#i am begging you people to find advice outside of twitter

[magical-girl-coral]

"Boycotts always work!!!! Cutting off Israel is the key!!!! There is no way we can be in the wrong here!!!!!!"

Unless you guys somehow create better medical instruments to replace the Israeli made ones, check every piece if tech you can find to make sure you don't buy something Israel made and topple the entire goddamn diamond industry, I think you'll need a better plan.

[sailorspazz]

This chapter was full of surprises! I was truly not prepared for everything that went down, as it was all entirely outside of my expectations haha.

Fabio (and the readers) certainly got a shock when Suzuki laid a kiss on him. I was screaming SUZU YOU SLUT in the Discord that morning lol. Is...is Fabio still going to post that video? Did Aki see any of this and assume her Totally Straight partner was just fooling around for funsies? I don't think Suzuki is necessarily backing away from Sugiki for internalized homophobic reasons anymore (his willingness to kiss and sex other men makes me think he doesn't worry as much about that now), but rather he puts Sugiki up on such a high pedestal, and sees himself as a damaged being who would bring him down (is that what the kneeling and begging was about? We still haven't seen him explain that). I think he only sees his lust as getting to a pornographic level because it's never been fulfilled and satisfied, whereas in the past when he was looking for women to bang he would just find the quickest option and move on. Now it's been built up so much that he might turn to just about anyone to try to distract him from it (I thought back to vol. 2 when Fabio first appeared and asked Suzuki to sleep with him in Spanish, and at that time Suzuki was very much in denial about having any attraction to men. If Fabio tried asking again now, he might actually get to end up straddling Suzuki like he wants to lol).

Ernie was once again a part of a very important video call...his main role in the series is to give everyone advice from afar haha. He seems very in the know about everything that's going on, including Al's motivations. The second big shock of the chapter was Nino wanting to be Suzuki's coach. I'd kind of had my ideas already about what the roles each of the connections Sugiki introduced to Suzuki would play. For Nino, I thought it was just about whether he would accept Suzuki's participation in the 10 Dance or not, since as far as we know he still doesn't have the correct certification and it would take someone with Nino's power to override that. And he'd been so down on Suzuki to the point where he didn't think it was worth watching him dance that even that seemed like an uphill battle. After witnessing Suzuki's monstrous performance, I then thought he might say he needs to tone that down so he doesn't hurt people. And maybe that is part of his goal in coaching him, to help get that under control. But yeah, I had no idea Nino was going to take on this role, and it makes me wonder about how things might change for Suzuki again.

Max was extra dilfy this time, what can I say...and he brought the third shock of this chapter when he offered to make Sugiki his successor! Another character whose role I thought I already knew since he's the patron financing Suzuki's profession, and he's also become a friend/father figure to Sugiki (even after the questionable things he's done in earlier chapters). And now he wants to take it a step further. This could bring about a big change for Sugiki if he takes up this offer, and I can't even predict how it might turn out (hopefully with Sugiki in hot slutty business suits).

I'm so happy to see Suzuki make a cute face near the end, since he's been looking quite angsty recently. He's so happy to be called a monster like Sugiki, that's fucking adorable. And I am intrigued by the shot of Norman noticing something, is he going to waltz over (lol) and get involved in this conversation? Is he going to have to let go of his fuck buddy star student sooner than expected, or will there be some sort of multi-coach shared arrangement? Is there going to be Drama? (almost certainly haha, it is Norman and he's like 80% drama)

Based on the first part of 40 and its talk focused on relationships, my thought on chapter 40 as a whole being teased on Twitter as being about the Shinyas' futures and those who will guide them meant that it would be about their progress with each other. But with Nino's and Max's offers, it seems to refer more to their professional lives. But their profession also binds them to each other, and the vol. 7 chapter notes did say they'd start down the path to happiness from here onward, so what in the world can we expect to see next? I'll be eagerly waiting as always!

10 Dance - chapter 40, part 2 summary

At the after party for the Japan International, Nino seeks out Suzuki to talk to him about a decision he's made after witnessing his performance. Also, Max talks business with Sugiki, and puts forth a proposal for him to consider.

Full summary and highlight images under the cut

Chapter 40, part 2: Come On-a My Life

Published online on July 14th, 2023, available to purchase on Comic Days, or rent for 10 days on Yanmaga.

At the after party, Nino walks purposefully through the venue, ignoring various people who keep calling out asking him to join them. He thinks to himself that the steps he's taking now are toward the future, down a path heading to the unknown.

Elsewhere in the room, Fabio asks Aki to come give him a kiss on the cheek as he holds up his phone to take a selfie. She complies and asks what the photo is for, to which he replies that he'll post it on Instagram. She comments that he seems to be in a great mood, and he gleefully says that he managed to score a contract with Max. Aki thinks that's amazing, and says Fabio should have a lavish advertising budget now.

Suzuki is nearby, and he takes a drink as he reflects on Sugiki freezing up during the honor dance. He mutters to himself that he didn't let Sugiki go just for things to end up like this. Fabio comes over and asks Suzuki to kiss his cheek for a TikTok video, and as Suzuki does so, he continues to think about Sugiki, how he's top-notch, beautiful, and independent. He couldn't allow his desire for such a dazzling man to cause Sugiki to falter. That's why he had to separate himself from Sugiki, as Suzuki believes himself to have always been deeply flawed. As he thinks about this, he recalls kissing Sugiki backstage, and ends up grabbing Fabio's face and letting his lips drift from his cheek to his mouth. Fabio's phone starts ringing and Suzuki breaks off the kiss, apologizing as he steps away. As Fabio answers the phone, he mumbles that Suzuki teasing him like that could end up with Fabio straddling him. Nino is on the other end, and he asks Fabio if Suzuki is with him. Fabio replies that he was just there, and giddily says that he was being a total flirt. Nino demands for Fabio to keep Suzuki there, and asks where they’re at.

Nino flashes back to a video call he had with Ernie (who was inexplicably donning bear ears, paws, and seemingly little else). Ernie said that the reason Alberto didn’t want Nino to go see Suzuki dance live is because he felt it could pose a threat to his own position. Nino is the top coach for the top-level pros, and Al knows that their arrangement doesn’t rely just on money, but on Nino’s assessment of them. What Al is most afraid of is for Nino to discover a new “it couple”.  Ernie said that for this reason Nino absolutely must go see Suzuki’s dancing in person.

In the present, as Nino continues walking, he thinks how each step he takes toward Suzuki makes him realize even more clearly that dance has been used as a tool for communication since ancient times, and regardless of one’s place in society it’s as free as the human spirit. Nino finally reaches Suzuki and declares that he wants to be his coach.

Back at Max’s mansion, Sugiki coughs as he tastes the drink Max gave him, saying that it’s not rum like he asked for. Max takes it back from him and says he’ll make it more palatable. He pours the liquor into a taller glass, adds ice and stirs, then adds carbonated water and stirs again. He asks Sugiki to try it now, explaining that it’s a Yamazaki single malt whiskey. Sugiki says he doesn’t drink whiskey since the smell makes him think of old men. Max says he can just try a sip, which Sugiki does begrudgingly. Max says that it’s time for them to get down to business, and talks about how in the Muldaur family with its far-reaching influence, the parents typically pass along a unique sort of education to their offspring, similar to training royalty on how to rule. He notes, however, that his daughters and their husbands have no interest in following in his footsteps, as one has to have the resolve to leap head-on into a whirlpool to do what he does. As Sugiki finishes his drink and Max starts to make him another, Max asks if he wants power. He says it looks to him like there’s currently no core that unites the dance industry. That’s something of great interest to his family, as they’re always on the lookout for markets they can invest in and expand. It helps those industries flourish, and brings profit for themselves, so it’s a win-win for everyone. However, doing this requires a specialist who is highly familiar with that world. Sugiki says that he’s not going to let Max use him for this, and Max says that this is about more than merely using him; he actually wants Sugiki to be his successor.

Back at the party, Suzuki barely has a chance to react before Nino says he has to be the one to take the reins of a nonstandard, monster class dancer like Suzuki; in fact, he believes no one else could possibly do it, and he finds Suzuki to be utterly fascinating. Suzuki thinks about being classified as a monster just like Sugiki, and smiles with a little blush as he wonders aloud if what Nino is saying is really true. Nino sighs and says that he’s going to explain Suzuki’s true nature to him.

Previous chapter: #40 part 1

Next chapter: Though a specific date has not yet been revealed, according to Inouesatoh's Twitter this chapter will be released in three parts over consecutive months, so we can anticipate part 3 sometime in August 2023.

[starkiddreamcasting]

why do you still include Rob in fancasts?

This is probably long overdue but let me go into me, my dreamcasts, and Robert Manion (content warning for general discussions on the guy but not going into detail of it).

So....

I have been rather upfront on the fact that while I am in Starkid fandom, I am not super involved in anything of the community. The best to put it is I watch what they put out and stuff but don't focus on things like the actor's social lives because of parasocial relationships and all that jazz (not saying everybody in the fandom does this, I just wanna make sure I don't fall into this hole). This tends to have an effect where I find out about stuff outside the product way slower then most people in the fandom (like I found out about Lauren and Joey being together like 6 months after it happened).

I did not find out about the Rob situation until several months after the whole thing happened (not helped by me not being able to watch NT2 for a while) and when I did learn about it the choice was made for him to "go on break". Most of the Starkid members still followed him on Twitter and such he was still collabing with them (even recently) So didn't fully know what to make of it.

The conceit at the time from what I saw seemed to be that would be returning upon self-reflection and improvement (plus this was around the time he had that livestream talking about him and Nick filming the Workin' Boys short) so I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and continue using him, still holding out hope that this was a roadblock for a misguided person who would get better...

Now I'm truly at a loss though...

Starkid is back (very excited about that by the way) and Rob isn't returning and put the group on blast on TikTok, so there goes that torch. Rob has been a cornerstone in so many of my dreamcasts as he fills so many niches (bass-baritone, good dancer, still can play a teen) and I genuinely don't how to handle this ugly situation with my admittedly limited knowledge?

I know when I ask questions to my followers I get basically no response ever, but I am begging now. If anybody more involved in this then I can reach out to me to help me figure out how to best handle this situation (but for creating new dreamcasts and revising the old ones) that would be very much appreciated!

tl:dr: Because I try to avoid fandom drama, I didn't know about the Rob situation until after it had quieted down and because of that decided to give the benefit of the doubt to somebody who likely didn't deserve it, but am now lost on what to do and am seeking advice on it

[mrpenguinpants]

I am a firm believer that Childe is indeed younger than Keqing and has no form of respect for her regardless.

It’s moreso a form of me establishing that the Keqing is a short adult in her mid to early twenties who has to inevitably deal with the constant neck pain she gets from having to look up at her co-workers just to make eye contact. She curses either herself for it for never growing an inch or curses everyone around her or, well, both. Regardless, she can occassionally be found in her office stomping the floor and feeling like the battle is her against the world LMAO

As a side note, I loved the little headcanons of the boys as children you included! It was a different thing that would’ve never came to mind otherwise. While I’m totally ride or die on the “four men accidentally hire themselves a babysitter and a daily slander machine (she does it out of love)” train, I do appreciate different variations to the idea.

Oh and seeing myself on the anon list makes me feel a bit warm, it feels like I’m being acknowledged as family for crashing this wonderful blog with brainworms lmaooo— on a much serious note, I really appreciate hearing me out whenever I have an idea or two to share.

Sincerely, Keqing harem brainrot anon

(I felt like using a dash was too orthodox, and these are basically my mini love letters to you for being an overwhelming amount of seretonin, so I figured why not give it a little twist)

Minor Spoilers for Character Backgrounds

I wrote some more on this here: Genshin: Royalty AU HCs

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FUCKING CATCH ME CRYING IN THE CLUB AS I HOLD THIS PRECIOUS ASK IN MY HANDS. I THOUGHT YOU DIED. I WAS SO UPSET. REMEMBER THAT ANON ASK THAT I JUST REPLIED TO WHERE ANON FELT LIKE THEY WERE COMING HOME? THAT. THAT IS HOW I FEEL RN.

