For anyone not blogging but maybe interested in doing so

**J* L* <h*@yahoo.com>**

Several people on this list have invited those not currently blogging to do so on their sites. I'd like to do the same.  

The Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper. For more than a year, we've been building our online gardening site, which features articles and blog posts. Currently we have four bloggers who write about roses, greenhouses, and general gardening. We'd love to feature some writers who'd like to blog about gardening in various zones, or on specialized topics. (Herbs? Grasses? Perennials?)

This isn't a job offer. It's an offer of space to express yourself, impress editors, communicate easily with readers, draw an audience to your work, and publicize your books, articles, or projects, etc.

Why blog with us since you can set up your own site? 

– It's easy -- you don't have to do a thing but write (and, if you like, send us a photo to illustrate what you're writing about). We take care of the rest.

– We provide an audience from the beginning -- the Monitor has more than 4 million individual (separate) visitors each month. And a marketing staff to publicize the section..

– Few writers make money on their blogs, so you wouldn't be forgoing much. (And the Monitor is a nonprofit. We're not making money on your work. You retain rights.)

-- And if there's a way to pay bloggers in the future or provide other considerations, we will.

That's not to say that blogging is easy or for everyone. Or that this is the right path for anyone who wants to blog. 

But if you've been thinking you might want to give blogging a try, do e-mail me and ask whatever questions all this raises. Or pass along my e-mail to another garden writer or Master Gardener with writing talent.

Our site is at http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening

We prefer those who would like to blog at least twice a week, but are open to other schedules of posting.

All the best,

Judy Lowe
lowej@csmonitor.com

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