Found something that made you go hmm? Think it might make others go hmm in one of the 20+ categories? Especially now that this blog has thousands of daily readers (thank you!), and continues to grow, it seems like a logical progression to offer readers an opportunity to submit their own drafts for possible publishing here.

So, if you are interested in doing so, then please go ahead and submit your drafts to us. We’ve opened it up so that anybody can register and submit a draft for possible publication.

Submission elligibility and guidelines
1. Any content/draft submitted may be edited and/or refused for any reason.
2. No third party hotlinking images or other content (including calling offsite scripts) OR any material that violates the TOS of the affiliate programs we are using (basically that means no pron). If you would like to include an image from your own site that you have/own the copyright to then make sure it matches the domain in your profile.
3. No spamming, stealing and/or crossposting (blatant copy/pasting) the same content from another website, blog, etc. Fair use referencing is welcome as well as including a link URL by itself (please use the “linkdump” category for links by themselves). Please realize that the basic idea is to provide your own opinion on why something made you go hmm, not be copying what made somebody else go hmm.

Note: If your draft submission only contains a URL then the assumption will be the site is a web service or software that speaks for itself. Please do not submit any links to software containing spyware, trojans or other nastiness.

How to submit your draft to MakeYouGoHmm
1. Register for this blog (I know, I know, not another registration, argh). Don’t worry, your email will only be used to discuss your submission if we have any questions (which we won’t in 99.9% of the cases). It will not be used to spam you or sell to partners or affiliates or anybody else.
2. Login once you’ve registered and click the “write” tab and then hit the “draft” button to submit for possible publication. Please save a local copy of any draft you submit. We will either delete or publish any draft submitted, we aren’t a draft clearing house repository. If you are looking for that type of service then try Blog Event
3. Wait for a response or write and/or submit another draft. There are currently two of us here that will be reviewing submitted drafts. If we decide to publish your draft, then it will be published and not show up on your menu any longer, if we decide not to use it, then it will be deleted off the server. Please don’t take a delete/denial personally unless you are a spammer, and then please do take it personally.

What’s in it for you?
Besides a link back to the URL in your profile if you provide one: nothing. So please don’t submit a draft if you are expecting more than a byline credit/link.

I contribute to some group blogs out there without being paid except for a byline credit and also I get paid for some other group blogging I do. Some 98% of the existing MakeYouGoHmm blog posts were written by me and (for those curious) I don’t have any plans to cut back my output any time soon. Well, except for our annual summer family vacation, that is, that’s fast approaching.

Now, if this all sounds fair to you, then show us Things That Make You Go Hmm!

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