Author Buzz

Where Authors & Readers find each other

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Bloggers are those who write for one or more blogs. The act of creating a blog post is known as blogging.

For the category see: Blogs and Blogging

Related concept: Author Platform

Author Buzz is pleased to announce a new experiment – the Say Blog. Say is a mix of author quotes, publisher insights, and member opinion. It is open to all members to express their opinion on whatever topic they might wish as well as sharing news on interesting things UK […]

The Say Blog

18th January 2019 in Blogs and blogging tagged blog / blogging / UK / your say by Matthew Brown

blow your own trumpet — Writing a page with a title of “Why I am wonderful” can be hard for some authors but if you are going to set up a platform then you need to do a good job of this. The page itself might be called “about the author”, or simple, “about”. Whatever title you […]

Why I am wonderful

23rd February 2018 in Becoming an author tagged Author Platform / blog / guide / hello world / I am wonderful by Matthew Brown

author typing — One 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 no rule in the world […]

Do authors need a blog before they publish?

1st January 2018 in Blogs and blogging tagged Andy Weir / Author Platform / blog / Matt Damon / publishing by Matthew Brown

Monkey at a typewriter — Do chaos and good writing go together? This is a question we are about to avoid but not entirely. Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best posts on the Author Buzz UK network. In case you are wondering, a certain amount of chaos is normal for the creative mind […]

Chaos and Good Writing

16th September 2017 in Site News tagged blog / blogging / buzz by Matthew Brown

lights — With a book, readers know what to expect because the author’s intentions are clear from the title, the cover and the blurb on the back. Are you doing the same with your blog? Recently, we talked about author blogging and what authors could blog about. One thing we did not talk […]

Authors, are you making your intentions clear

11th August 2017 in Blogs and blogging tagged Author Platform / blog / blogging / intentions / Matthew Munson / Thanet by Matthew Brown

Blog — We have given our developer blog a make over and you are the ones who benefit. The fresh new look for our dev blog will help promote you, the members of Author Buzz and your groups. It will do this by showcasing the featured, recently active, and popular members and […]

Site News: Dev Blog Makeover

1st August 2017 in Site News tagged accountability / blog / dev / news / progress / users by Matthew Brown