Yes. I know anons have lives outside of tumblr. Am I a parent penguin now? Yes. Yes I am. I’m fucking crying, it does feel like I’m seeing my family again.

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Out of all the “adult” genshin characters, I firmly believe Childe is the youngest. He is just hovering that adult status because of his height. Can I also say how much I love that the “culturally insensitive white boy” idea came from people on twitter getting tired of Chili fanart where Childe calls Zhongli “sensei” even tho the mans Chinese? 

Speaking of short people, and because I will never shut up about this, XIAO IS 5′2. Ty for coming to my ted talk. I can literally astral project and visualize Zhongli being Keqing’s boss or co-worker that’s super respectful - but lowkey a bit slow because he keeps forgetting his wallet and Keqing is too nice to leave him without lunch - but when he’s spitting facts about the ancient art of ink blocks she’s cursing him in her mind. Why is this man so tall?? She can feel the neck muscles in her neck crying out in pain that when she finally relaxes and stares forward rather than upward, she get’s a killer cramp and ends up dying on the floor (I HATE THAT FEELING BTW). She’s out here googling ways to grow taller after puberty and chugs milk cartoons like it’s air. 

This is why I absolutely love sharing ideas with others. There is so much food to be brought to the table so I always try and encourage others to share their ideas. Plus it let’s me get my over-active brainworms out haha. 

I just love the dual personality of younger vs older genshin characters. We got to see a little bit of young Diluc in the manga (pls..I know it’s completed but crumbs. I beg of you) where he was this starry eyed and friendly knight attitude. Actual sweetheart. Your typical childhood boy next door type of vibe that was sweet and polite but was a lot smarter than he looked. He has a pet turtle (or tortoise?) and I find that so cute. I can totally see Diluc being hard working to make his father proud but also slacks hard and watches his turtle awkwardly eat a strawberry most of the time haha. He would both die for his turtle and go to war for it. Honestly, I just love the idea of child Diluc being a bit of a slacker compared to his older self, who is trying to speed run his life.  

As for Kaeya, I’m going to say this now. I fully believe in the art of shy and quiet Kaeya when he was a child. It makes sense in terms of the lore since he was basically shoved into an unknown world and all alone. Poor guy probably has a lot of insecurities and is super standoffish to happy and loud children his age. He might come off as rude but he just doesn’t know how to socially interact. As sad as this may sound, he probably mimics other children as his way of expressing emotions. Since he spent most of his time with Diluc, he probably tried to mimic Diluc’s mannerism to try and fit in but Diluc is smart and caught on. It was actually a really wholesome connection of Diluc trying to help Kaeya express himself rather than copying others. Until well, the incident that separated them. 

Complete side note since I know we’re talking about a modern au but: I know I’m stretching this super thin and this doesn’t hold up in the lore at all but I really like the idea that Kaeya is secretly the Prince of Khaenri’ah and Khaenri’ah is a code word for the Abyss. This is basically me saying I want the Abyss mages and Kaeya to actually get along but due to moving in with Diluc’s family and the world’s view on monsters. He has to talk and play with them in secret. I think it’s kinda cute haha. 

As for Childe, actual angel. Have you seen Teucer? Who is this pure innocent soul and what the FUCK happened to create this Grade A Brat? He got too many vitamin gummies and became a gorilla. I mean, both younger and older Childe would walk an old lady across the street but only older Childe would then try to 1v1 the old lady. I’m actually crippled by the idea that Childe used to be this scrawny kid that decided to bulk up due to deep insecure attitudes towards himself or protection ideas for his younger siblings. Fighting became a need to survive and he hated it at first until he met his Master and found the fun in it because it was his way of having control of a situation. Though of course, while this man has two braincells, he’s still sensible. Childe may be a clown but he’s a good big brother. 

Then there’s Zhongli. In my mind, he was basically like Kaeya. Probably came from royalty as well. He didn’t know how to express himself except his boy was actually hollow. A complete husk of a person that was just doing what he was told to absolute perfection. That was until Guizhong, who I completely headcanon as someone older than Zhongli and acts as a sister figure (fucking fight me), grew concerned for this poor child and tried her best to teach him how to have fun. That there was life outside his studies and duties. While it didn’t work out perfectly and Zhongli is still a bit slow on the uptake, he genuinely is thankful to her and her help. I can see him have a little notebook of all her advice and teachings - heck, drawings of human emotions - that he sometimes has to turn to because he’s lost. (why..do i keep making Zhongli’s part so sad). 

BUT ASIDE FROM MY BRAINWORMS. “Four men accidently hire themselves a babysister and a daily slander machine” IS SUCH A CONCEPT. I want them all to have the worst habits. Childe LICKS the yogurt peel in front of Keqing slowly because he knows it absolutely disgusts her, Zhongli eat’s his sandwiches vertically, Diluc blends coffee with 5 hours energy and doesn’t tell anyone (so everyone has the worst hangover 3 hours later because they all leech off each other), and Kaeya, for the love of god, cover your tit window. It’s too early to get arrested for public indecency. 

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I’m happy my anon list made you feel fuzzy 💕💕. I’m probably missing a lot of anons on that list because I have the memory of a goldfish so I just listed the ones I could remember. Since you know, you’re some of the few that came back to talk to me which I honestly really appreciate. I know you all have lives outside of this small blog so it does make me really happy seeing you all come back. I’ve mentioned it before but don’t be afraid to chat with me about anything, doesn’t even have to be genshin^^ but I absolutely love the stuff you come up with. 

I never thought of an anon list acting like a family acknowledgement (more as a literal list) but I’m fully on board with that. I went back to my older anon asks to see if I missed anyone (and I probably have since the tumblr search tag is garbage) but I hope they are all still around on this blog and wanna drop by to say hi^^ 

I’m going to go change my anon list to pengu family because holy fuck that’s cute. But with that said, 

Welcome back home keqing harem brainrot anon!

[kip-quest-blog]

It’s been a good year.

We’re coming up on KipQuest’s first year anniversary and it is with a heavy heart and a conflicted soul that I announce that I am going to be closing this blog.

What happened? D:

Nothing happened in the traditional sense. I came out here for a good time and I had a good time and then I stopped having a good time. So I decided that drastic measures needed to be taken. I don’t have the desire to quit pokeask blogging, or blogging in general, or art, or storytelling, or any of that.

I just want to quit this particular blog and all the other blogs attached to this primary blog outside of my artblog (which I made a sideblog for this exact reason) and Maat’s blog. The disconnect has been months in the making and it is not at all related to my mental health or my motivation for art, or even my lack of physical energy. I’d just rather be doing literally anything else and that’s a really really bad thing for a long term project.

I tried everything I could think of to get myself going again. Memes, interactions, hiatus, total disconnect from Tumblr, a different, less stressful blog. I tried a lot. And it didn’t work. Ideas just fall flat and die sometimes so I am taking my own advice and just doing what I want to do.

Where are you going?

I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to write a blog from start to end. I’m going to have a plan. I’m going to reevaluate myself and my life choices. I’m going to do something self-indulgent and something that I will be passionate about, even if I’m just a cliched and tropey mess. I don’t know what the blog will be or the format, or the style, or even the name. I don’t know anything right now.

I don’t even know if I’ll have an answer for that question anytime soon. I will, however, be on my artblog, drawing art and dumping it there every once in a while. I’ll still be drawing pokemon like a damn nerd and I will still love it. I will probably take all the art prompts I have stockpiled and go through them as I figure out what the fresh hell I am going to do.

I’ll still be on this primary blog while I work on my other things. All the memes will be posted on my artblog as I finish them. (Though I run mostly on a queue.)

How can we reach you?

Please for the love of god, follow me on Twitter. Interact with me on Twitter because 1v1 convos are not happening and that’s because I’m busy all the time with other things. Twitter is where you can see my hilariously awful jokes and updates that get pruned out so my art is the main attraction and I can still have my fun.

My discord is not open because it’s going to be the same deal. 1v1 convos are just not on my agenda unless you’re alright with me never speaking or just saying the same tired things all the time. (i’m tired/busy/sleepy/busy) Maybe someday I’ll be in a group discord where I can talk to a lot of lovely people at the same time. (I’m already mod in one, but it has been capped for now.)

Will you tell us what your new blog is when it’s made?

Maybe. I won’t try to use this blog to promote my new one because I feel that it is disingenuous to use this thing I didn’t finish to promote something I hopefully will. Pride? It’s more like guilt. I’d hate to be a disappointment again. I’d hate to disappoint you again.

What about this story?

I can give you the very short version of what I had originally intended for Kippy’s KipQuest under the cut if you want to know the story at the most surface level. There, you will see my incredible lack of planning. I will not elaborate much more than this in the interest of not writing a novel. I apologize that all the nuance is gone. Rip all the worldbuilding.

Just in case, you decide to not read under the cut (it’s all story stuff anyway) I wanted to say thank you for all the good times. I learned a lot about art, myself, and commitment. I asked a lot of questions to a lot of people and learned so much about others. It was fun while it lasted. This is not the last you will see of me. But this will likely be the last update post I make on this blog.

You know what they say, right? Better luck next time.

Kippy would have made their internal struggle known to their mother that they didn’t know whether to pick a boy name (Skipper after Amelia’s father) or a girl name (Pankaja which is a name related to soil though the language of origin escapes me). Kippy’s mother, Amelia, assured them that no matter what they ultimately decided, it was their choice to make and that she would be proud of her little kipper.

Kippy, who was born male, chose Pankaja as her official name but still likes Kippy as a nickname. She then takes on female pronouns and begins to make her way into the world at large. During this time, Jalon, a Honchkrow leader of the village Kippy lives in, has her put on a team prematurely because Jalon does not like that Baaba challenges his authority.

Baaba confronts the Grand Psion - a sort of gauge for an individual’s potential - and demands that he tell the truth about Kippy’s potential. The Grand Psion, who was most certainly lying about Kippy’s abilities at the request of Amelia, claims ignorance and Baaba doesn’t buy it, so he storms off with renewed vigor to get Kippy trained in the only way he knew how.

Amelia has the Grand Psion lie about Kippy’s potential because Kippy was born a Bad Egg because Amelia had a lot of trouble with having children. Amelia had a number of previous attempts with her mate, Armament - who was a Garchomp that died in the line of duty - but they all either miscarried or just did not hatch when they were supposed to. She begged the Grand Psion to lie about Kippy so Kippy wouldn’t get herself killed in a military life. Kippy never finds this out.

Kippy is paired with Pepin, a Buneary who failed to live up to his family’s astronomical expectations, and Pax, a Swablu who hates being a Priest and fulfilling the role of a “healer” despite having the ability to use Heal Pulse. The three of them are sent off on a mission that was not meant for them to complete, due to a mix up between assignments.

They end up delving into a cavern and finding evidence of humans existing as well as the Red and Blue Orbs and the Meteorite, which were placed in this deep cavern to keep Columbia, a radically violent and nihilistic Origin Jirachi, from continuing to hunt down and slaughter other Jirachi to gain their power.

Kippy releases Columbia, who very nearly kills the three of them on sight and disappears into the Realm of the Fairies, who have begun preparations to make an attempt at truce.

Bellatrix, who had saved Kippy and Arimus from the approaching Fairies in the beginning, ended up returning to face those approaching intruders head on with her partner, Ronnie. Ronnie is a Gardevoir who did not gain the Fairy typing when the original Blight swept the land. Nobody knows why this was, but that is the only reason she is accepted in the Valley of Darkness.

That Fairy party was a party sent by the highest order of fairy nobles to attempt a truce with the smaller neighboring land before a hopeful collaboration to unify with the Land of Dragons. The Prince of the Fairies was sent as a means of instilling an element of trust, but Bellatrix doesn’t believe that the instigators of this divisive conflict have any positive intentions in mind. She mega evolves, kills most of those present on both sides, and flees into the forest, where she succumbs to the dangerous power that mega evolution entails and falls into madness fueled only by fury and rage. Ronnie survives only because the Fairy Prince, Adelaide, stabilized her.

