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Open Book: Is Blogging Overrated?
After blogging for a couple of years now, I am wondering if blogging is overrated. Yes, as a writer, you would think that this process is a no brainer and enjoyable. But in truth, it steals time from my day, from my other writing and reading, and although pleasurable, may or may not be all [...]
Open Book: Blog Content Basics
No two brands of ketchup taste the same. The basic ingredients may be similar — tomatoes (or tomato concentrate), sugar, vinegar, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, etc. — but the taste differences lie in the ingredient quality and proportion. And so it is with your blog. Your blog site is uniquely yours even though there may [...]
Open Book: 3 Great Reasons for an Unpublished Novelist to Blog
People blog for many reasons, but for the unpublished novelist, blogging is a no brainer. I can’t remember which self-help guru wrote that if you want to be a novelist, you have to do what novelist do. If you imitate the behaviors of novelist, you will one day be that novelist. One of the behaviors [...]
Blogging
I have been blogging for a few months now and realizing that successful blogging is not successful without equal attention to all its parts. Writing well and offering substantive content are certainly plusses. However, there are other components…marketing related. A successsful blog includes reading other blogs and leaving messages. Surfing the web to see what [...]
Blogging with a Purpose
When I started blogging, I never realized just how much energy it would take to sustain writing consistently. I have to admit it became a little easier the more I posted, but still sometimes I think of it as work instead of a fun thing to do. I like blogging. Did I kill the fun [...]
Blogging: The Newest Panacea for Good Health
Geesh. Blogs are now the new hip research project. The hypothesis is that blogging is good for you. And this is a surprise? Didn’t anyone read the same studies I read about 25 years ago (cough, cough)? How writing encourages good health was the research topic. Isn’t blogging considered writing? So why wouldn’t [...]
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