tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post3733893309512457118..comments2024-03-28T06:13:46.092-05:00Comments on Operation Awesome: Writers Blogging About Other ThingsDena Pawlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-80955476724608804492012-09-17T10:46:23.699-05:002012-09-17T10:46:23.699-05:00Good Blogs,^^, these.
I interweave posts about wri...Good Blogs,^^, these.<br />I interweave posts about writing and ones about other things. I tag the ones about this-n-that 'the rest.' Not a great tag, but it does describe it.<br /><br />Whatever you do, it must work for you as a long-haul journey.Mirka Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-18951485616569472042012-09-16T17:49:21.730-05:002012-09-16T17:49:21.730-05:00I blog about my life as a writer working out in th...I blog about my life as a writer working out in the country. I began the blog when we moved from the city and found my passion for writing. So in my case, the writing part of my life came after I began blogging. I tried to maintain the Funny Farm blog and a writing blog, but got the great advice that I did not have to blog about writing to be a writer.<br />http://txfunnyfarm.comAmanda Hopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973974017154520574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-4323646944356472052012-09-16T15:34:55.481-05:002012-09-16T15:34:55.481-05:00Jennifer, I think the personal blog is the origina...Jennifer, I think the personal blog is the original use of blogs! It's time-honored (as far as a blog can be!) and I think readers (especially adult readers) appreciate the personal side of writers -- definitely better than just "buy my book!"<br /><br />Colby, I plan to include treehouses as soon as I can make a few field trips. Kell Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089691866850131698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-16294388455607647632012-09-16T15:05:12.838-05:002012-09-16T15:05:12.838-05:00It would also be cool to include treeHOUSES in you...It would also be cool to include treeHOUSES in your blog- I've been looking at a lot of them for the new kiddo (granted, it'll be a while before she's old enough for one, but there are some cool ones out there.)<br /><br />I blog about writing thrillers, but along those lines, I also like to blog about things related to thrillers, like true crime, funny laws, or things of that nature. For years I wrote a humor blog before my "writer's blog," so I'm really trying now to start melding the two.colbymarshallhttp://www.colbymarshall.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-5897884395240140782012-09-16T13:48:36.408-05:002012-09-16T13:48:36.408-05:00Personally, I blog about life. This is what I writ...Personally, I blog about life. This is what I write about in my fiction, and this is what can be expected from my posts. I'm sure once I have a published novel, it will be different.<br /><br />Jennifer<br />http://jennifermhartsock.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-6124825816206037192012-09-16T12:16:16.459-05:002012-09-16T12:16:16.459-05:00It's true that it's good to have different...It's true that it's good to have different information for different audience. I love being part of the writing community! Without my Internet writer friends, I don't think I would have stuck with writing so long. I might have taken my first rejections too hard and not realized how many more I could handle and still be OK. <br /><br />Still, I know that I really sweat about finding writing topics -- what do I know about craft??? I feel like a beginner! I think a lot of writers feel like they "should" be doing it, but there's no "should" except what you want to do and can maintain with genuine enthusiasm. I really believe that any online activities -- whether published or pre-published -- ought to be ones that we enjoy. IKell Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089691866850131698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-37746897449829310532012-09-16T11:46:33.053-05:002012-09-16T11:46:33.053-05:00First, Kell, I absolutely have to tell you: When ...First, Kell, I absolutely have to tell you: When I visited England, I came across a tree on Addison's walk that looked SO MUCH like a person. Like Treebeard, in fact. :P It was cool. <br /><br />As for the question of whether writers should blog about writing or something unrelated... I think there's an important distinction to be made between an "aspiring writer" blog and an "author" blog. For a while, pre-querying or while a writer is still querying, I think it's important for them to blog about writing as a way to connect with other writers and take full advantage of everything the writer-reader blog community has to offer. That said, I also think that once a writer is agented and/or has a book deal, it makes a lot of sense for them to start a new blog (or shift the content of their "aspiring writer" blog) in order to appeal more directly to their potential audience. It follows logically that a potential audience--unless you're writing a book about writing and nothing else--will be more interested in topics related to your genre, your book, and even your personality than they'll be interested in, say, "How to write a scene." <br /><br />*Some* people in a writer's audience may also be aspiring writers, and that (as well as the good will to help out other writers) is the argument for having a tab on the author blog/website for "Aspiring Writers" or linking back to the writing blog if you keep it active. SFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126306619182458823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-14819212615029904992012-09-16T09:33:46.334-05:002012-09-16T09:33:46.334-05:00I'm taking a workshop on the YA author brand. ...I'm taking a workshop on the YA author brand. We came up with author tags and I realized it has nothing to do with my blog. And then I realized my blog tag is out of date. Yes, I talk about writing and photography, but I occasionally talk about other things too (like bullying tomorrow), and I'll continue to talk about other things as the focus of my blog slightly shifts. <br /><br />One of my goals is to study the blogs of YA authors and figure out what I like and don't like about their blog content. <br /><br />Great post! Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.com