How to Blog a Book

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

Inspiring You to Build Visibility, Boost Authority and Become an Author Post by Post

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How a Blog Fulfills One Man’s Dream of Authorship

Many writers begin their journey to authorship after reading a children’s book. However, not all of them become bloggers and end up writing and blogging books. At the age of six, Bryan Collins, a nonfiction author from Ireland, read BFG by Roald Dahl and became enthralled by the idea of a Big Friendly Giant who […]

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Joe Ponzio on Going from Book to Blog to Book

Joe Ponzio started his blog as a way to build platform for the book he planned to write (not necessarily blog). When his blog readership exploded, he sealed the success of his book. After going book to blog to book, he reports, “the book and the blog go hand-in-hand.” In the case of Fwallstreet.com, both […]

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8 Reasons to Book a Blog

Long-term bloggers are in a fabulous position to turn their blog content into a valuable book. However, some bloggers don’t know why they’d want to go to the trouble of “booking” their blogs. If you are on the fence about transforming yourself from blogger to author, these eight reasons might convince you to book your […]

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Six Things to Consider Before Making a Book Out of Your Blog Posts

Just because you have lot of blog posts doesn’t mean you have a book. In this guest post, Frank Daley (@TheFrankDaley) discusses how to evaluate if your blog contains material worthy of publication. So you want to put those blog posts into a book? Good Idea. Maybe. The idea of repurposing a series of blog […]

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How I Became a Published Author: One Post at a Time

Today’s guest post is by Lori Ann Davis, MA, CRS (@lorianndaviscrs), author of Unmasking Secrets to Unstoppable Relationships: How to Find, Keep and Renew Love and Passion in Your Life. She offers tips on blogging a book—tips she discovered on her own without the help of reading How to Blog a Book first. As she […]

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Lizzie Skurnick on Going from Blog to Book: Shelf Discovery

Lizzie Skurnick’s blog-to-book success came from her regular Jezebel.com feature column, Fine Lines. This blog consists of her meditations on favorite, old-school YA (young adult) novels from the late ‘60s to the early ‘80s—books much beloved by now-grown-up women. Skurnick says, “The book resembles the blog, but I added twice as many columns and organized […]

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Tsh Oxenreider on Going from Blog to Book: Organized Simplicity

Tsh Oxenreider blogs about intentional, simple living, which covers a myriad of topics. However, she focuses specifically on “parents of children at home who crave less crazy, more peace, and joy in the little things.” SimpleMom. net, her flagship site, covers topics like productivity, taking care of yourself, DIY ideas, green and frugal living, and […]

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Going from Blog to Book: The Daily Coyote

Since Shreve Stockton is a professional photographer who “writes on impulse,” it’s not surprising that her blog, The Daily Coyote, is primarily a photo blog. When her photos and stories of her life with Charlie, an orphaned coyote who she’d raised since he was ten days old, caught the interest and imagination of people world-wide […]