FOUR Articles in One Month in Calgarys Child!

Im so excited and wanted to share with you! This is the SECOND time I have gotten FOUR articles in one months publication. Back in November/December 2010 this also happened, and its happening in the November/December 2013 edition of Calgarys Child this year! Theres just something about this time of year, I suppose. Should I go for FIVE in the 2014 edition?!

Here are my four article titles:

8 Holiday Traditions for Everyone
10 Terrific Ideas for Fun in the Snow
10 Ways to Bust Indoor Boredom
Things to Think About When Considering Homeschooling

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Heres how to get your copy so you can also be making $50 per article! Believe me, it adds up and really helps out at Christmastime and when your furnace breaks down and when you need new brakes and when the kids need braces. And if you just want to treat yourself to something nice, which you deserve, of course!

Weekly Writer Challenge 1 Write Down 10 Ideas for Articles

Okay, new plan. We are going to write TOGETHER. I need a butt-kickin just like maybe you do. I am going to assume you like to procrastinate like I do. Or are extremely busy. Or sometimes maybe even do something crazy like ... oh, I dont know ... CLEAN when you are on a deadline and should be writing.

So Im going to give you some challenges. Please share this with any bloggers (= aspiring writers) or writers you know so they can participate.

You have until Sunday to do this first challenge, then new challenges will come out on Mondays and you will have 7 days to complete them and report back here! Even if you didnt do it or only half-assed it, let me know, because chances are I might not always be rockin the challenge, either.

At the very least, we can offer support to each other. Dont forget there is also a Facebook fan page for this site where we can interact and you can always email me at mommykerrie at yahoo dot com, and when it comes time to start submitting, you have to have the resource Im using so we can be Submission Twins.

CHALLENGE #1 is to come up with 10 ideas for articles for the regionals (the smalls). Lead time is not usually as long as with the nationals (the bigs) so you can spitball some summer ideas NOW, for instance.

Check out the photo below for some help (general categories, but you need a more solid idea, which nobody is going to steal, dammit), and Ill see you next week!

Oh, and because Im a pushover mama, Im also a pushover writing coach, so here is some more help!

Photos of Your Kids with Your Articles

Its still exciting for me when I get published in a magazine, even though Ive been in over 100 of them. Every now and then a magazine will ask for a picture to go with an article, and over the years most of my kids have been in them. Michael has never been in one, though.

The picture San Diego used of my Michael!

So I perused the online issue of San Diego Family today for my article on Lego Afterschool Enrichment Programs and there was Michael! I was so excited. He doesnt really care, but I think its cool! Check it out ... page 50!