In an effort to market their books, in an increasing crowded reading marketplace, blogs are becoming a vehicle of choice.
We all know the power of blogs (if not, you have some reading on this blog to do!) and what they can do for any site or business.
I'll talk about three fiction writers who have gone blogging. All three are friends of mine, and I'm very sure that blogging has helped their book and merchandise sales.
The hard facts are in the bottom line. That's where the blog rubber hits the internet road...or superhighway, if you prefer.
David Kilpatrick is a crime novelist. His self titled David Kilpatrick blog provides rolicking reading on law, crime, and all things from the seedier underside of humanity.
In other words, it's a fun blog!
He links to his novels, which are available in print on demand format. He includes some reviews, many of which are from other bloggers.
Blogs are working for David Kilpatrick.
A second writer who is using blogs to enhance her book sales, as well as her reputation as a spinner of high quality prose, is Vikk Simmons.
Her Down The Writer's Path blog features well written posts about writing, as you would expect.
She also features interviews with other noted writers, who provide their insights into the writing profession. As with all of Vikk's blog posts, the information on writing well, is superb.
Vikk takes her writing craft very seriously, and it definitely shows well.
Of course, no discussion of an author and blogs would be complete, without mentioning Trudy Shuett of WOLves.
Working tirelessly at promoting the use of blogs for business, public relations, and...surprise...for writers, Trudy is in a class all by herself.
Trudy has gone so far as to place her own novels on blogs, to enable her readers to get a taste of her writing.
As blogs become a more mainstream medium of communications, public relations, and marketing, writers of both fiction and non-fiction will be blogging too.
While authors using blogs are still in the first chapter, that will change soon.
In a very short time, you will read you favourite authors, both in hard copy and on their blogs.
It's the future for writers.
