Bit of ViewsHound love

Hello, I haven't really posted anything in a while, on here and ViewsHound but I decided to write a short bit about ViewsHound for writers, authors, whatever who like to write articles about anything really. ViewsHound is a site where you can write about anything you like from food, politics, relationships, world news, etc. and actually get money for them. There is a prize of $20, $30, and $50 for 3rd, 2nd and 1st place respectively. There's also a prize of $10 for photo of the day and cartoon of the day. They also add Google ads and a type of ad that makes certain words links to ads which I can't remember the name to right now... Anyway, They've really helped me out with my prize winnings of $110 which I used to purchase a sword and a video game off of eBay =P And also a straight razor for my brother (both seen in my previous post). That's pretty much it, ViewsHound is easy to use, easy to submit articles to and easy to win money so you've got nothing to lose, and you still own the articles (copyrighted) which gives more freedom unlike some other article sites which claim ownership after you send them in. So give it a shot =)

http://www.viewshound.com/
http://www.viewshound.com/health-fitness/2011/8/male-breast-cancer-no-its-not-a-myth

New weapons arrived!

I'm a collector of weapons, well, in the process of being a collector and I ordered a couple things from Ebay of the blade variety. This was a Free Mason decorative dagger and a Confederate straight razor for my brother. These items arrived in the mail today and I couldn't be more impressed with them! The blade's shiny, very pointy and beautifully done. The razor, it's spring assisted so it pops out no problem, it says "The South will rise again" on the blade and it's generally a great piece of work. I'm hoping that my writing revenue can bring in even more swords, daggers, razors etc. in the future =P If you'd like to help, feel free to find the donation button or click an ad or too =P Every bit of revenue helps in the long haul. Thanks always =)

Back to business: AdSense

EDIT: It has been closed again. Google is a piece of crap...

Hello, I can see what I'm typing now so I know whether it went through or not. Anyway, my AdSense account was disabled, I made a new one and the ads are back! In an attempt to bring in some extra revenue I'm hoping these ads will do the trick as long as people click on them I'll be a happy camper. I also put an Amazon thinger in an attempt to get even more revenue =P It automatically finds products based on my blog content or that's what I read anyway. So I'm hoping you kind people in the internet world will be able to show some heart and help a young writer out =) Thanks for reading

Squidoo

Hello there. I have made a Squidoo account so I'll be integrating my articles from here over to there also in an attempt to get noticed a bit more and also to try and make royalties off my work =P Money talks peeps and she's a sweet, sweet talker

http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/m24bm24

I hope to see you visit there and help make me some money ;-) Don't forget you can help me by donating. Even a penny will do =)

Hello, I'm adding a donate button, well, this post to try to increase my income since Google closed my AdSense account because of invalid click activity or something like that. I'm not asking for much, even a penny will do. I'd just like some encouragement to keep writing lol. Thanks and I hope you'll consider it =)

http://masonatjustin.blogspot.com

Hello, I was told to post a link to a friend of mine's blog. His name is Mason and he streams videos. He also posts his life, well, not his life but parts of the days and what not. It's worth a read through if you like reading and entertainment =)  So Copy and Paste this: http://masonatjustin.blogspot.com or click HERE  or here or click http://masonatjustin.blogspot.com =P Enjoy

Update

Well, it's been a while since I posted anything so time for some updates.

First off I lost the most followers competition but I don't really care, I never believed I had a chance to begin with but thanks anyway.

Second, New article here. About celebrity rumors, don't bother reading it. It sucks

Third... That's it really, I lost and a crappy article. Fun times. Thanks for reading =)

ViewsHound Competition. $500 prize!

Hello, If you're reading this then don't stop! Please do me a great favour and follow me on ViewsHound =)  The person who gets the most followers by June 20 (next Monday) wins $500! Now I know not many, if any people will follow me so this is kind of a lost cause but the money would be nice to have, makes my writing worth while 'cause frankly, I'm getting no where writing. So you don't have to follow me, I don't have high hopes anyway but it'll be nice to try. http://www.viewshound.com/prof

iles/matthew-maclean

Winner!!

Hello hello hello, I have won yet another prize for my articles, this time the Silver $30 prize! The article about marijuana (Found one post below [Here] or Here. It wasn't really a winner for the content much I don't think but the comments. So thanks to everyone who viewed, liked, commented and shared, I really appreciate it =)

First Article on Suite101

Hello. I've decided to try and make more money writing by writing for multiple sites. I've signed up for Suite101.com and just had my first article published here. So my plan, maybe, is to post my opinion articles on ViewsHound and all others on that site unless I could actually find a site that is willing to pay up front for articles like mine. Thanks =)

Link again

Another Winner!!

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to shout from the rooftops my second winner on ViewsHound!

The article Bullying: a harsh reality, the one that took 2 redos before it was accepted was chosen for the Bronze article of the day! I won another $20 USD which will probably be $15 CAD lol. I guess being turned down twice was actually a good decision =)

So thanks to everyone who helped me win this, I know it wasn't the Gold but hey, I'm unemployed and $20 can be good for me =P

You can scroll down a bit to find the article or go here: http://www.viewshound.com/lifestyle/2011/5/bullying-a-harsh-reality

Woot!

Hello whoever may be reading this!

This morning my mother came into my room to wake me up for school (trust me, alarms will not wake me up, I've tried.) and tells me that I won the photo of the day on ViewsHound! I was very happy although I didn't show it because it was a good 5 seconds after waking me up and I was freakin' tired.

Now, the photo was a sunset from my deck which I can put into this post at the end. It also had the silhouette of an eagle carving we have.

What ViewsHound had to say? "Warm tones and great use of the silhouette to frame the scene."

Coming from professionals, that's a damn good compliment if I say so myself ;)

Thank you ViewsHound for picking me as a winner, and thank you viewers for reading my articles and looking at my photos, I'll enjoy the prize money ;)

Bully: a harsh reality update


So they published the article which is great =) But they also changed a bit about which makes me think they just got tired of me screwing up the writing and they just edit it for me lol. Either way I'm happy although I did not place in the articles of the day but I doubt they would really let me win twice in one day anyway.

Next up:


I have got another photo queued in so that's due to go live May 20, 2011, tomorrow if you're reading on the 19th. As for what it is, I will leave it to you to find out .

Thanks again for reading.

Introduction

Hello, my name is Matthew Maclean. I'm 18 years old in my final year of high school and my goal of this blog is to try and bring awareness to my articles that I attempt to get published on http://www.viewshound.com/. As of now I have two articles published, one being published tomorrow (May 19, 2011) and two pictures.

I should explain my articles: I am more of a writer of things that involve opinions such as ways to stop and prevent bullying, whether children under 12 should get away with crimes and whether schools are doing their job of teaching everyone on the level of individuality.

I greatly welcome constructive criticism about my writing ability and how I can improve to be more beneficial to myself and the readers alike so it looks professional and formal and also so people can understand what it is I'm writing. I will also accept any insults that come my way as long as they are logical and don't sound like "ur a stupid reterd hu cant rite 4 beanz" Those (Ha, writing that made me spell 'thouse' at first) comments will be ignored. Also, by insults I mean more of a debate of your views and then mind, and so on and so forth.

So I hope to see lots of traffic here of people who are genuinely interested in what I have to say and not people who are here to troll or advertise their own blogs only. You can advertise but leave a comment about my blog first ;)

Thanks and I hope I can get you to come back again =)

-Matthew