Just In Time For Halloween!

Paranormal Minds is a newly created blog about everything paranormal. Usually in yourblogconnection, I interview the blog writer, but because I am the blog writer, I will tell you that I created this blog after I signed up with Xomba as their Paranormal Feature Writer. When I didn't hear from them for several days, I decided to write the blog anyway. And then, guess what! I got the job. I am one of only two paranormal feature writers for xomba.com.

You can find me in the paranormal section of the site HERE. I am BlogWriter.

Paranormal articles and blogs will include all things paranormal, from supernatural experiences to ghostly apparitions, from ghost hunting to UFOs, from astrology to life after death, and will even discuss such unusual subjects as lives between lives. I will introduce the reader to other paranormal blogs and web sites and I will discuss some of the current ghost hunting programs.

One of the most recent articles is very timely and if you are interested in holding one of the most unusual Halloween parties ever, read 13 Halloween Must-Haves For Ghost Hunters.

You can find the Paranormal Minds blog HERE.

So if you are one of many Paranormal Minds and if you're interested in ghosts, astrology, ESP, or any of a number of supernatural topics, read the blogs and the articles. Paranormal blogs will directly link to the articles so look forward to an out-of-this-world blog filled with discussions of everything listed above as well as mediums, psychic phenomena, remote viewing, metaphysical subjects, and even spiritual events.

According to merriam-webster.com, paranormal is anything "not scientifically explainable: supernatural." As you can see, the blogs and articles will cover a wide range of supernatural and paranormal unexplained phenomena.

Disclaimer: This blog was self-serving. If you have a blog or web site you want showcased, please contact me by commenting below.

Freelance Home Writer Shows You How to Get Paid for Your Writing

If you are a beginning writer, lost in a "web" of confusion as you search online for resources that offer upfront payment, or if you are an experienced writer competing with other professional writers and you want an edge, look no further.

As a writer, you have probably researched "writing sites" to the point of exhaustion – or annoyance – and quickly learned that many of them are not legitimate. Willow Sidhe, the Freelance Home Writer, gives you a break from your researching efforts. Freelance Home Writer was begun in December 2008 by this amazingly helpful freelance writer who spent so much time researching sites that paid upfront for articles, that she was literally swamped with useless information.

So Willow complied all of her data and started a blog to help other writers move quickly along the path from being unpaid writers to getting paid up front for their writing. While Willow hopes to reach beginning web writers, along with experienced web writers, she also hopes to help the work at home mom (or dad), many of whom are already supporting her efforts.

Writers want to make money from their writing and Freelance Home Writer is a great resource in helping the freelancer. According to Willow, "The Freelance Home Writer is a resource for web writers which features reviews of sites that pay upfront for articles, residual income sites and information (including how much money I make on each site), tips and advice for web writers, and resources. However, I try to focus on reviewing paying sites, since this is the information people seem to want the most."

This married 26 year-old "naturalist" who works with herbs, plants, and natural medicines (which she learned how to make from her mother), and who makes her own household cleaners, cosmetics and other household products – including toothpaste – lives with her husband and their children – two beautiful Jack Russell Terriers in Hot Springs, AK.

If you have any interest in making money from your writing and if you want unbiased reviews of some of the top writing sites on the web (including eHow, Demand Studios, and more), along with a plethora of information concerning writing and making money from writing (including information about residual income, for instance), visit Willow at Freelance Home Writer. Clicking on any of the links will take you directly to this information-packed web site.

As an aside, reading the information on Willow's Freelance Home Writer site is like taking a class and not having to pay for it!

Whole Hearted Parenting

When Maggie Macaulay, MS Ed, discovered that her formerly cooperative 18-month old found power in expressing the word NO, her immediate reaction was to force her child into obedience.

But forced parenting was not an option for Maggie or her husband. They wanted to raise their child in a way that fostered and encouraged cooperation. So Maggie and her husband enrolled in the Redirecting Children’s Behavior™ (RCB) course.

The RCB course helped them become “a much more peaceful family,” and because Maggie’s experience with RCB was so rewarding, Maggie decided to share the relationship skills she learned with other parents.

One of Maggie’s favorite quotes from the RCB course is, “All the love we come to know in life begins with the love we knew as children...” Maggie adds, “What we know about cooperation, assertiveness, and negotiation, we learn as children.” So it is important to create a tranquil and nurturing environment not only for your child but also for yourself.

