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Nov 26, 2014 11:13AM
I have two - andreanourse.com and girlinnashville.com. I could be more consistent with it, but I write when I'm inspired.
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I have a GoodReads blog. I try to post something once a week or so. This blog feeds via RSS to my Amazon page and my website.
Deanna,I do blog and it does seem to have expanded my fan base a bit on Goodreads and other literary sites.
If curious, you may check it out by accessing my Goodreads profile.
I blog: http://normanielsen.blogspot.com.au/ I find it helps with writing and if I promo other authors they usually promo me back... and it is a place followers can contact me with questions... I also have recently set up a author page on face book. I also have this one... which I had forgotten aboout until last week http://nielsennj.wordpress.com/
As writers we always have to find the balance of spending time marketing and cutting out our sacred time to sit and write. Chuck Barrett at a book festival related that he spends a few hours once a week to try and answer all social media responsibilities. I personally might do a little more but I think that is a good approach. Also pick the two or three areas that you think will help promote you the best and concentrate on them. For me it is Goodreads, Facebook and maybe some Publisher based avenues. Good Luck Rory Home by Christmas
I've had a blog for a couple of years (http://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com) and used it initially to air some of my travel writing and get feedback; this helped me assemble it all into a book, and now helps me market it. It's also a good place to post book reviews, photos, etc., and I have used it to promote my fiction as well. And it's a way of getting myself into the search engines and is linked to my Goodreads, Twitter and Facebook pages.So it's a useful thing to have. But doing it properly does take time, and it can take you away from your core projects if you're not careful. It's like most non-core activities for a writer; one should consider it, but weigh up the investment in time.
I blog mostly on http://authorharoldtitus.blogspot.com. I feature historical information, do reviews of historical fiction, provide excerpts from my Revolutionary War novel, post interviews I have conducted of debut historical fiction writers, and share thoughts about public school teaching. I can't say whether this has improved the sales of my novel.
I blog on wordpress :) I have one blog which is simply meant to be inspiring, with a nudge to the written word and the magic that I believe exist all around us. If you fancy, you can find WritingInspired on https://lynntesli.wordpress.com/wp-ad...
I recently put up my author blog as well to help readers find me to learn about my upcoming book(s)
www.therebornseries.com
I am fairly new at this, but it looks like I'm getting more hits as the weeks (and days) go by. My author blog had 74 hits today, and only 12 followers so far, but it was new this week :)
I think a blog needs to be updated fairly often though, and you need to connect on all platforms to allow readers to find you. How will they know about your work if you don't lead them to it? I think an author blog is a good place for discussions and connecting with the author as well as getting sneak peaks at the works of the author on a more personal level. Even a professional blog is more intimate and personal than simply advertising your book. It helps your readers to feel like they know you and your book(s) on some level.
I definitely think that it can help your readership to blog, but I think it needs to be on point. people need to know what you are blogging about. And it is also good to get to know your audience and get their feedback first hand.
Also, I don't think it really takes away from your writing (just your current word count of your project) because you ARE writing, every time you punch those buttons on the keyboard. Even now, as I am communicating with you here, I'm doing some meaningful writing as well as expanding my views and perspectives as I go. I think that every time we converse with each other, write feedback or even simple tweets we have the chance to grow as writers...
I have a blog where I write about the writing craft mostly. I also host a weekly guest author. I try to post once a week or at least once a fortnight to get around two posts a week. I also keep posts on the same day of the week so that readers can expect posts on certain days.I believe that by having a blog on my author website, rather than a blogging site like Wordpress, I then get more traffic to the other pages on my site including those about my books.
My blog is here if you want to check it out: http://www.scarlettvandijk.com/blog
I also have a blog on Goodreads. I try to blog at least once every 2 weeks.
I used my pop culture blog,
Wolf In A Gorilla Suit
to publish my debut novel chapter by chapter. It's down now, obviously, but the blog is updated often.
Yes I do. My blog is http://keithaowens.com. I try my best to blog at least once a week, preferably twice.
yes, I blog on juliecround.wordpress.com - a mixture of writing progress and fun features, photos or little stories.
