I moved this over here because it didn't have much to do with the Republican forum, but I thought it was a neat ubject to talk about.
It kind of hit me that we never really talk about what BellaOnline.com IS. And some people that frequent the forums might not make it over to our web-magazine side of things, which is where an editor's 1st priorities lie.
The website BellaOnline was originally started in 1999, but went bankrupt and had to shut down in 2001. Lisa Shea at that time was a hired writer for the site, not the owner.
But when the site went dead, Lisa got the rights to it, and built it back up from scratch. Instead of hiring writers, she brought on editors as volunteers. We get great training and experience here (as well as being part of a wonderful community). Many of our editors have goen on to be published authors - newspapers, magazines, even some novels. And some of the editors have been with Lisa since the very beginning.
Like Jase said, Lisa does a TON of community service projects and donates a tremendous amount to charity. Here is a list of
Charities Supported by BellaOnline.com If anyone is ever interested in becoming an editor for BellaOnline.com, then check out these two articles for how to apply, and to see what topics are open for applications.
Becoming an Editor for BellaOnline.com Available Topics at BellaOnline.com As to the name "BellaOnline.com"- "bella" means beautiful [woman implied] in Italian. I am assuming that is where the original name came from.