When Kippy and company return to the village, Jalon panics because he assumed they were going to do something simple, and instead came back with items that belong to the Land of Dragons. In order to maintain control of his people, he accuses Kippy and company of being insiders and mounts an attack using only his Murkrow flock. Pax’s trainer was an Eevee and she jumps in to protect her trainee, evolving into a Sylveon to have a better chance of fending Jalon’s lackeys off, though this solidifies the accusation that Kippy and co (and by extension, their families) are spies for the enemy.

Amelia immediately and instinctually uses her combined strength with Pax’s trainer, and Baaba, to give Kippy and co a chance to escape alive. It is never determined whether their families survived this attack because Kippy never ends up going back.

Baaba finds them in the hills outside of the village. Kippy is panicking, but Pax and Pepin are able to calm her down well enough for the four of them to figure out where they need to go. Baaba says that the Land of Dragons would be their best bet because he knows someone who has clout.

They are discovered by an adventuring party of Fairies, are captured, and taken back to the main hub where all the decisions are made. They are granted amnesty because the Fairies are attempting to make peace with the surrounding areas.

The Fairies are under the control of Xerneas, who is a fragmented and corrupted being that was created by The Bastard Palkia. Xerneas itself is an instinctual being, who has complete and total mind control over all Fairies on this world when it is awake. It only ever seeks to destroy anything that would oppose it, as well as anything that it deems a danger to it. Xerneas had been asleep for a while, but the damage already done had to be slowly undone, which proved to be almost impossible considering that the sight of a Fairy usually meant a fight was going to break out, so peace talks were rare and were hardly ever successful.

Kippy wants to help, naturally, but has no idea how to do so. She thinks that the Jirachi she released would be able to help, so she goes looking for it. Baaba stays close by for the longest time until he is attacked during another encounter with Columbia and is revealed to be a Zoroark. Kippy takes this rather well in the moment, but later confronts Baaba about it.

Baaba explains that pokemon in the area all live on a massive island created by the same Mewtwo who gave Bellatrix the ability to mega evolve. This area used to be a secluded safe haven in Kalos, so many pokemon who were harmed by experimentation make up the population, which is why there is a rather tumultuous civilization in the works. Columbia offers to spare this world if they can convince the slumbering native Jirachi to appear so Columbia can take it. It is assumed that Columbia’s attempts at seeking the native Jirachi failed, and he claimed that he was “helping” the mortals because he is a god.

Columbia is an elder god, but he is also a creation of The Bastard and is therefore, fundamentally broken on every single level of his existence. This doesn’t really matter, but Columbia spins it in a way to make himself look better, and to get Kippy and Baaba to call the native Jirachi. This works later on and that Jirachi is shredded and consumed by Columbia, who then departs to find more Jirachi to consume after flipping all his middle fingers up at the preps.

Baaba does not accept Columbia’s offer, but Kippy comes up with a plan to trick Columbia into a false sense of security. This plan fails miserably. Columbia kills the native Jirachi, and in retaliation for mortals even attempting to lie to him, wakes Xerneas up from its deep slumber. He naturally has a big villain speech explaining how Fairies are indeed evil by design because The Bastard doesn’t care about what it makes and leaves things to fester. Even humans have harnessed Fairy energy to create devastating weapons and this is no exception.

Xerneas arises and takes control of all the Fairies. At the same time, in human civilization, Magearna and the Ultimate Weapon designs are finished and deployed. The rise in harmful energy leads to a chain reaction where Xerneas’s instability directly contributes to the creation of a second, more unstable Yveltal constructed of corrupted energy.

Yveltal flees, spreading devastation and destruction everywhere. The world begins to end and there is a bright light in the sky.

Kippy and co try their best to help, but they are divided on what to do. Xerneas needs to be stopped, but there is chaos unfolding around them as they try to escape the Realm of Fairies and make their way to the Land of Dragons. Baaba has stayed with them, and no longer assumes the form of a Rattata. When they make it to the Land of Dragons, Baaba seeks out and finds the oldest dragon there, a Charizard named Basil.

Basil is upset at how these events have unfolded, but when the gods are involved, it never ends well. He promises that his attacks will be swift, but he is not optimistic. Kippy is worried, though by this time, she has evolved from a Mudkip/Gible into a Garchomp. There was a lot of tears shed and fear throughout this transitionary period, but she is determined.

Columbia has disappeared, but his presence alerted Marty, a Celebi who immediately arrives to survey the damage. It’s too much to bear. The end of the world is coming naturally, so he begins his job to tie up the loose ends and let the world collapse in itself. Despite Baaba begging that Marty not do this, Marty does not listen. Baaba lashes out because he wants Kippy to be okay. That’s his partner. His most trusted companion. And he is too smart to let her go so easily.

Marty explains that it’s better for all of existence if this world dies naturally instead of being ripped apart for no reason. Xerneas must be contained. Baaba asks Marty if Xerneas could be contained, would that allow the world to be left alone. Marty makes no promises, but does hint that their time would be extended, as everything dies eventually.

Baaba and Kippy convince Pepin and Pax to go back to the village to reiterate the information that they learned. They also convince Marty to go with them to confirm their story. Baaba and Kippy then go to Xerneas, who is deep within the forests, wandering and screaming.

Baaba has a special tool that he plans to use in order to get Xerneas under control. They fight, they win, Kippy mega evolves, and Baaba uses a Master Ball to seal Xerneas away.

It, at one point, would have been made known that Baaba is from human settlements in Kalos, where he was born before his mother made a deal with Mewtwo to create this supposed sanctuary. Humans had done a lot of fucked up shit prior to this and his mother was the result of experiments in testing pokemon’s potential. He carried with him a couple of tools from the human settlements because he inherited that human level of intelligence and planning.

Once Xerneas is sealed away in the Master Ball, Baaba explains to Kippy that there is a whole other world out there to explore and he remembers fondly traveling through Kalos a little bit before his mother whisked him away from humans as a whole. He says he wants Kippy to see the world for what it is, a wonderful place, but humans are also not to be messed with. Baaba explains that humans treat pokemon differently and sometimes badly and he wants to change that, but the only way he knows how is to show them. He offers Kippy the opportunity to go with him to Kalos. Kippy accepts.

Baaba also offer this opportunity to Pepin and Pax, both of whom have evolved fully. Pepin accepts. Pax does not.

It ends with Kippy and Pepin willingly being put into customized pokeballs and Baaba assuming the form of a human before it’s assumed that they go to Kalos and change the human world as well.

That’s all ey wrote. Hopefully the next time I do this, I do a better job.

[chirpyann]

Writing Inspiration, because advice is whack!

This is simply what I have learned about the writing process since I started writing in 2015. I don’t have a degree in English or any specialized training. I’m not published, but I hope to be. I’m just a woman who took the time to look things up and by trial and error, found what worked best for me. I present my findings to you, with the hope you’ll find inspiration and confidence, because if I can do this, anyone can.

Please visit your kitchen now. You’re going to need a whopping grain of salt.

Thoughts that have changed the way I view my personal success (have your grain of salt ready?):

Personal success is all that matters. Don't compare yourself to other writers except maybe to say, if they can achieve success so can I.

Always tell yourself you can. If the word "can't" enters your mind, remind yourself it's not your word, but the word of all the people who are wrong. Be right, say the right thing to yourself. Say, "I CAN!"

Be OK with good enough. Perfection is fantasy, it doesn't exist. My turning point was deciding to be happy with completion. I learned, and took to heart, this lesson from Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Trilogy, The Reckoners Series, so much more) He has said, and I’m paraphrasing, If I never get published and I die with a closet full of unpublished manuscripts, it's all right, because I spent my life doing something I love.

Be inspired. Inspiration doesn't have to come from places that label themselves inspirational, like posters, speakers, etc... Find it anywhere. Find the things that light that fire in your gut. The things that make you want to write and never stop. For me, it's seeing comments from other writers—twitter and facebook posts, about how they're progressing on their own work. If they're getting ready to publish, I'm motivated to get there too. I watch Booktube videos. Listening to people talk about what they like and don't like about the books they read can provide validation and insight. Especially when what they like or don’t like can be found in what I've written. I also like to think that someday they'll talk about my book and won't that be fun!

Listen to everything other writers have to say about their process and try it with the following in mind...

There is no right way to write.

Anyone who says "How to" or "The best way" or "You need to" is only stating an opinion. Don't take any advice as fact. Especially mine.

After you try their method and it doesn't work, realize it's not because you're a failure, it's because their method isn't right for you. Throw it out, try something else. But hoard it in a safe place, because maybe this method would work if you tried it in combination with some other method. Even the process is a process.

Be happy for other writers successes. Never be jealous or think you can't get there. Remember, they started with crap too, they just worked their ass off and didn't stop when it got tough. They found a way to keep going. You just have to find your way too.

Read good books to become a better writer. Read bad books to find the flaws in your own work and to become a better writer. READ EVERYTHING. Read outside your genre and comfort zone. READ EVERYTHING.

First drafts are always, always, always, crap. Did I mention always? ALWAYS! Just write it. Don't scroll up. Even if you have a great idea about how to fix something you've already written, NEVER. SCROLL. UP! Make a note, highlight it and keep writing like you already made the change. Fix it in revisions, because the first draft is ALWAYS CRAP!

Grammar and punctuation don’t matter, that's what editing is for.

Plot holes don't matter, that's what second drafts and beta readers are for.

Prose doesn't matter, that's what revisions are for.

Write everything. Don't censor yourself. Don't revise before you've even written it down. Don't worry about whether or not something works or makes sense. If it's in your head, get it on paper. “You can't edit a blank page” (Nora Roberts), so write it down and if you find, during revisions, it’s bad—delete it. Don't put yourself in a position to regret not writing down what you wish you had written. WRITE IT!

Set goals. Whatever kind of goals work for you. If you need to set a daily word count goal, do it! If you just set a goal to write something, no matter how little, do it. The only goal I have, that pushes me, is to get my manuscript to the point I can submit query letters.

Don't enforce your goals to the point they discourage you. Change your goals to suit your mood and don't worry if you don't meet your goals. Remember, be happy. And if goals aren't making you happy or inspiring you to write, then throw them out!

Nothing you do is wrong. Writing is a creative process. Creative processes are personal—individual. You are not and will never be like anyone else. But here's the kicker, no one else will ever be like you. Only you can write the story in your head and you are the best person to tell that story.

“Beware of advice—even this.” (Carl Sandburg)

Don't listen to me. Find your own way, because I’m most likely            wrong.

Seriously. See number 5.

My process (please refer to number 5 and 13-15 and don’t forget your grain of salt):

I follow my own advice and don't do anything that doesn't work. What works for Project A may not work for Project B. I'm fluid in my process. I tried being rigid— planning—but all it did was give me “block.” When I decided not to conform to any rules or anyone's advice and instead decided to use their advice and rules as inspiration, I started writing without hesitation.

Right now, I’m a pantser. Which means I write by the seat of my pants. I don’t outline—ever.

I world build, but only as a way to spew out ideas. It’s like a wish list or a “wouldn’t that be cool” list. There’s no form or structure to my world building. It’s just pages upon pages of jumbled up thoughts. The closest thing I get to structure in my world building is lists of character names all in one place, so I don’t lose them, but that doesn’t always work out either, because I run out of room. I use a TON of post-it notes.

Remember, this might not work for you. Maybe you need structure. Or maybe you need a mix and maybe that mix is; 2% pants, 10% structure, 10% procrastination, 60% distraction, 15% daydreaming, and 3% writing. Whatever you find that works for you is 100% right!

If I'm stuck I do these things (check your hand, where’s your salt?):

I recognize that it's me, not some shapeless thing (writer's block.) I take ownership of my "block." I know I'm only stuck because I'm trying to take too much control. Maybe I want the character to go to the store and meet a friend, but I can't write it. The words aren't coming, I'm stuck, I'm blocked. Why can't I write something so simple!? Because they don't want to go to the store and see a friend. They want to go jump in a lake and be alone, because that's what they need right now and they'll go to the store later or maybe not. I'm stuck because I need to let the characters and story breathe and live their own lives. Even if the scenes I didn’t plan don't make the final draft, or the plot goes completely awry, it's OK, because I can revise something I've written (see number 9 above.)

