New (misad)Ventures

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So something pretty cool happened about a month ago. I was contacted by another blog site to come on as a content contributor. I am super stoked at this opportunity to broaden my reach and strengthen my skill as a writer & blogger.

My Trending Stories (MTS) is sort of similar to Thought Catalog and is still very new to the blogophere. In the coming months they will be launching a media campaign in an effort to gain sponsors, expand their reach, and in effect bring new writers out into the world.

The network of writers, bloggers, and contributors is extremely diverse and seems to be across a few different countries. The topics are broad and there so many different view points shared. I particularly enjoy the fact that as a blogger with them I am able to promote my own brand in addition to networking with other bloggers. Many sites don’t allow the mention of your own website or brand, and only encourage the content within THEIR domain.

Right now, the only contributions I’ve made have been additions I’ve also added to DRAMA, the acronym for my blog [irony at its best I assure you the acronym was unintentional] that some of you already follow.

Eventually, when I get to be more consistent with my writing there will be separate content for both MTS & DRAMA.

Another cool thing about MTS is while initially the submissions are unpaid, they do offer incentives to their contributors in the form training opportunities, professional assessment & feedback, along with monetary incentives in the form of gift cards to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. The incentives are competitive and based on the bloggers reach within the site & community being evaluated with views, click through, likes, shares, and so on. The “winners” of these incentives are celebrated in our weekly newsletter/author updates sent to all contributors and on the discussion boards.

Tons of my friends and family have already been super supportive of my writing and my eventual career as an author (power of manifestation right there baby!!); so I look forward to sharing this journey with you, in addition to making new friends out there in cyber space!

Please if it strikes your fancy, share the links to both MTS & DRAMA with your friends and family. Any exposure/networking opportunities are humbly appreciated. Maybe sooner than I thought I can be on the Bestseller shelves and not just stocking them!

PS, I know my bio needs work here >_< as with life, it’s (I’m) a work in progress 🙂

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