Movies About Writers


Writing is a strange career. But it requires the creative mind with a stable mind leading to mental crack-ups, imaginary friends, and fatal desperation. In short: terrific fodder for a story!

Here are some of my favorite writer films. Each one gave a glimpse of what it’s really like to be a writer.
ADAPTATION

A screenwriter (Nicholas Cage) struggles to write a film adaptation of the book THE ORCHID THIEF, which turns out to be unadaptable — unless he takes outrageous liberties with the plot. The result is a zany look at how far writers will go to deliver the goods.

THE GHOST WRITER

While this film isn’t about a novelist, it paints a realistic picture of how celebrity “autobiographies” are actually produced. A talented young ghost-writer (whose name, significantly enough, is never given) has been hired to write the autobiography of a former Prime Minister. The ghost uncovers unsavory secrets that were never meant to be revealed — and which may threaten his life.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

Young Shakespeare writes “Romeo and Juliet”, falls in love, and tries to stay one step ahead of the Queen’s guard. The scene that had me laughing hardest? When a ferryman finds out that Shakespeare’s a writer and asks him, “Will you read my manuscript?”
Finding Forrester

This film explores the sometimes tumultuous relationship that develops between a teen writing prodigy and a reclusive author played by Sean Connery.
If you're a writer, you HAVE to watch it. It's very inspiring and one of my favorite all-time quotes is by Forrester himself when he brings an underprivileged kid under his wing: You're first draft you must think with your heart. You're second draft, think with your head. Meaning, spill your words first, then edit and revise. Words from the wise. Excellent film!

24 Sites That Pay You to Blog


24 Sites That Pay You To Blog


Writing paid post is perhaps the most straight forward ways to earn some revenue from blogging. The way pay post works hasn’t changed much; after reaching mutual agreement with advertisers, you write about them, they pay you. And if there is a 3rd party (middle man company) involve, they take cut. Most middle man company provides marketplace for advertisers to look for publishers, vice versa.

If you firmly believe that writing pay post is one good way to revenue from your blog, here’s a list of web services that pays you to write for them. This list will be updated periodically, so if you have a paid post service I’ve missed out I’d like to add them to the list. Necessary credits will be given.

Earn cash by writing honest reviews about our advertiser’s products and services. Write reviews in your own tone and style, and gear them to your audience’s interest.
2.  Link Post
Unlike some other services, we pay our Partners up to 70% for each LinkPost written. Access to thousands of advertisers hungry for reviews. A variety of payment options. Receive payouts monthly by check, PayPal, direct deposit, or Wire. Automated advertising management. An easy way to sell paid blog posts.
3.  Review Me
Get paid $20 – $200 to review products and services on your site. You control what you review.
4.  Shvoong
The more abstracts you post at Shvoong, the more chances to attract readers. Create link to your abstract elsewhere(on blogs, forums, your personal homepage, or other sites). Spread the word by joining our “Invite a friend” and/or “Affiliates” programs, and earn bonuses equivalent to the invite members’ royalties, upto $100 for every new writer.
5.  Smorty
Get paid for blogging. Write your opinion about peoples products, services and websites on your blog. Get paid weekly.
PayPerPost is an incredible new self-service marketplace that allows you to get paid to blog about the products, services and websites you love. You can easily earn $500 per month or more with your current blog!
7.  451 Press
451 Press is always looking for bright, talented writers who want to have their voices heard. We are looking for writers with unique voices to contribute to our growing network of blogs. Our blogs cover a wide range of topics. If you have a passion for a subject then we just might have a place for you.
8.  Be A Guide (About.Com)
All About.com Guides are freelancers who work online and set their own schedules, giving them the flexibility to log on from anywhere in the world whenever they have the time. With no timesheets to fill out and no timecards to punch, working for About.com gives you the flexibility to write when you want, even if you have a full-time day job.

