This is my first hub challenge and my first hub in the challenge:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Reasons-for-Having-a-Netbook
My start date for the 30 day hub challenge is July 28,2009.
Anohter great start! Where are all you great new guys coming from?
There, I have 1:1 ratio now, ill try to do 3 more today so there's allowance like what julie did
Men's skinny Jeans: 10 important Facts
http://hubpages.com/hub/Mens-Skinny-Jea … tant-Facts
Here are my latest three hubs for this challenge:
Day 4 - Forest Fires - http://hubpages.com/hub/Forest-Fires
Day 5 - White Rock BC - http://hubpages.com/hub/White-Rock-BC
Day 6 - Hot Pockets - http://hubpages.com/hub/Hot-Pockets
Hub number 16.
A Way to Make Your Poems Sparkle: Original Language in Poetry
http://hubpages.com/hub/originallanguage
Okay I am still in.
#11 He Probably Doesn't Like You.
http://hubpages.com/hub/He-Probably-Doesnt-Like-You
I'm glad you're still in. You're a good writer.
Whew! Day #7 here. So I tried to write a different way. This time I did research, plotted, planned and schemed and tried to follow the flagship hub guideline...damn that was hard....
I'm not sure if I can do that every time but it was definately a way to challenge myself to higher quality and better content. Let me know if you think I succeeded and should continue this way or if I aught to give it up and go back to writting fluff.
Japanese Funeral Rites, a descriptive guide to
OMG...this is a fantastic hub and VERY interesting. Good job!
Thank you! I'm kind of nervous since I put a lot of effort into it, feel like it's my baby so I want to make sure it goes well. I think I'm going to try to write to this guideline going forward, but I may skip the sources next time (that was kind of a pain).
Also my metrics say 1415 words; damn! I should have written in word first to see how many words I had before writing it on HubPages...missed that 1500 word target.
1415 is close enough. It was a great hub. Watch for my email in a second, then I need to head to bed. Going to be hard to get up and go to work in a few hours...LOL
For Mr. M a Video Hub...number 17.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Original-Video- … y-For-Mr-M
Day 6 for me and have posted the following hubs in the last few days:
#12 http://hubpages.com/hub/English-Castles
#13 http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Texas-Rangers
#14 http://hubpages.com/hub/Google-Earth-Vi … tish-Icons
How do you do this, KCC? I am doing all I can to publish one per day. Granted, mine are unusually long. I think I get into this perfection mode and get wrapped up in additional research, etc... I don't know. How do people belt them out so quickly?
I think the secret for me is to brainstorm ideas. Create the titles and set them up with categories and get them ready. Then each time I'm online, I work a bit on each one that I feel inspired to work on. I may work on one for 10 minutes, get bored with it and stop and start on another. Once I get several close to being finished, I push and finish them. I have about 10 started now that I will work on each night. A paragraph at a time.
You may be overthinking it, but that just means you're always going to be producing quality hubs. Don't let the time issue bog you down. Let yourself get into the creative flow and excitement. Write about stuff that is fun for you to write about so that the research is fun and goes quicker. It's about getting into your own flow.
That's how I write. I sit down and think about what's on my mind and try to relate it to my niche, then I just kind of let my brain go nuts and I end up with a topic after a few minutes. Sometimes I start on one way and then the more I think about it it goes completely another direction I never intended to sit down and write about.
For example, my thought process on my latest hub went like this.
Login to gmail.
Look at my Hub Ideas
See Japanese Festivals
Think about the next upcoming festival Obon
Think about what Obon is
Look at Wikipedia on Obon for a refresher
Think about what it means to celebrate (honoring ancestors)
Then think about when I last celebrated Obon
Thought about cemetaries
then thought about grave stones
then thought about death
and then thought about my ex-wife's grandfather
then remembered my time at a funeral
and then I had my idea on what to write....
It takes awhile but I am always inspired to write when I am supposed too; if I have nothing I just walk away and come back later. No need to force it....
Thanks for the advice, KCC. I'm aiming to get into my own flow. Good tips. You are so right about the overthinking it part.
My newest hub:
What NFL Team should take a chance on Michael Vick
http://hubpages.com/hub/Michael-Vick-Oh … -He-Belong
#12 Travel to Hawaii Big Island Adventures and Myth
http://hubpages.com/hub/Travel-to-Hawai … e-and-Myth
#5 17 Mile Drive In Monterey, California
http://hubpages.com/_2zf9blt64sd37/hub/17-Mile-Drive
Oh there's a thread for this. Sorry, I didn't notice.
http://hubpages.com/hub/An-Introduction … And-Trolls
#9 http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Seeder-024- … Poster-Boy Pub. 07/30/09
Two more hubs (whew!)
