It's Miy Blogiversary! How to Survive 13 Years of Blogging - Anne R. Allen's Blog ... with Ruth Harris

Today, when Panzer was sweeping out the Panzermobile, our fastidious kitty found a wadded up post under the floor mat. Flattening it out, he discovered it was a post about author blogging from the Anne R. Allen's Blog ... with Ruth Harris site.

 

That's a long time.

According to the post, Anne R. Allen has been blogging for thirteen years. The post is her thirteen "rules" for authors who blog. She also includes some interesting things that have happened to her because of her blog.

 

To read the post tootle over to Anne R. Allen Blog

B&N Cuts Freelance Writers from Its Teen and SFF Blogs - Publishers Weekly

Today, Panzer was tootling around in the Panzermobile in the Catosphere when he heard sighing and crying coming from outside. Following the noise, took our sympathetic kitty boy to the Publishers Weekly site. There he found a post about Barnes and Noble's change to the company's freelance writing team.

Your job is never safe.

According to the post by Judith Rosen, Barnes and Noble has made major changes to the company's freelance bloggers. These freelancers are the ones who wrote the Teen and Science Fiction and Fantasy (SFF) blogs. The post includes quotes from freelancer teams that were let go and one of these is quoted as saying all freelancers were let go. As freelancers they weren't considered employees and so could be let go at any time. According to at least one of the quotes, some of them had worked for Barnes and Noble for years.

Panzer says, "Whenever a company is taken over by new owners, people will be let go no matter how long you've worked there."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Barnes and Noble teen and sff blogs

How To And How Not To Ask A Writer/Blogger For Help

The steps to success.

Panzer was out in the Catosphere today just tootling around and enjoying himself. Our big bad kitty boy decided since he hasn't been there for awhile to stop in at The Write Life site.

After a little digging around, he found a post by Kelly Gurnett about asking your favorite writer and/or blogger to read and comment on your writing. Gurnett includes 10 don'ts and 11 dos in her post. The don'ts include things like don't cc your email to others, don't send an email without proof reading it, don't have a vague subject line, and seven other don'ts. The dos include things like do check the writer/blogger's specialization, do give compliments, do have an intriguing subject line, and eight other dos.

Panzer says, "Listen up, Kittens. There's a lot of work involved in asking a writer to read your work. Maybe you should just skip it and indie pub it."

To read the post, tootle over to 10 major mistakes

Set Up Blog Tours For Your Characters

Not looking forward to that ebook marketing tool known as the blog tour? Everybody touts the blog tour as the greatest marketing tool since the Book Club option.

But, what if you're a little shy? Hate the spotlight? Well, don't feel bad. You're not alone.

So, today have I got help for you. Let's send your character on a blog tour and let him/her do the marketing for you.

I've three blogs for you to contact for your character's blog tour. Now, if you've been reading this blog for any amount of time, you know Panzer and I work together. So, two of these blogs are for your animal characters to blog about you. The first is Pets and Authors and the second is The Conscious Cat. For those of you who haven't seen the light and joined the animal kingdom yet, I have one blog for your human characters to do the blogging at Killer Characters.

Come on. You're supposed to be a writer. Get to work on that blog tour!

8 Ways to Develop Better Relationships with Book Bloggers

Driving readers to your ebook at Amazon takes more than just asking your relatives to go buy it (although that's a good move too!). Last month I blogged about Mommy Blogs as a marketing tool for your ebooks.

Getting those blog reviews for your indie pubbed ebook isn't always easy, but it is worth the time and effort. While one review might create a ripple, ten or twenty of the right reviews can create a tidal wave of readers buying your ebook.

This brings up the question of how do you approach a blogger and get a continuing relationship going with him or her? Here's 8 Ways to Develop Better Relationships with Book Bloggers
 to help you get started.