Blogging is a Unique Writing Opportunity

Blogging became popular within the last ten years. I started using blogs about that long ago. Professionally, blogging really took off for me seven years ago. After I started my first blog, I became so enthused about the immediacy of being able to publish my words that I started another blog, then another, and yet another. Before I knew it, I had created a network of blogs that I lovingly call "The Midnight Writer's Network". Once I reached ten blogs it became work for me. It was then that I began to really look at blogging as a profession. I discovered that blogging is a unique writing opportunity unlike any other form that I had experienced.

I love blogging! Even though I am a professional creative freelance writer, I still devote my energy to building my now fifty plus blogs. /As a writer, I will continue to pursue the lofty ideals of being published in magazines or getting a novel published. Additionally, I am currently writing my first screenplay. For now though, blogging is my bread and butter. I found about half a dozen companies who will pay me to write on my own blogs. The money is better some times than other times but it helps to tide me over until that big magazine article reaps a payday.

Shop around for Health Insurance

It's not an easy task to find good insurance so I usually shop around to find the best deal price wise. The best way to do that is to call around or visit websites to get a Health Insurance Quote before you buy a policy. Keep in mind all the important questions to ask before you call or visit a site online to get your quote. It helps me to make a list so I can check it off during my research or conversation. Think about all the facets of insurance and how they apply to you. Remember to find out if the premiums remain the same or if a company will drop you based on an illness or injury.

If you need to buy Group Health Insurance then you will need to determine if you're eligible first. Medical history plays a crucial role in eligibility so be sure to have copies of your history on hand and give accurate information when you ask for a quote. Otherwise, the price you're quoted will change once the underwriter writes up your policy and checks all the records to match the information that you provided.

Life Insurance fits into a whole other spectrum with many details to consider when you're shopping around. The type of policy you want will determine the price as well as the amount of coverage in the event of death. There is term life, whole life,  or universal life insurance. Each one comes with different rates and benefits for your beneficiaries. It is important to check out as many insurance companies as possible because it is probably the biggest decision you will make for yourself and your family. Remember that your health will determine your risk factor and your life span. Insurance companies will charge accordingly.

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Mustangs being Slaughtered for Art

Facebook Group STOP the Killing of Mustangs! We need to STOP Janna Bullock! JOIN US!

We need to stop Janna Bullock!

Who could participate in the senseless inhumane slaughter of God's beautiful creatures like wild mustangs? That is a question you need to ask our government and the people who hunt them for money and leather art works. It's all the latest buzz stirring on the internet telling how characters associated with the Russian mafia are paying Americans to hunt these magnificent beauties by helicopter and poison. The company responsible is Safari Mustangs spearheaded by wealthy Russian immigrant named Janna Bullock. These hunts are happening all over western America and on Native American lands like the Nez Perce. Pockets are purportedly being padded by this wealthy safari company.

Visit their Facebook group to read all about the movement to help save these wild and free icons of America. Thousands are already involved in lobbying to change laws that will stop this practice. Share in their efforts to educate others about this insidious wild mustang tragedy.

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Three Designs chosen in the Last Two Weeks

Choosing a theme or template for a Blogspot blog can be a little challenging and sometimes perplexing. I've chosen three different blogs for this site in the last couple weeks due to functionality problems. A site called Btemplates offers some really well designed XML themes that are easy to download and very quick to install on Blogspot blogs. Normally, they perform exceptionally well and the designs are all that I hope for and more in a free theme so I can't complain.

I recommend that you test the themes before you announce your blog to the world because I found a few problems with some of the more intricate sites in their functionality. One of my blogs was rejected by a paid blogging company because it failed to load and another took so long to show the content section that my advertiser canceled the campaign. Due to this occasional problem, I suggest that you take a few days to test your blog by adding images and posts before you settle on its theme. It might look good but if it doesn't perform it is not worth keeping.

What's the solution? 

Keep shopping until you find two or three that you like. Save the XML themes in a folder and test them over the period of a week. If the site continues to function normally then you most likely have a winner!

