Did you know that J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book was rejected by 12 different publishers before it was finally accepted by one? I am so glad she didn't give up. My grandchildren are so glad she didn't give up. As soon as they were old enough to appreciate Harry, we blew through all seven of the books in one semester. What fun it was to enjoy them all over again with the kids! (I had already read them all the minute they came out.) How sad it would be if J.K. Rowling had become discour

I love Wealthy Affiliate. I love what I've learned here so far. I now have my own website, and I have to pinch myself every day to believe it. But it's work. It's hard work to write quality content and to do it on a regular basis. It's especially hard if you're not an expert in your niche when you start. You have to do research! But slowly, slowly, I have been putting it together. One of my biggest issues is images - finding good ones, and once I find them, successfully transferring them to my

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon has applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for permission to begin testing drones on its corporate property. The drones would eventually be used to deliver small packages of approximately 5 pounds each, to Amazon's customers worldwide. The company expects that each delivery would take approximately 30 minutes. Amazon is hoping to have the program in operation within one year. The FAA has

I have had a rough couple of weeks trying to get my "beautiful content" post published (Course 2, Lesson 6). I finally did it, but I am really technically challenged, apparently, so I just had to be patient and keep working until I figured out a solution to my problem. My niche is amazing art creations, and my problem was I couldn't figure out a way to post the images I wanted on my website. I wrote a post about a famous artist, and I wanted to use a photo of the artist and one of his painting

Someone decided to celebrate Independence Day by flying a drone with a camera attached into a fireworks display. If you would like to see how the fireworks looks from inside the display, click here and enjoy: http://time.com/2957348/fireworks-drone/