The View From Here: Your Perspective, Your Voice

I would like to start a guest post series.

Once a week, on Thursdays.

One of the things I love most about blogging is finding my Voice. HAVING a Voice.

Each and every one of us has a unique perspective on life.

My perspective is shaped by disability and chronic illness, as well as being a woman, marriage and motherhood. Other extenuating circumstances include being an only child, my parents' divorce, where I've lived and pivotal moments in life where "two roads diverged in a wood (and I took the one less traveled by)"*.

I write here about MY perspective. Other bloggers do the same thing in their spaces....or not. Some aren't as personal as others. Some maybe are still finding their Voice. Or it's still evolving.

Maybe you're sharing your perspective as I do, but when you get right down to it, what are the nuts and bolts of who you are? What are the things (people, places, experiences) that have shaped your unique take on life? Your opinions, beliefs and values. What ARE those opinions, beliefs and values?

Would you like to share them with me? I would love it if you did!

One way to think about it is like getting to elaborate on some quote image you clicked and shared on Facebook. You saw it and it spoke to you for some reason so you shared it. Well, what was the reason? Why do you feel strongly about it?

A "The View From Here" guest post for me can stay true to your blog's tone, or it can be different. You can be completely serious, touching, light-hearted or snarky. Whatever it is you want to express about YOUR perspective on something.

EXCEPT: I will not publish anything that expresses intolerance, bigotry, hate or just plain meanness. My blog will not support any of that crap. If you have those sorts of opinions, you should keep them to yourself.

So how 'bout it? Think you want to write for me?

The first guest in this series will be here next Thursday, October 3rd. And then every Thursday thereafter!

You wanna know who's kicking this series off for me? I am very happy to say it is Kristi of Finding Ninee! She is the beautiful heart behind the Our Land of Empathy and Wonder series which I had the privilege of writing for this summer (there's a button in my sidebar).

After Kristi, I need YOU! I have created a Google form for you to let me know you're interested. Be warned, if you don't submit your info yourself, and I want you to write for me, I will be forced to put you on the spot, and I am NOT shy about such things!



I will also create a The View From Here page where this form, and the posts, will live.

*Bonus points if you know who wrote these words.

You think this is an awesome idea and you totally want to contribute, right? RIGHT??

Say yes.

Of course I would absolutely LOVE IT if any of the Yeah Writers would like to contribute
their Voices to this series! C'mon guys, you'd make this girl very happy!

You Want to Tell Me What You Really Think?

The anonymous guest post I published while on my little vacay earlier this month seems to have been well-received.

I even got a tweet from a fellow blogger that she thinks anonymous posts are a great idea.

So here's what I want to do. I would like to offer you, yes YOU, any one of YOU, whether you are a blogger or writer or never write anything ever, a place to unload something that's bugging you.

Could be that you are a blogger but everyone you know reads it and therefore you feel limited in what you can and can't say because Aunt Martha might see that you don't like her apple pie all that much and it will really hurt her feelings.

Or perhaps whatever's on your mind is completely off-topic from what you normally blog about.

Might be that you don't blog, but maybe you have an issue eating at you that if maybe you could just get it out, you'd feel better.

Maybe there is a current events topic that you see everyone feeling one way about, but you happen to have a different perspective that others haven't thought of, like my first guest.

You should put that shit out there!

You want guidelines and rules, right?

• Send your post to me at jenannhallblog (at) gmail (dot) com.
• I'm not going to publish anything hate-filled. Don't even try to send me that crap.
• You can tell me to keep you anonymous, OR you can have me use your name and link to you, your choice.
• Must be original content. I'm not interested in publishing something you've already put out to the Interwebs. Kinda not the point.
• Please proofread and spell check before you send to me. On the other hand, I reserve the right to make minor edits.
• I will reply to your email with the date I plan to publish. If you're posting anonymously, I understand you not replying to comments, but if we know who you are, you probably should.
• You can attach a photo you'd like me to use, as long as I can't get in trouble for using it, or I will look for an image.

Sound good?

Not sure yet about how often I will publish these kinds of posts. It depends on how many I get, I suppose.

So yeah, bring it on! And tell your friends.

Guest Posts Needed

I need a favor.

My mother-in-law and niece are coming for a six day visit and I would like to take this opportunity to invite a couple guest posts.

It's kind of short notice. They will be here from the 9th to the 14th. I am thinking about two or three guest posts.

Hey, I'll have guests in my home AND on my blog!

That is, if any of you lovely people will step up and help a girl out.

I'm really easy.

Um....

You can write about whatever you want - I do! You don't even have to have a blog in a similar genre to mine. Maybe you have something in mind you could write about, but aren't sure it fits on your own blog. Lemme publish it! Don't even have a blog? Heck, I'm open to that too.

All I ask is that you'll help share the love on social media and interact with those who comment on your post.

I can even give you this handy-dandy image to include in a post on your blog:

If interested, please email me at jenannhallblog (at) gmail (dot) com. Or you can tweet me with questions.

Oh, and Happy New Year!