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September 30, 2014 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

24 Ways to Keep Your Blog Alive After You Stop Blogging Your Book

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The EndYou’ve spent the last six to nine months—maybe more—blogging your book, and you’re manuscript finally is complete. Now what? How will you keep your blog alive now that that you don’t have a book to write post by post?

Good question…and one you should have answered before you began blogging.

When you begin blogging a book, you choose your topic carefully because you have to keep your blog vibrant and alive with new content long after the book has been released. You plan out your book with a big-picture view, a long-term vision. The reason for this is simple: The real work begins after the book is done.

If you didn’t do that, it’s time to brainstorm! You need blog-post topics related to your book and lots of them.

So…what might you write about once you’ve finished your book? Here are 24 suggestions for fiction and nonfiction authors:

12 Ways to Continue Blogging About a Novel

If you write fiction, you can blog about:

  1. How you decided on your characters.
  2. How you decided on your setting.
  3. Personal elements or connections.
  4. Your writing practice–how you write.
  5. Recipes related to the place where your book takes place (ex. Italian foods).
  6. Information on the location where you book takes place (ex. France in the 18th century).
  7. Issues related to those in your book or with which your characters are concerned (ex. divorce, suicide, sex, suicide).
  8. The benefits your book offers readers. (ex. If your book illustrates that parents don’t have to be perfect, discuss what it means to be a perfect parent or offer tips and tools.)
  9. Certain passages in the book.
  10. The publishing process.
  11. Tie-ins to the news. (ex. If your book is about the Middle East, you can discuss the current affairs in that region.)
  12. Your passions, purpose and what inspires you—especially if it relates to this book or future books.

12 Ways to Continue Blogging About a Nonfiction Book

If you write nonfiction, you can blog about:

  1. Tips related to your topic.
  2. News related to your topic.
  3. Trends related to your topic.
  4. New research related to your topic.
  5. Your writing practice–how you write.
  6. The publishing process.
  7. The benefits your book offers readers.
  8. Your personal experience with this topic.
  9. Elaborations on sections, quotes or parts of your book.
  10. New personal teachings, insights or exercises related to your topic.
  11. Interviews with experts.
  12. Your passion, purpose and inspiration as it relates to the topic or future books.

Start Blogging A New Book or Books

Another great approach to take involves blogging more books. Simply write series after series after series. However, they must all be related in theme or subject matter, or your blog will lose readers. If you can stay on topic, you will gain readers, build brand and churn out books as well as keep your blog filled with new posts regularly and consistently.

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Comments

  1. Reginald says

    October 1, 2014 at 3:46 pm

    Hi Nina,

    Awesome write. I love the part about keep practicing. Can’t agree more with that!

    Shared this around Triberr and including inbound too!

    Keep up the good job dear friend!

  2. Nina Amir says

    October 1, 2014 at 9:49 pm

    Thanks, Reginald!

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