Month: May 2016

Face It, we all have “About Me” pages, right? But the problem is they all suck, including mine. At least until now! Here’s what you can do to make your “About Me” page more exciting for readers to read.

via 13 Fun Facts You Can Add To Make Your “About Me” Page More Interesting! (For Beauty, Travel, Food Bloggers & More!) — The Millionaire’s Digest

1. Create Eye Cataching Headlines The first part of being readable is getting your reader’s attention, which starts with the headline. Interestingly, while eight out of 10 people will read your headline, only two out of 10 will read the rest. Your goal from the start is to get people to that first paragraph, so […]

via Getting People To Actually “Read” Your Blog Posts Rather Than “Like” It (For Beauty, Travel & Food Bloggers) — The Millionaire’s Digest

So what’s the secret to making something go viral? It starts with making something that people have no choice but to care about. Something both so personal, but simultaneously so universal and human that not sharing it would seem selfish or “out of whack.”

via The Paradox of What Makes Something Go Viral (For Book, Beauty, Writing Bloggers & More) — The Millionaire’s Digest

This is the third chapter of my tribute to Serena Valentino, entitled A Pirate’s Life. It’s a fractured fairy tale of Disney’s Peter Pan. I’ll be posting a new chapter here every Saturday. If you want to see all the latest chapters in one place, check out the page called (most appropriately) A Pirate’s Life.

via A Pirate’s Life – Chapter Three — Whitley Scribe

Overview: Write awesome, engaging headlines. Incorporate relevant stories. Format your content to make it scannable Use visuals. Give something valuable away for free. 1. Use Powerful, Emotional Connecting Headlines The headline’s purpose is to get the audience to read the first sentence, and the main purpose of the first sentence is to get your audience to […]

via Can’t Get Your Blog Noticed…? Than Here’s What Will. (For Beauty, Art, Book Bloggers & More!) — The Millionaire’s Digest

Have a wonderful weekend!

via 200 words that describe light — World of Horror

You’re never enough with the ones I love. You’re fleeting but so incredibly still sometimes. You freeze when I feel stagnant. You move far too quick when I want you to stop. You’re a watch clock of all things I choose to occupy my space with. You tick louder when I start counting […]

via Time — PM Poetry & open letters

let them know how you feel let them know what you think speak your mind with a candid assessment of why they are wrong refrain from ad hominem epithets this is no time for politeness but neither will crudity land your points home just explain how they’ve failed to keep faith with the values embraced […]

via If Not You, Then Who? — Poesy plus Polemics

The latest book in the Josie Clark in Japan mystery series will be published on 16th May! When a body’s found on Japan’s famous bullet train it’s got nothing to do with Josie Clark. Or has it? Tokyo-based expat Londoner Josie Clark hopes her transfer to Osaka will give her career a boost, even though it means […]

via The Bullet Train Murder launches 16 May! — Fran Pickering