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May 24, 2012 by Nina Amir 9 Comments

6 Tips for Blogging a Novel

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The process of blogging  a book lends itself well to nonfiction. However, there are writers blogging fiction and ending up with “blovels,” or novels created based on the contents of a blog. The term “blovel” was coined by blogger Ana Marie Cox in  her novel Dog Days. Much like other bloggers who have landed book deals, […]

Filed Under: What Subjects to Blog About Tagged With: blog-to-book, blogging a novel, fiction, writing a novel

May 22, 2012 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Will You End Up With a Blook?

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Every since I began this blog I’ve been repeating over and over again that you are blogging a book. And, indeed, you are. What do you end up with, though, once you have a printed book based upon that blogged book? A blook. That’s right. A blook is printed book that contains or is based […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: blog-to-book, blogged book, blogging a book, blook

April 19, 2012 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How to Blog Short Stories and Essays in 30 Days or Less

Collections of short stories and essays make great fodder for blogged books. Why? Because they are…well…short. Seems obvious. A short story does not run the length of a novel. And an essay tends to be shorter than a full nonfiction book. Let’s start with fiction. I don’t write a lot about blogging fiction because it’s […]

Filed Under: Blogging Short Books Tagged With: anthology, blog-to-book, blogged books, book deal, collection, collections, essays, fiction, repurposed blog posts, short boks, short stories

September 21, 2011 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

A Short, Quick Guide to Social Networking for Blog-to-Book Authors

I just came back from giving a talk at a local writer’s club. There I heard the same question I hear everywhere I go: What’s the best way for writer’s to accomplish their social networking — especially given the fact that they really don’t want to do social networking at all. They just want to […]

Filed Under: Platform, Promotion, Publicizing Your Blog Tagged With: blog-to-book, posting links, social networking for writers, social networking goals

August 3, 2011 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How to Revise Your Blogged Book Manuscript (Like I Did!)

Just over a week ago, I turned in my revised blogged book manuscript to my editor at Writer’s Digest Books. If you recall, I landed a book deal for this blogged book, How to Blog a Book. I promised to discuss how to revise your blogged book manuscript. Now that I’ve finished doing so, I […]

Filed Under: News About How to Blog a Book, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book, Writing Posts/Chapters Tagged With: blog-to-book, editing a blogged book, editing a manuscript, revising a manuscript

July 18, 2011 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

How to Blog a Book Gets Disovered and Lands a Book Deal!

As you may know, the whole idea behind this blog revolves around creating a strong and unique blogged book idea with a large or niche market, writing great and consistent posts, and promoting your blog well so you either: get discovered while blogging your book, build enough platform to become attractive to an agent, an […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books, News About How to Blog a Book Tagged With: agent, author platfrom, blog-to-book, blog-to-book deal, blogging a book, book contract, fan base, how to blog a book, Nina Amir, traditional book contract, Verna Dreisbach

March 29, 2011 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Becomes a Book

Almost three years ago Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog made it’s debute. Now, fans can purchase a book that celebrates the production with the full shooting script, info from the blog, photos from the set, contributions from the cast and sheet music. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog:The Book (Titan, $19.95) is based on one of the most […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books Tagged With: blog-to-book, Dr. Horrible, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Hollywood Writers' Strike, Joss Whedon

February 14, 2011 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

What to do if you didn’t plan to blog a book?

Most bloggers don’t set out to blog a book. They don’t even intend to write a book–ever. However, many bloggers discover after many, many posts on one topic that they have enough material–possibly too much material–for a book. Thus, they move out of Cyberspace and into the real world of physically published material. Or maybe […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: blog-to-book, booking a blog, Joel Friedlander, recycling blog posts, repurposing blog posts

January 8, 2011 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Posts in Message Board Lead to Two Book Deals

Here’s a great story about how a team of writers blogging together ended up with a book…and book deals. Actually, fantasy basketball posts on a message board led to a group of bloggers putting a book together. This led to two more books about basketball. You can read about Jessie Einhorn and his friends here. […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books Tagged With: blog-to-book, blogging a book, message board posts

October 7, 2010 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

The Quickest and Easiest Way to Write a Book: Blog It!

Blogging provides one of the fastest and easiest ways to write a book today. In just months you can have a complete manuscript ready for editing and design if you are diligent about writing and publishing your posts. I know this is true because I completed the bulk of a manuscript in just five months; […]

Filed Under: How to Begin Blogging a Book, Why Blog a Book Tagged With: blog-to-book, blogging a book, promoting a book, writing a book quickly

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