I'll still have announcements about new releases and promotions on the fiction side, and I'll be using the pages of my site just like any other author would — to highlight good reviews, to share deleted scenes and bonus features, to be the «center» of my promotions — but when it comes to
blogging about your fiction?
Not exact matches
One of the ways that you can draw readers in and establish a platform is through consistent
blogging about your topic if you're nonfiction author, or
about your writing and other books if you're a
fiction author.
I think
fiction writers and poets have it tougher, because you're not going to be
blogging parts of your book, or you're not probably — you're going to run out of content if you're talking
about your writing process or your research.
I think if it's this big, and people make the mistake with
blogging, and they make the mistake with podcasting or whatever, it's like, if you are writing
about writing, and you're writing
fiction, I think you'll agree with me people, you know, that's not attracting your
fiction audience.
A
fiction platform is more
about the books as readers will find you on the online bookstores, whereas a non-
fiction platform can be more integrated with
blogging, podcasting and social media.
So if you're feeling pressed for time, you don't have to feel bad
about cutting back on your
blogging time in order to make your
fiction writing your top priority.
I write memoir, but as for
fiction writers and
blogging, I am always interested in knowing more
about the authors I love.
I've
blogged about food in
fiction, and music in
fiction and, natch... art in
fiction, because I always include some artistic element in my novels and short stories.
The comments
about fiction vs. nonfiction
blogging certainly hit home with me.
Yet, there is so much even
fiction writers can share via a blog (how they create characters, do their research, write; facts
about their novel's location, food, climate, famous sites and people; and tidbits on their struggles with plot development, daily life, and outlook on world events) and
blogging is THE most effective way to drive traffic to a website.
«This leaves —
blogging about writing, which may or may not be helpful, and also goes toward a very narrow audience...» All other things being equal, I suspect that marketing
fiction to a thousand writers would be more effective than marketing to a thousand non-writers because the writers might encourage their own audiences to look at it.
I especially value her perspective because she has experience in both the non-
fiction and
fiction worlds (in addition to writing,
blogging, and podcasting
about indy publishing, she also authors the ARKANE action adventure thriller series and the London Psychic crime thrillers).
Joy Tamsin David is a wife, a mother of three, and an inner city school teacher who spends her seven and a half minutes of free time each day reading and
blogging about Christian
fiction at Edgy Inspirational Romance.
Recently, after I had
blogged about the significant changes we've seen in Christian
fiction, he contacted me with some thoughts.
I very much enjoyed the post, and tried to click on Marcy's link here: «You can find her
blogging about writing and
about the place where real life meets science
fiction, fantasy, and myth at marcykennedy.com» and seemed to be redirected to a dead link at WANA.
Because I write historical
fiction and fantasy, I began
blogging about my research on dark age and medieval Wales.
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About Blog Beth Turnage ghostwriter ~ blogger ~ storyteller A professional freelancer Beth writes on
blogging, the writer's life, social media, and writing
fiction.
About Blog Trekker first and Science
Fiction writier second, now
blogging at Star Trek Sci Fi Blog for almost a decade now which presents the News, Facts, Stories, TV Show reviews, previews and Trekker Trivia.
Connecticut, USA
About Blog Beth Turnage ghostwriter ~ blogger ~ storyteller A professional freelancer Beth writes on
blogging, the writer's life, social media, and writing
fiction.