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We all know that blogging is one of the best ways to get attention in today's Internet world. A blog is a godsend to your website, bringing it traffic, fans, and more. But you have to post regularly.
Stuck for what to blog about? Here are some tips for novelists, but the same tips can apply to writers of nonfiction, memoirs, children's books, business books, and more.
For the rest of the 51 ways, see: http://blog.bookmarket.com/2011/06/45-ways-to-blog-as-novelist-tips-for.html
If you like this list, help me add more. Email: johnkremer@bookmarket.com.
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Comment by Neil Ostroff on May 13, 2013 at 12:56pm A writer’s calling
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Comment by Zia Ahmad on April 22, 2013 at 9:15am Friends,
I am excited to announce the Kindle promotion week for my book, The One Hundred!
From 04/26/13 to 04/30/13, The One Hundred will be available as a free download on all Kindle and Kindle-enabled devices. If you like to read a compelling literary fiction, you will enjoy every page of this novel!
The One Hundred, based on a true story, is a heartbreaking tale of a chance encounter between three runaway children, their resolve to survive on their own, and the communal bond they create to fight a common enemy. The One Hundred tells a profound story of friendship, family, and love against the background of a true event that has not been told in fiction before.
See what some of the reviewers are saying about The One Hundred:
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—Windy City Reviews
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Comment by Brenda Wynn on April 14, 2013 at 8:06am If you're a member of Goodreads.com, check out my novel there. If you've read my novel and haven't posted a review, I'd appreciate it if you would. Thanks to those who have.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12869917-the-chronicles-of-elydir
I also have an author page showing the novel and how to buy it. Take a look around and leave a comment or suggestion for anything that can be added to the website.
Comment by Susan Keefe on April 12, 2013 at 6:56am Sci-fi action at its best.
We begin this story far in the future with Black and his stealth pod crew who are stationed on Harmonica, a spaceport city orbiting Earth’s terra-formed moon. They are instructed to intercept an unresponsive spacecraft and inside they discover a beautiful but lethal humanoid woman.
Then, we then leap forward in time to find Black, miraculously reborn on an unfamiliar planet called Neon and in a place called Starlight City. Here where humans, robots and other combinations exist, Black discovers he is a wanted man.
Hazy memories surface as he fights to discover who he is and why the leader Nahzir wants him so badly.
Soon others are involved, some with their own ghosts from the past, and together they share a great adventure where incredible discoveries are made.
The author has an amazing imagination and insight into cyberspace. This book is fast moving and exciting with enough imaginative future technology to keep even the most demanding technophobe happy.
Available at Amazon in Paperback here http://www.amazon.com/Starlight-City-Radford-Lee/dp/1478375043/ref=...
and on Kindle here http://www.amazon.com/Starlight-City-ebook/dp/B00AWU8KDW/ref=sr_1_1...
Comment by Neil Ostroff on April 1, 2013 at 12:35pm Promotions
Been working hard on my latest manuscript (still untitled) though the Easter weekend did muff up my writing schedule a bit. I also have a big promotion coming up for DROP OUT on April 4th with KND’s new Book Gorilla newsletter. I paid extra to be on the premier front page and be exposed to @ 20,000 opt-in readers. Will it be profitable? I guess we’ll see. I need to sell 150 books to recoup the cost.
I’m also trying a new promotion with a site called BooksandAuthors.net. I paid to have DROP OUT ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FX0K7U ) its description and Amazon link tweeted on their Twitter site three times a day for one month. They have 180,000 followers, so I only need a small percentage to purchase the book to earn out. I also think the exposure from both promotions is going to be huge. The tweeting promotion started four days ago and I have already noticed a slight increase in sales.
It’s the beginning of the month again and authors who sell through Amazon know what that means, the dreaded brown bar of zero sales as the book stats reset. With the impending nice weather, I anticipate a new batch of readers aching to grab their Kindles, find a quiet, comfortable spot under a shady tree, and get lost in one of my books. Let’s hope so.
ALWAYS WRITING
A blog about the writing life, making it as an indie author, and showcasing the books I write. Please check it out.
