tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post36899067633005791..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: The benefits of blogging and blogging etiquette – Lynne GarnerKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-74103136554058240552015-02-16T10:10:38.331+00:002015-02-16T10:10:38.331+00:00Really interesting post and some great tips. I alw...Really interesting post and some great tips. I always try to abide by these. It is amazing how often I read blogs which come out every day saying buy my boo, or a complete 5 star review from Amazon about the bloggers book. Boring and unnecessary. The other blog I see on a regular basis is the rant. I would never read that persons work if they are so unprofessional Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-42796267078634390162015-02-10T01:02:40.302+00:002015-02-10T01:02:40.302+00:00Good springboard here and a nice companion piece t...Good springboard here and a nice companion piece to Wendy's post. I'm with Catherine about the value or judicious controversy and flamboyance. But I'm with you completely about not using a blog as a spam board with little but personal touts. The Youtility factor must rule, imo.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23248986119812641832015-02-09T09:24:35.173+00:002015-02-09T09:24:35.173+00:00Thanks for the comments folks.
Jenny - by person...Thanks for the comments folks. <br /><br />Jenny - by personal content I meant stuff that could possibly put yourself or a loved one in harms way. For example I have friends who on their Facebook status share something along the lines of "so a family night out tonight." Great house is empty, let's go rob the place! <br /><br />Catherine - I have gained work from some of my posts and I know a few other writers who have. I feel they are along the lines of the 'clippings' I used to keep of my work in order to show an editor what I can produce. <br /><br />Lydia - thankfully at the moment I don't have to impress the younger generation. It's editors I want to get in front of. Lynne Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697330164705623835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-26576321926685468982015-02-08T18:29:57.383+00:002015-02-08T18:29:57.383+00:00Yes - for some reason, unwrapping is soothing. I k...Yes - for some reason, unwrapping is soothing. I know people who watch the shopping channels - actually, I've been known to watch the craft and card making channels for half an hour or so myself when stressed. Never ever buy a thing, not even tempted, but for some reason, the way in which it drifts past your eyes is very relaxing! Who could have guessed?Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-83164289677027891702015-02-08T12:39:42.123+00:002015-02-08T12:39:42.123+00:00Good tips Lynne. though sadly the sheer volume of ...Good tips Lynne. though sadly the sheer volume of blogs has to some extent diluted their usefulness and any possible profitability - younger people in particular are going for Vlogs these days anyway. Those blogs we read about which lead to high profile publication of books are almost invariably by successful journalists who probably have the deal set up in advance and the whole 'started a blog and was offered a contract' is part of the PR. There are some very strange vlogs about - one woman has earned millions, by filming herself simply unwrapping new toys, novelties etc in close up. Kids watch them in droves. who'd have predicted that? there's a whole subgenre for unwrapping now. I think blogs that moan about stuff could be quite popular if they touch a nerve like Catherine's mattress and are funny. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-65305517034541971292015-02-08T11:42:49.252+00:002015-02-08T11:42:49.252+00:00I'm increasingly in two minds about the value ...I'm increasingly in two minds about the value of blogging. Although I like this one, probably because it's so very varied, and if one post doesn't appeal there will be another one along soon. I have become a bit sceptical about general 'how to write' blogs unless they are written by somebody with vast experience, preferably of the business side of things. But I know some people do find them useful. But to my mind, the most successful blogs in terms of finding a publisher, if that's what somebody is looking for, do seem to be very personal and rather controversial. Something safe isn't going to attract today's acquisitions editors. Although I also think there's a technique for creating a 'persona' that may not be exactly like the person you really are - nor, indeed, give too much away. We are writers, after all! I resolved to write little and often on my own blog in the New Year and of course I haven't done it. But I still think it may be the way to go. Either that, or jettison the whole thing. I'm still pondering. It says something that my most successful post ever involved a long moan about my memory foam mattress. Hated it. So do lots of other people and they all weighed in. That too should tell me something - personal, mildly controversial, essentially harmless and nothing at all to do with writing!Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-69892279060613434912015-02-08T10:15:45.446+00:002015-02-08T10:15:45.446+00:00All very good tips, Lynne. They may seem like comm...All very good tips, Lynne. They may seem like common sense, but I'm amazed by how often I've seen them ignored! I know that the blogs I like most, and follow, are well-written and provide consistently high-quality, interesting content, and that's what I try to provide myself.Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-6089107456721444772015-02-08T09:44:32.696+00:002015-02-08T09:44:32.696+00:00Love these points, Lynne - and I did see what you ...Love these points, Lynne - and I did see what you did there! A lot of the blogs I follow do include personal content, and I've become much less reserved in my blogging because of that, but then I suppose I write and blog in broadly self-development fields, and the point of blogging for me is that I have chats with people all over the world about the things that particularly interest me - what's not to love? Jenny Alexanderhttp://www.jennyalexander.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-49616478285082523372015-02-08T09:05:08.684+00:002015-02-08T09:05:08.684+00:00One of thr best things about being a non-commercia...One of thr best things about being a non-commercial indie writer is that I don't have to give a rat's ass about my reputation. And the older I get, the more it amuses me just how much people worry about theirs.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com