Blogging for Fiction Authors by Jason Hamilton
To gain attention for your novels, try blogging – a powerful marketing resource. Here’s some basic misconceptions and advice to get started.
by Guest Contributor · Published December 16, 2022 · Last modified December 6, 2022
To gain attention for your novels, try blogging – a powerful marketing resource. Here’s some basic misconceptions and advice to get started.
Authors can supplement their income while they’re writing with freelance work, including proofreading, editing, and blogging.
Nevada McPherson tells us how a single photo has set her off on her latest series of blog posts, and shares how this happened.
Marilyn Flower tells us about the BYOB Challenge and how writing blog posts to develop her characters led to eventually publishing a bestselling ebook.
To blog as a novelist: what to blog about and more. The adventures, tips, benefits, and challenges of sci-fi romance author, Keri Kruspe. With lots of resources if you want to start blogging.
Authors often discuss the Muse. We court her, coax her, ask for her blessing. What we forget to mention is the wild ride. What would you do if you only had the time?
by Guest Contributor · Published December 26, 2019 · Last modified December 18, 2019
An overview of medium.com to help you decide if this is an avenue to explore. Medium.com can help novelists grow their following and get comfortable blogging.
So, in an unexamined fit of self- improvement, I Googled blogging and yes, found a self-described expert. He offered membership in the master mind program, I could subscribe to his newsletter, I could sign up for a free online class, I could download white papers, I could buy his book.
In this post, learn how much writing you can do in 15 minutes. *** Beth here. Hi! It’s 1:35pm and I sit in a warm cafe drinking tea and staring out the window. Okay,...
I’ve always been one of those people that learns the hard way, by doing. I’m also one of those people that says “I can do it myself”. This is what led me to my most recent pitfall.
I found a way to encourage myself when confidence is low; and it came from the most unlikely place.
Have you ever felt it? The burning shame of knowing that you haven’t blogged in ages. When you look in your bag and your notebook is staring at you, all wounded and bereft because you haven’t opened it in a while. You WIP’s protagonist, who you once knew better than you know yourself, is now a distant stranger. You watch wistfully, and with more than a smidgeon of envy, the Facebook posts of writers who are blogging, editing and publishing like the wind. If you have felt such things, then you know what it is to feel it. The shame of the writer, who is not writing.
Finding a blogger who interviews authors in your genre and particular topic allows you to reach your target niche.
Author Career / Author Entrepreneur / Blogging / book marketing / Book Promotion / business of writing / social media for authors / Tweets / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published April 8, 2014 · Last modified April 9, 2014
Whatever you do with your “About” page, make sure you have one. If someone visits your blog, they’ll want to know who’s behind the writing.
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