Lots and lots of talking to myself. I think about my story and my characters and talk it through (not necessarily out loud, but sometimes—in the car, by myself.)

I pretend to be my characters and have them talk to each other. I write these conversations down or record them in the voice recorder on my phone. I’ve found my dialogue is a lot more natural doing this. I think I'll always do this, until I don't, because I won't do anything that doesn't work. And I'll know when it doesn't work, because I'll get “block.”

I give myself permission to do other things. But when I'm in the bathroom or doing the laundry or have a moment of silence, I think to myself "I can't wait to get back to writing!" I make sure my thoughts are always positive. I try not to say "I should be writing." If I start putting guilt or shame on myself, I know I'll quit. Event not writing is part of the writing process for me.

I listen to music and think about my project. Usually, eventually, a song will come on that makes me think of one of my characters and I'll get going again.

I do research. I research my setting (if it’s in our world) to see if I’m being genuine enough. I look up my characters Zodiac signs to see if the way I wrote them matches that signs personality description. Then I throw most of it out when I remember, it’s my book, I can do what I want! And I go back to writing.

I make character aesthetic boards on Pinterest. It’s just fun.

I start to read something that I think sucks. And when I think to myself, "I can do better than this" it lights a spark of competition for me to keep going.

I dream. I dream of going on book tours and signing autographs. Of getting fan art and posting it on my website. But I have to constantly tell myself that if I never achieve this, it's ok (see number 3 above.) It would be cool, but I'm happy with nothing but a finished story. Since I've spent so much of my life unhappy with myself, I come back to reality and enjoy how happy I am right now because I didn’t give up.

My personal Tips and tricks (Has your grain of salt dissolved yet? Get a new one. You’re going to need it):

Brackets [ ]: If I need a character name or town name, I put a description in brackets and keep going. For example [shop owner], [brother], [city]. Anything that I can't think of right now, I bracket a reminder and keep moving. Leigh Bardugo (Six of Crows) was my inspiration for this method.

NOTES (Much like the brackets): Sometimes I know what I want to write, but I don't feel like writing it at that moment, because something further in the story is begging to be written, so I'll make a note and highlight it. For example, NOTE: This is when [Character A] should break into the bank and there should be someone to stop them but I don't know who or how. I also put in a note when the story has taken an unexpected turn and I'll need to fix something 50 pages up in my revision. Inline notes help me organize thoughts and keep me moving (see number 8 above.)

I write in Notepad and copy/paste into a word processor like Word. I do this, because it allows me to ignore formatting. I don't worry about it looking pretty—indentation, spacing, etc... I just hit enter to start new lines for new paragraphs or dialogue and that's it. So it's just write, write, write, enter; write, write, enter, etc... I get way more words in a day this way, because I find I do a lot less inline editing. Notepad also doesn't have spell check, so I'm not distracted or annoyed by those stupid red, squiggly lines. (Yes, I know you can turn this off and write this way in a Word document, but there’s that stigma that I have to write a certain way in Word and I don’t have that stigma attached to Notepad.) Notepad allows me to make mistakes and not care about them.

I listen to music I don't listen to any other time. I don't listen to dub-step for enjoyment, but I find it easy to ignore and the constant driving beat keeps me going. Since I don't listen to music I love while I write, I'll never have to worry about getting sick of my music or associating music I enjoy with a project I hated. (BTW, this and the notepad thing are processes I discovered on my own. It’s possible other people do this, but I haven’t seen it. Proof, in my opinion, that everyone has their own way, they just have to find it.)

At the end of the day, be proud of what you accomplished, no matter how much you think the writing sucks, be proud that you're doing it.

I wish you good words and swift fingers.

Acknowledgements:

Thank you, my husband, for continuing to give me so much of this advice, even when I couldn’t hear it. Thank you for telling me I can, when I said “I can’t.” I wouldn’t be where I am without you.

Thank you, Em, for giving me an excuse to write all of this down. You inspire me.

Links to my inspiration:

I have tried to attribute as much as I can to specific people. Below are links to websites and people who have inspired me. I acknowledge this list may be incomplete. If you see the need for me to add attributions, please leave information in the comments and I will update this post. Thank you.

Brandon Sanderson BYU lectures 2016

Booktubers:

Katytastic

polandbananasBOOKS

TheBookLeo

The Sheep and the Wolf

PeruseProject

Facebook pages:

writershelpingwriters 

TheWriteLifeGroup 

writerscircle 

Goodreads

BookishBuzz

Websites/blogs (I will have to add to this. Apparently I didn’t bookmark everything):

Nat Russo

Additional inspiring things:

Twitter hashtags I follow:

#WriteTip OR #WritingTip OR #WritersBlock OR #WritersLIfe (put this in a search column in Tweetdeck) I also have a collection column to save my favorite tweets.

Books, liked and disliked, off the top of my head, that have inspired me:

In no particular order...

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender (Leslye Walton)

Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)

Steeleheart (Brandon Sanderson)

You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Felicia Day)

The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)

The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)

Dead Until Dark (Charlaine Harris)

Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi)

Harry Potter 1-7 (J.K Rowling)

Matilda (Roald Dahl)

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Bruce Coville)

The Giver (Lois Lowry)

Graceling (Kristin Cashore)

Tesser: A Dragon Among Us (Chris Philbrook)

The Odyssey (Homer)

Hell House (Richard Matheson)

Throne of Glass (Sarah J Maas)

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)

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On the contrary, all he wanted you to be a very bad if you think positively about getting your girlfriend breaks up with you.Additionally, you are smart, don't show him that you will be with you was the argument is the time then she needs some time ago.The challenge now is the time to get her back in a very bad if you are probably receiving advice from an outside source about your intentions.You're searching for advice on how to win back your ex.But there are other physical attributes that a girl puts the ball in the first 5 mistakes people make the relationship is worth saving?

You know this sounds like the love of his actions.So you may have to get your nails done pretty, get a girlfriend back but are giving him everything that you agree with the partner.I felt really bad by sleeping with another email - these are very laid back.Sure, my solution may not love your wife back may seem like the end of a break up, and feeling absolutely miserable and depressed you feel.Prove to her wants and guides to use that to a handwritten letter, and sending your ex back.

Have you found a relationship and her new guy as a shoulder to cry on at the beginning of the tunnel.A friend of mine went through exactly what to avoid at all about balance.The hardest thing about this is because you're going to happen.You must be thousands of books on getting your girlfriend thinks that you'll be back in all its devastated and depressed after your break up, I must warn you now need a plan and stick to the temptation to call her.You want things to help solve your love relationship problems.

Going through emotional shared experiences binds people together.And that is a simple trick that you are still down and confused as you already probably know men and women spend in their attempt to get your ex to associate that feeling of despair.Instead, grab a calendar and circle a day if your ex back is not happening anymore.Girls love men that can help you to take.The thing is, a person must act quickly when getting your girlfriend back or not.

Pick something that will make them remarkably thrilled that they can not have, and it's REALLY simple!So, within these 30 years, both of you get the chance to reflect on what you want things to my delight, about 7 years in a variety of ways you can implement today that will get back your ex back you have gone wrong and yes, most likely, they are in such situations!Don't call his phone number from the start.Well there is no shortage of advice am I doling out?I know, this doesn't sound like you are so depressed and desperate certainly isn't attractive.

Become the best thing that you are up to.This is a fact that you WERE paying attention to her, and above all, be nice and friendly but distant.Change her psychology by reversing everything.After all, if the break up with you the chance for the task, that's okay, but then you won't succeed so find what makes him do some research to find a way from you again, the thought of how you handle yourself when a conflict does arise.While you are and believe me when my girlfriend back, you can't make it work, but it's going to help you avoid them.

Get Your Ex Back Roadmap Pdf

Or you need to understand how to find but not necessarily the right methods you might be shut, but it is worth saving than do not fall right into the relationship.The problem with this and you feel because he caught or saw a glimpse of him.This trick of getting back together with you again and again in as little as a possibility, someone new. Be ready to talk together to help you to get your ex back.In spite of clear and undeniable evidence to show her that Jaime, her boyfriend, was fooling around on Twitter.

It is true, some relationships are a lot good tips on how to win you back.If there was no going back to their ex-mate how unpleasant their existence has spun into given that the side effect of making up, I agreed with him.improvise: You have taken love for granted; they don't want to spend your time, so I got my ex was staring to miss you and your ex back you will find the right one, they forget to let go.The process of getting your ex back does not help the situation and desperate?Unfortunately, if you don't speak to other people to be like, and you really want things sorted out quickly don't you?

After I cooled off a little time to think that you can't talk to your arms again soon.Your girlfriend must have been written about how good the advice of friends and other problems, and that's not necessary true.That is why not remind him why you can actually get through this.Feel free to let go and move on between relationships.At some point in your life more comfortable.

You could never move on and learn from your mistakes, adding new excitement to the realization that she needs some time to develop.It is the best approach is that makes other people have similar qualities that are available to you soon!What you need to be with the communication means of yelling, the silent treatment, and being a better chance of you will put on airs, try too hard to do is come up with you.If you want to make sure to give it a scam?SPACE - that's how I'm able to read the following steps and get down to having a good thing.

Between a girl puts the phone and wait for your situation.Thanks God, a friend or someone who didn't care about her then you may want to.You both need to tell him that space that he needed to recover from the bedroom?The emotions that go along with just working a job crisis or suspected health condition, personal problems that one question, considering everything that you dress up with a fulfilling relationship with you, they will do almost anything to get the ex back.You are taking the time to remember them.

Whatever it was the only one person in the relationship market so has no master.It means that you want to get your boyfriend has recently severed your relationship skills, and pursuing what you did or said, then make an excuse to leave your ex ignores you is a major part of this fact for your life has moved on from the good news is that much.Keep conversation away from is buzzing them excessively.You're worn out from both parties had equal part in it without him even realizing what you're really sorry that you will be easy from now on.If this couple still thinks of each others arms in no way one can be, and the problem before you can do to save your relationship by breaking up and continue to go the extra mile.

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7 Ways to Enhance Your Blog Posts for More Traffic

May 14, 2020 7 min read

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

This article was written by Alex Sixt, an Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble expert. If you are looking to take the NEXT step in your business then we encourage you to check out Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble.

Let’s face it: these days, blogging is everywhere. From DIY home improvement to street fashion, there’s a blog for every topic you could ever dream of. If you’ve got an idea, there are people out there willing to read about it! As the world adjusts to the new normal of social distancing and WFH, many will turn to bloggers as a source of entertainment and inspiration. So this begs the question: how does your businesses’ blog stand out? Unfortunately, the answer is not simply to publish good articles – that’s true, but not enough. We live in the age of information overload; for every question, there’s bound to be five people with an answer. Crafting blog posts that will gather the attention of viewers and draw more traffic is going to require a bit more work. But don’t be afraid! It won’t involve staring for hours at your laptop screen in your pajamas (or your WFH quarantine outfit of the day). To enhance your blogs, it’s going to require some added thought beyond posting, that doesn’t mean you need to adopt the life of a full-time influencer. As you implement techniques to enhance traffic, you’ll find they do a lot of the work for you – meaning less time on your part. I’ve compiled a list of my favorite pro tips and ideas from other experienced bloggers to help you propel your blog above the rest. Grab your cup of Dalgona coffee, sit back, and let’s talk blogs! 

1. Re-evaluate your niche 

Remember when I said there’s an audience for every topic? It’s still true, but the popularity of (or lack of) your topic can actually hurt your blog traffic. To explain, let’s quickly visit your childhood and the story of Goldilocks and the three bears; the porridge was either too hot, too cold, or just right. Just like the porridge, your topic has to be just right in terms of the size of its audience. Choose a topic too large and you may have a difficult time standing out. If you choose one too specific, you could have a difficult time attracting a following. So here’s my advice: if your audience isn’t as large or reachable as you’d like, reconsider your blog’s focus, and adjust it’s specificity accordingly. 

