So here’s how this blog works: it’s a labor of love.
Every week I write my posts around a schedule of museum work, priest work, volunteerism and martial arts. I absolutely adore writing for Rogue Priest, and you’ll never hear a complaint out of me. The conversations that are starting here fill me with excitement, hope, and many righteous moments when you guys blow my beliefs wide open.
I have found, however, that I am at peak capacity: with my writing commitments here and elsewhere, I haven’t been able to fit anything else in. Which is a shame, because there are a lot of other cool blogs out there I’d love to write for, too.
Lately I’ve had a lot of requests for guest posts, and I think it’ll be a good thing to accept a few of them. So, after maintaining a strict Monday/Thursday posting schedule for the last 6 months, I’m making a slight change:
Every Monday will be a brand new post on Rogue Priest.
Every Thursday will be a link to a guest post I write somewhere else.
So you’ll still get two doses of Roguish philosophy a week, but I’m spreading the love around to other great blogs.
Today’s post is my monthly column at Patheos.com. This one is called How to Be a Hero. Please enjoy!
Usually I end a post asking you to share my work on Facebook or Twitter (or Google+ for all you cutting edge ExPoMods). This time I get to ask you to support a different site instead! If you like something you read on the internet, there’s truly nothing better you can do to make the author’s day than to share it like crazy. If you like what you read at Pantheon, please hit those share buttons!
Drew Jacob, Rogue Priest
July 22nd, 2011 at 9:32 am
Museum work? Martial arts? Volunteerism? That sounds kick ass, I’d like to hear more about these things.
Good idea on the guest posting. It’ll help your blog build backlinks and increase traffic to your website.
July 22nd, 2011 at 10:17 am
Hmm… maybe that is fodder for a post in and of itself…
July 22nd, 2011 at 9:40 am
You might also consider letting someone do the occasional guest post here on Rogue priest on Thursday nights.
July 22nd, 2011 at 10:18 am
Definitely! Like all bloggers, I’m always open to a pitch for a guest post.
July 24th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Great to hear! I’ll mull it over and pitch a few ideas to you.
July 22nd, 2011 at 10:06 am
Oh, hey, are you on G+? They keep wanting me to invite you.
Also – your About page (where I went to see if you listed a link) still states that you teach at Temple of the River.
July 22nd, 2011 at 10:19 am
Aye, I’ll need to do a sweep of my profiles on different websites and update in the near future…. Thanks for the heads up :)
I have a few G+ invites, and hope to really dive into it this weekend.
July 24th, 2011 at 2:02 am
Out of random curiosity, what martial arts are you doing?
July 24th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Hi Seeker! For my entire adult life I have practiced traditional Japanese jujutsu. In addition, for some time now I have practiced the German longsword. Those two arts are my passion, although I’ve played with many others as well. I practiced capeira angola for several years when I had access to a roda. That was some time ago but I would love to get back into it.
Aside from martial arts as such I also practice parkour.
July 24th, 2011 at 11:42 am
Hi Drew,
I too have written some guest posts, and need to do more. But I have taken a slightly different approach with my blog – I cut back from a two-posts-per-week to a modified version. I post on Tuesdays and on Thursdays I run a guest post written by someone else for my site. The guests posts are all focused on the topic of Curiosity, and there have been 16 so far. The depth and breadth of the viewpoints has been exciting, and it has stimulated the thinking of more people than just my writing would have.
July 24th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
That’s awesome Susan. I’d love to see more guest posts here on Rogue Priest. If you have an idea for one, feel free to shoot it over!