My latest interview, with advice for writers on websites, blogging, social media, and marketing, is now live over at Social Media Just for Writers. Frances Caballo asked me wide-ranging questions such as:
- What are the elements of a successful website and blog?
- How important is blogging for a writer’s success?
- Should writers participate in online forums?
And there’s much more. Click here to read the full interview.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
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Jane, I tried to post a comment on Frances’ site but somehow it disappeared! Just in case it never reappears again, I wanted to say how much I enjoyed the interview, very informative.
For me, it was particularly encouraging to hear you say that there is a lag between blogging success and book sales…I started blogging in 2009, two years before I finally self-published (after many failed attempts to get an agent!), and for a long time saw no connection whatever between my sales and my blog. Now it’s beginning to happen, more and more people are signing up for my newsletter and that’s great, I consider it a good index of the extent people are interested in my work.
So to find out that there is a lag between blogging and book selling and that I’m not the only one suffering from it was definitely encouraging, that certainly helps me to keep going, many thanks, Jane!
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