Okay, I'm a third of the way through the 30 in 30 Challenge and today's email from Kyle said to write two articles related to something in the news. I wrote about the Fair Tax for the first one and found a great link to the FairTax.org website where a series of short videos explains it all in simple terms by a guy who is very well spoken on the subject. 

So then I was kinda at a loss to figure out a second newsworthy topic. And I've heard many times that we should try to be controversial. So I decided to write about something that bugs me...Glorifying Celebs who were obviously drug addicts and died from overdoses. Out of the 50 Street Articles I've written to date, this is the first one that might cause some controversy. I got 20 hits in the first hour. I'm a little excited about this and a little nervous. I'm not used to being controversial or adversarial. Don't get me wrong, I have my opinions. But, with the exception to sharing them with offline family and close friends, I just usually keep them to myself.

Kyle's email challenged me in a different way today and it's just the sort of push I need to grow as an online author. I've also been networking more as suggested in previous emails in this challenge. I already have plenty to do so usually neglect that aspect of building an online presence. But I'm finding that even if I only add one friend or buddy request, Pin, comment, like, tweet, or follow each day, it'll all add up.

Neither of these stories is related to any of my sites but that was ok for today's lesson.  I was learning something else.