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EXCITING NEWS!!! The first reviews and write ups on The Lipstick City Guide to New York are out! See the following websites and publications for full details: Changing People, Diverse Traveller, Enterprising Women, The Visitor Magazine and The Conduit Magazine .  Thank you to each and every one for the positive feedback and for the great way you have showcased my book.  As a new author it is encouraging and heart warming to have such a wealth of support, and I am grateful. Thanks also go to Winstone's Book Shop in Sherborne, Dorset, the Bailey Hill Book Shop in Castle Cary , and to the author Joanne St. Clair (The Naked Raver and Statue in the Square), for her advice and encouragement. And finally a mention goes to Chrissy Henderson of Lash Is Ltd , for her inspirational speech at a recent Enterprising Women event in Bristol.

Did you know that New York holds free Jazz concerts and Film festivals each year, in various parks throughout the city? Do you know where to go for discount Theatre tickets?  Have you tried the Hop On Hop Off buses? Check out The Lipstick City Guide to New York, for this and so much more.......

Are you heading to New York with your loved one?  Looking for a little romance? Why not try the "Love Room" at the Library Hotel, a glass of champagne at the Bubble Lounge or a romantic dinner at a lovely little restaurant in Greenwich Village called One if by Land. For spectacular views of Brooklyn Bridge, try the River Cafe and don't forget a horse and carriage ride through Central Park. What ever you choose, the Big Apple is waiting, so enjoy...........

Making small digital news providers sustainable has become the holy grail of journalists and the search continues for workable business models and revenue streams. Advertising may produce some revenue, but it will never generate sufficient resources to support digital journalism because so little advertising money is available for sites with small audiences. About three-quarters of all online advertising goes to the top 10 sites and Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Yahoo account for about 60 percent of all online revenue. This leaves very little advertising expenditures to be contested among all other players--of which news providers are only a small fraction. At the same time, the prices paid for online advertising are falling because there are so many sites offering advertising, the advertising inventory is nearly infinite, and audiences continue fragmenting. This means the majority of funding for start-up digital journalism must come from elsewhere and online news sites—especially s...