This may sound easy, but a large portion of the population has writing anxiety to one degree or another. A person may be used to writing in a forum or typing thoughts out in a chat during a conversation, but freeze up when it comes to pecking out a blog post.

To get over the hump, spend some time reading posts from different authors on MMM. Notice that while some are quite detailed, others write in a very essential and brief statements. Either style (or anything in between) is perfectly acceptable.

Authors and contributors can always write a post, save it, and request that an admin proof read and publish the post if you are unsure about spelling or grammar. (We’re not grammar gods by any means, still we’re pretty good at spotting common mistakes.)

You don’t have to go it alone, writing posts gets easier with practice, but if for any reason you need some help drop me an email or skype me.

We encourage you to link back to your own website. Log into your account, go to the left hand column of the dashboard and look for the tab marked “users” open it and go to “your profile”

Go down to the box marked “Biographical Info” and write a biography for yourself (in 3rd person!) and link to your website from there. Your bio and links will then be included at the top of your category archive page and at the bottom of each of your posts. You may also include your contact email, a small logo, or further details.

Passwords and lost passwords: Go to the log in and click “lost your password?” Enter in your username or the email address associated with your account. Check your email, and follow the instructions sent to you (don’t forget to change your password to something secure as well as easy for you to remember.)

Questions? Please do NOT email or skype me unless you absolutely need to know right now (in which case skype is going to get a much faster response.) All comments are emailed to me anyway– so please leave a comment on this or the most revelent post pertaining to your question.

Use the button below to skype me.

Remember to click the “add custom field button” and update the post in order to save.

Otherwise the theme will choose the first image in your post (or displayed in the gallery) as the default image for the post.

In cases where the original owner cannot be found or contacted authors and contributors have made a good faith effort to credit sources and obtain permission and in compliance with fair use.

Owners of copyrighted or trademarked works that feel their works have been published without permission and beyond acceptable fair use may contact the site management and request the work in question be removed. The work will be removed immediately and reviewed by site management, and the post author will be contacted to discuss the matter further. If it is found that the information within the post was within the authors rights to use or within the bounds of fair use the post will be restored, and if it found that the matter cannot be resolved clearly site management will request a rewrite of the post without the material in question.

All writing, files, images, and contributions to MMM and hostomni are property of their respective owners and are self published by the originators of such works, or published electronically with permission.

Authors and contributors that violate copyright and/or intellectual property laws, either through willful disregard or ignorance accept personal and legal risk of doing so.

Now that we’ve waded through all that stuff, let me just put it to you straight. If you don’t own it, don’t know where you got it, can’t credit the originator– I want you to think long and hard before hitting the publish button. If it came from a website and you assume the website’s author is the owner, I want you to take the time to ask permission to use it and link to the website. Link love is the least we can do, lets give them some credit for sharing what they have.

Second, although recipes and techniques are not copyrightable if you learn a trick from a fellow modeler/artist/crafter do not leave it as if you’ve made it up on your own; give credit where credit is due, show your appreciation, link and share the love.

Last but not least, if you need help sorting out what you should and shouldn’t include in a post, leave it in draft form or publish it privately and ask one of the admins to review it.