Want to write for USMB?....come on in.

[Procrustes Stretched]

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Ladies and gents sometime in the next two weeks we will be installing word press on the front end for those that are interested in writing/publishing their own articles. We are not necessarily looking for professional writers as much as we are looking for writers that can write an op ed devoid of inflammatory and/or insulting language. Pick your favorite online rag and check out their op ed's and you get a taste for what we are looking for.

To keep things balanced we will be looking for 3 or 6 writers in total. One or two from each party (Republican, Democrat and Libertarian/Independent). Yes Libertarian and Independent are two different parties but in the spirit of this endeavor we will apply the KISS principle.

So how will this work? If we end up six (6) solid writers--two from each category--we'll go forward with the six writers. If we can't fill out the entire field of six writers across the board evenly we'll have to cut down to 3 writers until we have the rest of the field filled out.

To apply:

• Contact cereal_killer via private message/conversation titled "USMB Writer" and let me know your interested in applying.
• You will receive email address's to submit a sample of your work and further instructions.
• Sample can consist of anything that is currently going on in the world today (past or present). Politics, climate change, mass shootings, constitution, election process -- you name it, anything goes. If your passionate about it, write about it.
• Sample should be 500 words or less.
• No inflammatory and/or insulting language
• Submit your piece on the forums (OPTIONAL)

To keep things balanced writers will be limited to a MAXIMUM of two (2) articles a day and there will be no minimum requirement.

Good luck writers!

payment? recompense? (yes, Dante knows what recompense means)

shillings....lots of shillings

I've shilled for a few people before

 

[hjmick]

Op-eds are written by people doing original and indepedent research.

really? hmm...

Yeah, he's not as bright as he thinks he is...

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

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Ladies and gents sometime in the next two weeks we will be installing word press on the front end for those that are interested in writing/publishing their own articles. We are not necessarily looking for professional writers as much as we are looking for writers that can write an op ed devoid of inflammatory and/or insulting language. Pick your favorite online rag and check out their op ed's and you get a taste for what we are looking for.

To keep things balanced we will be looking for 3 or 6 writers in total. One or two from each party (Republican, Democrat and Libertarian/Independent). Yes Libertarian and Independent are two different parties but in the spirit of this endeavor we will apply the KISS principle.

So how will this work? If we end up six (6) solid writers--two from each category--we'll go forward with the six writers. If we can't fill out the entire field of six writers across the board evenly we'll have to cut down to 3 writers until we have the rest of the field filled out.

To apply:

• Contact cereal_killer via private message/conversation titled "USMB Writer" and let me know your interested in applying.
• You will receive email address's to submit a sample of your work and further instructions.
• Sample can consist of anything that is currently going on in the world today (past or present). Politics, climate change, mass shootings, constitution, election process -- you name it, anything goes. If your passionate about it, write about it.
• Sample should be 500 words or less.
• No inflammatory and/or insulting language
• Submit your piece on the forums (OPTIONAL)

To keep things balanced writers will be limited to a MAXIMUM of two (2) articles a day and there will be no minimum requirement.

Good luck writers!

Should be between 500 and 750 words as a standard. The shorter the better may be a maxim, but a 750 word limit is a more reasonable limit

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Op-eds are written by people doing original and indepedent research.

really? hmm...

Yeah, he's not as bright as he thinks he is...

He claims experience...

 

[hjmick]

Op-eds are written by people doing original and indepedent research.

really? hmm...

Yeah, he's not as bright as he thinks he is...

He claims experience...

I've read some of his posts, I won't even speculate about the experience he claims... <shudders>

 

[DarkFury]

Perhaps posters could just submit op eds and staff can decide which are of merit on a given day? That way writing multiple pieces everyday would not be needed and you get a broader writer base?

Yeah I can see that going really well. "Well its quite evident the staff at USMB is run by morons! How can they choose this story as having any merit!!? USMB is run by_insert party here_morons!!!"



Not to mention who would want to waste their time writing something that they don't know if it will see the light of day or not.

We're giving the authors complete control of their content and when/if/how it will get published.

I have a series I write in eastern Europe but it's NOT politics or religion. Why are you limiting content to those areas?

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Perhaps posters could just submit op eds and staff can decide which are of merit on a given day? That way writing multiple pieces everyday would not be needed and you get a broader writer base?

Yeah I can see that going really well. "Well its quite evident the staff at USMB is run by morons! How can they choose this story as having any merit!!? USMB is run by_insert party here_morons!!!"



Not to mention who would want to waste their time writing something that they don't know if it will see the light of day or not.

We're giving the authors complete control of their content and when/if/how it will get published.

