Young Australian Skeptics

I’m going to assume that a sizable number of people who read this blog are new to skepticism, or at least new to the skeptical scene on the Internet. For those of you without a blog of your own, you may not be familiar with the Skeptic’s Circle, a blog carnival that occurs every two weeks, which highlights great recent posts on blogs with skeptical themes from all over the Internet.

A blog carnival, in simple terms, is a collaborative event that happens when multiple blog authors get together to share content with each other via the medium of a single post on a hosting author’s blog. The host will receive the URLs of each post, usually via email, and put together a single post with information about each post he/​she receives. Sometimes, this is done in a creative and ingenious way, such as the 107^th edition of the Skeptic’s Circle, which was in podcast form, and the 108^th edition, which was in video form. However, most of the time, it is done in a straightforward list/​descriptive fashion, emphasising the content as much as possible.

Why am I telling you all this? Why yes, cynical reader, it is to promote something on my own blog. You know me too well. Homologous Legs will be hosting the next edition of the Skeptic’s Circle on the 2^nd of July, and I want to see multiple posts from the Young Australian Skeptics blog contributors! Yes, that means you, Richard, Luke, Dan, James and all you other wonderful writers!

Don’t feel pressured to write anything specifically for the carnival, but just have something lined up ready to be released before the 2^nd of July. Of course, it has to be posted on the Young Australian Skeptics site before then, so that the people who view the carnival will be able to read what you write. Also, don’t feel pressured to write anything if you don’t have the time. A slightly older post, written within the last couple of weeks, should be fine as well. Remember, unless it’s insanely topical, good skeptical writing will always be fresh and exciting to a new reader.

Even if you’re not a YAS contributor, and you have your own blog, make sure to consider sending in a post as well. It’s great exposure for your blog, as it’s read by heaps of people, and the more the merrier, to use an old, yet accurate, cliche.

Send all posts to: jacksca (at) gmail (dot) com. Yes, remove the brackets and replace them with the appropriate characters: you’re not primary school students. (Although, if you are, I’m impressed! Thanks for reading!)

Make sure, before you submit your skeptical blog posts, to check the guidelines of the Skeptic’s Circle to see if your post is appropriate.

I hope to see you all on July the 2^nd at Homologous Legs for the 114^th edition of the Skeptic’s Circle!

Tags: Blog Carnival, blogging, Homologous Legs, Skeptic's Circle

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