Please contact Gina Laverde if interested in becoming a Contributing Editor: gina@skrewtips.com

At Skrewtips, we aim to publish cutting edge alternative answers to everyday health questions. We believe that mother nature provides us with many opportunities for personal healing. When one natural remedy fails to benefit us, there is frequently another one (with similar properties) that will do the trick. Food, herbs, exercise, meditation, positive thinking, good sleep schedules, nourishing relationships with others and self love all play a role in our total health. But, the individidual’s health is a puzzle that we all must build through practice and research. Nature’s remedies can be used to their fullest potential when we truly understand our own bodies’ needs, and accept the possibilities of recovery.

Natural remedies take time, patience and quite often a shift in perception of how the body heals. When reporting the benefits of any natural remedy we must make our readers aware and comfortable with the fact that nature pushes out disease though outward symptoms, while western medicine is designed to suppress symptoms.

Article Format

  1. New writers please read through the site and commentary to get an understanding of what we stand for
  2. Articles must be saved in MS Word and e-mailed as attachments to ginalaverde@hotmail.com and david@skrewtips.com (copied in)
  3. Average word count: 500-1000 words for features/250-350 for ST dictionary section. Quality always trumps quantity, so use your better judgment when deciding where to end your piece.
  4. Articles must now contain a clear conclusion. It is always okay to end your piece with an opinion provided that it has been well backed through research.
  5. Articles must arrive in our e-mail box no later than 24 hours prior to scheduled publishing time.
  6. Please review the site for an example of how sources are linked in text. Cite your sources at the end of your piece, but please include asterisk besides facts indicating which source provided you with what info.
  7. Please write only from your own heart/experiences and research. Our articles are much more authentic and affective when the writer actually practices what they preach. This is not to say that a strong writer can’t come up with a great argument for anything — just keep it as REAL as possible.
  8. We want to surprise, inspire and really help our readers….. so please dig deep. Go beyond the general perception. Bring something new into our lives. Your own views are Welcome!
  9. Take a stance.
  10. Engage your reader, ask them questions, inspire feedback: we want comments
  11. ONLY USE REPUTABLE SOURCES: see source guidelines below

      12. Source Guidelines:

      Know your source well. Know other works by the author. Know that practices the author advocates are helpful to you, your friends or your family. Thanks to the world-wide -web, we’ve got tons of natural health information available to us. Skrewtips aims to climb to the top of the list of trustworthy resources, so our research must be top-notch (even if that means smaller articles that concentrate on a specialized subject matter).

  • Please refrain from citing Wikipedia as a source (limit about.com, associated content.com and other similar sources) Of course, we are not knocking these sources; use them for your own education if u wish, but choose stronger sites for your articles.
  • Web sources that also have a print publication/radio or television show.
  • Check your sources sources when deciding to use info in your piece.
  • Citing a very powerful blogger ( ex: Kris Carr) is absolutely fine, as bloggers (the good ones) are changing the face of internet and the way we receive info).
  • News stations, newspapers and high profile mags like rolling stone are often good sources.

    • Credit to Authors

    All submitted, approved, and subsequently published articles will contain full name and/or link to site(or company) or author. However, all articles written for Skrewtips, must exclusively be for publication on Skrewtips.com — no other sites, books, newspapers, or mediums of publication without written consent of Skrewtips.