5 Author Blogging Tips, Spamalot, and Other Updates

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Hey y’all! I know … I’ve got some explaining to do! Each of my followers got something like twenty-eight emails this Wednesday. I bet you were confused … a lot of you contacted me to let me know, which I really appreciated.

I’ll explain that in this post along with giving you my best author blogging tips and some updates (including blog tour signups for Souls Astray and info about a new project I’m launching with Reveries Co.).

But I won’t keep you waiting any longer. Read on, noble personage!

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Because that’s probably 83½% of the reason you’re here, let’s start out with my beyond amazing {somewhat lackluster} blogging tips for authors! But first I want to address a couple things.

Should writers who want to be authors blog?

I’ve seen a lot of newish writers ask this question. And I don’t have an easy answer!

Blogging isn’t for everyone, but I think a lot of writers could benefit it, and I would advise you to give it a try, perhaps on a free WordPress.com blog, for a couple months at least before making your decision to launch permanently into the blogging world (or not).

Some people have said that blogging is dying out, but I hope not! I really enjoy it, and if I end up the last of the bloggers fifty years from now, so be it. Still, I think it’s still a very real way of reaching readers and showing off your work. You’re going to at least need a website either way as an author.

What can writers blog about?

Well, to get some inspiration, I’d suggest following some other blogs of writers in your genre (or in others) to get some ideas! Everyone’s blog, like everyone’s personalities, is gonna be different.

You can post reviews, updates on your novels, writing advice, random life updates, pretty pictures, DIYs, interviews, peeks into your process, and on and on. The possibilities are endless! I’d also suggest digging into some of your other hobbies for ideas.