As a Director with the International Network for Children and Families, Maggie trains Redirecting Children’s Behavior™ instructors and leads a team of certified parent educators.  She is also a certified instructor of the Loving Yourself and Others course.

Since 2000, Maggie has taught parents how to create peaceful, cooperative homes using the methods she learned. Through Whole Hearted Parenting, Maggie teaches RCB, presents more than 30 workshops on hot-button issues for parents, and provides classroom management training for teachers in both public and independent schools.  As a Certified Coach, Maggie also offers individual coaching sessions for parents.

You might expect Maggie, a parenting expert on ParentalWisdom.com and NewBaby.com, to be the perfect parent. In all her years of teaching parenting skills, though, one stubborn goat defied redirection techniques – Gabriel, an actual goat, “is now living his dream as a stud on a goat farm in Ocala, an example of logical consequences and the Law of Attraction in action!”

Maggie lives in south Florida with her husband and daughter. She offers far more services than I am able to write about in a blog. Please check out her WEB SITE and her BLOG for information on workshops, e-books, e-zines, teleseminars and more.

(Maggie is the recipient of the 2008 American Business Women’s Association Spirit of Excellence Parent Educator of the Year Award.)

Laugh At Cancer

http://laughatcancer.com/ is a website founded by Crystal Kauffman, who, after surviving cancer, losing loved ones with the disease, and struggling with ongoing pain, decided to build an online support group for “families in need of support and friendship.” 

In addition to providing support for adults dealing with cancer, she also provides help for young people so they can have peer group support and for pet owners mourning the loss of their pets.

Chrystal has instituted an “Honor Wall of Grace” that provides warmth and comfort for loved ones who have lost treasured friends and family member to cancer.

As she writes: “I was so grateful to be a cancer survivor at age 28, but I still had many painful side effects daily. The radiation damage caused my life to change in many ways, due to my inability to walk well. One night, after losing my chemo buddy to cancer, I gained a strong passion to help other cancer patients with their fight and living beyond their diagnosis.”

She shares with stark honesty her struggle to battle this disease: “Honestly, I felt humiliated to be 27 and wearing adult diapers, due to my bladder damage from the aggressive treatment I received. I began using a walker or wheelchair, in order to stay mobile. This decline in my health brought on feelings of depression and worthlessness. After discussing these feelings, my primary care doctor started me on an anti-depressant and referred me to pain management.”

With her grandfather’s support and help, she started the Laugh at Cancer Support Group in Jacksonville, Florida, visiting cancer patients, calling them on the phone, and “meeting” with them on the Internet. “Our mission is to help all families facing cancer's touch and restore hope in families that have been devastated by this disease.”

Why the name, “Laugh At Cancer”? As a cancer victim, Crystal wanted to focus her attention on the celebration of life and abide by her grandfather’s teaching: to laugh when times get rough and never give up on yourself.

Currently in remission, Crystal lives by a simple motto, created with her grandfather, who died of lung cancer June 7, 2007: “Laugh everyday…Drive the cancer blues away!”

You can reach Crystal at info@laughatcancer.com Visit her web site here: http://laughatcancer.com

Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife

Imagine a psychotic Martha Stewart-type of housewife, addicted to shopping and saving money, who lives her life according to the edicts of Murphy's Law. Sounds like a TV sitcom. Close. It's a blog.

A virtual STORM of information, Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife gives its readers more than just opinions. From recipes to reviews to giveaways to rants and more, the blogger of Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife shares deals with her readers and provides links to printable coupons. 

And that's not all – she helps her business mom readers by featuring them and those who sell on Etsy.

With humorous jabs about her husband, who is exceedingly happy that she blogs about everything rather than talk to him about whatever is on her mind, this "Psychotic Housewife" is a joy to read.

If you want to save money and listen to the rants and raves of Storm, read Confessions of a Psychotic Housewife.

WAITING...

I'm not avoiding this blog – just waiting for more information from other bloggers to showcase their blogs. If you happen across this blog and you want to be showcased, let me know. In the meantime, look for postings soon.

Noodling or Noodle-ing

As promised, here is a little blurb about one of the linked blogs to your left.

The writer of this blog is a mommy with two beautiful and talented little girls. She writes about them frequently and even posts photos of them from time to time. She has adorable nick names for them (you'll have to read the blog to find out what they are), and writes about her children, music, love, music, babies, laughter, music, her children, music.

Did I mention music? She attends concerts and writes about them. She listens to music and writes about it. She gives presents of music to her friends. AND soon she will be writing about one of the biggest music events EVER. Stay tuned and get Noodling.