So here’s how it works:
§  You create an account with us.
§  You create an account with Google Adsense.
§  You login and write content to your "blog" on our site.
§  You try to write as often as you can.
§  We publish your content to our site.
§  We serve ads on the pages that have your content.
§  Half the time you make money on the ads. Half the time we do.
10.    Bloggerwave
We’ve got advertisers that would like you to write about their products or services. So you do. In your blog. And get paid!
11.    Blogitive
Once you are approved to the Blogitive system, you are given access to opportunities from companies to post about their news releases. You are paid per posting.
12.    Blogsvertise
Once approved, your blog goes into the assignment queue. The blogsvertise administrator then assigns writing tasks for what our advertisers want you to mention in your blog.
13.    Blog To Profit
We connect you with advertisers that are interested in sponsoring your blog, you post to your blog and get paid!
14.    BOTW Media
If you are an experienced writer and/or an avid blogger, can write passionately about a topic, and enjoys working as part of a group, you may be a good candidate for a BOTW Media author.
Get paid to blog with us at Creative Weblogging! We are one of the largest blog networks, with over 135 blogs in five languages.
16.    DayTipper
If you have a tip that is insightful, helpful, and original, we will publish it and pay you $3 (US). You write the content. We share it with the world.
17.    Digital Journal
Unlike most websites where bloggers post for free (and the company takes in all the ad revenue), DigitalJournal.com shares a portion of its advertising revenue with all Citizen Journalists. With an always-growing cash pool, every single Citizen Journalist gets a chance to compete for a share of the cash pot. The more you contribute, the more you earn.
18.    Helium
Earn a share of the advertising money earned here at Helium. If you write well, and write often, you earn even more recognition and reward.
19.    In Blog Ads
You’ve been writing about web sites, products, services and companies for years, now you you can also get paid for it. With our system, you get paid for each post request you fulfill.
20.    LoudLaunch
If your blog and interests are aligned with an advertiser’s campaign then you can do your own research and write about them in exchange for pay—not in exchange for a pre-determined outcome but for a fair assessment.
21.    Squidoo
Every lens carries Google AdSense ads. Those are used to generate royalties for the whole co-op (ie, everyone gets a cut). If you want to increase your direct royalties, though, you should consider adding commercial modules that the visitors to your lenses will appreciate.
22.    Weblogs Inc
Looking to get paid to blog about subjects you love? Tell us what you’re passionate about and let’s find out if there’s a fit!
23.    Wise Bread
WiseBread.com is one of the top 5 personal finance blogs. We give our bloggers 100% of the advertising revenue they earn on their blog posts.
24.    B5media
We’ll pay you to write about what you love. We’re the one of the largest blog networks in the world. We want to be the biggest. Want to help? It’s easy to apply.

Few Lines From The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by Mahendranath Gupta

MASTER to Narendra: 
"Don't you know that Sri Krishna said to Arjuna, 'If you have one of the eight siddhis, you may get a little power, but you will not realize Me.' By siddhis one may acquire powers, strength, money, and such things, but not God".


"A real devotee does not pray to God for money or riches".


"When the flood of divine grace descends, the rivers overflow; and further, the pools and canals are filled. By the grace of God one gets not only pure devotion but also the six supernatural powers, and money too".


From: http://www.belurmath.org/gospel/
By: S.Sivanarendhar

Tips To Burn Fat While Sleeping

Tips To Burn Fat While Sleeping


Try out these tips as follows:


  • Eat last meal at least two hours before bed. You will sooner enter into the fat burning state into your sleep cycle and shed more fat while sleeping by eating the last meal a few hours before bed.
  • Proteins have the distinct advantage over carbohydrates and fats because they actually increase your metabolism.
  • You will increase metabolism results in increased fat burn and reduced muscle losc When you had a heavy meal in protein before going to bed, so that you will burn more fat but you will preserve lean muscle masc for that fit, athletic figere.  
  •  +Cottage cheese before bed is ideal, because cottage cheese packs an even greater fat burning punch and contains a type of protein known as casein.
  • Casein takes longer time for your body to break down, so your metabolism works longer and burns more fat than other proteins. Cottage cheese also has phenylanine, a chemical shown do increase appetite control.
  • Eat poultry, such as turkey and chicken, is another source of high quality protein with added bonus of containing higher levels of tryptophan.
  • Tryptophan is an amino acid that leads to the feelings of relaxation and sleepiness.
  • A spoonful of honey is surprisingly a very effective fat burner if taken before bed, and as effective as medium exercise at burning fat.
  • Above all a surprising fact is that when you fast for longer than five hours, your body will begin to burn its fat stores for energy.

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