Nah too time consuming for me. Better to do a freebie like Im doing now I think http://t.co/RM1PTPff70
Since I'm a science fiction author, I not only blog about what I'm doing (most of which is boring to the average reader), but I also blog about new science which is often science fiction coming true.http://alphilipson.wordpress.com/
I update it when I have something to say. That means I'll sometimes update it a couple times in a week and sometimes not for a month.
I have one. I run interviews - not just author ones I try an mix it. I'll review and reblog as well. Has it helped sales? Not a clue, but I don't think it has hurt them and I've increased my network and found books I want to read myself.
Yes, I love keeping a blog. I connect with readers and writers alike. Check it out! http://www.kimsmithauthor.com/weblog
I have a blog. It has connected me to quite a few wonderful people. Here is the link https://margaretlynettesharp.wordpres...I think it's worthwhile for writers to have a blog. It gives others a chance to get to know you.
I love to blog though I don't do it enough.
Denise wrote: "I love to blog though I don't do it enough."Same here although love is a bit strong. Blogging allows me to write about other things and about writing
I blog at www.mayjay.blogspot.co.uk and less often at www.travelswithmoggie.blogspot.co.uk I find it helps a little with promo. It helps a lot with writers block. If I feel blocked I blog and that often gets the flow going to go off and work on my book.
I used to blog every weekday. If I didn't have any original content, there were always authors out there needing spotlights and/or reviews. For my own personal sanity, I stopped about six months ago, and my sales dropped drastically. I had no idea that would happen. I'm trying to get back into the swing of it, though. I need those sales back. :)
Deanna wrote: "Do any authors on here blog? I have thought about it several times but I either can never think of what to blog about or just don't keep up with it, but I wonder if I am missing out on an importan..."I just started, like you, I'm just feeling my way around.
Anne wrote: "I used to blog every weekday. If I didn't have any original content, there were always authors out there needing spotlights and/or reviews. For my own personal sanity, I stopped about six months ..."I'm new. I'm one of those needing spotlights and/ or reviews.
WE, find a group here on goodreads, or post in g+, facebook, etc, looking for authors to spotlight. Most of them will send you everything you need. In fact, if you email me at anneconleyauthor@gmail.com, I'll send you stuff for my latest release, probably tomorrow. :)W.E. wrote: "Anne wrote: "I used to blog every weekday. If I didn't have any original content, there were always authors out there needing spotlights and/or reviews. For my own personal sanity, I stopped abou..."
I'm a goodreads author, but when I go to 'author's blog' and want to blog, I'm uncertain if this is supposed to be my blog, or my blog about another author because of the 'title' section and 'read book' thing. I wrote a few sentences, and wondered about being flagged. Ah, being new is difficult...
I blog on my personal site. I'm confused with the GR blog as that doesn't seem to let me integrate my existing blog so I'd have to post everything twice...I think sometimes it's hard to know what to blog about. I spend most of my time writing my writing so to speak, so what's left? In my case I comment on some interesting areas of science and sometimes social "commentary". I'm not doing huge book promotions, interviews, book signings etc. (yet! I live in hope :) ), so don't have anything like that to blog so my posts tend to be a little irregular.
Thanks
Dave
You can connect your main blog with you GR blog. I've done it with my Wordpress blog-- and that's the one people read much more than the GR blog.I blog about ideas that intrigue me and experiences that make me think or that simply make good stories to share. My "greatest hits", though are reviews and author interviews. I am doing a series of reviews of mysteries set in New Mexico followed a week later by author interviews, and it's been fun for me, the authors, and our readers. I ask new questions for each author based in his or her book, not a fixed set of questions. The next interview will be posted tomorrow.
http://amberfoxxmysteries.wordpress.com
I have a website, but I don't blog. I use my Facebook fan page for my daily ramblings.
I too have a Wordpress blog which connects to my author page in Amazon and other sites. Like David, I have difficulty thinking of things to write about but since the name of mine is http://relationspdbeverly.wordpress.com, right now it is about the state of relations as I see it or re-blogged posts that I find interesting from other authors.
