Networking Takes Effort

I like to blog daily, because it keeps me in touch with the blogging world. It's the networking that sells books, I'm told. Word of mouth is key. It's how a lot of people have sold their books. It's what I hope to do when THE VASE comes out.

Of course the bottom line is a great story told with great writing. But if nobody knows about that great story, they won't read it. And then they won't find out about the great writing, either.

So for all of us aspiring authors, keep on blogging. Let it hang out. But I have found a lot of blogs go dormant. I have found some that had their last post written months ago. Some even years. And I don't think those blogs are being read.

Now of course you have to give a reader a reason to read your blog. They have to want to know about the blogger, and his/her experiences in the writing and publishing world. And they will want to know about the stories you write.

And keeping it going daily takes effort. You have to get down and do it. But the long haul is what the goal is. That goal is selling books!