Comments on: Calling all bloggers…taking a poll http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/ Where Happily Ever After is Always on the Menu! Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:00:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Angie Fox http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-23896 Angie Fox Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:59:36 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/#comment-23896 I read about a half dozen blogs regularly, and that number has actually gone up from where I was a year ago. The ones I read either challenge my ideas on the industry or purely entertain. And I will seek out a writer's blog if I enjoyed a book. I read about a half dozen blogs regularly, and that number has actually gone up from where I was a year ago. The ones I read either challenge my ideas on the industry or purely entertain. And I will seek out a writer’s blog if I enjoyed a book.

]]> By: Gail Barrett http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-23894 Gail Barrett Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:16:44 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/#comment-23894 I'd say you're doing a fabulous job of entertaining with those numbers, Mel. I am impressed!!!!! I’d say you’re doing a fabulous job of entertaining with those numbers, Mel. I am impressed!!!!!

]]> By: Mel http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-23893 Mel Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:59:52 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/#comment-23893 Gail, Blogs have to be entertaining for me to read them. If they're all business, all the time, or preachy, then I stay away from them. I hate "authoritative" blogs. You know, the my way or the highway kind of information that some people dole out. They come across as pompous and honestly, they sour me toward that person's business. I don't want to know all about your writing. I want to know about you. Can you make me laugh and tell me a story about something in your life? Doesn't have to be too personal, but it does have to feel personal. I try very hard to blog daily. I skip a lot on the weekends, but I still try to blog at least one day on the weekend. So far this month, I've had 5200 blog readers. In my mind, those are pretty solid numbers. They grow every month. I spend very little time talking about my writing. I just try to entertain. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. LOL Gail,
Blogs have to be entertaining for me to read them. If they’re all business, all the time, or preachy, then I stay away from them. I hate “authoritative” blogs. You know, the my way or the highway kind of information that some people dole out. They come across as pompous and honestly, they sour me toward that person’s business.

I don’t want to know all about your writing. I want to know about you. Can you make me laugh and tell me a story about something in your life? Doesn’t have to be too personal, but it does have to feel personal.

I try very hard to blog daily. I skip a lot on the weekends, but I still try to blog at least one day on the weekend. So far this month, I’ve had 5200 blog readers. In my mind, those are pretty solid numbers. They grow every month. I spend very little time talking about my writing. I just try to entertain. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. LOL

]]> By: Gail Barrett http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-23890 Gail Barrett Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:31:41 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/#comment-23890 Thanks, Chessie and Laura! I appreciate the feedback. And Laura, I agree. I don't read the trashy ones, either. I just can't get enjoyment out of those, mostly because I sympathize with the writers whose books are being trashed. I can hardly read movie reviews anymore, either, now that I know how hard it is to write.... Thanks, Chessie and Laura! I appreciate the feedback. And Laura, I agree. I don’t read the trashy ones, either. I just can’t get enjoyment out of those, mostly because I sympathize with the writers whose books are being trashed. I can hardly read movie reviews anymore, either, now that I know how hard it is to write….

]]> By: Laura http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-23887 Laura Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:48:18 +0000 http://www.rwaonlinechapter.org/pubbedauthors/2008/02/19/calling-all-bloggerstaking-a-poll/#comment-23887 Like "The Pam", I have a few blogs I follow because they are friends. I've added a couple of blogs recently of authors whose books I've really liked. Of those I consistently read, I like seeing a bit of their personal world. Whether it be about tea (no offense Scott), knitting or the occassional "I got nothin' " blog. A blog that is strictly "informational" is not going to hold me for long. I prefer an "entertaining" blog. And I love blog entries that recommend books because I always like to hear about new authors and stories. A blog entry trashing an author or book - not one I would frequent. Like “The Pam”, I have a few blogs I follow because they are friends. I’ve added a couple of blogs recently of authors whose books I’ve really liked. Of those I consistently read, I like seeing a bit of their personal world. Whether it be about tea (no offense Scott), knitting or the occassional “I got nothin’ ” blog. A blog that is strictly “informational” is not going to hold me for long. I prefer an “entertaining” blog. And I love blog entries that recommend books because I always like to hear about new authors and stories. A blog entry trashing an author or book – not one I would frequent.

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