Three years ago, I was stuck writing my first book and was chatting to a friend about how to get published. She’s worked as an editor at some major publishing houses in Australia. She said, “Start a blog.” I said, “Huh?”
A few weeks later, a blog title came to me — “Out of print writing” — so I created a blogspot account and wrote my first post, followed by a number of unfocused and uninspiring posts. I wrote about rejection letters, putting myself on Twitter and Authonomy, about an article I was trying to submit to the inflight Qantas magazine about Commie leaders lying in state. It was all horrible and I cringe to even think about most of them–but, somehow, I started getting some reads. I discovered if I put stuff out there, people may discover it and read it. My blog actually helped with my writing. I finally abandoned that book I’d been stuck on for 8 years, and moved onto something new.
My blog is constantly evolving, and I’m always learning how to make it better. The beauty is that I can change it when I need to. Here are some of the things that I’ve learned over the last three years about writing an author’s blog …
