Comments on: Booksquare says it’s your job to market yourself… and it is http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/05/13/booksquare-says-its-your-job-to-market-yourself-and-it-is/ Writing and publishing in the digital near-future Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:04:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Gary Kemble http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/05/13/booksquare-says-its-your-job-to-market-yourself-and-it-is/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Gary Kemble Tue, 13 May 2008 22:40:11 +0000 http://electricalphabet.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-67 I think John Birmingham does a great job with this on Cheeseburger Gothic (http://birmo.journalspace.com/) -- he keeps his readers up-to-date with the many irons he has in many fires, and also insights into the writer's life, his personal life and also occasional sneak peeks at his work-in-progress. I've also been getting into John Scalzi's Whatever (http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/) lately although I haven't actually bought/read any of his books. He throws in a bit of politics, random asides, but it makes for entertaining reading. The thing with blogging/social media is, it's important -- but for emerging writers is it as important as getting the damn ms finished?! I think there's a risk at enjoying the idea of being a writer, rather than doing the actual writing. (I know, I know -- you have to find time for both, but it's damn hard) I think John Birmingham does a great job with this on Cheeseburger Gothic (http://birmo.journalspace.com/) — he keeps his readers up-to-date with the many irons he has in many fires, and also insights into the writer’s life, his personal life and also occasional sneak peeks at his work-in-progress.

I’ve also been getting into John Scalzi’s Whatever (http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/) lately although I haven’t actually bought/read any of his books. He throws in a bit of politics, random asides, but it makes for entertaining reading.

The thing with blogging/social media is, it’s important — but for emerging writers is it as important as getting the damn ms finished?! I think there’s a risk at enjoying the idea of being a writer, rather than doing the actual writing.

(I know, I know — you have to find time for both, but it’s damn hard)

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