Rebecca Dean The Golden Prince

Rebecca Dean, author of 'Enemies of the Heart' and 'Palace Circle' has released her new book 'The Golden Prince'

'The Golden Prince' is based on the story of Edward VIII and centre's on one year of his life.

The book has already got a five star review on Amazon. At the time of writing the book is available on Amazon for £5.75. The link is below.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Prince-Rebecca-Dean/dp/0007315724/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291467928&sr=8-1

I'll write a full review once I've finished reading the book.

News Writers Required

The Star Global Tribune is looking for people to write news. I write for a few news sites and I was looking for others to write for when I came up with this.

I've no personal experience of it as yet but I'll be filling out the application form and will see how it goes.

They are a Google News source and you'll earn 50% of the Adsense revenue that you earn on your articles. The site also gives a backlink for each article that you submit, great if you are new to blogging or have a website that needs some promotion.

You can find out more here:

http://starglobaltribune.com/get-paid-for-sending-us-news

And the application form is here:

http://starglobaltribune.com/login?action=register

Digital Journal articles

These are my latest Digital Journal articles.

New York City propose ban on on using food stamps to purchase sugary drinks. See the article here:



A new study into blood pressure medication shows that it is more effective when taken at night. Find out more and read an interview here:



The 33 Chilean miners were rescued this week. Find out more and read an interview with Psychologist Dr Dan Beach here:



A new report out this week shows that over 4 million households in the UK live in fuel poverty. Read the article here:

New Ted Hughes poem discovered

A new poem written by Ted Hughes has been discovered in the British Library archive. Called "Last Letter" it was written about the night that he learned of the death of Sylvia Plath.

The poem was given its debut on the Channel Four news on Wednesday night and was read by the actor Jonathan Pryce.

It was published in full in the New Statesman magazine on Thursday.

You can read the story here:


http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/298614

and you can view the video here:


http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid601325122001?bctid=627301073001

Music Writers Required

Chorus and Verse are looking for freelance writers who can get artist interviews. Ideally, they want people to do at least one article a month and articles are assigned or you can propose an idea for an interview to the editor.

They are looking for interviews which are between 750-1.250 words and writers must arrange to provide two or more pictures to go with the articles.

This might be better suited for writers in the United States because they pay by cheque which can cost £6.00 to convert in the UK and they don't seem to offer a Pay Pal option.

Rates of Pay

$20 for local bands/musicians

$30 regional, established/touring bands

$50 for national bands and musicians.

Bloggers are also wanted but this is unpaid. If you like the idea of writing a music blog for them then they are looking for album reviews,concert reviews and opinions.

Find them at:


http://www.chorusandverse.com/opportunities.php

My Digital Journal Articles

This is a selection of my favourite news stories from this week which have been featured on Digital Journal. I'm going to start with my most popular story of the past seven days:

Did Moses part the Red Sea? Researchers don't think so:


http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/298033

According to a new survey, 3 million UK men admit to wearing make up. If I were them, I'd be keeping quiet about that:


http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/298064

The world's biggest wind farm opened in the UK this week:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/298011

And Ricky Gervais is backing a new campaign by the BUAV to try and put a stop to the abuse of wild monkeys.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/298000

Penguin Book Giveaway

The website for Penguin books are currently running a number of competitions. When I checked they were giving away books by Marian Keyes and there's also chance to win an AC/DC box set.

You can go direct to their website via this link which you can copy and paste in to your browser:

http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/competition/index.html