Third Hub - http://hubpages.com/hub/10-Places-I-Wan … fore-I-Die
Fourth Hub - http://hubpages.com/hub/Simple-Ways-to- … n-Business
26 more to go!
My second Hub in the challenge series - a tribute to tragic, beautiful South African poet who died in July 1963, Ingrid Jonker
http://hubpages.com/hub/What-can-be-gai … rid-Jonker
Ok so my daughter wanted to write about her past... she was a victim of child abuse and lived through hell... My wife will be writing as well... this is a family project... and gives us time to be together talk, help each other, and just laugh and have a good time together...
please be gentle with comments to her... She got rambling last night LOL so her are her first three
http://hubpages.com/hub/7-Years-Under-C … nd-Trapped
http://hubpages.com/hub/Now-That-You-Know-A-Little-Bit
(i spoke to her about this one being a little short)
http://hubpages.com/hub/Yeah-Yeah-Im-a- … y-Problems
I hope you enjoy her writing, my wife will be joining the family project once summer school is over tomorrow...
Hubs on Chinese Cuisine
Chow Mein-The Best Of Chinese Noodles http://hubpages.com/hub/Chow-Mein-The-B … se-Noodles
Chinese Fried Fish In Sweet Sour Sauce
http://hubpages.com/hub/Chinese-Fried-F … Sour-Sauce
How To Prepare Chinese Noodles
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Cook-Chinese-Noodles
How To Learn English online
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Learn-English-Online
Top 20 Beauty & Skin Care Products For Summer
http://hubpages.com/hub/Top-20-Beauty-A … For-Summer
Here is my fourth hub entry to the HubChallenge
How to Avoid Stress, Tension and Pressures
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Avoid-St … -Pressures
and so far released three more hubs titled
Compilation of Filipino Jokes
http://hubpages.com/hub/Compilation-of-Filipino-Jokes
Wesley So the Philippines New Chess Sensation
http://hubpages.com/hub/Wesley-So-the-P … -Sensation
A Glimpse of Vibrant and Scenic Philippines
http://hubpages.com/hub/A-Glimpse-of-Vi … hilippines
I'm on track hehehe one hub per day not bad nyahahaha thanks Hubchallenge Team...
hubchallenge 8: 8 benefits of home made fibre optic cables
http://hubpages.com/hub/8-benefits-of-u … tic-cables
Don't remember which hub entry this one is as I jumped the gun a little in starting but for sure it's my second today.
How to make $1500 per day with Google Adsense YESTERDAY.
Enjoy and remember to "Enjoy The Journey"
OK, I get it... post them here! This is 1 of 30
http://hubpages.com/hub/As-A-Child
I expect to do one a day for a month!
As excited as I was about this challenge, I have gotten off to a rather slow start. I was hoping to do one a day but it is the 7th day of the challenge and I have only published 4 hubs!
I guess I have some catching up to do...
<Sigh>
Here they are: (Some of them are also HubMobs!)
1. How to Choose the Right Sunblock
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Choose-t … t-Sunblock
2. Confessions of a Hub-aholic
http://hubpages.com/hub/Confessions-of-a-Mad-Hubber
3. Health Benefits of a Vasectomy
http://hubpages.com/hub/Health-Benefits-of-a-Vasectomy
4. Male Menopause -- Symptoms & Treatments
http://hubpages.com/hub/symptomstreatme … emenopause
You guys/gals are doing great! Honestly, folks, this is NOT the 1 hub a day Challenge! Quit letting that affect you so much. No one is behind. Everyone still has lots of days ahead of them. Just enjoy your writing! Relax and it will flow much easier for you.
One more for the 30 in 30
http://hubpages.com/hub/If-I-Had-One-Ad … r-Men?done
Day 1: Electrolysis Vs. Laser Hair Removal
http://hubpages.com/hub/ElectrolysisVsLaserHairRemoval
Okay, maybe I'm new at this. But how come I don't get any email notifications when people reply in this thread? How can I know if someone post a reply to my post on this thread then?
My hubs are longer and take a while to write. I'm pushing myself on the challenge but the output is slow-going too. I'm very excited because the hub I've been working on for almost a month is coming together at last with photo permissions from 4 different people who all want the links to the hub. I think this means linkbacks for me and an automatic audience for my topic. I'll be mysterious on that until I wrap that one up.
So I've also been bustin my chops against a series of Arizona Road Trip hubs, and overall, I like the result! Here's what I got.
Arizona Road Trip: Tuzigoot National Monument
Arizona Road Trip: Montezuma's Well and Verde Valley Petroglyph Site
Jerome Arizona Road Trip: Ghost Town, Mining, and Art
Kudos to my fellow Hubbers! You don't disappoint!
Got 2 more done today.
Hopefully going to try for 2 more today to make up for the 28th when I wrote nothing.
