Website Advice for Pubbed Authors

Let's interrupt this character-building train of thought for a really great blog post my prolific and popular Serious Writing friend Rosemary Laurey shared with me. (Yes, a run-on sentence, and I don't care!)

Top 10 Peeves from Booksellers and Readers About Author Websites is posted on the Dear Author blog--chock full of good reading any day but really interesting today.

If you've ever wondered what readers and book sellers think of your website or how to make tiny changes toward a big difference, this is a good place to start.

Happy website improving,
Beth

Article for Unpubbs: Be Your Own Editor blog

Ok, unpubbs. Listen up (myself included, though I already knew this stuff): this blog post, courtesy of the entertaining and informative Be Your Own Editor blog, is solid in its reasoning for why you can't live in a cave while writing to become published. Build yourself, your credibility, your readership and your experiences with words on the road to publication and you'll do yourself (and your editor/publisher) a great service.

Curious? Read more: Every Writer Needs a Website. Yes, Even You

Hang out at the Be Your Own Editor blog for other great writing topics.

Happy Platforming,
Beth

Blog: Dear Author

Great blog I came across by accident. This particular post was shared with us thanks to editor Cindy (Hwang's) mention (in the featured interview) of my friend Donna MacMeans' upcoming release from Berkeley (scroll to the last little bit about "The Education of Mrs. Brimley).

For those of you who think editors live in golden castles in the sky, read Cindy's interview here and get a dose of reality: Cindy Hwang interview

(not that you shouldn't TREAT them like royalty...)

But don't dismiss the entire blog for the sake of one post. Lots of good reading here--for readers and authors alike..the Dear Author Blog.

Happy Reading,
Beth