As part of my New Year planning, I want to find ways to better address my readers’ needs and interests. That means your needs and interests. I want to make my blog better and more relevant to you. To accomplish that goal, I need to know more about you. So, I have created a New […]
10 Ways to Create Posts Without Worry About SEO and Keywords
I coach lots of bloggers and writers who would like to (1) start blogging, (2) develop better blogs or (3) blog a book to make sure they get discovered by a literary agent or publisher. In each of these cases they inevitably inquire how to search engine optimize (SEO) their blog and employ keywords for […]
A Blog Post a Day is a Book a Year…or More
I’ll be speaking at the San Francisco Writer’s Conference on Sunday. My topic: A Blog Post a Day is a Book a Year. And that’s the challenge to you, my readers. Starting tomorrow, I challenge you to begin writing a blog post a day and to have as your goal to finish blogging a book […]
Who is Blogging a Book and About What?
If you are blogging a book, I want to know about it. Leave a comment here and tell me who you are, what you are blogging a book about, and your blog address. In this way others can go read your blog, too. Also, let me know how many people (if any) are reading your […]
What Do You Need to Complete Your Book?
As you get closer to beginning to blog your book, consider this question: What resources do you need to complete your book? The answer to this question completes the section of a book proposal actually called “Resources Needed to Complete the Book.” This section may not pertain to many blogged books. You, the blogger, may […]
New & Improved How to Blog a Book Blog!
If you think I’ve forgotten about this blog, you’re wrong. As mentioned in my last post, I was away for a week at a writing retreat. After I returned, my webmaster said she’d convert my free WordPress blog to a hosted one. She got started and then didn’t actually finish up until Friday night. So…I […]
Sorry…Away at Writing Retreat!
I am away the week of April 5-9 at a writing retreat. Sorry…I likely will not publish any posts this week. Tune in next week for the next “chapter” of How to Blog a Book. <<Previous Post Next Post>>
Overview: Why You Want to Write This Book
This may seem like a silly question, but why do you want to blog a book? Think about it…What’s your purpose? You see, your book must share that purpose. It must have a reason to exist. If it doesn’t, no one will show up at your blog to read the posts day after day (the […]
How to Begin Blogging Your Book: Choose a Topic (part 1)
Now that you’ve decided to blog a book, you’ve got some decisions to make. First, you must choose a topic. While this step seems pretty obvious, there’s more to it than meets the eye. You can choose just any old topic and start writing. Or you can choose a topic that will attract readers. Of […]
Why Blog a Book? To Test Market Your Idea (Part 5)
Every good business person knows the value of test marketing a product before investing a ton of money into mass production and distribution. Value exists in test marketing a book as well, and a blogged book represents an extremely effective and cheap way to test market a book idea. My literary agent once told me […]