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April 17, 2018 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

How Writers and Bloggers can Avoid the Research Black Hole

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Reasearch is a necessary part of creating a nonfiction—or fiction—book, but this task can get in the way of actually writing the manuscript. Its also a necessity for blogging, whether your posts consist of blogged bits of your book or stand-alone pieces. Today, writer and journalist  Jane Meggitt (@meggitt_jane) offers several tips to help you […]

Filed Under: How to Write a Book, Writing Posts/Chapters Tagged With: black hole, blog post, blogged book, blogging, book, fiction, manuscript, nonfiction, research, writing

August 4, 2015 by Nina Amir 12 Comments

Blog a Romance or Horror Novel

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You might assume that only nonfiction writers blog books. Not true. Novelists also blog books. They claim it makes them better writers and helps them produce more compelling manuscripts. And they blog novels in a variety of genres, including  romance and horror readers, and benefit in the process. So take the hot men and sexy […]

Filed Under: How to Begin Blogging a Book, What Subjects to Blog About, Why Blog a Book Tagged With: blog a book, fiction, novel, romance, thriller

July 5, 2012 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

How to Blog a Finished Novel and Land a Traditional Contract

The two most common questions I hear from fiction writers considering blogging books are: Should I blog full chapters? Should I blog my completed novel? To the first question, I typically answer, no. If you blog full chapters, you are just serializing your novel, not blogging it. Blogging a book involves publishing it in post-sized […]

Filed Under: Blogs Turned Into Books, Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: attracting a publisher, blog-to-book deal, fiction, serialize a book

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

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

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