I have a series I write in eastern Europe but it's NOT politics or religion. Why are you limiting content to those areas?

Does it involve genocide and leibestraum?

 

[DarkFury]

Nope, not giving up what but it played really well in Russia/Serbia and the Ukraine. That is where I did all my NON political NON religious writing.

Sweden and Finland as well. I use forty gigs a month just writing.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

To keep things balanced we will be looking for 3 or 6 writers in total. One or two from each party (Republican, Democrat and Libertarian/Independent). Yes Libertarian and Independent are two different parties but in the spirit of this endeavor we will apply the KISS principle.

So political parties, not ideologies like Liberal, Conservative, Libertarian? Methinks you guys erred big time

 

[cereal_killer]

Perhaps posters could just submit op eds and staff can decide which are of merit on a given day? That way writing multiple pieces everyday would not be needed and you get a broader writer base?

Yeah I can see that going really well. "Well its quite evident the staff at USMB is run by morons! How can they choose this story as having any merit!!? USMB is run by_insert party here_morons!!!"



Not to mention who would want to waste their time writing something that they don't know if it will see the light of day or not.

We're giving the authors complete control of their content and when/if/how it will get published.

I have a series I write in eastern Europe but it's NOT politics or religion. Why are you limiting content to those areas?

What do you write about? I'm open to other ideas if it makes sense.

To keep things balanced we will be looking for 3 or 6 writers in total. One or two from each party (Republican, Democrat and Libertarian/Independent). Yes Libertarian and Independent are two different parties but in the spirit of this endeavor we will apply the KISS principle.

So political parties, not ideologies like Liberal, Conservative, Libertarian? Methinks you guys erred big time

ideologies will work just the same.

 

[DarkFury]

Perhaps posters could just submit op eds and staff can decide which are of merit on a given day? That way writing multiple pieces everyday would not be needed and you get a broader writer base?

Yeah I can see that going really well. "Well its quite evident the staff at USMB is run by morons! How can they choose this story as having any merit!!? USMB is run by_insert party here_morons!!!"



Not to mention who would want to waste their time writing something that they don't know if it will see the light of day or not.

We're giving the authors complete control of their content and when/if/how it will get published.

I have a series I write in eastern Europe but it's NOT politics or religion. Why are you limiting content to those areas?

What do you write about? I'm open to other ideas if it makes sense.

To keep things balanced we will be looking for 3 or 6 writers in total. One or two from each party (Republican, Democrat and Libertarian/Independent). Yes Libertarian and Independent are two different parties but in the spirit of this endeavor we will apply the KISS principle.

So political parties, not ideologies like Liberal, Conservative, Libertarian? Methinks you guys erred big time

ideologies will work just the same.

I have a story board worked up for a series like
The Hitman's Journals". And one set in a mental hospital.

 

[saveliberty]

Do all the patients post on a message board?

 

[Disir]

It sounds pretty interesting. I am in the middle of the beginning of a plot to relocate and once that is achieved and I have more time I might like to try-or not. I may find that I still don't have a lot of time.

 

[flacaltenn]

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Ladies and gents sometime in the next two weeks we will be installing word press on the front end for those that are interested in writing/publishing their own articles. We are not necessarily looking for professional writers as much as we are looking for writers that can write an op ed devoid of inflammatory and/or insulting language. Pick your favorite online rag and check out their op ed's and you get a taste for what we are looking for.

To keep things balanced we will be looking for 3 or 6 writers in total. One or two from each party (Republican, Democrat and Libertarian/Independent). Yes Libertarian and Independent are two different parties but in the spirit of this endeavor we will apply the KISS principle.

So how will this work? If we end up six (6) solid writers--two from each category--we'll go forward with the six writers. If we can't fill out the entire field of six writers across the board evenly we'll have to cut down to 3 writers until we have the rest of the field filled out.

To apply:

• Contact cereal_killer via private message/conversation titled "USMB Writer" and let me know your interested in applying.
• You will receive email address's to submit a sample of your work and further instructions.
• Sample can consist of anything that is currently going on in the world today (past or present). Politics, climate change, mass shootings, constitution, election process -- you name it, anything goes. If your passionate about it, write about it.
• Sample should be 500 words or less.
• No inflammatory and/or insulting language
• Submit your piece on the forums (OPTIONAL)

To keep things balanced writers will be limited to a MAXIMUM of two (2) articles a day and there will be no minimum requirement.

Good luck writers!

Interesting.. What's the exposure? Are you gonna add a USMB blog or something like that?
I'm sure I could inform and entertain you once in awhile. But the carrot would be getting the promotion of readership for the work that will be done..