I have a blog on Wordpress, and I try to write in it at least once a week. Actually, I do something on there where I write a weekly post about the best ways to promote books. I call them my "book tips." And I just started the practice of placing a quote or phrase from my book at the beginning of these posts. I can't say if the writings on my blog help solicit some sales from my novel, but I know for a fact that it helps give both myself and my book some exposure. Deanna, if you do decide to start a blog up, be sure to have a set schedule for writing in it, so your readers and followers know when to hear from you next. And I think Wordpress works really well for blogs. I hope I was helpful.:)
I blog occasionally on my website (http://stevetrower.com/), but most attempts to be more systematic with it end up getting derailed (most recently by NaNoWriMo). I mostly review Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Kinks albums and whatever I've been reading lately, as well as the odd post about my writing.
I blog on Wordpress at Shirley-mclain.net. I blog about everything from writing to world events. I'm very eclectic in my writing.
Deanna,I've just started building a social network identity--literally, this past weekend--after reading an enormous amount of "How I Do It"-type writing from e-published authors. I'm here on Goodreads, on Facebook and on Blogger.com.
I haven't decided which will stay and which will go, but I'm going with the simple idea that if it's natural to me I'll keep doing it, and after a week or two I'll get my bearings and dump those pieces of the whole I'm experimenting with if they don't work.
The point of it, for me, is to let people find me, find something of value for free, and then want to try my books. The blogging will be about things I'm interested in that show what my novels are about, namely, crime, horror, and non-Tolkien-ish fantasy, post-apocalyptic fiction, etc.
How do I do that? By reviewing books and movies about those subjects, posting photos, covers I've created, etc. It will take, in my estimation, many months to even begin to see results on this. Meanwhile, I am publishing more books, so when readers start buying, they will have more to buy than just one. Reviews will appear, I hope, and the process will begin to include not just me writing my little comments here and on the blog, but readers expressing opinions.
To buoy that, I'll be posting free flash fiction about characters from my books, and links to other freebies as I add them.
Sorry if this is too long, but as you can see, when I write about something I find interesting, I can write quite a bit. I tried blogging 3 times over the years, and I just couldn't bear writing another "Here's my book on Amazon, let's all sit around talking about writing" post. Now, I'm taking a different approach, which will include little of the writer's shoptalk stuff I find irritating coming from folks who've put one book on Kindle.
I'm not an expert on writing (or blogging), but I AM an expert on what I write. If I write about it well enough, I will develop a readership for those postings, and from that, perhaps, one for my novels.
Hope this helps, and good luck to you. Keep us posted.
I blog, but not consistently. I do highly recommend it because I know people who are very successful with it. When I have been consistent, I struggled with finding a topic as well, so I started reading more blogs, and the ideas came.
I just need to put blogging in my calendar as an appointment as I have with writing.
I maintain two blogs on my websites. On the site dedicated to Counteract, Book 1 of The Resistance Series, I blog about YA and classic dystopian fiction, and about my experiences writing and going through the process of publishing my first novel.http://counteractbook.com/blog
On my other blog, I do book reviews, mostly of classic children's literature and comment on historical information related to my nonfiction book, based on a journal written by my great-great-great grandfather in 1838.
http://tracylawsonbooks.com/blog
I like blogging--especially on two different sites. It's not always easy to keep up with it, and I tend to post more often on Counteract, because it's been my main focus of late.
I blog at www.kevinklehr.com at least once a fortnight. But I also promote my blogs through Twitter (mainly) and my author FB page.Has it helped my sales? I don't see major sales, but I do find good traffic to my site when I promote.
Each blog post also contains info about my books at the bottom so that people who stumble across me know a bit more about me. In the end, it keeps my profile up - a profile I'm steadily building.
I used to think blogging was a waste of time, but it's more important than you realise.
I've recently become more active on my two blogs.I post about writing, publishing, and marketing on http://jacklknapp.com; I post non-fiction essays on http://jlknapp505.com
I don't do it to boost sales, although that may happen. I started blogging almost five years ago, then began writing fiction in 2013; Marketing wasn't a consideration when I began and it still doesn't affect what I write on the blogs, though I might explain my experiences with marketing.
I need to be more consistent with posts on my blog. I get super-lazy and forget about it for weeks at a time. So no, it probably doesn't help sales much.If anyone here writes dark fantasy or horror, I do interviews and reviews on my blog, Mom's Secret Horrors. So drop me a line if you're interested. I need to get more involved with MSH, and maybe people reminding me will help.
