Pay It Forward Contest Week 2: @jocrazy @titajuls @sir.skillful1

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I was nominated by Hive account@wilfredn for the Pay It Forward contest hosted by Hive account@thedarkhorse. It took me some time to work on this and I no longer qualify for the Week 1 Contest. There were some changes in the rules and for the details should you wish to join, check out this post – Pay It Forward Curation Contest - Week 2 - Win SBI & Steem-Bounty.

I love the idea of this contest because we are encouraged to feature smaller members so that they gain more exposure. I do something similar in my Minnow Fridays post but I have missed some weeks due to lack of time. Entering this contest just put me back on track again.

3 New and Promising Authors

I have chosen to take part in the first group and select 3 promising authors who have just joined recently. I have also chosen those with reputation scores under 40 but note that this is not part of the contest rules.

Hive account@jocrazy

He is one of the few Steemians who have met me in person. Why? Because I invited him! He travels the world on a budget and on some days even free of charge. I know that he can contribute great content in Steemit and convinced him to join. He is currently on some parts of Southeast Asia (not sure if I’m allowed to say where!) and I know that he has amazing travel stories and budget tips to share. Plus he takes amazing photos.

His most recent post is a DLive set in Vietnam for Market Fridays.

Vietnamese Fruit and it's Hidden Hitchhiking Hazard

Hive account@titajuls

Tita Juls is also a new user and what really caught my attention is her writing style. She writes in the 3rd person and narrates her story as if it was from a book. She is also hilarious. For the non-Pinoy readers, Tita is the Tagalog word for aunt. But she is no aunt and she is still young. Recently, young adult Pinoys have been going through adulting challenges and they have called themselves Titos and Titas during this stage. You can see some of her adulting dillemmas in her Tita development years.

Her most recent post is about her weekend, but what’s interesting is how she has creatively narrated it.

Tita Juls takes a walk in the park

Hive account@sir.skillful1

One of the rules of the contest is to find a new author that I haven’t followed yet. I browsed through the #newbieresteemday tag as I am looking for a newbie and Hive account@sir.skillful1's post caught my attention. His headline was catchy, as well as the thumbnail which was a cute cat. And I later found that the post is a well-written philosophical topic about encouraging to “bell our world”. I have also checked through his feed and he has also written stories and poetry that deserves more attention.

Take a look at his deep thoughts in this post:

TALE BY SIR.SKILLFUL1 ( Who will bell our cat?)

I hope you can take time to support and encourage them here in Steemit. Thank you!