Shine at Yahoo! and me

I'm excited to tell you I've been invited back as a Parenting Guru for Shine at Yahoo! What does that mean? It means I will get writing assignments related to parenting. I will write posts based on the assignment, and they will show up in the Parenting section of Shine.

I am very excited to keep doing this, and am committed to being a better Parenting Guru in 2012, which includes, among other things, highlighting the posts I write for Shine here. I think I have a bit of a unique perspective when it comes to parenting. I am one of the few, if not the only, single mom parenting gurus. I get some things right, and I get some things wrong, but if I can make someone smile, or share some insight that is helpful, or hell, even make someone feel like they aren't doing so badly compared to me? I will feel like I'm doing something worthwhile.

So what is Shine at Yahoo?  Well, it's the #1 Site for Women on the Web. And, Yahoo!'s premier lifestyle destination - with 30+ million unique views per month. Pretty cool. I love working with Shine. Everyone I have dealt with has been spectacular. Helpful, professional, fun, interesting. It's a pleasure to be associated with the site and the company.

Of course I am also in the middle of my assignment as a Get It Guide Guru for Shine. We have done four reviews: Celebrity Fragrances, Jeans, Holiday Toys, and One I Can't Tell You About Yet Because It's Not Live But I Think You Will Like It. That has been really fun. It has definitely required some time, and some work, but so far I have been able to fit that into evenings and weekends just fine, although I have had a few late nights finishing posts. That is a paying gig, so I feel a bit more of a responsibility to get the assignments done, and done right.

My relationship with Yahoo! is just, well, cool. I love it, and hope to be writing for them for a long time. And the plan this year is to write for the site more, which means writing with a little more discipline and a little more direction than I do here on my personal blog. In other words, not being quite so lazy about my writing. Although I do really enjoy the lazy writing I do here.

When you have a minute, go like Yahoo! Shine on Facebook, and follow @YahooShine on twitter. They post some interesting stuff, including the occasional thing written by yours truly.