Happy Friday everyone!

Welcome to another weekly round-up post from our growing community of bloggers, writers, vloggers, podcasters, and other fellow content creators. In short, each and every week we hand-pick five top posts from a pool of the highest voted user-submitted/created posts in the community and include them in this weekly round-up blog post, along with the newsletter for all of our e-mail subscribers. As per our submission rules, posts shared can not be older than 30 days, meaning that all of these are fresh and recent!

Here are this week’s (Jan 12 – Jan 18, 2019) most valuable posts from the /t/BES content creators community:

1. Blogger’s Daughter Begged Her To Stop Writing About Her, She Refused
A popular mommy blogger is receiving criticism online for saying that she is refusing to honor her 9-year-old daughter’s wish to no longer be written about on the internet.

2. 5 Amazing Things I Learned From Reading “The Artist’s Journey”
I really recommend reading The Artist’s Journey. It will help you understand why you are a creative person and why it is worth summoning up the courage to meet this challenge.

3. The 7 Deadly Sins of Writing
Writing is hard. Writing well is even harder. Even if we leave aside the delicate matters of inspiration and creativity, there are many pitfalls on the path to a great piece of content.

4. What Are Social Media Companies Doing About Suicidal Posts?
Studies have linked social media to worsening mental health among young people, and it has even been blamed for an increasing rate of teen suicide in the United States.

5. Does It Pay to Be a Writer (in 2019)?
Writing for magazines and newspapers used to be a solid source of additional income for professional writers. But the decline in freelance journalism amounts to less opportunity for authors.

That’s all folks! You can view all the rest of the community’s top submissions (13 more) here.

Tune in next Friday for another great weekend reading list that will make you a better and more informed blogger, writer, and/or content creator! If you have anything awesome to submit that others might enjoy, feel free to do so!

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