Band Back Together is a user-submitted website. Anyone can contribute. We welcome all of your stories.
Before I launch into How To Contribute to Band Back Together in nauseating detail, let's go over what this site is.
This is a group blog created by Aunt Becky from Mommy Wants Vodka for anyone to share their stories of survival, fear, hope and triumph in a moderated, controlled environment with educational resources available for those who need it. Topic choice is unlimited.
The best therapy I've had was to write down my thoughts in an understandable, organized way. Putting those thoughts into real words, making those words into paragraphs and whole blog posts healed me in a way nothing else could.
That's what Band Back Together is. A space for anyone to pull their skeletons from the closet and make them dance.
Band Back Together won't cure you. We're not doctors. We can't fix your life. But I can assure you that somewhere, someone out there will read your words and feel a connection.
So please, join The Band.
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Now, the nitty-gritty.
First, The Band, you must register on the site. This box is found on the upper right corner of the blog.
Click that nifty button. It'll take you to a log-in page. Register there.
Your username cannot contain any spaces
You can change your password at any time, but not your username, so choose something you like.
When you are done, click the Submit Query.
You must use a valid email address.
Why?
Your registration confirmation will be emailed to you. You must activate your account using the link in that email.
Once you've confirmed your registration, log in to the site. You will be directed to your profile page where you can write an about me blurb, see your submitted posts or create a new submission.
If you want a custom avatar, instead of the generic monster-y looking one that will be assigned to you, go here.
Guidelines for Submissions:
I hate to be all rules-oriented because I hate rules like I hate mayonnaise (read: a lot). Consider them guidelines instead.
1) This site will not diagnose, treat, or cure any problems. The site is not designed to replace the care of a doctor, psychologist, lawyer, or other health-care professional.
2) Band Back Together, Copy On The Rocks, Becky Sherrick Harks, the moderators and editors of the site are not legally responsible for any decisions you make directly or indirectly as a result of this site.
3) This is a personal group weblog staffed strictly by volunteers.
4) By submitting your stories, you are claiming that the work you submit is your own. You may not steal content and post it here as your own. However, feel free to reuse anything you've written.
5) Every post is moderated and edited for grammar, clarity, length and flow.
6) Submissions will be credited back to the author with appropriate links back to their own blogs, if they choose. Your blog URL must be added to User Profile to do so.
7) Almost all submissions will be used, in the event that a submission is cruel, inflammatory, defamatory, touting a new miracle cure (barf), or otherwise deemed inappropriate by the volunteer editors, it may be rejected.
8) You will receive an email informing you that your post has been scheduled when, well, it has been scheduled.
9) You may submit anonymously, either on a post-by-post basis or by making your profile anonymous (or both). We suggest leaving your profile public and clicking the button marked "is anonymous" when you're submitting a post. If you mark your profile as anonymous, ALL items you contribute (posts, comments) while signed in will be marked as "anonymous."
10) All images and content are property of Band Back Together and cannot be reused, reprinted, or otherwise copied without express permission from the original owner.
11) All comments are subject to moderation and/or editing.
12) Judgmental crap must be left outside.
13) Smack downs should be submitted on Mushroom Printing.
14) Please support one another. Comments = love = full of the awesome. Even if you don't know what to say, saying something can really make a difference to someone.
15) Pictures may be included. We pink puffy heart pictures.
16) Email us if you have any questions. bandbacktogether@gmail.com
17) Any questions you'd like to pose to the group will fall into the Ask The Band category.
18) Follow us on Twitter! @bandback2gether and on Facebook!
19) We may not know your story here, so please, when resubmitting something from your own site, do so with a new audience in mind so we may understand your story.
20) Write hard and become one of The Band!
