Ah, thanks, Ezzy. You are such an encourager and you are very much appreciated for sure. Actually, I will be teaching on Candy Havens on-line workshop the week of October 4th so go sign up :D. I will also be teaching a Blogging for Branding class at the 2100 DFE Writers’ Conference. Any other classes I will announce.

LOL…well there hasn’t been a lot of instruction TO writers on WHAT to blog about. We just get told, “You need to blog.” Ok. So don’t feel bad. Been there done that. I joke that the real title to my book should have been I Made all the Dumb Mistakes So You Don’t Have To. That is also why I advise writers to start blogging early. Screw up and be boring before anyone knows who you are 😀 In my book I teach you how to find topics to blog about to build a platform of readers. But you will be amazed how much blogging will make you grow as a person and as a writer.

Thanks for commenting and best of luck!

As a novice writer-blogger who has stumbled on your WANA Wednesdays blogs by chance, let me say a big ‘Thankyou’ It has given me some great ideas, and pointed out things that should have been obvious to me, but weren’t (eg the blog shouldn’t all be about me – D’oh!) This is becoming such an important part of a career as an author that it’s great to plug into some sane advice…

Excellent post with good advice!

Thank you for your post. All the best.

I never like people to rant on topics that force people to choose sides. Divisive topics do just that…they divide. Unless someone has the power to see the future, they don’t know what will happen. With a little extra effort, we can express opinions without making people choose sides. Be respectful of other opinions or face consequences. I have unfollowed people on Twitter for ranting. I am on there for community, not an upset stomach. I belive arguments can be made for and against both sides, but we can agree to disagree and be mature and respectful professionals. Ranting of any kind is unprofessional and by nature will alienate people. Not a good strategy for building a solid platform designed to generate sales.

Social media, in its best form, is to put a personal face on an author’s product (our book). If that face becomes that of a self-righteous jerk, I don’t see that as a good thing. Now if you happen to be on social media just to hang out and give an opinion and you aren’t concerned about platform-building? It’s your business how you behave. But for authors, sales via social media have a direct correlation to how those in our network and extended netwrok view us as people. The more positive, the better.

Great question, though.