I’ve been so busy with this facebook hacker problem that I didn’t even notice my blog milestone. A couple of days ago, I hit blog number 1,500.
I’ve been blogging here since November of 2005—nearly 7 years. While I started out posting every two or three days, I’ve been posting daily for most of that time.
People ask me how I can come up with something to write about every day. For me it is mostly easy. There are times when I sit looking at a blank screen for a while. But that is rare.
My intentions with this blog are to inform and educate authors, hopeful authors and freelance writers who are interested in publishing their works. Occasionally, I write on an unrelated topic, such as my current problem with facebook. Or I’ll offer you a peek into my writing life and/or try to give perspective on an issue. I also like to provide resources I think you can use.
So how do I manage to write a blog-a-day? Maybe you’ll find this interesting. I get up around 4 or 4:30 a.m.—a habit I developed many years ago when I had a job and desired extra time in which to write. I grab a tall glass of water, feed the cats, start the coffee and enter my office. I check my email and respond while hydrating myself. Then I squeeze (or pour) a glass of orange juice and, generally, with a cat curled up on my lap, I write my daily blog post.
Admittedly, 1,500 posts represent a lot of ideas. Where do the ideas come from? Sometimes, I become aware of an interesting writers’ resource or something in the news on publishing. I may jot it down and consider including it in my blog post. I note comments from writers—questions they ask and concerns they express. I circle things I read that, when expanded upon, might make a good blog topic. And I write down thoughts that occur to me and that, when fleshed out, might make for an interesting post. Sometimes I just sort of ramble about what’s happening in the Patricia Fry offices.
This week, with construction going on in my kitchen, I’m proofing the galley for my upcoming book, Talk Up Your Book, How to Sell Your Book Through Public Speaking, Interviews, Signings, Festivals, Conferences and More. I think this book will be of great help and comfort to the millions of authors out there who want to or who know they should be speaking to their audiences or who are struggling in this capacity.
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If you think you can enter into the world of publishing on your own, with just a writer’s knowledge, you are sorely mistaken. Publishing is a serious, fiercely competitive business and the best way to prepare is to educate yourself. That is the purpose of these two books.