October 2013 Writing Achievements

 My Skin, Health & Beauty column is the #1 Examiner column in Spa & Beauty nationally as well as the #1 column in skin care nationally. My second skin care column is #2 nationally. My Rodan + Fields column was #3 nationally, but I had to stop writing it due to changes in Rodan + Fields policy. I have pretty much claimed these spots all year, thanks to my readers.

On Yahoo I just hit a million and a half readers yesterday. It may be higher because Yahoo sent out notice the counts were low for September and were being retabulated. Thanks again, readers!

Top 1000 on Yahoo for 2013

I received another small writing accolade today, ranked among the Top 1000 out of over 600,000 Yahoo Network writers. 

I achieved Hot 500 almost every month (and Hot 100 once), but there is no Top 500 annual award. This is my fourth year to achieve the Top 1000 list out of 4 years writing for Yahoo. 

You can find me on Yahoo here: http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/331254/kathryn_darden.html

Multiple Top 5 Rankings on Examiner

As of today my Nashville Skin, Health & Beauty Column on Examiner.com is #3 nationally out of 266 Spa & Beauty Examiners, #1 on the list of Top Skin Care Examiners and #4 out of the local Nashville Examiners from all topics. My Skin Care, Rodan + Fields and Gospel Music Columns are all ranking in the Top 5 chart as well, thanks to my readers. Find me on Examiner at: http://www.examiner.com/user-info-21-67

Top 10% on LinkedIn

On February 11, 2013, I received a notification from LinkedIn that my profile was in the top 10% of the most viewed profiles on LinkedIn for the 2012 calendar year.

Mayor Karl Dean's Walk 100 Mile Challenge finale at Centennial Park - Nashville Skin, Health & Beauty Examiner

Mayor Karl Dean's Walk 100 Mile Challenge finale at Centennial Park

I walked with Mayor Karl Dean at the 100 Mile Walk Finale for 2012. Almost 100 people walked 100 miles or more from the beginning of October through the end of 2012. I logged 164.8 miles and won a t-shirt!

Read more: Mayor Karl Dean's Walk 100 Mile Challenge finale at Centennial Park - Nashville Skin, Health & Beauty Examiner

Silver Leaves issue #4 | White Tree Fund Features Three Poems by Kathryn Darden

Silver Leaves issue #4 | White Tree Fund

I was honored to be included among such illustrious writers and illustrators. I have had poetry, articles and reviews featured in all four editions of "Silver Leaves."

Contents

• Colin Duriez: A Tribute to J.R.R. Tolkien
• Peter Kenny: Dragons of Myth and Legend
• Dragons in Middle-earth: A Timeline
• P.R. Miller: The Quandry of Dragons
• Alison Baird: The Un-Dragoning of Eustace Scrub
• Elijah David: Elmarch of Lindon, the Author’s Story
• Constance G.J. Wagner: Smaug’s Riddle
• Julie Dobbins: Goblins in Our Midst: The Fight Against Human Trafficking
• Kerri-Anne Cundill-Hinds: The Land of Doom
• Anne Marie Gazzolo: The Measure of Love
• Kathryn Darden: A Friend Like Sam To Be
• Christopher Russo: Tuesday
• Constance G.J. Wagner: Dragon is Aloft
• Maureen Mann: Tolkien Reading Day 2011
• Jonathon D. Svendsen: Dragons: The Ultimate Adversary
• Bernadette Barnes: The Eye of the Dragon
• L. Lara Sookoo: Interview with Dr. Dimitra Fimi
• L. Lara Sookoo: Interview with The Tolkien Professor
• Peter S. Beagle: Dragonsong
• Bennett Dobbins: How to Train Your Dragon: A Step-by-Step Instruction Manual. . .
• Richard Bulze: The Black Dragon Cup Finals Are Set!
• Jef Murray: The Unmarked Byway
• Kathryn Darden: Dragon Acrostic
• Alexa Chipman: The Fiery Awakening
• Mark Ostley: The Invention of Middle-earth
• L. Lara Sookoo: The Dragon
• Alexandra-Felicity King: Interview with Arjan Kiel
• Michael Noer: How Much is a Dragon Worth?
• Kathryn Darden: The Snow Sprite
• Scott Holbrook-Foust: Two Trees Twining: Rays of Light in the Northern Night
• Missy M. McClure: Of Winds and Wings
• Constance G.J. Wagner: Sacramentum Midgard: Frodo as Sacrament to Middle-earth
• Anne Marie Gazzolo: Heart of Darkness
• Jef Murray: The Picture Book
• L. Lara Sookoo: Never Laugh at Live Dragons
• Letter to the Editors of the Silver Leaves Journal
• Constance G.J. Wagner: Echoing the Ainur’s Song: Doug Adams’ The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films
• Bennett Dobbins: The Lord of the Rings: An Overview of the Soundtracks
• Steven R. Dajic:Role-Playing and the World of Tolkien
• Alexa Chipman: Beowulf and the Dragon (Review)
• Julie Dobbins: Middle-earth: Visions of a Modern Myth (Review)

