Comments on: Why Writers Should Blog

By: kempozone

kempozone — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:31:08 +0000

I’m sure many of you are like me and one of the first things you do in the morning is head here and check out the new post. Along with seeing the new posts, I’m also always checking out the blog roll rss feed and watching them grow, or shrink sometimes. In one of my past …but all in all excellent site. Keep it up!

By: Edward Lane

Edward Lane — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:37:26 +0000

Generally I do not post on blogs, but I would like to say that this post really forced me to do so, Excellent post!

By: BloggerDude

BloggerDude — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:56:01 +0000

I don’t know If I said it already but …Great site…keep up the good work. I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks,

A definite great read….

By: FrankieB

FrankieB — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:58:02 +0000

Hey, I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say GREAT blog!…..I”ll be checking in on a regularly now….Keep up the good work!

By: Rissa Watkins

Rissa Watkins — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:47:17 +0000

Just an update since you issued your challenge. I have written 8 blog posts in a month and 19,041 words on the book.

Huh, maybe Michy is right.

But that does not mean I am doing NaNo.

By: Bill Bartmann

Bill Bartmann — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:36:00 +0000

Excellent site, keep up the good work. I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks,

A definite great read…

-Bill-Bartmann

By: Bill Bartmann Scam

Bill Bartmann Scam — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:27:32 +0000

Hey good stuff…keep up the good work!

By: Bill Bartmann

Bill Bartmann — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:52:40 +0000

Cool site, love the info.

By: (Michy)

(Michy) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:21:08 +0000

LOL Thanks, Steve! Great to get a comment like this!

You’re right – when you work outside of writing, it is a lot harder. I’m blessed to be a full-time writer, so there IS monotony when I’m writing and researching articles.

You’re soooo right about kids being wellsprings for creativity and ideas though!

hope you’ll pop by more often!

By: Steve Shea

Steve Shea — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:57:37 +0000

This is interesting. While I agree, I’m not sure when to try to fit this in. As it is, with two jobs, two kids, a bear of a (car-based) commute, volunteering, being the primary shopper/cook/toilet bowl scrubber of my household, and an aspiring writer, I’m just not sure this is realistic. I mean, you are writing for the freelancer/writer community.

However, I like the goals you list. It all makes sense. And I think I will benefit from pursuing them by other means.

Warm Up – Because I write after the rest of the family is asleep, or by getting up before the cats even think about it, I don’t have a lot of warm up time. What I do is keep the ideas swirling in my head by thinking (radio off!) about my story while commuting, and reflecting on it while drifting off to my nightly 4 hours of sleep.

Connections and Networking – I found this post through a network, so that’s kind of up and running, but I think blogging builds a different sort of network – it builds name recognition and followers. That’s something I’ll have to find a way to do.

Less Structure – I scribble. I doodle. I draw (badly) my characters. I write a line or two of dialogue while at a stoplight. I review chapter divisions while keeping my youngest company in the bath. (Okay – him, not me, that’s sloppy writing!)

Ideas – I have kids. Kids generate ideas. Seriously. Ever need an idea? Get friendly with some kids. Volunteer at a school or babysit or hang out with yours or a friend’s.

Help Break Writer’s Block – With my schedule, I either write or I don’t. Nobody in the world cares about my book but me. It’s pretty simple. Doesn’t always get me writing, but I sure don’t sit around with writer’s block.

Breaks Monotony – This is something I don’t have to worry about. Fatigue, yes. Monotony, no. (Or at least, my monotony comes in enough flavors that I don’t notice it… Can that be called monotony?)

Release Frustration – Oooh, good one. Actually, that’s part of why I’m writing the book in the first place! I also recently picked up the drawing hobby I dropped decades ago. To each his own.

I realize this is a lot of blogging from someone who doesn’t have the time. Your post was just that inspiring!