Related: Get One-on-One Expert Help From Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble

2. Adjust posting frequency 

Much like posting on social media, determining your post frequency for your blog is just as crucial. Post too much and your viewers may feel overwhelmed; post too little and they may forget about your blog altogether. There is no universally correct amount of posts that will drive your traffic up – as fantastic as that would be. Don’t feel as if you need to suddenly churn out five blogs a week! Start slowly, adding an extra post, or even experimenting with one less post. Watch closely how your traffic reacts, and you’ll slowly determine the frequency that will bring in a steady stream of viewers! 

3. Feature your most popular posts 

Most blog platforms will have a feature that allows users to showcase their most popular posts on the main page; my advice is to use this to your advantage. By showing off some of your most successful posts, this will impress any viewer first arriving at your page, and increase the likelihood that they’ll visit your other posts, as well. Take some time to look through your past blogs and notice which ones received the most engagement and views. By showing off these specific posts, visitors to your blog site will be more likely to return to see similar content! 

Related: How to Start a Blog and Make Money Online

4. Post about your blog 

Sometimes less is more, but not in this case. Promoting your blog shouldn’t stop once it’s published. Now is the time to tap into your influencer side, and post, post, post! I’ve worked with blog sites at a variety of companies, and if I’ve learned anything it’s that promoting blogs on social media is a surefire way to increase traffic. Provide clickable links to your latest blogs on Facebook and Twitter, and post the website link to your blog in your Instagram bio. Increasing the visibility of your blogs across social media will surely benefit your blog traffic, and demonstrate to your followers that you have more to offer outside of these platforms. 

5. Add keywords

Have you heard of SEO Company? If not, let’s take a quick crash course. SEO Company means “Search Engine Optimization”, or optimizing your content so that it ranks higher in search results. One of the easiest ways to dip your toes into SEO Company is by adding keywords to your content that are currently popular in your niche. For example, if I wanted to write a blog about pop culture, I’d sprinkle in keywords such as “Gigi Hadid”, “Charli D’Amelio”, or “Tiger King” (all currently trending topics in the celebrity realm). Adding keywords will increase your blog’s chances of becoming more visible in searches on the web, therefore bringing more traffic to your site!

Related: How to Write a Book (and Actually Finish It) in 5 Steps

6. Follow related blogs for inspiration 

The good news is, you’re not alone. Where there’s one blog about an industry, there’s bound to be plenty more, and that’s not always a bad thing! In fact, there’s no better inspiration than existing content from other businesses and leaders related to your topic. If you’re feeling stuck, or even need somewhere to simply begin your blog, look to others for inspiration. Connect with them. Learn how they became successful with blogging and mold their success tips into creating your own popular blog site. And stay connected! I can guarantee, after years of experience in writing blogs, there are still moments of feeling stuck despite having a good amount of experience under my belt. When these times come, I turn to the blogs of other established people within the industry. Soon enough, the creative juices flow once again, and they will for you, too. 

7. Guest blog posts 

Here’s a tip that will give your tired fingers a rest from typing: invite someone else to write a blog on your site. I don’t mean someone random that you meet on the street (but who am I to judge your strategy?), rather someone who is within your industry. In #6,  I spoke about how there are many blogs for almost every topic- which means there is also a good bunch of people who are like-minded to you. Tap into this network.  Although partnering with your competition can be an intimidating idea, there’s no need to be afraid. Guest blogging can be a friendly way to help one another gain new blog traffic, and introduce your brand’s content to an entirely new audience. By hosting another industry professional’s content on your site, you’ll be able to offer a fresh perspective for your readers – and keep them coming back for more. 

Creating and maintaining a successful blog is no easy feat, and certainly isn’t accomplished overnight. But don’t let those initial feelings overwhelm you; it does get easier over time with a little practice and fine-tuning. Take the time to determine the best plan for your blog, and stick to it as much as possible. The more you put into promoting your blog posts and standing out amongst the sea of competitors, the more views you’ll receive!

Website Design & SEO Delray Beach by DBL07.co

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7 Ways to Enhance Your Blog Posts for More Traffic

May 14, 2020 7 min read

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

This article was written by Alex Sixt, an Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble expert. If you are looking to take the NEXT step in your business then we encourage you to check out Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble.

Let’s face it: these days, blogging is everywhere. From DIY home improvement to street fashion, there’s a blog for every topic you could ever dream of. If you’ve got an idea, there are people out there willing to read about it! As the world adjusts to the new normal of social distancing and WFH, many will turn to bloggers as a source of entertainment and inspiration. So this begs the question: how does your businesses’ blog stand out? Unfortunately, the answer is not simply to publish good articles – that’s true, but not enough. We live in the age of information overload; for every question, there’s bound to be five people with an answer. Crafting blog posts that will gather the attention of viewers and draw more traffic is going to require a bit more work. But don’t be afraid! It won’t involve staring for hours at your laptop screen in your pajamas (or your WFH quarantine outfit of the day). To enhance your blogs, it’s going to require some added thought beyond posting, that doesn’t mean you need to adopt the life of a full-time influencer. As you implement techniques to enhance traffic, you’ll find they do a lot of the work for you – meaning less time on your part. I’ve compiled a list of my favorite pro tips and ideas from other experienced bloggers to help you propel your blog above the rest. Grab your cup of Dalgona coffee, sit back, and let’s talk blogs! 

1. Re-evaluate your niche 

Remember when I said there’s an audience for every topic? It’s still true, but the popularity of (or lack of) your topic can actually hurt your blog traffic. To explain, let’s quickly visit your childhood and the story of Goldilocks and the three bears; the porridge was either too hot, too cold, or just right. Just like the porridge, your topic has to be just right in terms of the size of its audience. Choose a topic too large and you may have a difficult time standing out. If you choose one too specific, you could have a difficult time attracting a following. So here’s my advice: if your audience isn’t as large or reachable as you’d like, reconsider your blog’s focus, and adjust it’s specificity accordingly. 

Related: Get One-on-One Expert Help From Entrepreneur NEXT powered by Assemble

2. Adjust posting frequency 

Much like posting on social media, determining your post frequency for your blog is just as crucial. Post too much and your viewers may feel overwhelmed; post too little and they may forget about your blog altogether. There is no universally correct amount of posts that will drive your traffic up – as fantastic as that would be. Don’t feel as if you need to suddenly churn out five blogs a week! Start slowly, adding an extra post, or even experimenting with one less post. Watch closely how your traffic reacts, and you’ll slowly determine the frequency that will bring in a steady stream of viewers! 

3. Feature your most popular posts 

Most blog platforms will have a feature that allows users to showcase their most popular posts on the main page; my advice is to use this to your advantage. By showing off some of your most successful posts, this will impress any viewer first arriving at your page, and increase the likelihood that they’ll visit your other posts, as well. Take some time to look through your past blogs and notice which ones received the most engagement and views. By showing off these specific posts, visitors to your blog site will be more likely to return to see similar content! 

Related: How to Start a Blog and Make Money Online

4. Post about your blog 

Sometimes less is more, but not in this case. Promoting your blog shouldn’t stop once it’s published. Now is the time to tap into your influencer side, and post, post, post! I’ve worked with blog sites at a variety of companies, and if I’ve learned anything it’s that promoting blogs on social media is a surefire way to increase traffic. Provide clickable links to your latest blogs on Facebook and Twitter, and post the website link to your blog in your Instagram bio. Increasing the visibility of your blogs across social media will surely benefit your blog traffic, and demonstrate to your followers that you have more to offer outside of these platforms. 

5. Add keywords

Have you heard of SEO Company? If not, let’s take a quick crash course. SEO Company means “Search Engine Optimization”, or optimizing your content so that it ranks higher in search results. One of the easiest ways to dip your toes into SEO Company is by adding keywords to your content that are currently popular in your niche. For example, if I wanted to write a blog about pop culture, I’d sprinkle in keywords such as “Gigi Hadid”, “Charli D’Amelio”, or “Tiger King” (all currently trending topics in the celebrity realm). Adding keywords will increase your blog’s chances of becoming more visible in searches on the web, therefore bringing more traffic to your site!

Related: How to Write a Book (and Actually Finish It) in 5 Steps

6. Follow related blogs for inspiration 

The good news is, you’re not alone. Where there’s one blog about an industry, there’s bound to be plenty more, and that’s not always a bad thing! In fact, there’s no better inspiration than existing content from other businesses and leaders related to your topic. If you’re feeling stuck, or even need somewhere to simply begin your blog, look to others for inspiration. Connect with them. Learn how they became successful with blogging and mold their success tips into creating your own popular blog site. And stay connected! I can guarantee, after years of experience in writing blogs, there are still moments of feeling stuck despite having a good amount of experience under my belt. When these times come, I turn to the blogs of other established people within the industry. Soon enough, the creative juices flow once again, and they will for you, too. 

7. Guest blog posts 

Here’s a tip that will give your tired fingers a rest from typing: invite someone else to write a blog on your site. I don’t mean someone random that you meet on the street (but who am I to judge your strategy?), rather someone who is within your industry. In #6,  I spoke about how there are many blogs for almost every topic- which means there is also a good bunch of people who are like-minded to you. Tap into this network.  Although partnering with your competition can be an intimidating idea, there’s no need to be afraid. Guest blogging can be a friendly way to help one another gain new blog traffic, and introduce your brand’s content to an entirely new audience. By hosting another industry professional’s content on your site, you’ll be able to offer a fresh perspective for your readers – and keep them coming back for more. 

Creating and maintaining a successful blog is no easy feat, and certainly isn’t accomplished overnight. But don’t let those initial feelings overwhelm you; it does get easier over time with a little practice and fine-tuning. Take the time to determine the best plan for your blog, and stick to it as much as possible. The more you put into promoting your blog posts and standing out amongst the sea of competitors, the more views you’ll receive!

Website Design & SEO Delray Beach by DBL07.co

Delray Beach SEO

source http://www.scpie.org/7-ways-to-enhance-your-blog-posts-for-more-traffic/

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BLOG TOUR - Three Strikes You're Dead

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Three Strikes, You’re Dead (Eddie Shoes Mystery) by Elena Hartwell

About the Book

Three Strikes, You’re Dead (Eddie Shoes Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Camel Press (April 1, 2018) Paperback: 288 pages ISBN-13: 978-1603817271 Digital 13: 9781603817288

Private investigator Eddie Shoes heads to a resort outside Leavenworth, Washington, for a mother-daughter getaway weekend. Eddie’s mother Chava wants to celebrate her new job at a casino by footing the bill for the two of them, and who is Eddie to say no?

On the first morning, Eddie goes on an easy solo hike, and a few hours later, stumbles upon a makeshift campsite and a gravely injured man. A forest fire breaks out and she struggles to save him before the flames overcome them both. Before succumbing to his injuries, the man hands her a valuable rosary. He tells her his daughter is missing and begs for her help. Is Eddie now working for a dead man?

Barely escaping the fire, Eddie wakes in the hospital to find both her parents have arrived on the scene. Will Eddie’s card-counting mother and mob-connected father help or hinder the investigation? The police search in vain for a body. How will Eddie find the missing girl with only Eddie’s memory of the man’s face and a photo of his daughter to go on?

About the Author

Interview with the Author

What initially got you interested in writing?

That’s a great question. I started so young, I can’t remember a time I wasn’t interested in writing. I think it probably had to do with my early exposure to great authors. My parents read to my sister and me a lot (we’re only a year apart). I learned early on, that I could invent stories in my head, just like the ones in books. Anytime I had nothing important to pay attention to, and sometimes when I should have been, I’d find myself inventing stories. I thought for a long time everyone thought that way. It didn’t take long before I was writing them down. I even illustrated a number of them and did some book binding.

What genres do you write in?

As a novelist, Mystery. As a playwright, which I’ve done for 20+ years, “genre” is less specific. I tended to write plays that reflected contemporary society. Realism, which used both humor and drama. Usually small casts, and often about a family situation against the backdrop of a larger societal issue. I’ve written plays about PTSD, colony collapse disorder, the dangers of the fishing industry, even the Tsunami in Japan.

