But Oh, the Synergy!

As yet another part of my recently launched effort to explore new topics, audiences and venues in my writing in order to put myself out there in hopes of landing a paying gig or two and make a few AdSense pennies in the meanwhile, I have just launched the first piece in my newest effort, creating my own content on HubPages. The gist of this community, from what I've gleaned through cursory preliminary exploration, is compiling "hubs," which are user-created pages on literally any topic imaginable; in other words, HubPages embodies the entire purpose of the Internet, theoretically offering an infinite amount of knowledge accessible with the click of a mouse. Many writers go there because of its centralized web advertising facility, maximizing the (admittedly still pithy) possible revenue without overtaking the content.

The site's introductory materials advised writing on subjects on which one has particularly thorough and extensive knowledge, and after some thought I came up with the topic for my first hub, called The High School Senior's Guide to the College Visit (my sister had just come to USC a few days earlier, and I do have a little experience in the arena). I figured it was good timing, and I know from experience how many parents can be about the college application process, especially with first children (such as me); I could see such a guide proving to be somewhat useful and comforting to the moms who sit on the computer for days on end to make sure they're doing everything right, the way my mother did (and thank goodness for that!).

Since it's my first foray into the hub world, if anyone has a minute or two to go check it out (and maybe write a comment or two about how brilliant this D. B. Salter is...haha) it would probably bring you good karma. Just sayin'.