Author Blogs: List Yours Here

[Carolyn Kephart]

Edited to change the title so it'll stick around.

So, fellow inkslingers, do you actually find time to keep a blog? Is yours dedicated to self-promotion, random musings, heart-wrenching soul-barings, or a bit of everything?

I started a new blog last night, ferrying posts from Amazon to my new little niche on the Net, Wysardessence (http://carolynkephart.blogspot.com/). Although I now and again mention my books, I mainly enjoy commenting about the things that influence my writing or enhance my life--art, literature, history, travel.

Let's hear about yours!

Writerly regards,

CK

[Brendan Carroll]

Funny you should mention it. Ha! I just finished posting two blogs.  One on Author's Den and one on Blogspot where I see you also Bloguligize. (Yes, I made that up)  See my signature for the address.  I like to talk about silliness in general and as it applies to my life. I have my books listed in the side bar... just in case.  So I'm going to look at yours, I'm just saying.

[Carolyn Kephart]

Funny you should mention it. Ha! I just finished posting two blogs.  One on Author's Den and one on Blogspot where I see you also Bloguligize. (Yes, I made that up)  

I checked your blog out too, even though I have to admit white text on black background makes my eyes bleed. Otherwise, nice.

My blog is where I go to relax with random musings, although now and again I indulge in venting...

CK

[RJ Keller]

I do indeed blog. Here it be:

http://rjkeller.wordpress.com/

I'll visit any author blog listed here and add 'em to my blogroll.

[Carolyn Kephart]

I do indeed blog. Here it be:

http://rjkeller.wordpress.com/

I'll visit any author blog listed here and add 'em to my blogroll.

Terrific blog. Funny in all the right places, and full of heart. Thanks for the link!

CK
Thinking her blog is far more Plain Vanilla than Whirled Peace, and looking to do something about that...

[RJ Keller]

Thanks!!

Every woman deserves a Whirled Peace moment. 

[Thumper]

http://kathompson.blogspot.com

I've been blog-blocked lately, though... Every time I think of something to blog about a little voice in the back of my head whispers "You can't let your mother see that..." =sigh=

[Kilgore Trout]

http://www.e-tabitha.com/

http://podbram.blogspot.com/

[TiffanyTurner]

Here's mine on Blogger:
http://lostsecretoffairies.blogspot.com/
It has been a series of essays on researching for my new book and all the updates on "The Lost Secret of Fairies" and the second book "The Lost Secret of the Green Man". Plus, it is about my own personal journey as a writer. Feel free to check it out and leave comments. I love reading them.

[Carolyn Kephart]

The contributions to this thread have been a great start...so I'm bumping this to remind other authors that fans love blogs!

Fellow authors do too, and I'm enjoying everyone's here. Thanks.

CK

[Debra Purdy Kong]

I've been keeping a blog, with another group of writers, on the writing life for about 18 months now. In fact, I just posted a blog today (I usually post this one on Sundays) about whether writers should post their unpublished work on the net. It's at http://tinyurl.com/cvwpoj.

Since the mysteries in my Alex Bellamy series are centered around white-collar crime, I keep a second blog all about white-collar crime issues, including fraud, ID theft, computer hacking, and such. I post this one on Wednesdays at http://tinyurl.comdbe5rp

And finally, my daughter and I post a blog about our family life called The Kong Chronicles on MySpace at http://tinyurl.com/pnvzxb. Since my daughter's in university, works part time, and plays in a band, we don't do them often, but we have managed to post 7 of them since we began. It's great fun.

Debra

 

[BP Myers]

Got one as well, located here:

http://bpmyers.blogspot.com

Use it primarily to announce acceptances of short stories and to flog the anthologies I'm in.

Used it recently to flog my new Kindle release titled A Truck Story, a charming and hilarious baseball-themed novella, available now from Amazon.Com.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BWOYJ8


 

[jonfmerz]

I'm over at http://jonfmerz.wordpress.com for right now until my website at http://www.jonfmerz.net gets redesigned and fully functional.  I talk about a lot of stuff in the industry and out, but have primarily been pimping my e-thrillers lately.   

