Social Media Networking
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Is a blog writer really a writer?
The term ‘writer’ had blurred at the edges with new technology, so has the term ‘published writer’. All sorts of people are honing their skills in producing the written word by starting a blog in an area of their interest. Because they are doing it for free, does it mean that they are no less…
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Why do Writers Blog? or To Blog or not to Blog?
Some people have asked me why I write a blog when I could be concentrating on my current novel and as usual I cannot generalise but can only give my personal points of view. Here are some of my thoughts on the matter: Promotion The obvious reason, initially, was to promote my debut novel ‘Riduna’…
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Internet v Bookshops – No competition!
My enthusiastic promotion of real bookshops does not mean that I underestimate the essential role of the internet in book sales, although I must admit in the early days of publication of Riduna I was totally oblivious of its power. In my ignorance I threw myself into book signings, personal contact to bookshops, whose customers I believed would…