blogging a book | blogging a book
Oct.24.2012
Like a best friend or writing buddy, a blog supports aspiring and published authors’ efforts to write, publish and promote their books. Yet, many writers refuse to blog. They don’t want to learn new technology, don’t want to promote themselves, or believe blogging will take them away from daily...
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Jun.26.2012
Recently, I’ve received a lot of questions from poets who would like to blog books of poetry. Since publishing books of poetry traditionally can prove very difficult (Sorry, if that news is a shock to you.), I think blogging a poetry book to build a large enough fan base for your work via...
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Jun.24.2012
Many writers would like to blog a memoir. It's not that different than blogging a novel, which I wrote about in a recent post, except, of course, you are blogging or writing about your own experiences. That makes your book as work of nonfiction rather than fiction. That said, it must read like...
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Jun.23.2012
The process of blogging a book lends itself well to nonfiction. However, there are writers blogging fiction and ending up with "blovels," or novels created based on the contents of a blog. The term "blovel" was coined by blogger Ana Marie Cox in her novel Dog Days.
Much like...
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May.17.2012
I recently ran a series on my blog about building a business around your book. I’d like to share here on RedRoom the last post, which was about writing a business plan for your book. Now, I’m not a great one to spout off about business plans, since my business hasn’t had one until recently–and...
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May.08.2012
I continue to be amazed by the fact that the majority of writers I know still don’t have a blog. And not of them are old and unwilling to embrace new technology either. Some just simply refuse to do anything other than write. Yet, they say they want to get published. When I ask them why, they...
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May.06.2012
Most writers don’t feel they can get their “real” writing done if they also blog. Not only that, they lump blogging in with social networking and all the other stuff they've been told they need to do to promote themselves and their books. They simply don't want to do these things. They take...
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Nov.10.2011
Most writers don't seem to want to explore the world of blogging. They see it as just one more thing to do. The don't realize that blogging affords them a superb way to promote themselves and their work--and to land a traditional publishing deal. A large number of bloggers are, indeed, getting...
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Oct.28.2011
Professionals within the publishing industry have provided no new figures on blog-to-book deals since about 2009. In that 12 months alone, between 50 and 60 b bloggers landed traditional publishing deals. Supposedly, that marked the height of the blog-to-book trend. Yet, a steady stream of blog-to-...
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Oct.28.2011
I coach a lot of writers and authors who want to (1) begin blogging, (2) develop more effective blogs or (3) blog a book so they get discovered by an agent or publisher. In all three cases they always ask me how to search engine optimize (SEO) their blog and use keywords in their posts. I...
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