As a writer, you may worry that, if you begin blogging, you will run out of material. You may think you have little to say to help promote your work. If you blog your book, of course, the manuscript provides the content for your blog posts—at least until you finish the book. Once you finish […]
Blog Planning Tactics to Help You Achieve Your Goals in the New Year
Did you accomplish all the goals you set last year for your blog and yourself as a blogger? If not, it’s time to rethink your goals for the next 12 months and to start planning how to accomplish them. After all, the New Year is almost here, and this time of year is perfect for […]
How to Enter Blogger’s Paradise
You started a blog, and thought that would send you to blogger’s paradise. You imagined that blogging would quickly help you earn an income, create visibility for yourself and your work, and even attract an agent and a book deal. But now you are in blogger’s hell. Your blog feels like the bane of your […]
Can You Blog a Book on Your Existing Site?
You’ve created a website. You’ve been blogging for a year or more. Now you want to write a book on your blog, but you have one question you want answered first: Can you blog a book on your existing site? I get asked that question all the time. My answer? It depends. What does it […]
5 Steps to a Blogged-Book Plan
I know few writers who feel they have enough time to work on their books. Most tell me they want to be more effective and productive because they need to promote their books as well as write them. That’s why I developed the blog-a-book strategy. It allows you to write, publish and promote a book […]
3 Mistakes to Avoid for a Successful Book-Blogging Venture
When I created this site and began blogging my book, I became a guinea pig. I had not seen my idea put into action by anyone else, but I felt sure it would work. I was the test subject. As such, I learned from my mistakes, but you don’t have to do that. You can […]
How to Create a Blog Plan
Before you begin blogging a book, you need a blog plan. Even if you don’t think you are going to use your blog to write, publish and promote a book post by post, you need a blog plan. And if you begin your blog with the idea that you might blog a book (or more […]
How a Good Plan Helps You Blog a Good Book
It doesn’t matter if you blog fiction or nonfiction. If you want to blog a good book, I believe you must begin with a good content plan. This means you must know what content you want to include in your book and what structure you will use to deliver that content in the a manner […]