Hi Nola - a great list for reasons to have a blog as a writer. Finding the right fit can be a matter of trial and error. And while some pundits suggest your have to blog two to three times a week, I think it's more important to be in it for a long haul. I'm not necessarily looking for huge traffic, but what a place were potential readers can learn more about me and my writing. I also try to value add - and have great ideas but seem rarely to get time to do so in the middle of all the other happenings (and blogging on other sites and keeping up with social media - oh, and writing, editing and publishing, launching, promoting) . But, i figure it is better to do something than nothing :)
Thanks for that Jenny. You certainly do a great job of engaging your readers. And you're right - blogging is only one of many things that an author does, so it has to be balanced up with everything else we do. I also agree that it's better to be in it for the long haul rather than doing too much too quickly and then burning out or getting discouraged. I'm going to do a few posts in this series and one of them will be on suggestions for new bloggers. I was going to suggest starting slowly and building from there, so you've confirmed that idea. Thanks for commenting :)
Hi Nola - a great list for reasons to have a blog as a writer. Finding the right fit can be a matter of trial and error. And while some pundits suggest your have to blog two to three times a week, I think it's more important to be in it for a long haul. I'm not necessarily looking for huge traffic, but what a place were potential readers can learn more about me and my writing. I also try to value add - and have great ideas but seem rarely to get time to do so in the middle of all the other happenings (and blogging on other sites and keeping up with social media - oh, and writing, editing and publishing, launching, promoting) . But, i figure it is better to do something than nothing :)
Thanks for that Jenny. You certainly do a great job of engaging your readers. And you're right - blogging is only one of many things that an author does, so it has to be balanced up with everything else we do. I also agree that it's better to be in it for the long haul rather than doing too much too quickly and then burning out or getting discouraged. I'm going to do a few posts in this series and one of them will be on suggestions for new bloggers. I was going to suggest starting slowly and building from there, so you've confirmed that idea. Thanks for commenting :)