Anyone can have an Internet Media Empire. Look at me, I have one. And if I have one, you can have one. You just have to want it.
Mine sprang from several things:
- I’m a writer and I’m endlessly writing.
- I have a lot of interests.
- One of my interests and passions is putting together websites.
Mix those three and what you get is what you see here. I created a website for everything I have a passionate interest in, and so when I suddenly feel inspiration to write about one of these interests, I have a place to publish it.
Each domain name costs less than $10 a year. The website hosting, through Host Gator, costs $9.95 a month and houses all the domains, all the websites, and gives me unlimited space and bandwidth. Google Adsense ads on some of the websites generates enough income that it covers the expenses and then some.
That’s all there is to it.
What are these website under GroovyMojo Media? Well, I’m glad you asked. Here’s a break down of the main sites:
JerryJDavis.com, formally JJDavis.net (both will work) is basically my marketing website. Marketing, well, me … or at least my writing, and also my photography. I have all sorts of short stories and flash fiction posted there. Free! And if you like it, please go buy my novel.
WriterCam.com is a webcam where you can occasionally watch me writing when I’m not feeling antisocial. This has been in continuous operation in various forms since 1997, and was once featured in a Sunday section of the Dallas Morning News. The only reason I set it up is because I’d read about JenniCam (anyone remember her and her website?) and I had a very early version of a webcam that I got as a beta tester for Intel.
MojoWriter.com is my blog about writing.
PhoBloggery.com is my photo blog.
GroovyMojo.com is about creativity, battling fear mongering, finance, health, humor, psychology, romance, technology, weird stuff, and yummy food. The site’s motto is: “Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself.”
GroovyBrew.com is about beer, coffee, and tea. The beer side ties into my novel Eleven Days on Earth, which deals in part with the search for the Holy Beer. The coffee part is, well, about what fuels my writing. Tea is for when I want to relax.
GroovyGizmo.com is about gadgets and gizmos, which I always find fascinating.
MojoLizard.com is about lizards and herpetology in general. I have always thought lizards are the coolest creatures. They’re the closest we have to dinosaurs and dragons – and I love dinosaurs and dragons, too.
QuantumKiss.com – Partnered with my friend Bill, this is one of the best places online to find romantic speculative fiction. It’s also one of the only places online to find romantic speculative fiction.
It Came From the Living Horror of Zombie Beach! (DotZom.com) – A podcast that, as yet, we haven’t really determined what it’s about, exactly.
