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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Must one have a blog before one publishes a book? in the forum Aspiring Authors 7 years, 7 months ago
Those are good questions, Bob.
The short answer is that you do not need but you would benefit from a blog. The full answer is in this post that you inspired.
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Do authors need a blog before they publish? in the group Author Buzz HQ: 7 years, 7 months agoOne of our longtime members, Bob, asks, “Must one have a blog before one publishes a book?” Bob, goes on to ask if a blog is the same as a platform. I’m going to answer that right now.
Do I need a blog?
There is […]
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Bob Bobson started the topic Must one have a blog before one publishes a book? in the forum Aspiring Authors 7 years, 7 months ago
Hello.
Please, I could do with your answers. Must one have a blog before one publishes a book?
May I also ask, is a blog the same as a platform?
Thanks in advance.
Bob.
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Matthew Brown posted an update in the group
Thanet Creative: Writers 7 years, 7 months agoWishing all our members a happy and prosperous new year.
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An update on the handful of ongoing issues in the forum Help and Support 7 years, 8 months agoGood work.
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 8 months ago
Authors, before you had a following, do you remember how that first comment felt? What about your first subscriber? Or realising you had your first true fan?
The chances are those first felt pretty good.
If you […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Matthew D Brown 7 years, 8 months ago
Have you ever wanted to ask writers questions about writing?Â
If so, you are in luck. Author Buzz UK has an entire forum for asking questions and getting answers. Yours truly hangs out there and tries to co […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 8 months ago
Why is it that we writers are so prone to the thinking that we own an idea? For some reason that is lost on me, writers seem to be particularly prone to worrying about people stealing their ideas.
There may be […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 8 months ago
As authors, we are inclined to think that we know how to write – the truth is most author blogs fail.
The fact is most people will not see the end of your article and a lot of people will never scroll at all. […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 8 months ago
There is an alternative funding model for authors. We are all familiar with the standard author funding model. Write a book, promote the book, sell books… But that is not the only game in town.
The alternative […]
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Matthew Brown posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
@randomthoughts When you get a moment, check out the groups’ tab and find the Thanet creative: writers group here on AB. It’s like the one on FB but with a forum.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic What do you blog about? in the forum General Chat 7 years, 8 months ago
To answer my own question. When I am not blogging about authors and writing, I am blogging about creating story-driven roleplay games. Which is basically writing in a different media.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic What are you reading right now? in the forum General Chat 7 years, 8 months ago
Guards Guards is a great book. I approve.
I’ve been meaning to read The Shack. Maybe you could post a review when you are done?
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An update on the handful of ongoing issues in the forum Help and Support 7 years, 8 months agoI’ve just updated the Dev blog with a post about where we are at with things.
Rather than repeat myself, here is a link:
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Matthew Brown started the topic What do you blog about? in the forum General Chat 7 years, 8 months ago
As a follow up to our post about what Authors should be blogging about, let me ask you this: What do you blog about?
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Matthew Brown started the topic Any pressing topics wanted? in the forum General Chat 7 years, 8 months ago
I’m heading in the general direction of writing a number of shorter posts about Press Releases and general promotion. Are there any topics people are desperate for me to cover?
For example:
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz Developer Blog 7 years, 8 months ago
Time for a developer ramble about the state of things here at Author Buzz UK, bug tracking, progress, and article length.
Solving BugsWe reported that a potential bug had been found with sign-ups. Thanks to […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post, Oh no! Not now!, on the site Author Buzz Developer Blog 7 years, 8 months ago
You are right Danny. Log Rotate would have eventually taken care of the problem. Not logging a lot of nonsense was just more efficient. It was pretty much just an edge case mistake on my part.
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 8 months ago
In a story, there are five types of antagonist. Only one of those is what you would consider a “bad guy” in any way.
A story without conflict is not interesting but did you know that there are four other ways […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 8 months ago
There is a powerful tool for book promotion that, as far as I can tell, most authors (and publishers) seem to have missed entirely.
This tool can get more people to book signings. It can sell more books. It can […]
