Tips for Book Bloggers
Having a blog of your own and writing about something you feel passionate about is pretty cool and feels extremely creative and fulfilling, all at the same time. Still, there are days when being a blogger can feel pretty hectic and stressful, and finding new content may seem impossible the least. But dearies, when people say impossible, they usually mean improbable, so here I am today to share with you 5 tips on how to become a better book blogger.
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I don’t want to brag or imply that I am the best book blogger out there, but I think I’ve learnt something over those past two years. So, why not share this knowledge with you?
Are you ready, awesome nerds?
Tip #1: Stay Organised
To me, this is the golden rule. If you want to become a better blogger, you need to invest time and effort in organising at least one month ahead the posts you want to write and publish, in finding new content, in contacting bloggers/authors/artists etc, so you can always have something unique and original to share with your followers. But this won’t always be the case. Which leads me too…
Tip #2: Be Proactive and Deal with Blogger Burn-Out
It’s going to happen. You’re going to get sick of blogging. You’re going to get sick of reading, and you’re going to hit a reading and blogging slump. Whether it’s because you concentrated so much energy on a flight of enthusiasm, posting 3 posts of longish content a week for a month, or whether it’s because you tore through five books in a matter of weeks with a book hangover or two in there, either way, burnout is inevitable. You’re going to want nothing more than to avoid the blogging login page, never look at a book again, and run far, far away (or simply watch Netflix until the sun dies out).
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When this happens, it’s good to have a backup plan. Try to follow a pattern and use some easy (and pretty popular, I may add) solutions for your blog to remain updated and (possibly) gain some more followers until you get out or your writing and/or reading slump.
Whether it is a book tag, a list of anticipated releases, a list of books that made you laugh/cry/want to through the book out of the window, whichever the case, posts like those mentioned above can help you deal with at least a month’s blogging.
Tip #3: Get involved in the Bookish Community
Trust me, it really helps! Not only you get to interact with your followers, fellow bloggers, authors and artists, and make your blog more personable, but it’s way more likely to get out of your writing and/or reading slump this way. For the members of the Bookish Community will (quite possibly) have post and/or book recommendations for you, they will share their thoughts and feelings about books you’ve read and loved (or even hated) and this will make you feel like you belong somewhere. And you really do!
The Bookish Community is the one that helped me deal with the loss of my beloved grandpa, it is the one that helps me deal with my depression and anxiety, and it is the one that helps me endure the hard days. It’s because of the Bookish Community that I decided to take this chance and publish my novel. It’s because of the Bookish Community that I want to create fictional worlds to endure our twisted and rotten one. And it is because of the Bookish Community that I will always feel like things will eventually get better.
What can I say?
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The bookworms are my people. They are your people, too. And, trust me, they will never abandon you.
Tip #4: Create and Share on your Social Media Accounts
Pretty much every Book Blogger there is has Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, even Tumblr and Pinterest. These social media platforms are extremely powerful. Use them! Share your posts there. Use hashtags to bring those posts out in the big, wild world. Most bookstagrammers suggest not hashtagging in your actual post (or not excessively tagging there) but instead putting all your hashtags in a comment. That way the hashtags won’t interfere with your content. Hashtags are important because they help get your work out there. Don’t forget to tag the authors, other book bloggers, and relevant companies within your posts, too!
Tip #5: Be Honest
Let’s be real, dearies. We all like different things and that’s fine. So when writing a post, try to be honest. There’s a chance you hated a really popular book or you loved an extremely underrated one. You may have an unpopular opinion on what comes to certain authors, fictional characters, BookTubers, Book Bloggers etc, and again, that’s perfectly fine. Honesty is the best policy and your followers will appreciate that. Don’t be someone else simply to try to please everyone because, at the end of the day, you won’t please anyone, yourselves included. As long as you’re being honest, kind and you are not personally attacking an author, a BookTuber, a Book Blogger etc (actual, real people), your opinion is (or at least it should always be, in my humble opinion) respected and accepted by the members of this grand community.
What do you guys think? What other tips would you use to become a better blogger? Which of the tips mentioned here do you think is the most important one?
Thank you all, awesome people, for being here once again! It means the world to me that you keep coming back and reading my posts.
I honestly want you to know that I most certainly do no take your presence here for granted, and I’m extremely grateful that we’ve been together for the past couple of years.
Love you all to Pluto and back, dearies! 
