The Road To Publishing Success Is Paved With HubNuggets

Here we go again, folks! I have the next ten contenders in the weekly HubNugget extravaganza. But before we get into the festivities, I thought we should take a quick look at what it means to be a HubNugget Wannabe. For all of you new hubbers and hubbers yet to be, your publishing success could start right here and now.

Getting published is no big trick, these days. There are a lot of websites out there where you can write your own story or article, hit the publish button and presto! Of course, Hubpages is the best and easiest to use, among them; and quality hubs seem to have a way of getting noticed by Google.

The big G might take some time in finding you, though. In the meantime, you would really like to get noticed. Enter: (fanfare) The HubNugget Team. Every week, we pore over 2000 or more hubs published by new hubbers. If we picked yours, that means we thought it was one of the best. You just got noticed!

But wait, there's more. When we find your masterpiece, we'll publish a link to it in the Official HubNugget hub (just like the one you're reading now), which has the potential to be read by thousands of other hubbers, as well as any non-hubbers who pop in looking for something to read. Did I mention the poll? Everyone who drops by is encouraged to vote for their favorite hub. When the voting is done and the smoke settles, links to the top 5 hubs are published in the weekly newsletter which goes out to tens of thousand of people. If you're one of the lucky 5, you just got noticed in a BIG way!

Where you take it from there is entirely up to you, but the HubNugget team is here to help you get the ball rolling. Now before you race off to join hubpages and publish that award winning piece of literature, why not scroll on down the page, meet the team, read a few hubs and vote?

Ryan (Hup) Hupfer is Hubpages "Communicator of Awesomeness", and the go-to guy for the the entire HubNugget team. As the only Hubpages staffer on the team, he makes sure the weekly voting goes smoothly, and publishes the all important newsletter. If you Google "Awesome", this guy will probably be one of the top results!

Shirley Anderson is definitely our MVP. She is a seasoned pro, and is often seen giving valuable advice to new hubbers and aspiring freelancers. If she has something to say, you had better listen!

ProCW is our resident mad scientist, play write, poet, he does it all. He also tirelessly mines for HubNugget gold, and creates our graphics! With all of those responsibilities, he still finds time to write HubNugget hubs. If you haven't met this guy, you really should swing by his profile and say hi. Tell him B.T. sent you!

 Patty Inglish is a martial arts grandmaster, an extraordinary Nuggetologist, and capable of writing more hubs before noon, than many of us will write in a month. I used to suspect that she had worked out a way to write hubs in her sleep. I have since come to believe that she just doesn't sleep. All she needs is a computer, and a steady supply of nuggets to keep her going.

Ripplemaker is the fabulous HubNugget cheerleader. Each week, Ripplemaker pops into the wannabes' hubs to surprise them with the news of their nomination, and offer encouragement. She's also been seen driving her Hubmobile around the HubNugget forum thread, and cheering every one on. Rah!

B.T. Evilpants (That's me!) is the most wretched, evil jackalope around. Bent on controlling the universe and manipulating the laws of physics, I also sniff out the tastiest HubNuggets and present them for your voting pleasure.

Now, on to this week's wannabes. They're in the next section. See 'em down there? They're waiting patiently to be read. Click the links, and read til your heart's content. Just make sure you come straight back here and vote!