Want to get involved in our collaborative blogging project? It’s very easy to get started!

1. First, Register Your Account.

If you’re not already registered with Writer’s Round-About you’ll have options in the navigation bar at the top of each page and in the footer of every page to register your account. Once you’ve registered you’ll already be able to contribute posts to the site but you won’t be automatically subscribed to our WRA-Writer’s Mailing List and we may not approve your post until you have completed the following steps.

2. Fill In Your Profile Details.

While registering your account is the first step we want to give you the opportunity to promote yourself and let readers know who you are. This is a fantastic opportunity to discuss your qualifications and experience as a writer. Your profile is your portfolio. You need to fill in your first and last name, set this as your display name, add a website URL, and a short bio. Your biography should be approximately three paragraphs long and can include up to three links (such as a link to your contact details, another place you blog, or your social media profiles). Remember to keep your profile up to date!

3. Write your content.

Now that you’ve registered your account and filled in your profile details you can write your first post. Remember, we encourage WRA-Writer’s to keep their word count between 400 and 800 words and you have the freedom to choose your topic so long as it suits our freelance or fiction writing niche. You can save as many articles as you like in your drafts but once you are happy with a post you must “save as pending”.

When you save your post as pending I know you consider it ready to publish. I will then review your post, add any SEO or HTML tweaks to maximize it’s web effectiveness, and schedule the content so that it is ready to publish. Once you’ve set a post to pending you are no longer able to edit it but you are welcome to contact me if you realize there are still changes you need to make. Most of the time posts are scheduled to go live within two weeks of being set to pending without any additional rewrites or major edits needed.

We want to maintain the standard of excellence for which WRA has become know and respected. Writer’s Round-About has always been, first and foremost, about what readers want. I believe our readers deserve quality and I will only accept well-written content. While I will do general editing there are occasions when I may feel a post is not quite ready for publishing. When this happens I will return the post to draft and email you directly with more information so you can make any changes or improvements. I want to give our writer’s an opportunity to continue to learn and grow in a professional atmosphere and I hope you’ll support our dedication to offering everyone involved in the Writer’s Round-About’s Collaborative Blogging Project education and experience.

Please also remember that Writer’s Round-About is a niche blog. We have a relatively broad niche that includes all writing genres and skill, web specific content and writing, work-at-home or freelancing, and web design and technology. We do not have a category for dogs (unless you can find a way to tie the topic to writing like I did with the Dog Train Your Writing Skills series). While we encourage free thinking and invite you to write based on your personal inspirations we want you to keep our broader topic in mind. As yourself, “What makes this important to writers?”

Beyond those two specific ‘rules’ I like to give writers a great deal of freedom. Take chances and experiment. Do what works for you. Explore your experiences and harvest from the compost of your life, your successes, your failures, and those of the people around you.

4. The WRA-Writer’s Mailing List

Once your first post has been published you may qualify to join the WRA-Writer’s Mailing List. At least once a month I send out a newsletter highlighting ideas, topics, titles, and keywords that inspire writer’s and help give Writer’s Round-About a focal point for the coming month’s content. These newsletters are a valuable resource for writer’s so I feel it is important to give a sense of exclusivity to WRA’s writers while we plan ahead for topics we can share with readers. If you’ve already contributed to Writer’s Round-About but have not been invited to join the mailing list you can contact me for an invitation. If you’d like to join the mailing list you must first join us as a WRA Contributor.

Finally, feel free to contact me at any time for any reason. I am always happy to help fellow writers, hear about special events, answer any questions you might have, review writing related products, and meet new friends in our industry.