 

Artwork

• Kerem Beyit: Steampunk Dragon (front cover)
• Ted Nasmith: The Crystal Dragon (inside front cover & pull-out)
• Collen Doran: Hobbit Feet
• Ted Nasmith: Tolkien Portrait in Pencil
• Ben Phillips: Lila
• Tim Kirk: Dragon
• Leilani Amorey: Bilbo and Smaug
• Cassandra Stevens: Brave Thing
• Valentina Levshina: Glaurung & Nienor
• Jef Murray: Smaug
• Jef Murray: Awaiting the Burglar
• Jef Murray: Turin and Glaurung
• Jef Murray:Corner Dragon
• Jef Murray: Cerulean Dragon
• Jef Murray: Glaurung
• Jef Murray: Treebeard
• Alexandra-Felicity King: Wellinghall Smial photo
• Ted Nasmith: Smaug and the Lonely Mountain
• Ted Nasmith: Smaug Attacks the Town of Dale
• Jef Murray: Blue Dragon
• Chris Mills: Dragon’s Dawn
• Kerem Beyit: First Lesson
• Connor Cochran: Gathering Swords
• Tim Kirk: Gandalf’s Fireworks
• Annette Jones: Black Dragon Drawings
• Steven Thomas: Moria Balrogs
• Steven Thomas: Isengard Uruk-hai
• Steven Thomas: Grond
• Steven Thomas: Angmar Ringwraiths
• Alberto Ramirez: Smaug Invades the Lonely Mountain
• Jef Murray: Dragonflight
• Tim Kirk: The Game
• Donato Giancola: The Great Dragon Smaug
• Else Tennesse: Middle-earth Postage Stamps
• Chris Mills: Turin & the Fall of Nargothrond
• Alberto Ramirez: Treebeard
• Anna Repp: Smaug
• Jef Murray: Lucy and the Spellbook
• Jef Murray: Boy and Book
• Leilani Amorey: Dragons
• Jef Murray: Writing Dragon
• Jef Murray: Reading Dragon
• Tim Kirk: Sea Dragon
• Donato Giancola: Éowyn and the Nazgûl
• Leilani Amorey: Death of Smaug
• Dave DelaGardelle: Smaug

 Find out more at: Silver Leaves issue #4 | White Tree Fund

Hot 100 on Yahoo!

I have reached another milestone in my writing for Yahoo! I been in the to 500 writers almost every month the past couple of years, and I recently reached 1,000,000 page views on Yahoo! Now I am pleased to report that in September, I was named one of the Top 100 writers out of hundreds of thousands of Yahoo! contributors in August. 

I knew August was an exceptionally good month and am happy to have finally broken into Yahoo's HOT 100. Now the pressure is on to do it again!

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