What are you passionate about? Whether it's food, family, schools, history, government, social issues, exercise, fashion or business—if it's your thing, consider blogging for Patch and sharing what you know with the community.

Are you an expert craftsman or hobbyist who can share do-it-yourself tips? Do you have strong opinions about local government or local politics? Can you make people laugh or think? Can you write compellingly? Then we want to hear from you.

Find everything you need to start a blog on Ashburn Patch here.

Bloggers write what they want at whatever pace they choose, whether multiple entries per day or once a month. There’s no limit to the number of bloggers who can post, but bloggers must post using their own names—no anonymous entries.

Patch will not own the blog posts, so bloggers are welcome to repost their entries to their personal blogs page. The idea is to offer local bloggers a new platform to potentially help expand their audience, while bringing more voices to the Patch community.

Be interesting. Be provocative. Be yourself.

My role as editor would be to review blog entries submitted to screen for legally questionable posts. Otherwise, there will be no editing, and that’s the point.

Any interested bloggers can contact me, Dusty Smith, at dusty@patch.com or 571-268-0860.