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The Midnight Writer

Health Coverage is Essential in Today's World - L'assurance de santé est essentielle en monde d'aujourd'hui

Juste un séjour d'hôpital peut éliminer votre épargne et coûter tout déductible que vous avez laissé sur votre assurance médicale maladie commanditée par le gouvernement. En monde d'aujourd'hui, chaque a besoin d'une option viable pour libérer ou de l'assurance insuffisamment subventionnée de santé. Trouvez une politique qui équipe vos besoins de mutuelle hospitalisation la santé qui fournit le service quand vous avez besoin de elle. Obtenez un contrat écrit pour indiquer des choses comme des taux de pièce et l'assurance sur votre police d'assurances d'assurance qui tiendra compte des accessoires tels que la TV dans votre chambre. Vous assurez vous avoir écrit des dispositions pour dans le soin et le transport de maison à et de l'hôpital. Si vous êtes incertain de combien d'assurance vous avez besoin et si ces frais supplémentaires significatifs sont inclus, appelez pour parler avec quelqu'un aujourd'hui. Un représentant peut vous aider à figurer dehors la politique qui est exacte pour toi. Appelez la compagnie qui peut fournir tous ces articles nécessaires. Pour le prix d'un appel local, parlez à la compagnie d'assurance mutuelle à 0.810.816 253 et discutez les aspects les plus importants de votre assurance de santé aujourd'hui.

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Just one hospital stay can wipe out your savings and cost all the deductible that you have left on your government sponsored health insurance. In today's world, every one needs a viable option to free or inadequately subsidized health coverage. Find a policy that fits your needs with mutuelle hospitalisation the health care that provides service when you need it. Get a written contract to specify things like room rates and coverage on your insurance policy that will allow for accessories such as TV in your room. Make sure you have written provisions for in home care and transportation to and from the hospital. If you are unsure how much coverage you need and if these significant extras are included, call to speak with someone today. A representative can help you figure out the policy that is right for you. Call the company that can provide all these necessary items. For the price of a local call, talk to Mutual Insurance Company at  0.810.816 253 and discuss the most important aspects of your health coverage today.

Twitter is Fast Becoming a Money Machine

Have you tweeted today? Are you familiar with Twitter? If you use this micro-blogging platform, what do you write about? Many people are turning Twitter into an internet cash machine where you can almost hear the silent cha ching playing in the background every time someone tweets. There is a lot of money to be made on Twitter if you know how to use it. Programs are popping up every day on the internet that utilize this social networking platform to enhance one program or another. Social networks like facebook and Sokule are connecting directly to Twitter from their dashboards so that users can post across multiple sites with the click of one button. You don’t even have to log in to the various accounts to use this sort of program. Just type in user name and password and press send. Your message will be carried to multiple sites in seconds, at fractions of the speed, time and effort it would take to use these social networking resources on an individual basis.

Daily Niche Ideas

Get Daily Niche Ideas for your blog.

You can be certain that if you can think of it, someone else already thought of the idea you just came up with. I'm writing about niche topics and researching the internet to find all the valuable information that I can possibly locate on this topic. It's a vast realm.

My idea- to come up with niche ideas to discuss here. What did I find in my search engine quest? I found a video that discusses a "daily niche idea". There is an actual website with this theme. I give them a two thumbs up! You visit the site, sign up for a daily email and you will receive niche internet ideas to search out yourself in your daily inbox.

It seemed like the perfect place to begin. Enjoy the quest!

What is a Niche Anyway?

If you are reading this blog and asking that question, then this is a good time to answer it for you. I'll do my best to define "niche" for you to help you understand why it is so important to find yours.

Without being too technical, I'll first present the definition.

Niche - a focused, targetable part of a market.
(from InvestorWords.com)

In every day terms, that means find something that you love and can get excited about. Figure how to market the product, the story line, the service, the blog concept, the book subject, whatever it is. The niche can be any thing. My friend Katy loves Nascar so she creates "niche blogs" for Nascar and passionately writes about the sport, the drivers and the races.

I love historical costumes and renaissance faires. Ideally, I can create a blog about faires and the clothing. This could be used in many ways such as marketing costumes, selling tickets to events, or as a journalism outlet to enhance my career as a writer. Fashion is a larger niche with historical costumes falling into a category underneath that and renaissance faires falling into the category of a specialized niche.

My daughter loves gardening so she could focus on a business where she sells only organic plants or medicinal herbs. That would be another specialized niche.

There are so many ideas and so many categories in the "niche topic" that its almost endless. You get the idea.

