Comments on: The Editor Unleashed Guide to Good Blogging http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/ Writing, Publishing, Social Media and Community Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:51:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Evolution of a Blogger’s Family « Tartitude http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3752 Evolution of a Blogger’s Family « Tartitude Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:40:27 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-3752 [...] hope101 exposed to post by editor Maria Schneider stating advantages of blogging. She paces, only settles after opening  WordPress account. For 2+ [...] [...] hope101 exposed to post by editor Maria Schneider stating advantages of blogging. She paces, only settles after opening  WordPress account. For 2+ [...]

]]> By: What The Hell Am I Doing Here? « Gary's Mostly Pointless Blog http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-3125 What The Hell Am I Doing Here? « Gary's Mostly Pointless Blog Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:38:45 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-3125 [...] work sucks and I’d rather daydream all day, write it down and get paid for it.  Why blog?  Maria Schneider told me to. I am not one to argue with Maria (mainly because I don’t know her that well and I doubt [...] [...] work sucks and I’d rather daydream all day, write it down and get paid for it.  Why blog?  Maria Schneider told me to. I am not one to argue with Maria (mainly because I don’t know her that well and I doubt [...]

]]> By: Free is wrong for writers; Freemium might not be | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 Free is wrong for writers; Freemium might not be | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:56:27 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-2174 [...] Digest and current propietor of Editor Unleashed, offers some excellent tips and resources in The Editor Unleashed Guide to Good Blogging as part of her own exemplary freemium [...] [...] Digest and current propietor of Editor Unleashed, offers some excellent tips and resources in The Editor Unleashed Guide to Good Blogging as part of her own exemplary freemium [...]

]]> By: Tim Sunderland http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 Tim Sunderland Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:34:41 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-1920 I am a former freelance non-fiction writer. After the last 18 years in marketing I am now embarking on a novel. One of the issues I am struggling with is how much I should reveal on the blog about my novel. I am thinking perhaps sample chapters, short stories about characters that serve as background info. I want to develop interest, but not give away the farm. Tim Sunderland, author Rules for Giving, WIP I am a former freelance non-fiction writer. After the last 18 years in marketing I am now embarking on a novel. One of the issues I am struggling with is how much I should reveal on the blog about my novel. I am thinking perhaps sample chapters, short stories about characters that serve as background info. I want to develop interest, but not give away the farm.

Tim Sunderland, author
Rules for Giving, WIP

]]> By: J. M. Strother http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1886 J. M. Strother Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:04:58 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-1886 Jon the Master? Who dat? I had to laugh out loud (unless you're referring to someone else, in which case I need the URL so I can start following him.) As to names... The Ulrichian Mary's Musings My Word, Today From the Heart (because I think writers should write from the heart) Stepp'n Out (since you'd be stepping out into the world of blogging) Quite Contrary (if you wanted to blog about gardens) And So On (which actually works rather well as a blog name, I think) Check with the continuing education department of your local community college and see if they have a class on starting a blog. I think attending a class like that would go a long way to alleviating the fear factor for you. ~jon Jon the Master? Who dat? I had to laugh out loud (unless you’re referring to someone else, in which case I need the URL so I can start following him.)

As to names…
The Ulrichian
Mary’s Musings
My Word, Today
From the Heart (because I think writers should write from the heart)
Stepp’n Out (since you’d be stepping out into the world of blogging)
Quite Contrary (if you wanted to blog about gardens)
And So On (which actually works rather well as a blog name, I think)

Check with the continuing education department of your local community college and see if they have a class on starting a blog. I think attending a class like that would go a long way to alleviating the fear factor for you.
~jon

