Call for guest posts

I’m gearing up for another series—this time on writing resources. One thing I totally forgot to do was ask for guest posts in my last series, so this time I don’t want to repeat that mistake. Today I’m asking for guest bloggers to help with my next series (because we’re all tired of listening to just me, right 😉 ?).

Here’s a bit more on what I’m looking for:

  • For this series, posts on:
    • Writing craft books that really helped you
    • Writing classes or teachers that made a big difference
    • Workshops or conferences that made an impact
    • Writing friends or critique groups that affected your writing (for the positive!)
    • Posts that focus on both the experience of reading/participating as well as the actual lessons learned.
  • Posts between 300 and 800 words in length (though I’m flexible on the long end).
  • A short bio (up to three sentences) of the author (ie you) with up to three links. (Links are allowed in the post itself, too, but if I get too much of a sense of self-promotion I may edit them.)

If you’re up to the challenge, send the post in the body of an email (if you can code in HTML, I’ll love you forever; if not, just include the URL of the links) to contact at jordanmccollum.com . I’ll probably only have room for the first three posts, and I’d need them by Friday, March 19. If that’s too little notice, don’t worry, I’ll have another call for guest bloggers at the end of May (if not before).

But for future reference, if ever you’d like to do a guest post here, go for it! I may not always post them—but don’t worry, I don’t do the whole no-response-means-no thing, so you’ll be free to use a post somewhere else. If you’re not familiar with guest blogging, check out my article on maximizing your guest blogging, as well as this more recent post on guest blogging from Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.

Questions, comments and suggestions for future series welcome!

Photo by Andrea

6 thoughts on “Call for guest posts”

  1. I should do a guest post on something, but this topic isn’t my forte.
    Maybe I’ll send you a season preview of the Mariners 🙂

  2. I’d love to. I’m doing the exercises from Donald Maass’ workbook, Writing the Breakout Novel, and I’m getting excellent reviews and comments. I’d love to share them on your site, Jordan

  3. @Andrew—Okay, we can save you for another time 😉 .

    @Joylene—I’d love to have that! I have his book but not the workbook—but we do want to be careful not to infringe on copyright, too. Check out the workbook on Google books, and I think you’ll be safe posting anything that’s already listed there.

  4. Hey Jordan,

    I can write a guest post for you about conferences. I’ve attended the SCBWI summer conference as well as a bunch of smaller ones and can talk about how the impacted my writing and how to get the most out of conferences.

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