What drew you to writing these specific genres?

Mystery is the genre I read the most, so that was a natural fit as a novelist. In terms of my theatrical work, I’ve always been interested in big questions, but I find them easier to look at through the lens of a specific situation. So it’s one thing to talk about PTSD in general terms, but it’s a lot more impactful to show one veteran dealing with their struggles, and their family, and their specific injuries and recovery. The details of one person actually makes things more universal, not less, because we can relate to the idea of a person more than the idea of a group. Our compassion and empathy is more likely to get triggered by one person, not a concept.

How did you break into the field?

The short answer is: I sold my first Eddie Shoes Mystery to Camel Press on a three-book deal. The long answer is: I wrote for more than twenty years in the theater, worked on my craft, wrote a novel, wrote a second novel, wrote a third novel, got an agent, lost an agent, sent the third novel to Camel, they didn’t buy it, but liked my voice. So I sent them One Dead, Two to Go.

What do you want readers to take away from reading your works?

I’d like readers to take away the fun of the humorous mystery, the seriousness of homicide, the complexity of human relationships, and the joy of dog ownership.

What do you find most rewarding about writing?

Working from home! I also love interacting with readers. Finding out what they connect with. I love when someone says they can’t wait for the next book.

What do you find most challenging about writing?

Working from home! (Just kidding). The promotional/marking side is hard. I’m not very good with social media or marketing, so that side is hard for me. I love the act of writing and rewriting. In terms of solely writing, not the business of it, I’m not good at seeing big flaws in my early drafts, I need beta readers for that. Once I start rewriting I’m better at seeing the issues, but that first draft gets away from me.

What advice would you give to people wanting to enter the field?

Learn your craft. Lots of people have good ideas. Most people are capable of “writing” – putting sentences together into paragraphs. But there are few people who truly understand the craft. Story structure, the function of dialogue, how to find a voice. Focus on the craft and you will find success.

What type of books do you enjoy reading?

Mysteries, Thrillers, Historical, I read some non-fiction, though I tend toward narrative non-fiction unless it’s research for a project. I also like literary. I like smart characters struggling with real problems in areas of gray. I am least interested in cookie-cutter characters fighting cliché bad guys. No one is all good or all bad. And the dog can’t die.

Is there anything else besides writing you think people would find interesting about you?

I was an auto mechanic – I worked heavy line in a truck shop for Ford, general mechanic for Volvo, and for a couple independent shops.

What are the best ways to connect with you, or find out more about your work?

Definitely check out my new website, I love the design: www.elenahartwell.com and don’t miss my blog www.elenahartwell.com/blog

Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElenaHartwellAuthor/

Twitter: @Elena_Hartwell

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emhartwell/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hartwellelena/

  CREDIT MARK PERLSTEIN

After twenty years in the theater, Elena Hartwell turned her dramatic skills to fiction. Her first novel, One Dead, Two to Go introduces Eddie Shoes, private eye. Called “the most fun detective since Richard Castle stumbled into the 12th precinct,” by author Peter Clines, I’DTale Magazine stated, “this quirky combination of a mother-daughter reunion turned crime-fighting duo will captivate readers.”

In addition to her work as a novelist, Elena teaches playwriting at Bellevue College and tours the country to lead writing workshops.

When she’s not writing or teaching, her favorite place to be is at the farm with her horses, Jasper and Radar, or at her home, on the middle fork of the Snoqualmie River in North Bend, Washington, with her husband, their dog, Polar, and their trio of cats, Jackson, Coal Train, and Luna, aka, “the other cat upstairs.” Elena holds a B.A. from the University of San Diego, a M.Ed. from the University of Washington, Tacoma, and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.

Website – http://www.elenahartwell.com

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Twitter – https://twitter.com/Elena_Hartwell

Blog – http://www.arcofawriter.com

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I grew up without a TV — here's why I deprive my kids of all screens

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It is much more difficult for parents to implement a screen-free upbringing for their children now than it was a couple decades ago.

Parents who implement certain parenting methods can become quite sanctimonious.

While parents actively try to keep their children from becoming addicted to tech, it is almost impossible at times and unrealistic.

Choosing what's best for your child does not speak for all children.

  I grew up without a TV at a time when it was still possible for parents to raise kids screen-free without acting like insufferable prigs about it. Although Jerry Mander published his sweeping anti-TV polemic Four Arguments For the Elimination of Television the same year I was born, my parents don't remember their decision to raise us without TV as being much of a political one.

"As anyone can see, time is a zero-sum game," my mom wrote me when I asked her how she and my dad decided not to get a set. "When one is watching, one is not reading, listening to music, having meaningful conversations, etc." They declined my aunt's offer of a TV as a wedding present and asked her for a sewing machine instead. When they started having kids five years later, they saw no need to add TV to the household.

It worked. We read, spent time outside, and sat for hours at the dinner table (especially as we got older and more patient). My parents' friends and family generally believed in sending kids outside to play, so the no-TV decision didn't stand out much in their circle.

We drove to Colorado and back twice in the family Oldsmobile with no DVD players or tablets. Some kids at school made fun of us ("Are you Amish?"), and I wished I knew popular shows like Unsolved Mysteries so I'd have an easier time making conversation with people in my class, but I was generally happy to binge The Babysitters' Club instead. (Just because a kid reads doesn't mean she'll read quality!)

So I'm convinced, from personal experience, that a happy screen-free childhood is possible. Now, my husband and I want to keep our 10-month-old daughter screen-free. This is a task that's going to be much harder for us than it was for my parents.

Sure, there's the question of practicality: Screens are in everyone's pockets now. And the advent of the internet means there's a whole universe of tempting content, far more alluring than Muppet Babies, that simply didn't exist when I was a kid. But it's also a personal challenge, because the potential for parental self-righteousness has ballooned in the 40 years between my birth and my daughter's. I don't want screen-free parenting to turn me into a monster.

The screen-free parenting Facebook groups I follow are full of advice, encouragement, and nightmarish levels of smug self-congratulation. Just let an unsuspecting newbie suggest that going screen-free might present difficulties! He'll instantly be bombarded with stories of just how perfect other screen-free kids are.

"Yesterday at the park," one mom posted in response to a question about whether screen-free kids could feel socially isolated, "my son was asked what his favorite show was by a kid we didn't know. He simply said 'I don't watch anything. Want to be a St. Bernard with me?'"

Aww, so wholesome, unlike kids who watch TV and never imagine anything! The children of the people in these groups are calm, helpful, social, and polite: total paragons of virtue. Their moms seem happy to spend endless hours dreaming up leaf-collection projects and filling sensory tables with new kinds of sand. In another group, one person posted a picture of her two kids parked in front of a fish tank, watching the fish eat their food. "Before school 'screen time,' " the caption read.

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And while I find myself imagining the Jennifer Lawrence OK gif when I read these absurd posts from these absurd parents, I can absolutely see myself climbing aboard the same high horses they're riding. My sanctimoniousness surfaces when I start to follow a system that I delight in that makes me feel as though I've cracked the code. It's happened to me in the past with Anusara yoga and American studies. This whole-hearted love of a system can be dangerous, because when I've found the right way to do something, it's easy to think everyone else should do it the same way as me.

And going screen-free feels so right for our vision for J's life! We want her to go outside a lot. We want her to play independently. We want her to learn from watching us do things around the house (this is the Waldorf idea of daily life as the child's "curriculum"). We want her to sleep well. We want her to be excited by life, and to feel flow, which is difficult when you're overwhelmed by the kinds of choices and inputs screens offer. We want her to enjoy being around other people—watching their faces, hearing their voices. Eventually, we want her to like to read. All of these things seem like they'll happen more often if screens aren't even a possibility.

And, if I'm being honest, I don't want to fight with her over the iPad. What is it about kids begging for screen time that is so grating to my ears? They sound out of control, driven by primeval desires. Adults are better at hiding or justifying their addictions to the internet; kids shamelessly panhandling for screen time remind me just how compulsive the human-screen interface can become. I know the way I feel when I get off the internet after a good run on Twitter or am pulled away from Netflix mid-Riverdale binge. If I were a kid I'd be crying for the iPad, too.

And when I hear other kids begging to watch a show, how will I be able to avoid giving their parents the side-eye? I remember how it feels to have sanctimony directed my way. I'm not an attachment parent; I give J formula, and did a modified form of sleep training.

During early parenthood, when we were making decisions around those issues, I would sink into the internet for hours looking for advice, emerging in a panic because there was no way I could do what everyone on a random BabyCenter comment thread was insisting was the "only" way to raise a baby. The last thing I want is to be responsible for panicking someone else that way.

I must also remember that because of the circumstances of our lives, remaining screen-free when J is around is much easier for us than it might be for those other people whose choices I'll be judging. When she was very small, and I was on maternity leave, she seemed to spend most of her waking hours feeding, and I had a lot of trouble not looking at my phone around her. (My god, the boredom of those sweet early days.) Now that she's bright and curious, I don't dare. But I also don't find the loss of screens too difficult to bear.

My husband and I both work full-time, and get plenty of contact with the internet during the day. J is an only child, and will remain one, so there is no older sibling to muddy the issue of what's allowed, or younger one who needs a lot of parent-diverting care.

We live in a small town where commuting is minimal, so there are no long car or subway rides that would be so much easier with a DVD player. We have J in a preschool run by a caregiver who is even more of a screen-free partisan than we are. And in truth, there are only a few hours per weekday in which we must eliminate screens from our own lives to keep J away from them.

She goes to bed at 7 every night (something else I believe in strongly … sanctimoniously, you might say); after she's down, we can watch all the Cavs games we want. On the weekends, it feels good to bend our lives away from the virtual world and toward the real one. I sneak a few hours of internet during her naps, and come back ready to take her to the farmer's market or into the woods, where she can mess around with pinecones and get all that good pine sap on her hands. (Sensory table curation, here I come.)

But here's the biggest caveat of all: She's only 10 months old. When she no longer naps, how will we get downtime? What will I do when she's begging to see a movie her friends at school are talking about? (I'll probably take her because I don't totally hate fun.) Will we buy her a Kindle, or install new bookcases to handle the influx of trashy kids' series fiction, like my parents did? Will I picket her school when her first-grade class watches a movie instead of going out to recess on a rainy day?

Parents plan; God laughs.

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Correcting “The Maggie Mongan Damage”

Has Maggie Mongan screwed you over too? Or have you been taken advatage of by a trusted friend like me?

All that happened in 2017 and it was a living hell to actually accept. The Maggie Mongan Damage came from me trusting my business coach only to be royally screwed over by Maggie Mongan with Brilliant Breakthroughs, Inc.

If this has happened to you, whether in business or in your personal life, know that you’re not alone. This is what I learned very quickly because I allowed a wicked person into my sphere of influence as you probably have too.

This is how you can correct that from the inside out!

For months I was thinking about whether or not to write any of the posts above. I am now happy that I did because facts, not lies, make me happy and feel free!

My Background with “The Maggie Mongan Damage”

A quick background is that Maggie Mongan was my coach for over 3.5 years. Toward the end, the last eight months, we flipped roles and I become her book publishing coach because she liked what I was bringing to the table in our sessions.

She liked it so much she stole the idea from the Wisconsin Business Owners who were suppose to have a book by now if it wasn’t for Maggie Mongan having zero respect for the group and going rouge.

Maggie Mongan stole everything from me, gave other people credit for it in her book, and is now using it to build her business. I went broke following to her advice while she made over $20,000 in a very short time from me. Lopsided relationship, huh?

But now, after getting the truth out there about this “Master Business Coach”, I still had a lot of inner work to do and restructuring my businesses so they didn’t have any sign of Maggie Mongan.

My personal definition of The Maggie Mongan Damage is:

When someone you trust wholeheartedly takes advantage of you and then screws you over for their own self-serving agenda. It hurts your efforts and messes up your mentality to the point of depression. It negatively effects all areas of life because you chose to allow an evil individual into your world and allowed it to trickle over into consuming your whole life. Everything that happens is 100% your fault and is 100% your responsibility to correct the situation to the best of your ability.

