Writing a GUEST BLOG POST on STTM

Stop the Thy­roid Mad­ness (STTM) has a strongly follo­wed blog!

And begin­ning in 2010, STTM is wel­co­ming blog posts by guest thyroid-patient-writers in bet­ween those writ­ten by Thy­roid Patient Acti­vist Janie Bowthorpe.

All poten­tial Guest Blog Posts must be sub­mit­ted to Janie via the Con­tact Me form at the bot­tom of any page. She will then review the post and let you know if it fits the focus of the website.

Rules are as follows:

1. You must give your com­plete legi­ti­mate name as wri­ter of the post.  No anony­mous posts.
2. You will also need to give a one-to-two sen­tence bio desc­rip­tion i.e. Janie is a thy­roid patient for over 25 years who suf­fe­red on T4 with extreme dysau­to­no­mic reac­tions and found her life and energy again on desic­ca­ted thyroid.
3. You must be a thy­roid and/or adre­nal patient.
4. Sub­ject must per­tain to desic­ca­ted thy­roid or adre­nal fati­gue or any rela­ted health topics that thy­roid patients may have to deal with, or situa­tion with shor­ta­ges, the FDA, etc etc.
5. Abso­lu­tely no slander/libel. i.e.  no writ­ten defa­ma­tion of an indi­vi­dual or orga­ni­za­tion that could be cons­trued as wrong­ful injury to their repu­ta­tion.  (It’s been done to Janie; she doesn’t want to do it to others) You can disa­gree with someone in your post, but not “defame” them.  Most libel invol­ves false accu­sa­tions, but you can even get into trou­ble with facts. Word your­self care­fully and tactfully.
6. Keep it brief. Blog posts are not meant to be term papers.
7. Stick strongly to facts and only lightly to presumptions.
8. If you get your fee­lings hurt easily, this may not be for you.  Janie may review your post and for dif­fe­rent rea­sons reject it.    Or she may edit it at the very least for spe­lling, gram­mar, etc.  If it’s just an edit, you’ll see what was done before it is posted.
9. Guest pos­ting on STTM is NOT to be used to adver­tise your web­site, busi­ness or pro­ducts.  STTM is for patients hel­ping other patients with good information.

Note that your blog post may have Com­ments follo­wing it. 

So, if you love to write and have a good sub­ject for STTM’s blog, give it a try with the above in mind.