The first one is important for all hubbers because it is about link building, not only to your hubs but for your other sites and blogs as well: http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Build-Li … ur-Website
The second one is for all the guys out there and is something very important: http://hubpages.com/hub/Ulcerative-colitis
Hey way to go! Everyone, not just wannabwestern!
You're all amazing! I love reading so many new people's hubs and knowing they're just starting here.
I think this might help:
1. Click on the Hubtivity Link from the HubPages menu bar.
2. Select Forum Posts on the Settings box, then click the preferences button. Select In topics that you posted on, and de-select the third option. (You'll see what I mean)
Now you should be able to click on Hubtivity from time to time and see what others are doing. It isn't the same as an email, but you don't have to navigate through the forums.
Maybe darkside could set up an RSS feed for this forum? Then those who want to follow could do that?
Cheers and good luck!
How did you make the links display just the titles and not the URL?
Hey Chris, check out the Forum Formatting Tips.
Oops--I'm still pretty new here, and didn't realize I had to officialize my 30 hubs in 30 days by posting the links here! I've already written several!
Here are the links to the ones I've posted so far...
http://hubpages.com/hub/Day-1-How-to-Su … -Road-Trip
http://hubpages.com/hub/Day-2-How-to-Su … -Road-Trip
http://hubpages.com/hub/Day-3-How-to-Su … -Road-Trip
Enjoy! I'd love to hear your feedback so I can make my hubs even better! Post comments at your leisure
http://hubpages.com/hub/One-Day-at-a-Ti … 30th--2009
Hub #1 for me!
I completed today's Hub a little ahead of schedule. I hope you enjoy it, any feedback or criticism is welcome.
Perhaps I can get another one done today if I really try.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Feeding-the-Twitter-Fire
-Netadept
Here are numbers 4 and 5 for me. Missed yesterday since it was really busy at work (as was today). I am starting to feel motivated to at least get started and research tonight.
Online Income: More Profit Than Real Estate Investing
http://hubpages.com/hub/Online-Income-M … -Investing
and Testicular Cancer: Signs and Symptoms (part of HubMob and men's health week)
http://hubpages.com/hub/Testicular-Canc … d-Symptoms
http://hubpages.com/t/ad1f9 Indian Paintbrush & Jobs in Flower Mound Texas (video included)
http://hubpages.com/hub/Huntersville-a-NASCAR-Hub - NASCAR jobs and such.
http://hubpages.com/t/ab8b9 The George Washington We Never Knew
Well, number 4 is up.
American Big Bands of the Swing Era
http://hubpages.com/hub/American-Big-Ba … -Swing-Era
I have now completed number 8
Universal Portofino Bay
I think these are the ones I haven't posted yet!
Disney World Dining Reservations
Disney World Roller Coasters
Jet Lag Remedies
Wall-E
Solana Resort
Hub #6 in six days:
http://hubpages.com/hub/So-Whats-New-in … s---Nothin
OK, I am 2 for 2... This is one of my most favorite parables. And it is so pertinent now.
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Ten-Virgins?done
Enjoy!
I need to put time for no time up. It is not getting many hits, and I think it is interesting. Maybe i am just weird. OK, not just maybe, but I sat for hours thinking of having no time and what it would be like. If you think you don't have enough time to do a hub a day for 30 days, read this. It just might give you MORE time, you never know!
http://hubpages.com/hub/Time-For-No-Time
hubchallenge 9: The early symptoms of breast cancer doctors fear telling you http://hubpages.com/hub/The-early-sympt … elling-you
by Simone Haruko Smith 9 years ago
Are you in the midst of a Hub Challenge? Fantastic! Should you like to share the Hubs you have published as you continue along on your epic journey, share them here. Please do not post Hub links in other threads or start a new thread for individual Hubs. That makes things messy, and makes it harder...
by Jimmy the jock 15 years ago
Thought that this new thread would make it easier for everyone to share their hubs for the Hub Challenge.....jimmyhere is my first http://hubpages.com/hub/Ladies-Rolex-Watches
by Simone Haruko Smith 12 years ago
Though we have another thread devoted entirely to contest-related questions, you might want to see what other Hubbers are entering into the contest- as well as share your own masterpieces.Please do so here. This will be a fun way to get inspiration and strut our stuff!... Though before you submit...
by billabongbob 13 years ago
Hello Fellow Hubbers,One of the freelance jobs that I'm currently doing allows me to place appropriate links, as long as they are not directly to my own work.Rather than post links to random search results, I thought I'd ask around at HP to see if anyone has any great hubs on the subjects I'm...
by sunforged 15 years ago
Ive noticed already that the Hubs that I deem most worthy or never the highest ranked or viewed.Which of your Hubs do you wish all would read? With link please. -Josh
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