Find your niche. Grow it. Build it. Write about it. Market it. Experience the passion.


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Revived Enthusiasm for my Niche Blog

If you've visited this site before then you definitely noticed the change! Today we changed the name from Niche Blogging to "Elite Blog Reviews" with the subtitle "Niche Blogging". We (Cephas and I) also purchased a domain name for this blog to match the network host blog at http://www.eliteblogreviews.com. It's a great name so we are running a series of blogs under its helm. You can expect to see more in this series in the next few weeks.

Note: If you clicked the above link and got a blank space, try this url http://themidnightwriter.tumblr. We just purchased the domain for that site today, too.

Did I tell you we are excited about the improvements?

Well,  you can't see me jumping for joy, but I am! Now I will be creating lots of interesting content for our network sites, this one included. So, I'm asking for your feedback.

What would you like to read on Elite Blog Reviews that would benefit you as a reader?

Naturally, I'll be posting lots of information about niche blogging so get ready to bookmark us as an information portal in that area. We want to keep it interesting, though so we'll surf the internet in search of new topics to include.

I'm the nuts and bolts writer but Cephas is the advertising grinder for our network. He gets into posting the links everywhere to drive traffic to our sites. Cephas also gets into the brains of the code and tweaks our sites when he is not upgrading a computer or communicating with advertisers. It's a busy life and we love it. I just wanted to shout out our excitement at having a facelift on this site.

Come back and visit soon but think about creating a niche blog and list a few ways that you would select a niche. Then return here to read our discussions on the topic. We'll be waiting for you.

The Midnight Writer

Memorial Fund for Gabriel

It is with a heavy heart that I write this today because I miss a little boy named Gabriel. Watching his brother Raven and his father Woodstock, a/k/a Loren David O'Connor, suffer through the pain of their loss while trying to make arrangements for his burial, memorial and wake is really hard. Gabriel Jaden Coates was with us for a short 3 years, 2 months and 2 days, yet he has made a profound impression on the hearts of people that will last forever. He left this earth to enter the spirit world on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at about 11 am. Gabriel fell into the water of the Antelope Creek, which was fast moving and deep. His body was recovered by very compassionate rescue workers about two hours later.

Woodstock, Raven, his friends and family are sort of moving in a state of unreal shock. Things need to get done. So we are helping in whatever way we can. Funds are urgently needed to buy the casket and to buy a plot where he will be laid to rest. Please spread the word and help in whatever way you can.

Please visit the dedication site for Gabriel at http://www.angelsforgabriel.org. News and information about his memorial, burial and wake will be posted on this blog. Lots of pictures will be loaded soon that I took of the gathering site where little Gabriel drowned. We took photos of the creek and the campsite where he laughed, played and enjoyed. There is a very spiritual picture on the site now that shows what we believe is Gabriel's spirit that appeared while Woodstock and I were standing by the stream talking about Gabriel, about what happened, about his life, about what to do now. It is then that we both felt his presence and a butterfly landed on Woodstock after that moment. I took a photo in the direction of where they found Gabriel's body in the water and that is where the column of light appeared. It was an intense, sad, happy, etherical time.

We will be assisting Woodstock with transferring of funds to the Funeral home when it is placed on the paypal in the amount we need. The general manager Chris Girdner at the Girdner Funeral Chapel is giving us until Tuesday at closing time to come up with the total for the casket. This is urgent. Other arrangements are being made and other funds are needed very much. Please email angelsforgabriel@gmail.com if you have questions or if you want to help in some way.

The Forest Service, the fire department, the Siskiyou county Sheriff's department, the Fish and Game dept. personnel, and the townspeople volunteers from Tennant were very gentle, kind, compassionate during the entire ordeal. We are all grateful to them for the way they handled this situation.

I have many things to write and memorial signs and brochures to make, and a website to update, so please help us facilitate this link being spread far and wide to get the funds together. Gabriel deserves a decent casket, memorial, burial and wake. Help us give him that much, please. Woodstock should not have to concern himself with money at a time like this. Right now we are all camping in our rigs while this is all taking place, so family please plug into this compassionate service.

Much love and blessings.
Summer Breeze on behalf of Woodstock, Raven, Gabriel & Raven and
Jazzy all his friends and family.


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