Regarding the Recent Changes to Helium.com

Helium.com has revamped their site and added a slew of "microsites". I'm not yet sure how I feel about the changes, afterall, I just found out. And, from what I can tell the changes started in October/November of 2013. So, right off the bat, I'll say that the failure to notify charter members of Helium.com via email is a big let down. On another note...the original site required all writers to insert keywords from which the original URLs were derived...somehow in the transition the keywords from the URLs have become the new "titles" of each work. This is a major title fail, IMHO. We'll have to wait and see what solution they come up with, if any. That said, please pardon me if you read a title that makes zero sense.

Below you'll find the "new" links to the works I've published through Helium.com since 2007.

BTW: Helium is now calling the various websites they've started "microsites"...can you say "misnomer"?

Helium Biography page: Monique Finley

https://app.heliumnetwork.com/heliumnetwork/viewPublicUserBio.sc?userNumber=345394

On the Helium Network "microsites":

www.worldissues360.com

http://www.worldissues360.com/index.php/should-there-be-a-time-limit-on-collecting-reparations-yes-3-62923/

www.livingspace360.com

http://www.livingspace360.com/index.php/the-pros-and-cons-of-homesteading-11620/

www.careerpath360.com

http://www.careerpath360.com/index.php/should-service-industry-employees-earning-tips-receive-the-us-federal-minimum-yes-8-21994/

www.humanities360.com

http://www.humanities360.com/index.php/ask-me-no-more-by-alfred-lord-tennyson-7149/

http://www.humanities360.com/index.php/all-things-will-die-by-alfred-lord-tennyson-7148/

http://www.humanities360.com/index.php/how-did-hitler-come-to-power-52916/

www.beyondprose.com

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/alien-encounters-92178/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/poetry-good-and-evil-2-95061/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/still-awake-40532/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/in-dreams-3-40476/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/up-and-down-space-taxes-94817/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/inspired-by-galveston-48000/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/shout-and-whisper-loudest-94907/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/on-and-off-relationships-94896/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/inspired-by-hollywood-48022/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/inspired-by-san-diego-48035/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/secrets-of-night-46808/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/inspired-by-key-west-47998/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/sodium-drops-94867/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/flash-fiction-medieval-adventure-92369/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/sleep-walking-dan-40177/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/poetry-empty-and-full-wine-and-desserts-fate-of-the-nation-poor-95433/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/maestro-danny-94883/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/flash-fiction-a-near-miss-11-92094/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/poetry-happy-and-sad-roller-coaster-spectral-reincarnation-94974/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/she-vists-every-night-40106/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/promise-of-dawn-2-47155/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/poetry-old-and-new-tv-new-age-television-ads-95416/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/the-chill-of-the-night-2-46915/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/silent-dusk-4-46865/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/poetry-heavy-and-light-cloak-hereafter-funeral-95500/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/poetry-clean-and-dirty-rodin-cyclopes-tabula-rasa-95479/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/walk-and-run-marxist-wisdom-94833/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/poetry-dark-moments-26-89873/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/poetry-my-best-self-8-89757/

http://www.beyondprose.com/index.php/george-woke-up-40212/

Happy New Year's Eve 2013

Hey All!

I've been radio silent for a little while now. Had a lot going on over the past few months and no regular internet access to tell you about it. No worries: I'm still kicking ass and taking names! You know, 'cause that's how I roll.

We've all experienced good and bad and everything between this year...here's a thought and a poem for all of us.

An Old Year Thought:

To those of you still recovering from the hardships - no worries - you got this!
To those of you still basking in the glories of happiness - no worries - enjoy this!
To those of you, discombobulated few, rolling in the everything between - no worries - auto-pilot this!

A New Year Poem:

Enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the rain.
Good is good,
'cause you've experienced the pain.

One day, oh, one grand day,
the sun will shine just right
for the world to glow - alight
we'll laugh, play, as we say:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Then, we'll duck, fingers stuck
in our ears as the thunder claps
of fireworks that send sparks
showering the land of muck.

A Letter From the Heart Contest

Hey All!

I just found out that I'm one of four winners for this year's A Letter From the Heart Contest. Below you'll find the links to the contest's About Us page and 2013 Winners page.

http://aletterfromtheheartcontest.com/about
http://aletterfromtheheartcontest.com/2012-06-27-19-17-46

Hit up the About Us page to learn more about the contest or go directly to the Winners' page to read the top four entries.

Deuces!
Monique