Informative post! I had to share.
Tara Sparling recently wrote a couple of blog posts about self-publishing; namely, What makes people buy self-published books, and What Puts Readers Off Self-Published Books. I loved them both, an…
Informative post! I had to share.
Tara Sparling recently wrote a couple of blog posts about self-publishing; namely, What makes people buy self-published books, and What Puts Readers Off Self-Published Books. I loved them both, an…
If you are wondering if you should post chapters of your novel on Wattpad or FictionPress or Figment, there is a site that compares the metrics of the domains. You can find the comparison between:
From the metrics, it is obvious that Wattpad gets much more traffic. Wattpad gets over 650,000 visitors a day compared to FictionPress’s 16,000 to Figment’s 5000.
These three sites are very different from Scribophile — you can read about my very positive experience with Scribophile here.
Most of the people I interact with through my blog or on Twitter are writers at various stages of their career. What I have not been able to get over is how incredibly generous they are with their time, knowledge and experience.
I have never reblogged anything but this post inspires me to keep going. I don’t have a large amount of followers but every time someone comments, my heart skips a little. And there are a few friends out there that are writing or thinking of writing… I write the blog for them as well as for me.
I know I will love reading my posts years from now.
I hope you enjoy this post by Eclectic Ellen.
A few days before Christmas, I saw this tweet:
“So writing from the perspective of a woman is a lot harder than anticipated. Any advice? #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #writerslife”
Why do authors need to use social media?
It turns out that some agents will Google a new writer when they receive a query to see what the author’s social media presence is. This is because agents just don’t have the time to teach new authors how to use Twitter or set up a blog. Some agents have indicated that they will not even consider representing a new author who does not have a social media presence.