Awesome Pumpkin Carving Tips From Associated Content Contributors
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 Contributors from Associated Content have been hard at work sharing some of their best pumpkin carving tips for Halloween 2009. Learn how to make a carved  pumpkin last longer or create the spookiest jack-o-lantern ever. How about decorating it instead of carving it? Associated Content has everything you can think of when it comes to carving pumpkins for Halloween 2009.

How to Keep a Carved Pumpkin from Molding Before Halloween by Carly Hart
Now that you've put all that work into carving the perfect Jack o' Lantern, how do you keep your carved pumpkin from molding before Halloween? Here are a few tips and tricks to preserving a carved pumpkin.

Pumpkin Carving Patterns and Stencils: Top 13 Web Sites for Pumpkin Carving Stencils and Patterns by Darrin Atkins
If it's Halloween, it's time for pumpkin carving. Before you start carving that pumpkin, you need to find a good pattern or stencil first and then print it out and tape it to the pumpkin. These Web sites offer great pumpkin carving patterns.

Best AC Content: Halloween Pumpkin Carving Guides 2009 by Elle Bradcliff
Carving a Jack 'O Lantern is one of the central actives of Halloween and comparable to decorating your tree for Christmas. You can create amazing pumpkins with your family that will wow them and your neighbors. Happy carving!

Quick and Easy Ideas for Decorating Your Halloween Pumpkin by Karen Zakavec
Are you pressed for time? Do you want to avoid the mess that comes with carving a Halloween pumpkin? Here are a couple of suggestions on how to quickly decorate a pumpkin for Halloween with no messy cleanup!

How to Carve a Lighted Halloween Pumpkin Treat Holder by Jaipi Sixbear
Carve and preserve your Halloween pumpkin then surprise trick or treaters with this unique lighted Halloween treat holder.

For more spooky Halloween fun, check out Associated Content's Halloween Guide...but don't do it alone....
 
 
Attention AC writers who entered the recent flash fiction contest.

Carol Bengle Gilbert and I (Lyn Lomasi) are working on an exciting anthology. It's going to be a compilation of some of the best entries from the AC flash fiction contest.

We are accepting links to published entries from that contest. If you are logged in at AC, click here to go to the forum post and share your link.

Alternatively, you also may PM either of us on AC with your links.

Carol Bengle Gilbert on AC

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Hello everyone. I'm Jaipi Sixbear, or as some have called me Lyn's Mama, Momies Mama or the dreaded Granny Tulottes. (All offshoots of my daughters pen names) I'd like to thank my daughter for inviting me to be a part of this website. Looking forward to answering questions or writing articles on my pet subjects but equally happy to research and write on anything you like. Feel free to shoot me an email via the contact page or ask me a question via the ask Jaipi page. One of the reasons I became an online writer is to help others through life and whatever it brings. Ask me anything from 'how to keep a man' to 'how to repair a leak'. I may answer your question directly or by writing an article. Looking forward to many writing adventures and new friends!
 
 
Those of you who have been visiting this site know that I have been the sole writer, with help from other writers for big projects on occasion. I am excited to announce that my mother, whom some of you know as Jaipi Sixbear on Associated Content is now also going to play a major role here.

That's right! Now Article Writer for Hire has two main writers.Writing requests will be sent out to both writers, but if you'd like to request a specific one, feel free to specify that in your contact message. There also will be separate sections dedicated to 'Ask Lyn' and "Ask Jaipi' for those who'd like their questions answered in AC and/or Examiner articles by either author. 

In the coming days, Article Writer for Hire will undergo some changes, adding areas that highlight both of us - Lyn Lomasi and Jaipi Sixbear. All of the familiar things that you have come here for will still be here, but some may be slightly altered to fit the new model of having two writers.

As this blog post goes out, there aren't yet any changes. However, expect them to start appearing VERY soon!

Jaipi Sixbear also has an excellent track record of quality and consistency when it comes to producing content. Therefore, I am honored to make her a part of this website. Yes, she is my mother, but her quality writing is what led me to this choice.

~ Lyn Lomasi