How can a book review blog help you promote your writing? Sounds impossible, doesn’t it? When I started my book review blog in June of 2007, I didn’t plan to use it for anything other than sharing my thoughts about the books I was reading. But, now I’m getting free books to review and the [...]
Last week, I posted examples of writer blogs done by writers with little technical knowledge. Some used Blogger (URL ends with blogspot.com), while others used WordPress (URL ends with wordpress.com). Several other people sent me links to their blogs, and I want to share them with you. Customized Blogs: These are done by the writer [...]
You might say I shouldn’t have two exclamation points in my title. Well, I’m going for emphasis here, so I think it’s appropriate. In discussions with other writers, I encounter some who wonder if they should be blogging. Deep down, they know they should. There’s no better way to showcase their writing and have an [...]
A few weeks ago, I posted a survey asking readers to vote on content topics for Blog4Writers. Respondents indicated that they were interested in marketing (promotion, networking) with the websites and blogs topic coming in second. Also, I’m a member of a couple of online writers’ groups. Members often ask about how to increase traffic [...]
Tracy Crump is a writer, speaker, workshop leader, and co-editor of The Write Life, a monthly e-mail newsletter. Her work has been published online and in numerous print periodicals. She also team-teaches workshops on writing for the Chicken Soup compilation books. Subscribe to The Write Life here. ________________________________________ My husband is a computer programmer. I [...]