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Do all the patients post on a message board?

one just flew over the usmb

 

[cereal_killer]

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Ladies and gents sometime in the next two weeks we will be installing word press on the front end for those that are interested in writing/publishing their own articles. We are not necessarily looking for professional writers as much as we are looking for writers that can write an op ed devoid of inflammatory and/or insulting language. Pick your favorite online rag and check out their op ed's and you get a taste for what we are looking for.

To keep things balanced we will be looking for 3 or 6 writers in total. One or two from each party (Republican, Democrat and Libertarian/Independent). Yes Libertarian and Independent are two different parties but in the spirit of this endeavor we will apply the KISS principle.

So how will this work? If we end up six (6) solid writers--two from each category--we'll go forward with the six writers. If we can't fill out the entire field of six writers across the board evenly we'll have to cut down to 3 writers until we have the rest of the field filled out.

To apply:

• Contact cereal_killer via private message/conversation titled "USMB Writer" and let me know your interested in applying.
• You will receive email address's to submit a sample of your work and further instructions.
• Sample can consist of anything that is currently going on in the world today (past or present). Politics, climate change, mass shootings, constitution, election process -- you name it, anything goes. If your passionate about it, write about it.
• Sample should be 500 words or less.
• No inflammatory and/or insulting language
• Submit your piece on the forums (OPTIONAL)

To keep things balanced writers will be limited to a MAXIMUM of two (2) articles a day and there will be no minimum requirement.

Good luck writers!

Interesting.. What's the exposure? Are you gonna add a USMB blog or something like that?
I'm sure I could inform and entertain you once in awhile. But the carrot would be getting the promotion of readership for the work that will be done..

Exposure is a measly 1.564M page views a month We'll be adding Word Press or another add-on to the front end of USMB. It will look really nice and professional. Not your standard looking thread like you see here.

 

[flacaltenn]

View attachment 51705​

Ladies and gents sometime in the next two weeks we will be installing word press on the front end for those that are interested in writing/publishing their own articles. We are not necessarily looking for professional writers as much as we are looking for writers that can write an op ed devoid of inflammatory and/or insulting language. Pick your favorite online rag and check out their op ed's and you get a taste for what we are looking for.

To keep things balanced we will be looking for 3 or 6 writers in total. One or two from each party (Republican, Democrat and Libertarian/Independent). Yes Libertarian and Independent are two different parties but in the spirit of this endeavor we will apply the KISS principle.

So how will this work? If we end up six (6) solid writers--two from each category--we'll go forward with the six writers. If we can't fill out the entire field of six writers across the board evenly we'll have to cut down to 3 writers until we have the rest of the field filled out.

To apply:

• Contact cereal_killer via private message/conversation titled "USMB Writer" and let me know your interested in applying.
• You will receive email address's to submit a sample of your work and further instructions.
• Sample can consist of anything that is currently going on in the world today (past or present). Politics, climate change, mass shootings, constitution, election process -- you name it, anything goes. If your passionate about it, write about it.
• Sample should be 500 words or less.
• No inflammatory and/or insulting language
• Submit your piece on the forums (OPTIONAL)

To keep things balanced writers will be limited to a MAXIMUM of two (2) articles a day and there will be no minimum requirement.

Good luck writers!

Interesting.. What's the exposure? Are you gonna add a USMB blog or something like that?
I'm sure I could inform and entertain you once in awhile. But the carrot would be getting the promotion of readership for the work that will be done..

Exposure is a measly 1.564M page views a month We'll be adding Word Press or another add-on to the front end of USMB. It will look really nice and professional. Not your standard looking thread like you see here.

Is that 1.564M page views BEFORE I toss in the gratuitous Taylor Swift references??

 

[longknife]

I find myself interested but am wondering what would make it worth my time to do this.

I spend from 4am to about 8am just going through sites reporting news, dealing with religion, and discussing writing and publishing. I spend another 4 hours conducting research, as well as revising and writing an epic historical fiction novel.

500 to 750 words is like nothing. But, to do it right takes TIME. What would make doing this worth my time?

 

[Delta4Embassy]

I find myself interested but am wondering what would make it worth my time to do this.

I spend from 4am to about 8am just going through sites reporting news, dealing with religion, and discussing writing and publishing. I spend another 4 hours conducting research, as well as revising and writing an epic historical fiction novel.

500 to 750 words is like nothing. But, to do it right takes TIME. What would make doing this worth my time?

Think you'd be good for it. Don't think I've ever agreed with what you write about, but don't deny you can write.

 

[saveliberty]

I already write for USMB...