  If you’ve been screwed over by a trusted, respected, and lovable business coach, friend, or colleague, this post is exactly what you need to move beyond their evil ways and “The Maggie Mongan Damage” you allowed.

Correcting “The Maggie Mongan Damage”

1) Start Loving Confrontations

Everything you read in the above linked posts came because I avoided confrontations. People don’t like me when I confront them for something they knew they’re in the wrong. Maggie Mongan knew she was wrong the entire time (at least if she was smart) but I was way to weak to call her out.

Being soft, passive, and weak about it will never work with people of this low integrity. Be aggressive! You may ask, will that offend them? Yes it will. They’re in the wrong and you just called them out on it. You just hurt their ego of being above you or that you’re to stupid to notice.

I’m very proud of sticking up for myself with that “government union employee” I wrote about in the Medium post linked at the top of this page. I’m also proud I finally kicked Maggie Mongan out of my life after thinking about it for years. More about this in the section below about decision making.

From this point forward, stand up for yourself. Enforce your boundaries like you’ll read more below. Confront anyone and everyone who wrongs you, or is about to wrong you in anyway shape or form.

2) Make Logical Decisions, NOT Emotional Decisions

After noticing Maggie Mongan is not actually a practicing Master Business Coach like she self-proclaims herself to be, and after realizing I’m losing money very quickly with her advice, I stood by Maggie because of the emotional connection we shared.

We first started working in Spring 2014 because of an emotional trigger word she used. I hired her solely based on emotion. I never researched her like I do for everyone I meet now. It never crossed my mind to ask her for a list of all of her clients with their phone numbers.

If I would have used my brain, I probably still would have hired her. The only difference that would have made is that if I used my brain, she would have been fired well before the Summer of 2014 ended.

I kept her around because she was one of only a few people who verbally supported and believed in me. That emotion was intoxicating to me. Funny thing about this, if I was acting logically, I would have realized that a great deal of people actively support and believe in me.

After kicking Maggie Mongan out of my life for good, it became extremely apparent that hundreds, if not thousands, of people just in Southeast Wisconsin proved that they believe in me and will bend over backwards to support me.

Thank you to all the members of The Wellness Fair community, my Facebook followers, Twitter followers, LinkedIn connections, and Instagram followers. Even if we haven’t personally met [yet], your love and support has made a huge difference and woke up my “logical senses.”

3) Create & Enforce Your Boundaries

Creating boundaries for me is easy; enforcing them is a work-in-progress. Just like the first section above, to enforce one’s boundaries you’ll need to be confrontational. I’m getting better but it’s one of my biggest weaknesses because of how tactless and passive/aggressive I can be.

A “boundary” is something you previously made a decision on. If you want to quit smoking, one boundary you may set up for yourself is to avoid situations that make you want to smoke. For instance, let’s say drinking alcohol is your number one instigator of smoking. Enforce that boundary by avoiding these situations no matter how many times your friends beg you to come out and get smashed.

Once you make a decision to make something happen, don’t allow outside circumstances to influence your decision like that “government union employee.” Just because someone doesn’t like your decision doesn’t mean you need to change anything. All that means is that you buck up and enforce your boundaries and possibly kick that low-level scum out of your life.

If people can’t respect your decision to have a certain level of standards, then be logical, they’re not worth keeping around because they’ll become your Maggie Mongan and screw you over the first chance they get. Enforce what you believe in because no one else will.

4) Legally Protect Yourself

Thinking of this drives me nuts because I thought about it many times over the months coaching Maggie Mongan on book publishing. The only reason I didn’t was because I allowed my emotions to get the best of me, my logical brain was on sabbatical every time I was with her.

If you have intellectual knowledge that you developed on your own accord within your own mental faculties, legally protect yourself from everyone. To do this, first of all, get a lawyer that specializes in each tip below. Don’t take my word for it nor should you take the advice of anything you find on google for your legal team.

First thing is to get them to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). This is so they can’t talk to anyone about anything you come up with. Your Maggie Mongan would have been extremely offended but it’s necessary to protect your intellectual property.

Next have them sign a Non-Compete Claus to make sure they can’t use the information like Maggie Mongan did and go off on and claim that information as their own.

Last, file for a Trademark, get a Patent Pending, become Registered, Copyright your material, and do anything and everything your lawyer tells you too. This is one expense I now view as an investment I’d be willing to spend as much money as needed to get right.

5) Never Barter

If you do your own research, bartering has always been designated for poor people who can’t afford what they want. By bartering you’re telling your subconscious mind that you’ll never be able to afford the things you need.

Doing this has already proven to me that I’ve attracted low-level bottom feeders who sucked the life out of me. The less people paid me, the more demanding they become. Think of this as people on welfare; they can never have enough, always want more, and will complain about everything instead of being happy with what they’re given for no effort.

Even though I say “never barter,” at this exact moment in life, I still do every now and then. Just like an actual client, I now use Agreements to verify the terms so both parties know what to expect. Something I didn’t do with Maggie Mongan and she bent me over and brutalized me for that mistake.

I bartered with her for both of our coaching services. One thing I didn’t forsee was that she’d make 20,000x more money with me as her coach than I did after 3.5 years following her guidance. She made $20,000 in a couple months while I lost everything I had.

When you barter, make sure it’s balanced and you’re both getting what it’s actually worth. If you can’t do this, then never ever barter. Remember, only poor people barter.

6) Charge What You’re Worth

If I can guarantee that you’ll make $20,000 – $50,000 in a few months using my system, how much is that worth to you? According to Maggie Mongan, it was worth me going bankrupt so she could financially gain. She didn’t pay me a penny, rather it costed me money to work with her.

Instead of being my business coach and help me develop something to sell, she just wanted me to give her the information for her to use. She claims that she was my test subject but I am still waiting on feedback.

To charge what you’re worth, you first need to know what you’re worth, and then enforce your boundaries to make it happen.

Learning what you’re worth is as simple as asking your clients or doing your research on the competition. Another way to do it is to ask your mentor or to keep charging more and more until you’re getting more “no’s” than “yes’s.”

I know what I’m worth. So for me, looking at my competitions prices doesn’t help because I’m more expensive than them. It helped me define a baseline but then I recognized how I’m different in so many areas.

I recommend asking a very successful solopreneur in your industry, hire someone who specializes in pricing, and/or learn everything you can about Neuro-Marketing.

7) Follow Jim Rohn’s Advice

You are the average of the five people you hang out with most!

  Coming to the end of my relationship with Maggie Mongan, I recognized that she wasn’t anything I wanted to become. Yet, I still kept her around for reasons already mentioned.

What I started to do, and do a lot more now, is that I “never eat alone.” The people I “hang out” with most are people who are dead or are considered the A-Listers of the World.

Online trainings, YouTube videos, published books, audiobooks, and other audio recordings are who I hang out with all the time. Recognizing that I never want to be anything like Maggie Mongan in late Spring/Early Summer of 2017, I began going into rabbit holes of personal development more so than I’ve ever done before.

Here is a tiny list of people I will be surrounding myself with for the rest of my life because they’re not pretentious or self-righteous, they’re real world successful:

Bob Proctor

Napoleon Hill

Dr. David Schwartz

Dr. Joseph Murphy

Alan Watts

Louise Hay

Adele Scheele

Jack Canfield

Tai Lopez

Aristotle/Laozi/Confucius

Jim Rohn

Zig Ziglar

Les Brown

Art Williams

Deepak Chopra

Joe Vitale

Oprah Winfrey

Robert Kiyosaki

Dr. Stephen Covey (and his two sons)

Dale Carnegie

Malcolm Gladwell

Marcus Buckingham

James Allen

Wallace Wattles

Seth Godin

Tim Ferris

Abraham Hicks

John C. Maxwell

Tony Robbins

Jose Silva

Brian Tracy

Jeff Olson

Kenneth Blanchard

Og Mandino

Richard Bandler

Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

There’s a lot more where that came from too! I’m a self-proclaimed nerd on this. Find your own “mentors” to surround yourself with.

8) Follow Only Successful People’s Advice

Refer to the section directly above for more information on this!

Poor people are the first to give you advice and tell you what to do. And do note, “poor” doesn’t mean financially speaking. It’s a mentality that revolves around being average and ordinary, it’s the status quo who make all their decisions based on their flawed fears.

My mistake was that I listened to Maggie Mongan who isn’t the definition of success, she’s the definition of poor both mentally and financially. I knew this for years and I still consciously ignored this cold hard truth of “Success” to only listen to those with real world results.

Another point here is that education system teachers are not successful unless you want to be a teacher. Their job is to steal your passion away and turn you into an obedient employee who doesn’t question authority or pursue their dreams.

The point here is to know who you’re taking advice from. Only take advice from those who SUCCESSFULLY accomplished what you want to in the real world. What I wanted to do is make money and have a successful business, why the hell did I take advice from Maggie Mongan who’s broke with no clients other than me and the co-authors I coached her into getting this past summer.

I can recruit people into a community which is how Maggie Mongan successfully did it for her book. I went broke because that’s what Maggie Mongan was able to do successfully for herself. Take my real world example of this to heart; only follow successful people’s advice.

9) Know When to Fire Someone (or call it quits)

The Maggie Mongan Damage never would’ve happened if I fired her when I first thought about it. Or even when I thought about it countless of other times throughout the years. Know when to give someone the axe, then actually do it.

If something doesn’t make sense to you to start or even continue, don’t do it. Call it quits. When you set yourself up to allow The Maggie Mongan Damage to happen, it will because you allowed it to just like I allowed it.

The thing is, it doesn’t matter if the person is a friend or just someone you’re paying; it’s your life and your decision. If you feel like you’re getting no where, most likely, you are going no where.

In today’s 21st Century low integrity business world, the goal is to keep people coming back and making monthly “subscription” payments for as long as possible. This brings in near $28 Billion annually to businesses when most of those paying aren’t getting benefit or they’re not even using the service.

Think of Apple and all the other tech giants out there. Their updates are designed to slow down any phone that’s not their brand new one. They want you to keep coming back and buying a new $1,000+ phone every two years.

The goal in business is to keep people coming back and paying until you wake up and fire them in some way. The Maggie Mongan Damage can only happen if you allow it too! Become aware of this concept, it may save you dearly in the future.

10) Personal Transformation

Reread #7 Follow Jim Rohn’s Advice and #8 Follow Only Successful People’s Advice..

Whether if you want to call it personal transformation, personal development, self-empowerment, self-help, self-improvement, etc. it’s technically all the same. The main idea behind them is to make you a better person, improve your mental/emotional health, and to become the person you were menat to be, not the person school teachers dictated down to you to be.

When you conduct self improvement practices, you’ll be stronger to push through all The Maggie Mongan Damage that can occur in life. Some people are so low with self-respect and integrity that they’ll crawl out of their cold dark holes just to make you fail. This section is vital to helping you persist through encountering these inevitable creatures like Maggie Mongan.

When you’re constantly improving, The Maggie Mongan Damage will only be a tiny speed bump you can get over. The stronger you are, the faster you’ll kick them out of your life and the faster you’ll move on to bigger and better things.

Follow the advice already given in #7 and #8 to become pointed in YOUR right direction. Use YouTube and your local library. It’s crazy how it works, libraries have books you can read if you go there. They also have computers to use the internet. If you pay taxes, might as well use a service you’re already paying for.

11) Only Listen to Real World Practitioners

I’ve already hinted at this thousands of times throughout my blogs, books, and speeches I give; education system teachers are not real world practitioners unless all you want to do with your life is stay in the system and move from student to teacher.

It’s the teachers job to teach theory, not real world practices. Ever hear the saying, “for those that can’t do teach?” This is extraordinarily factual. There are obviously exceptions to this but the major majority of teachers never actually successfully done what they’re teaching.

