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March 19, 2017 By Anne R. Allen 94 Comments

Your Author Blog: What Should an Author Blog About?

Your Author Blog: What Should an Author Blog About?

An author blog can be fun if you ignore the rules intended for business blogs. by Anne R. Allen The most common question I get from authors who are thinking about starting a blog is: “What should an author blog about?” My answer isn’t the same as what you’ll hear from the major blogging gurus. […]

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Filed Under: Blogging for Authors, Social Media and Marketing For Writers Tagged With: Anne R. Allen, Author blogs, Blogging, Boomer Women, Elizabeth S. Craig, How to Blog Your Book, Insecure Writers Support Group, Joel Friedlander, Kristen Lamb, memoir writing, slow blogging, Tara Sparling

August 23, 2015 By Anne R. Allen 73 Comments

What Should a Novelist Blog About? Do’s and Don’ts for Author-Bloggers

What Should a Novelist Blog About? Do’s and Don’ts for Author-Bloggers

by Anne R. Allen   When I teach blogging to new writers, the most common question I get is: “What should I blog about?” My answer isn’t the same as you’ll hear from the major blogging gurus, because most of them are teaching people how to blog for its own sake. They will all tell […]

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September 15, 2013 By Anne R. Allen 98 Comments

Blog Communities: Forming a Safe Place for New Writers in a Scary Online World

Blog Communities: Forming a Safe Place for New Writers in a Scary Online World

  Some pretty scary things have been happening in the online book world recently—stuff that’s been shocking to those of us who expect our fellow book-lovers to behave like civilized adults. I spend a lot of time telling new authors how to use social media to create a “platform,” but I probably don’t warn you enough about the […]

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Anne R. AllenAnne R. Allen writes funny mysteries and how-to-books for writers. She also writes poetry and short stories on occasion. She’s a contributor to Writer’s Digest and the Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market.

Her bestselling Camilla Randall Mystery Series features perennially down-on-her-luck former socialite Camilla Randall—who is a magnet for murder, mayhem and Mr. Wrong, but always solves the mystery in her quirky, but oh-so-polite way.

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