]]> By: Mary Ulrich http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1884 Mary Ulrich Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:05:07 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-1884 Sigh! Sigh! Damn! Maria, I know it is fear that stops me, but I can't seem to make it happen. Thanks for your encouragement. I read this and think, okay, I can do this. And then there is great advice from Cheapskate, Sid, Steven and of course Jon the Master. I guess I need someone to hold my hand through this. I enjoyed Darren Rouse's 31 Days to a Better Blog B (there is another B but I don't remember what it stands for) but it was for people who already Blog. How do you choose a name? Maria, I remember you posting the name thread in the Forum for days and there were like a hundred ideas and suggestions. I don't have anyone to bounce my ideas off. How do you choose a focus? Just writing? Just life? Since I am always trying to solve problems, I wonder if we had a protected thread on the forum for new bloggers? With a task for each day. Or, maybe that is another form of denial and procrastination? Guess I just need to learn more and get a kick in the butt. Sigh! Sigh! Damn!

Maria, I know it is fear that stops me, but I can’t seem to make it happen.
Thanks for your encouragement. I read this and think, okay, I can do this. And then there is great advice from Cheapskate, Sid, Steven and of course Jon the Master.

I guess I need someone to hold my hand through this.

I enjoyed Darren Rouse’s 31 Days to a Better Blog B (there is another B but I don’t remember what it stands for) but it was for people who already Blog.

How do you choose a name? Maria, I remember you posting the name thread in the Forum for days and there were like a hundred ideas and suggestions. I don’t have anyone to bounce my ideas off.

How do you choose a focus? Just writing? Just life?

Since I am always trying to solve problems, I wonder if we had a protected thread on the forum for new bloggers? With a task for each day.

Or, maybe that is another form of denial and procrastination?

Guess I just need to learn more and get a kick in the butt.

]]> By: Maria Schneider http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1874 Maria Schneider Fri, 29 May 2009 19:40:38 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-1874 @Susan, Just bookmark this post (copy and paste this hyperlink: http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/ and you can come back to it whenever you like. I might also give it its on its own page one day next week. @Susan, Just bookmark this post (copy and paste this hyperlink: http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/ and you can come back to it whenever you like. I might also give it its on its own page one day next week.

]]> By: Sid Prince http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1873 Sid Prince Fri, 29 May 2009 19:06:11 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-1873 Susan - Copy the address from the address bar and save it in a file on your desktop. When you find time to breath & blog the address will take you back to this very page. No printing required! My guess - Maria will leave the page here for you for at least a few days... :-) (<-- There, I did it! I emotaconned on a blog; though only in comment form... Does that count Maria?) Susan – Copy the address from the address bar and save it in a file on your desktop. When you find time to breath & blog the address will take you back to this very page. No printing required!

My guess – Maria will leave the page here for you for at least a few days… :-) (<– There, I did it! I emotaconned on a blog; though only in comment form… Does that count Maria?)

]]> By: Susan Cross http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1872 Susan Cross Fri, 29 May 2009 18:43:33 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-1872 Where will this info be available in the future? I don't have time to print it out now and have 2 articles due (1 today and 1 by Monday) so I surely don't have time to start my new blog and learn about everything everyone said to make it successful. I was successful on MySpace in attracting my target market for my book. Will this work in a similar fashion? I am tweeting but only following and accepting followers that relate to writing (magazines, publishers, etc.) which is how I found this forum. Where will this info be available in the future? I don’t have time to print it out now and have 2 articles due (1 today and 1 by Monday) so I surely don’t have time to start my new blog and learn about everything everyone said to make it successful. I was successful on MySpace in attracting my target market for my book. Will this work in a similar fashion? I am tweeting but only following and accepting followers that relate to writing (magazines, publishers, etc.) which is how I found this forum.

]]> By: J. M. Strother http://editorunleashed.com/2009/05/28/the-editor-unleashed-guide-to-good-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 J. M. Strother Fri, 29 May 2009 18:28:02 +0000 http://editorunleashed.com/?p=2370#comment-1870 I remember all these posts. They were great advice then and remain great advice now. And I second Sid's advice, use Google Analytics (or a similar tool). Know your audience. ~jon I remember all these posts. They were great advice then and remain great advice now. And I second Sid’s advice, use Google Analytics (or a similar tool). Know your audience.
~jon

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