User:Lillycakes1/Blognostics

BlogNostics is an American artistic online community based out of New York City, that showcases poets, creative writers and artist from all over the world. Blognostics currently has 298 members and was founded by Jessica Brant and Alejandro Guzman in September 2011. According to the company's web site, Blognostics is an online artistic community filled with the hottest up and coming writers and visual artists in the world. Artists who have published their work with Blognostics include, former drug smuggler, Mickey Munday, Poet Pd Lietz, artist, Nick Rose, sports commentator, Neil Chatterton and Art ambush founders, Lisa Brandel and Dave Seth Smith. Blognostics currently offers free and subscription based services on their site.

History
Founded in September 2011, Brant and former business partner, Alejandro Guzman came up with the concept of starting a community where artist are published and recognized. In a January 2013 article published on the website Before Its News.com, Brant was quoted as saying, "We want our readers, writers, and artists to feel like they are in a community, where they can socialize, making it feel like a growing art commune. " Blognostics first published artist was Jenni De La Torre, who published a poetry piece titled, "Free At Last Jenni De La Torre" in August 2011 before the site went live. After a two-year partnership, Brant and Guzman parted ways following creative differences in February 2013. Since that time, Brant has been operating and running the site by herself.

Internal links
Jessica Brant's Father Mickey Munday {http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Munday}