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\"blog\"<\/a>Soooo….<\/p>\n

As you may know (or not know), I have been blogging now for a little over seven years. And in all that time, I have never opened the blog up to other people. The most open it has ever been is when I did the Show Me Your Love<\/em> blog events and the one for Mother’s Day and I solicited pictures from you. And it was awesome.<\/p>\n

However, I have been getting a lot of inquiries about doing features, and I have been declining every one of them down because Verastic has been very personal. I’ve decided to do something different, however. Change is constant [and necessary], isn’t it? I’m gonna open my blog up to other possibilities. It’s still a personal blog, but I’ll accept material from you.<\/p>\n

What this means exactly:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> \u00a0Verastic is open to guest posts<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> \u00a0Verastic is open to picture story-telling: weddings, engagements, birthdays, shows, concerts, travels, weight loss journeys, births, events of almost any kind, etc.<\/p>\n

BUT …<\/strong><\/p>\n

a.<\/strong> \u00a0Please be familiar with this blog before you send in a guest post. Verastic remains a lifestyle and humor blog. Sarcasm and satire live here. The more the merrier.<\/p>\n

b.<\/strong> \u00a0Only high definition pictures, please.<\/p>\n

I’ll modify things as I go along.<\/p>\n

Thank you, everyone. I’m looking forward to the new stuff! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Email blog@verastic.com<\/strong> to be featured (or if you have questions). You may also read my FAQ page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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