is going to come a time when you (the writer) will have the opportunity to be a part of a trending news topic. During this moment in time, assuming that reporters can find you and that your network is set up properly, you (and your work) will be ...


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The Artist Unleashed: WHO MURDERED BLOGGING? by Jeremy Hawkins

First let me thank Jessica for letting me share a little bit more of me and who I am… or at the very least whom I want to be.

I am Jeremy and I run several sites, make art books, sell t-shirts and I am sure a few more things that I just cannot think of. I started most of my sites six years ago with the intention of offering my world to you the reader, sharing my crazy obscure thoughts, and well, hope to spring a few coins.

From a cocoon to a butterfly, from design after redesign I feel ...

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Every Wednesday of every week is The Artist Unleashed. If you'd like to write a guest post to help promote your blog, website, service, or books, or anything else you want to draw attention to, please contact me via jessica.carmen.bell@gmail.com to book yourself in.

I have slots available from Wednesday, October 1, 2014.

All posts for this feature must be inspiring and/or motivating, and encourage discussion. I will not just post your book blurb, cover, and purchase links. One, because you are more likely to attract attention to your work if you have something interesting to say. And two, because I would like my blog to offer useful and interesting information for my readers, not blatant advertisements.

I will tweet and Facebook your posts several times during the week to get it as much exposure as possible. Highest views on a single post = 1000+. If you want to reach that 1000 views mark it means you need to provide interesting content and make an effort in sharing the post on various platforms as much as I do. This is a collaborative effort.

When you send me your post, please include:

• A title (you'd be surprised how many people forget!)
• A call to action at the end (A question related to your post to ask readers, which will make it easier for them to leave a comment.)
• A head shot (JPEG please, do NOT embed it into your Word Doc, I need it as a separate attachment)
• A 3rd person bio 50-100 words including all your web links
• Word count: 500-1000 words

It is your responsibility to send me your post on time. If I do not receive it two days before you are scheduled to post (i.e. Monday) at the latest, I will arrange for someone else to take your place, and your post will then be pushed back to the first available date. I will send you one reminder the weekend before, but that is it.

Also, please only book yourself in if you are serious about sending in a post. I realize that things can happen to cause delays, and I'm very understanding when life interferes with your good intentions, but the amount of people who cancel (multiple times, sometimes) at the last minute is rather astonishing, and I'm left to scramble for replacements. Please do your best to avoid this. A bit of respect is all I ask.

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Do You Agree, Or Disagree? (#01) [TOPIC: Social Media = 15 mins of fame]

Happy New Year all!

Today I'm going to keep it short and sweet. I need to wean myself back into the regular posting groove. I've written one sentence and my fingers are complaining that they're experiencing muscle pain, and my brain is crying "What? This isn't Facebook or Twitter? Damn!"

Nah ... kidding. :-)

Before I get to my "point of the day," can I just quickly say that the WRITING IN A NUTSHELL All-In-One book is now out on Kindle!!! Paperback coming soon. Whoop! More info HERE.

Okay, now to the point I want to make today. This is going to become a regular thing on my blog this year: Do You Agree, Or Disagree? Due to our ever increasing poor concentration spans (What?! This post is more than 140 characters? How ever will I cope?) I've decided to post, on occasion, a short and sweet statement designed to get you thinking and responding with your thoughts. See that's kind of a trick, isn't it? Because you will probably end up using your brain a lot more on these posts than if you were simply reading an article. But that's cool. I'm all in for tricks.

If you're a lazy reader, just skip to this part of the post. Hopefully this large bold red text will attract your attention:

Being a popular face on social media is like being that piece of clothing someone thought they couldn't live without, until one day it got pushed to the rear of their cupboard, outta sight, and they didn't realize it was missing until they found it by accident one day.

Do you agree or disagree with this analogy? Why?

Have a great week, folks!

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