Write Time

Working Full-Time and Writing
(or for any busy writer)

As always, remember that these tips won't all work for everyone, so pick and choose what's right for you.

How to keep learning when you're crazy-busy, part three:

As writers, we need to constantly keep up with marketing industry, as well as constantly improving our craft. But the day only has 24 hours!

Blogs are like short online articles. If you're selective about the blogs you read, you can be very efficient about keeping up with the writing market and learning more about craft and marketing.

Most blogs have an RSS feed, or you can use a service like Feedblitz and have the blog's new posts e-mailed to your Inbox. They only take a few minutes a day to read and they can help keep a busy writer informed.

There are TONS of blogs out there, entertaining, informative, or both. Here are a few writing blogs:

Brandilyn Collins delves into various aspects of writing craft and business in her Forensics and Faith blog.

Terry Whalin writes blog posts from the perspective of an industry professional.

J.A. Konrath talks about self-promotion and marketing on his blog, A Newbie's Guide to Publishing.

ChiLibris, a group of Christian novelists, has a group blog called Charis Connection where they discuss all aspects of the writing life.

Bethany House editor Dave Long discusses fiction on his popular blog, Faith In Fiction.

Novel Journey is a fabulous blog run by Gina Holmes, Ane Mulligan, and Jessica Dotta where they post interviews with other authors and marketing tips.

CAN (Christian Authors Network) has a marketing blog for writers.

The Barbour Publishing editors have a blog called The Edit Café which is a fun read as well as insight into the day-to-day workings of a publishing house.

Lynne Scanlon, a consultant in marketing and special sales to Barnes and Noble, blogs about the publishing industry at The Publishing Contrarian.

Jana Reiss, the Religion Book Review editor for Publishers Weekly, blogs at The Review Revolution.

Agent Chip MacGregor, who used to be publisher for FaithWords/Warner Faith, and who was an agent even before doing that, talks the bare truth about writing and publishing in his new blog at ChipMacGregor.com.

There are lots of other blogs, as well. Surf around the blogosphere—especially writers’ blogs, where they often list the blogs they visit the most.

Camy Tang lives in San Jose, California. She previously worked in biology research, and she is a staff worker for her church youth group. She runs the Story Sensei critique service, and her Asian chick lit novel, Sushi for One?, releases in September.

Comments

[Lynne W. Scanlon]

Camy, Word Praise's link to me just registered in my stat counter. Thank you so much! That's so kind of you!

I often have lots of comments or questions after each post. Drop by and join in anytime!

Thanks again.

Lynne AKA The Wicked Witch of Publishing