Contributor’s Guide
Clear Blue Water Conservatives is always open to those who want to post articles. If you have an idea, an article or relevant information, e-mail us at clearbluewaterconservatives@googlemail.com.
As a general guideline, a good length for your post is between about 300 and 600 words. That said, we’ll publish articles as short as ten words and as long as 10000 if they are interesting, relevant or funny!
Because Clear Blue Water Conservatives is a driver for debate, it is vital that you include links to things you mention where appropriate – outside organisations, referenced newspaper or magazine articles, think tank websites, etc. If you don’t have the time to do this, please direct our attention to points in your piece where you feel a link would be useful by adding, for example, ‘(LINK – to Times article on Cameron, Jan 14)’ and we’ll try and reference it for you.
It is very important that, once your post has been published, you return to clearbluewaterconservatives.com as often as possible to respond to comments made. You don’t have to sit in front of a computer and reply to every individual, but we do ask you to respond at least 3 times to each article we publish. We will alert you by email when your piece goes live, either by telephone or by email, so it’s paramount that you respond to comments about an hour after that, again a few hours later and again the next day to defend your argument – interaction is king in the world of online debate!