Sep. 23rd, 2012

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So yeah. So I have moved The cosmic dance over here.

It wasn't what I wanted. I wanted a Patheos account. But apparently, they only give those to celebrities, distinguished academics, preachers with interesting backstories and people who are internet famous. What I had hoped was just a well respected religious blogging collective is actually the spiritual equivalent of the Huffington Post.

I'm trying not to make that sound like an insult but they don't want just anyone, apparently. Unless you're a *celebrity* who wants a blog, then I guess you just automatically get one. Like Bristol Palin did.

So I figured I have to rebuild an audience in order to prove that I can draw one, and then maybe they'll let me join.

It's possible they just don't want my writing. I worked hard on my sample post, although maybe my stuff still isn't up to snuff for the different standards they judge non famous people by.

But how can I tell when they never bothered to respond, period?

Their guidelines consist of (paraphrased) "send us a writing sample and have writing experience". They don't say how much writing experience, or in what format the sample needs to be in (attachment, pasted into the email, what font, what margins, etc) or to whom it should be addressed. You send it to "information@patheos.com". That's it. No name of an editor or anything. When I wrote them asking for clarification, they never responded.

I can't tell if I've been rejected or not, because they never mentioned their average response time.

So, I'm thinking there's one of two reasons behind this.

Expandtwo reasons besides maybe I'm not good enough )

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