Comment by Neil Ostroff on March 24, 2013 at 12:51pm Sleep well manuscript
It finally happened. I reached the end of my creative juices on my latest novel. At 25,000 words in, I’ve had enough. The book started well enough. I had a great idea and I feverishly wrote the first draft in under three weeks. I let it sit for a few days while I visited the Jersey Shore and then pulled it back onto the screen anxious and excited to begin the revision process. And then thunk!
Plagued by writer’s block for the last two weeks, I’ve been spending my morning writing time agonizing over the draft. The story is strong, the characters lively, and the setting fantastic… so what’s my problem?
Perhaps, it’s the oncoming nice weather, or the fact that I’ve come up with another new, fresh idea for a book (a philosophical thriller). I don’t know. But what I do know after writing twelve novels, nine of which are published, is that when I lose interest in a project it only results in flat writing and a boring story if I continue. I learned this lesson the hard way after writing three novels that I struggled to finish over a span of years only to realize that they weren’t very good. A combine twenty-seven months of work shoved into a closet drawer for eternity.
There’s nothing worse than realizing the drive to continue this book is dwindling and the joy of writing this book is waning away. It’s a good book by all standards (great plot, action, and suspense) except my own. As the itch to start a new project tickles in my mind, I feel both sad and relived (because I’m only three months into this project and haven’t wasted too much time) that this latest novel needs an incubation period before I continue with the revisions. I think that’s what separates the consummate writer from the wannabe; knowing when to move on.
So, as I put my latest manuscript to rest in the drawer with the others for who knows how long, I’m feeling the excitement, anxiousness, and commitment of starting yet another project. Writers get better with time and experience, and although my latest novel may never be finished or may become a bestseller in the future, I realized for my own sanity that for now, I need a new world to live in and new characters to meet.
Sleep well my unfinished manuscript, may you someday see the light of day again and come fully to fruition. For now, it’s time to start another new novel. I can feel my fingertips tingling already.
My blog – ALWAYS WRITING: http://www.neilostroff.blogspot.com
Comment by Neil Ostroff on March 21, 2013 at 12:12pm The sacrifice
Spring is here and once again the oncoming nice weather will test my resolve to finish my latest novel. I find it especially difficult to keep focus when it’s a beautiful, sunny seventy-degree day outside. But as an artist I must ignore the temptation to enjoy the outside. When I am working on a first draft (as I’m doing now) I find that I can only concentrate on creating original material when I’m sitting at my desk. Something about that particular space and mindset unlocks my imagination greater than any other. In a way, I’m a slave to my own setting.
I have no problem revising second or third drafts from anywhere in the world; on plane, sitting on my deck, or being in a hotel room; but that first draft must always be written in this particular space. I guess it’s where my muse likes to hang out.
Despite a brief attack of writer’s block (my first ever), and several trips to the hospital (It’s all chronicled in my blog), the first book in my planned dystopian series is coming along. I reached 25,000 words yesterday which is just a few thousand less than I had planned in my timeline. The story is coming together well, the characters are shaping up nicely, and the futuristic setting is awesome. Now, if I only had a title for the work.
This is the first book I’ve ever started without having a title in mind. Perhaps, that’s because I have been thinking about the plot of this one for so long that the words and story came onto the page before I even had a solid idea of what to call it. I had a few titles in mind, but when I searched Amazon I found that there were already books that had those titles. As a writer, I highly recommend that you search Amazon so that your book title is unique in the world and therefore easier to find when googled. I’ll keep my thinking cap on until the right one hits me.
As I stare out my office window at the beautiful day I am going to be missing, I can’t help but wonder if all this sacrificing is worth it? Will I go to my deathbed regretting the time I spent writing rather than enjoying the wonders of nature? Will I grow old and angry that I didn’t take advantage of every nice day offered out to me? I don’t think so. For long after I’m gone my books will still be here and readers will be able to enjoy my stories. In a way, I’m sacrificing a few beautiful days to immortalize myself in the human condition.
So, I’ll lower the shades to keep sunlight from stinging my eyes and get down to the business of finishing this first draft. I may miss out on the day, but the joy I get typing away at my keyboard greatly offsets it.
My blog: http://www.neilostroff.blogspot.com
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