Blogging Basics for Aspiring Authors: Lesson 2 Every time you write a blog post you must ask yourself one question: Does what I am writing add value to my readers’ lives? If the answer is, “Yes,” you are on your way to success as a blogger. If you are blogging a book, the same holds […]
You Need Courage and Authenticity to Succeed as a Book Blogger
Blogging Basics for Aspiring Authors: Lesson 1 To succeed as a book blogger, or even as a blogger, you need to develop courage. You need to be willing to fearlessly show yourself and your knowledge to the world via your written words. That’s right; no more hiding behind your words. You must use your writing […]
Will You Blog or Blog a Book in 2013?
Happy New Year! It’s 2013. Did you blog a book last year? If so, I hope you will tell me about it so I might feature you. Are you blogging a book now? If so, I hope you’ve listed it so others will know about it and follow your progress. Did you never quite manage […]
15 Gifts Book Bloggers Can Give Themselves
Most of the world is celebrate Christmas today. It doesn’t matter what holiday you celebrate, though. (I celebrated Chanukah.) Consider giving yourself some writerly or bloggerly gifts that you can put to use this year to help your realize your goal of blogging your book and getting published. Here are my 10 suggestions for gifts […]
Using Your Blogged Book as a Branding Tool
When you create a blog for the purpose of blogging a book, you have to ask yourself an important question: Do I want this blog—and this blogged book—to serve as a branding mechanism for me as a writer and as an author? The answer determines how you design your blog. The question actually represents a […]
How to Have Impact with Your Blogged Book
With so many books on the market and so many blogs in the blogosphere, how do you make sure your blogged book actually has impact on anyone? How do you make sure each post you publish gets read and, shared—more than just once but thousands of times? I’ve written many times about becoming an author […]
Why One Blog Cannot Be All Things To All Readers
Recently, several of my coaching clients have struggled with the same issue. They wanted to blog a book—maybe even more than one book, but they felt the book didn’t necessarily fit into the focus of their pre-existing blog. They didn’t initially, however, like my solution to their problem: Start a new, additional blog focused only […]
Artist and Writer (Literally) Drives to a Blogged Book Deal
Here’s a blog-to-book deal I’ve been quite taken with ever since I discovered it–and I often mention it when I’m out speaking. Dmitry Smarov began his blog, Hack: Stories From a Chicago Cab, about six years ago. Each entry relates encounters with a memorable passenger or situation at the garage and each includes an original […]
How Often Should You Publish a Blog Post?
One of the most common question new bloggers or book bloggers ask is: How often should I publish a blog post? You may get different answers to this question, but here’s mine, which is based on my own experience and the advice I have been given by a variety of successful bloggers and professional bloggers. […]
Uniqueness Attracts Blog-to-Book Deals
Content is king! Content is king! Content is king! As bloggers and as aspiring authors, this concept gets drilled into our heads. We are told that writing great posts, articles and manuscripts gets readers to our blogs and attracts agents and publishers. Yet, some bloggers can get blog-to-book deals without writing a single paragraph of […]