Want to Write a Guest Post for the Renegade Writer Blog?

Great! We get close to 10,000 unique visitors per month, so a guest post here can help you garner attention for your writing, ideas, and information products. First, though, a few things to keep in mind:

The Renegade Writer readers are serious about writing, and they’re interested in writing for magazines, online markets, and copywriting clients. Guest posts must be specifically geared for beginning to intermediate writers who are serious about their work. Topics that work for us include the business of writing, marketing your writing, productivity, motivation, query writing, how to diversify your income, deciphering contracts, and the care and feeding of clients. While we’re open to posts on the craft of writing — such as how to write awesome ledes and kickers — we don’t run many of these.

Unlike many other blogs, I prefer meaty posts, even if they need to go beyond typical blog length of 300 or so words. You’ll see that many of the posts on this blog go to 800 words and above. I see The Renegade Writer more as a magazine for serious writers who want information that they can put to use right now — they’re not looking for quick-hit, feel-good platitudes.

I’d like to be the only person who runs a guest post. I understand that you may be simultaneously submitting an idea to multiple blogs, but if it’s accepted somewhere else please let me know so I can pull the guest post from consideration.

Guess what? I can tell when you’re slapping together some vaguely writing-related post in hopes of selling your product to aspiring writers, and that you’re sending it to every writing blog on the net. So that post on “10 Greatest Female Writers of All Time” from finestuniversitydegrees.net? Don’t bother. Please get to know our audience and their needs before pitching. Just because it has the word “writing” in the title doesn’t mean it’s right for us.

Please pitch your idea by telling me what your idea is, why it’s important for my readers, and why you’re the best person to write it. I get a lot of people asking to write guests posts because they “really need the exposure.” Great, but what’s in it for my readers? Also, I love it when my guest posters have demonstrable expertise in the subject they’re writing about, so please don’t be shy in plugging your credentials!

If you have a product, blog, or service that’s valuable to writers, I’m happy to include a bio box with a link to your site at the bottom of the post.

Still interested after all that? Please send your idea to me at renegadequestions@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you. And thanks!