Comments on: Dear author, if you don’t know about RSS, your readers don’t know about you

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RSS If I Must « Candice May — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:54:54 +0000

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By: Gary Kemble

Gary Kemble — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:12:17 +0000

Hi Kate,

Just in reference to both this post and your column/cover note in the most recent edition of Writing Queensland, I’ve got a blog but I often wonder what to do with it. At the moment, it’s the bare minimum… news about sales, competition wins, the odd pointer to something I find interesting/amusing elsewhere on the web.

But I often wonder how I can take it further.

Thoughts, ideas welcome!

By: Pamela Freeman

Pamela Freeman — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:29:50 +0000

Whoops! How easy it is to miscommunicate. The week I discussed blogging with Alex I’d had conversations with two different Australian editors who were bemoaning the fact that some of their writers were spending so much time blogging they weren’t writing, and I just assumed that was what Alex meant. My bad.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:05:21 +0000

Hi from Orbit!
I’d just like to clarify a bit what Pamela refrences above – We don’t discourage authors from blogging! We have a blog ourselves ( http://www.orbitbooks.net ) But I do know that keeping a blog — particularly one with long posts and weekly updates – can be quite a lot of work for working writers, so we don’t mind if our authors don’t do them.

That said – as the poster correctly points out – the changing tools of blogging and social networking (rss feeds, tumblr, myspace, twitter, facebook, etc) offer any number of ways for authors to increase their online profiles. So it’s very useful for authors to use the tools associated with blogging on their websites (for updates, news, etc) even they don’t keep a traditional blog.

Alex at Orbit

By: electricalphabet

electricalphabet — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:57:30 +0000

Nicky: I think the reverse is also true for Australian content finding new international audiences. It’s practically impossible to do via traditional channels, especially broadcast media, but the internet neatly sidesteps the problems of these channels.

Robert D: Thanks for the Twitter post. I admit to not having explored Twitter thoroughly yet, but it seems ideal for an “author-to-multiple fans” communication purpose, imagine how it could add leverage to a book or publicity tour for example?

Kim: Thanks!

By: Kim Wilkins

Kim Wilkins — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:13:26 +0000

What an intelligent and appealing blog, Kate. Well done.

By: Robert Dobson

Robert Dobson — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:06:53 +0000

Also remember there are services like Twitter http://twitter.com/ which by its nature allows for quicker and more concise updates on your activities. There’s a great post – http://danpatterson.creepysleepy.com/use-twitter-to-build-your-brand/ – which deals with using the service to build a brand.

Other things to help create connections include (and excuse my shameless MSN pimping here for a moment) Windows Live alerts which alerts IM users to your updates – http://signup.alerts.live.com/brochure/index.jsp.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:07:52 +0000

Hi Kate,

Agree completely, though for me it won’t be done anytime soon.

Have added your blog to my list. I tend to read blogs, not unlike one would go through the newspaper. I find it interesting the different slants authors take using the medium be it independent or linked with their websites or through social networking set-ups.

Also agree that genre fans tend to be online savvy. I would also stretch that to those who live away from ‘hubs’ ie Aussies with the rest of the world for many genre formats (eg TV, graphic & traditional novels, movies).

By: electricalphabet

electricalphabet — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:23:09 +0000

Pamela: I think the key is the conversation you have with your readers and fans. Whether it’s via a blog or your website is less important than the reach you have and the loyalty and enthusiasm of your audience.

I agree with you about fantasy readers being partial to online communication, in fact I think genre fans of all types are more prone to building online communities and plugging into these can really help authors build platform.