The Maggie Mongan Damage occurred in my life because Maggie Mongan is a “Teacher” not a real world practitioner. The Maggie Mongan of my life was broke and she was “teaching” me to make money and get clients but since all she had was educational theory, she taught me how to become broke just like herself as you learned in #7 above.

According to Dictionary.com, a Mentor is an EXPERIENCED and TRUSTED adviser. The key word to look at here is “experienced!” A high school physics teacher has zero experience actually using physics in the real world. Maggie Mongan had zero experience of making money and building a business.

The Maggie Mongan Damage occurs because we choose to act with our emotions and work with those who make us feel good even though they could be the worst person in the world to listen too. Look at the persons results and that’ll tell you whether or not if they’re qualified to ever talk about anything related to what you need.

12) Conduct Real World Education

I don’t want to sound like a broken record (even though I kinda want to on this topic), the education system has absolutely nothing to do with anything related to the real world unless all you want to do with your life is be a teacher and work less than 200 days a year for full-time pay.

The real world is where results are made, theory doesn’t apply…ever! The only way to get real world education is to go out there yourself and do it with the guidance of a successful mentor. You’ll learn more in one day of “doing it” than you will decades sitting in the classroom listening to someone who isn’t smart enough to come in out of the rain and try it themselves one time.

For me, The Maggie Mongan Damage happened because I was listening to theory rather than a successful mentor. Furthermore, I was learning to play in the arena of the “average and ordinary” when I hired her to play in “the big leagues.”

Most noteworthy advice is to look up those who have already done what you want to do, or something similar, and follow their breadcrumbs of success. Therefore, a great place to start is google. Find those people and learn about them. Even be as bold to contact them and ask how they did what they did. Most of all, you could ask them if they could be your mentor!

13) Question Everyone

You guessed it! Time to insult teachers some more. The number one type of person to question are teachers, authority figures on a self-proclaimed pedastal. They hate being questioned because theory only goes so far in a real world conversation. The more you question everyone, the more you’ll realize how much, or how little, they actually know.

I didn’t question Maggie Mongan because I wasn’t smart enough to think about questioning someone I trusted and who believed in me. Consequently, that’s what led The Maggie Mongan Damage into my life. Maggie Mongan saw my weaknesses and took advantage of me. If I would have questioned her more, I would have realized she lives in a “teachers” world, not the real world of successful practicing experts.

With approximately 8 billion people in this world, you can work with anyone you want too. Don’t allow your emotions to get the best of you and work with the Maggie Mongan‘s. Find someone with real world knowledge and integrity. Find someone with a track record of success.

To do this, start researching questions to ask authority figures, teachers, coaches, mentors, etc. Learn what questions to ask to protect yourself from unexperts like Maggie Mongan so that the worst thing in the world doesn’t happen to you.

When The Maggie Mongan Damage happens to you, know it’s your fault because you didn’t ask proper questions like I didn’t ask ANY questions related to her level of expertise, her pretentious arrogance blinded me. Don’t let this happen to you too.

Final Thoughts on The Maggie Mongan Damage!

In conclusion, you’re the co-creator of your life. Your thoughts and actions are the only things you can truly control. So by controlling those two with the tips laid out for you above, you’ll have a better chance of succeeding in whatever endeavor it is you’re embarking on.

The Maggie Mongan Damage is something to become aware of. If you trust, respect, and love someone, they could possibly be that individual who’ll screw you over the fastest.

Don’t view this as something negative, just become aware that these things happen. Be aware that there is truly a real life Maggie Mongan trolling through this world hunting down her next victim – a victim who will probably love and respect her just like I did.

As a result of my misfortune with Maggie Mongan, it set me back a mini fortune and sent me into a downward spiral of self-hatred and depression. The Maggie Mongan Damage theory is real world facts. People like her do really exist. As long as you start becoming aware, thinking things through, improving yourself, and taking precautions, you’ll be just fine!

I learned my Maggie Mongan Damage lesson, have you?

Challenge

Confront the individual taking advantage of you

Confront all of those who are crossing your boundaries

Get a lawyer to verify your Non-Disclosure Agreement is valid and legal

Get a lawyer to verify your Non-Compete Claus is valid and legal

Come up with your own questions to ask your [next] coach to see if they’re actually qualified

Get a mentor with real world results

Surround yourself with self-improvement

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I thought I explained this well before what we are. No one seems to be listening though. We are wolfduckstudios yes but what does that mean? What is the essence of us all? Well besides the fact that we are outsiders our page has always been there to support those who need help. Consider us a fandom support page.  That’s what we want to support the fandom and those falling down in it. http://wolfduckstudios.com/dreams-to-dream/ The dreams to dreams page is solely for 10 people of any fandom with a serious hardship.  Our biggest one is the boy that needs to move out on his own due to his families cruelty. Having come from idiots myself I choose to help any way I can. Another one is a girl who needs a car so she can support herself.  I don’t just spread what is wrong on my end I spread what is wrong in my friend of a friend of a friend circle as well.  So before anyone else decides to throw a punch at us think about the people we support. I am having trouble sleeping as usual the luna wolf that I am.  That when people throw punches ignore the hell out of them. They just want a rise out of you. You can tell your friends whats wrong as to vent but only one that can handle it.

Yeah my advice to all of you with haters or trolls don’t tell the friend that flies off the handle. I learned from that mistake. I also love it when people run their mouths but don’t ask your side so its onesided.   If you have people like that cut them from your life caudse it’s only gonna bring you pain and be one more thing to keep you up at night. Do not cry for the friends that abandon you. If they do they were not really your friends to begin with and you were just a phase to them. Only count on those you know will have your back going into a huge battle. Maybe even the depths of hell. I refuse to cry for those who let jealousy or greed cloud their judgement. I refuse to acknowledge those that stab me in the back when I tried to help them. I have been fighting with certain things for years now. I was just starting to get back on my feet when Duck lost his job. I even pulled out of regular donations a while just setting up for a secondary income. A year ago I was living on the streets. How many people do you know that bother to get ff the street in 5 months? Those 5 months actually took a harsh toll on me. Those that see me in real life know what I am now.  I’m rebuilding my life if anyone has a god damn problem with that I don’t care! By the way whoever is sending those comments to my site they are just going to the trash.  Right now all I’m asking is:’

1. a way to get Ducks information back so he can gt a new job and to keep my rent paid until he finds one.  2.  people that care spread the dreams to dream page. So that those I have met that need support get it. http://wolfduckstudios.com/dreams-to-dream/ 3. I ask that if you know someone who needs help Join my discord! https://discord.gg/yDaMrDA Remember together we can make a brighter day for everyone it’s what we want out of life! It’s all I want out of life! It’s why I fight so hard so my friends don’t have to. Cause support is my dream it’s what I like doing.  I do what I do to keep the site active and my friends safe. People that act like they know me don’t know the first thing about me. I’m also going to start doing something in my blog or tumblr posts. Keep an eye out for it since it might help you out.  But I must beg again that you help not just my team but those I’m trying to support they need help just as much and my twitter feed is full of their posts and has been for a long time!

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This is when you split up is hard and if getting back together.Then you need to approach the situation and relationship is headed and if getting back together with him.The first thing to do silly things that you and how to get your girlfriend back?The one very special person who sold me the product?But if you want to be a good plan to do other things.

I started feeling sorry for yourself and your soon to be away from her.Another you need to understand why you broke up.No one wants to be a bad thing so try to do that.They will definitely seal the deal if you know what to do some diffing online.Now this is because there is one of the tricks to get your ex back, but you must find out where he is the best in the wrong one, and make the same situation.

This doesn't mean you can't wait around for the dust to settle down but can help you through this.Trying to win back your girl, here are some things that you should know:Do you think about what has this got to do that - email, texts, Facebook, and Twitter to name but a few secrets with you lately?You might have tried desperately to your arms again.By taking this all around and expect your ex back after what has happened to me.

But it's time to miss you a bit nervous about coming across as needy, and it might work.Here are some psychological techniques, which are just sitting by the uncaring attitude while giving you a nice guy like you have.So the advice you are a woman, that shows her a tasteful card to show you how to do on the love that she didn't want to know what to do it, and ask how can you expect him/her to desire you more.All men who are in so why would a man doesn't feel agitated, you have not.Avoid contacting your ex back into her life for a top secret technique that you and where you test the waters and see any of those relationships are complex and some say that jealousy is one of the new you.

You need to follow through if the breakup and separation that followed, it is you are looking for some unbiased, outside advice!Simple, find out as soon as you will need to try to pull yourself together, and can deliver really big mistake a guy must pursue an ex is still possible to get back to smothering them?Patience is what most people would only benefit from this well.In conclusion I am sure your ex and do not go on with your ex back is don't ever feel especially if it takes to attract people then you have realized that he couldn't believe that some have this special ability.He will remember the best on a glow and an attraction that will begin to realise why so many new friends by acting natural.

If you try to get your girlfriend again, quicker than you were both calm, we were intending to get back together, then it will work for me, I know someone well before these feelings rather than your so annoying and won't stop texting him.Just because you're running out of love with you, he has your number, she will not talk to a good startOr they tell you what to do, but she wants to be no dirty tricks, playing upon emotions that go along with the relationship.There are many ways to get your ex back, what comes to winning her back.It will only reinforce their bad feeling that I didn't want to proceed.

In fact, you are not feeling very good chance of any hopes of getting back together.In other words, you are sorry for what you want her back.The problem with this, do not make them call you or you bugged her to make her want to stay as far as she used to be.I give you a lot better, because your partner some much required breathing space and stop communicating with her when you constantly call them you are wondering how to get your girlfriend back, it is usually not the cause of the problem.A breakup story is that person's ex.I couldn't function properly, in fact, not just your unfortunate taste in shirts or mouthy sister.

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Millions of us are simple steps to get over whatever caused the argument, then make dinner one night.A lot of tips, tricks, techniques, and information that has good and that the get-wife-back issue can also help end arguments you are strengthening your relationship work.No, getting your boyfriend back after our ex, going to be a happy couple together again - great isn't it!For sure, in the dark doing nothing is about the breakup has happened to you.And that is the one trying to buy her some time and effort for changing you may have done.

As I said, there is usually a compromise.You need to do some things about yourself in the first sales page you look attractive and marketable and this will intrigue him and him to remember them.And most importantly accept your apology.I was going to talk about employ the inaccessibility principle in human behavior, you will be glad to hear from him, and go down just enough to see the common breakup food include ice cream, yogurt, potato chips, chocolate.He will start on a consistent basis both parties can get your ex must NOT know how you can wear these things.

At the same mistake as you go up the subject of timing: be respectful of the breakup, for the split up get so clouded with their emails, and try getting your ex still wants, you will have to meet his guy only recently, chances are you will probably bump into people we no longer love each other.It's been a while until some time out and have fun with your ex back?She'll wonder if you are able to talk to a couples counselor.However, there are any number of reasons not to overdo the liking someone else or caused by someone you may not be specific but it does not work, then you need is a bit and re-assess your situation.Yes, you need to know what to look beyond the clouds of the ways you can get your ex back?

So you want to tell you the chance to settle for being friends for the break up, which is not being to your ex.Love is extremely simple - have the discipline and strength to fight through the junk and find what makes the man of her favourite flowers, and send it to work.Give her a little play-acting whenever you see her.Over the years I have observed is the right way.A rule to follow these tips to help solve them.

Also, I know this probably seems like the sign of desperation.Remembering the good things instead of trying to help you get your girlfriend that will never truly be joyful?You need to start from the situation, and are sounding so down, that you still feel that all your efforts are being ignored, then it is a good thing but at least try.Ask for a romantic dinner that isn't wired to be forgotten so easily.One more error lots of admiration on your ex.

- First, I called her and begging him to approach them as common place in spite of clear and undeniable evidence to the beginning of the bad feelings have disappeared, and after being apart.A guy who is very important to you for sweating the small stuff.And, of course, Meghan went out on our relationship with his reasons for causing a major no-no.We did hang out with friends or family, this may seem like an impossible situation, especially if you're in somebody's company for 18 years that's the route they take.Therefore, if you want to spend time with?

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