[Leslie]

I belong to a group call The Macaronis, which is a group of historical fiction writers. We came together to try to co-promote, believing there is strength in numbers. We all blog together, too. The site is located here:

http://historicromance.wordpress.com/

L

[lkcampbell]

I was reading through old posts on the forum and just found this. I missed it the first time around.

My blog is also in my signature below: http://lkcampbell.blogspot.com

Right now, it's also serving as my website, but I hope to have that back up by the end of the month.

[mamiller]

I do indeed blog 

The contents tend to be very random, however.  What with the website, Facebook, etc. to keep up with the daily trials of writing...my blog seems to be a place for me to get away and let the readers see the real me.   I hope that doesn't send them off running hysterically!! 

http://maureenamiller.blogspot.com/

[MariaESchneider]

I blog two or three times a week:

www.BearMountainBooks.com 

I talk about my cat project (we adopted a couple of feral strays), food, gardening, books!....food....oh wait, I said that...soap making, once in a great while quilting, and whatever odds and ends I think about.  There's a couple of travel articles, some stories about my family and so on.

Y'all are welcome to pop on over and have some virtual tea and cake!

Maria

[Brendan Carroll]

I now have three blogs that contain basically the same thing as far as blogs go.  They are simply on different sites with different formats:

http://redcrossofgold.blogspot.com

http://brendancarroll.wordpress.com

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B002C1SV92

[BP Myers]

My blog can be found at http://bpmyers.blogspot.com

Couple of my favorite posts:

My personal take on the death of Michael Jackson:

http://bpmyers.blogspot.com/2009/06/blue-suede-shoes.html

My troubled relationship with "The Catcher in the Rye":

http://bpmyers.blogspot.com/2009/07/catcher-in-rye.html

If "The Great Gatsby" were written today:

http://bpmyers.blogspot.com/2009/03/gatsby-redux.html

Stop on by! Update it a few times a week. And as always, thanks for your indulgence.

[BP Myers]

I now have three blogs that contain basically the same thing as far as blogs go.  They are simply on different sites with different formats:

PS: Your Wordpress blog is excellent, Brendan. Spent some time there yesterday.

And congrats on your latest release.

[Brendan Carroll]

PS: Your Wordpress blog is excellent, Brendan. Spent some time there yesterday.

And congrats on your latest release.

Thanks for the compliment, Mr. Myers.  I checked out your spots and loved the blue suede shoe story.  There was a time in my life that I, too, wore blue suede shoes and they invariably faded on my snowy white socks!    Those were fun times and sometimes, I even had to hide my feet because the bleed was so bad that my feet would be blue.   But do you have your works on Kindle?  I went to your book sites and found them listed only in paperback.  I was disappointed because a couple of them looked very interesting.  Did I miss something or will you put them out for the e-readers soon?  Sincerely, Brendan

[BP Myers]

But do you have your works on Kindle?  I went to your book sites and found them listed only in paperback.  I was disappointed because a couple of them looked very interesting.  Did I miss something or will you put them out for the e-readers soon?  Sincerely, Brendan

Thanks so much, Brendan. All of my books are available in Kindle format. I link the paperback versions on my site because folks that visit there are far more likely to pick up the paperback version than the Kindle.

But you've reminded me that I've been meaning to change my signature here at Kindleboards to reference my Kindle offerings. Will take care of that right now. And thanks again!

[Thumper]

Some of you with Blogger and have this style of comment box:



It hates me. Or it hates Firefox. Either way, I cannot get it to work

[BP Myers]

Some of you with Blogger and have this style of comment box:



It hates me. Or it hates Firefox. Either way, I cannot get it to work

Looks to me like it is asking you to "select a profile," and it might be that that specific blog does not allow anonymous comments.

Try pulling down that "select profile" pull-down menu to see what sorts of profiles it allows. Anonymous may be listed, as well as perhaps a profile you've already created from somewhere else.

[lkcampbell]

I just have the plain ol' blogger comment box, but I have seen the one you're talking about. I think it's an add on that doesn't come with blogger.