On social media as well as on your blog, make a point of replying to as many people as possible. If a follower, reader, or visitor has taken the time to say something or ask a question – get in there and offer a reply. If nothing else, this will […]
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We here at Author Buzz like to write about authors and books (surprising that). That’s why we set up a self-directed interview system. How it works is like this. You decided that as a writer, author, or awesome person you would like to be interviewed. You learn that we would […]
Your interview starts whenever you are ready.
On your prefered social media platform, ask your followers some open-ended questions. You might also want to post a poll. This benefits you in two ways: First, your followers are enticed to interact with you which is usually good for the algorithm. Second, you will have a pre-made blog post […]
Platform Building: Ask some questions
The true elegance of writing contests as an author is that you never have to mention the ones you did not win; only the ones you won. A shiny list of competitive writing contest wins that you have been awarded will impress readers, agents, and publishers alike. I like to […]
Platform tip: Enter writing contests
1 Comment Author Buzz is introducing IndieWeb features – something we hinted at a few months ago. What is IndieWeb and why should authors use it? First the boring answer IndieWeb is a community of people building software to enable independent websites to maintain their social data on their own web domains. […]
What is the IndieWeb and how can it help authors?
Your website or blog needs an about page. That page should be all about you. It should answer common questions the press might ask and supply common things bloggers might want to use when they write about you – like quotes, a photograph, and some biographical information. I call this […]