Why Blogging is Good for Writers (okay, for me):
1. Complaining is Easier On the Blog
When you complain about how scared you are that your book will be toilet worthy, you can’t see other people roll their eyes at you. They also don’t get too angry at you or call you a stupid head when you don’t go to the ER after gashing your arm. Cough. Not like I did that.
Cough.
2. People Get It and Don’t Always Judge
People understand sometimes because they are also scared that your book will be toilet worthy, and they know how hard it is to plunge out a book from the toilet. And they might even understand because they too have refused to go to the ER. Or can relate because they are scared that their own book is toilet worthy
3. You Learn
You can learn a lot about people’s personalities from how they write. You know it’s true. Why do I feel like certain authors are the kindest, nicest humans ever?
Because of how they blog.
Why do I feel like some authors are narcissistic liars who only care about themselves? And are really creepy?
Because of how they blog.
4. You Become a Better Writer
Seeing how people blog helps me to better understand people and hopefully better understand my characters. And all writers need to do that.
The more we learn, the more we learn about our own craft AND the more we learn about other people. Seeing how people react to our blogs, helps us understand how readers will react to our stories.
Because writing is about communication. We send our words out into the world and when people read them? Not only is that the best, but that’s communication and sharing.
It’s amazing.
WRITING AND OTHER NEWS
IN THE WOODS – READ AN EXCERPT, PREORDER NOW!
My next book, IN THE WOODS, appears in July with Steve Wedel. It’s scary and one of Publisher’s Weekly’s Buzz Books for Summer 2019. There’s an excerpt of it there and everything! But even cooler (for me) they’ve deemed it buzz worthy! Buzz worthy seems like an awesome thing to be deemed!
You can preorder this bad boy, which might make it have a sequel. The sequel would be amazing. Believe me, I know. It features caves and monsters and love. Because doesn’t every story?
HEAR MY BOOK BABY (AND MORE) ON PATREON
On February first, I launched my Patreon site where I’m reading chapters (in order) of a never-published teen fantasy novel, releasing deleted scenes and art from some of my more popular books. And so much more. Come hang out with me! Get cool things!
WHAT IS PATREON?
A lot of you might be new to Patreon and not get how it works. That’s totally cool. New things can be scary, but there’s a cool primer HERE that explains how it works. The short of it is this: You give Patreon your paypal or credit card # and they charge you whatever you level you choose at the end of each month. That money supports me sharing my writing and art and podcasts and weirdness with you.
