Do you blog\u2014keep a web log? Why? How often do you post? <\/p>\n
It\u2019s not at all uncommon for writers to maintain one or more blogs. It is a reason to write, after all\u2014and, perhaps, even be read. And a blog is a perfect way for writers to justify spending time writing. Right? Some writers simply can\u2019t not write<\/p>\n
A writer might not have any writing jobs lined up, no books in the works and no assignments on the horizon. But if she has a blog, she has a reason to write. Thus, her life has meaning. <\/p>\n
Writers use their blogs in different ways\u2014for different purposes. Some ramble and\/or philosophize. Some share their love of words in any number of ways\u2014through poetry, a discussion about word use, lessons for other writers. Some writers actually use their blogs in order to write a book. And I\u2019m told that publishers are following some of these blogs (what in their spare time?) and actually issuing contracts. How\u2019s that for a slap in the face? <\/p>\n
Here you have been shopping your book manuscript around to publishers for eighteen years without a bite and other writers are quietly blogging and being discovered??? I guess it really IS time to toss out everything we old-time writers cut our teeth on and start viewing the world of writing and publishing anew. <\/p>\n
As most of you know, I blog in order to share and teach what I know and what I\u2019m still learning about writing and publishing. My daily blog also keeps me focused and sort of balanced. Writing a new post each day is so much a part of my routine that I don\u2019t know if I could function without it. <\/p>\n
This publishing blog is also a way for me to promote my books and services. <\/p>\n
Why do you blog? Or have you given up on blogging in favor of some of the social media choices out there? And speaking of Twitter, Facebook, etc., how do these sites serve your purposes to promote your book and to become known as a writer?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m now on Twitter and Facebook and I have two blogs. I don\u2019t see much benefit from the social media craze\u2014but, perhaps, I\u2019m just not fully invested in it, yet. My second blog is Catscapades, designed to share stories and information about cats and to promote my newest book, Cascapades, True Cat Tales<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n By the way, you have barely enough time to order copies of this charming book of cat stories for Mother\u2019s Day gifts. Do you blog\u2014keep a web log? Why? How often do you post? It\u2019s not at all uncommon for writers to maintain one or more blogs. It is a reason to write, after all\u2014and, perhaps, even be read. And a blog is a perfect way for writers to justify spending time writing. Right? Some writers simply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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