Blogging 101. All kinds of tips and tricks to get you started or keep you going. Talk about ARCs, reviewing in general, web design, etc.  What blogging platform do you use? How do you network? What are some of your favorite web designs?  Or maybe you want to talk about your own blogging journey, and how you got to where you are now. Either way, we want you to share your knowledge with the rest of the community!

Be Yourself

Some people come into blogging because they want to be like another writer.  You can’t sustain that. Trying to be something you aren’t will lead to burnout.

Just Say No to ARCs

Seriously, back away.  I read all the time about people ODing on free copies of books and then feeling guilty about not getting them read.  Free is fun but if it stresses you out it isn’t worth it.  You know where else you can get free books?  The library — where no one is pressuring you to deliver reviews.

Don’t Steal

Plagarism is bad and stealing photos is bad too.  All the pictures on this blog are mine or I got them through a free stock image site like Pixabay.  Learn about attribution requirements and follow them.

Mix It Up

Vary your posts.  Don’t do all reviews or vary your review formats.  Talk about things other than books.  People get to know you better.  It may even lead to adventures you didn’t plan.  I’m posting a review next week where I decided to visit a local historical site that ties into the book.  It didn’t go as planned…. So now I have even more to write about.

Link Up

There are link ups for everyday of the week and all kinds of topics.  If your posts fit in a theme, link up and visit other blogs on the link up.  You’ll meet other bloggers with interests like you and promote your posts. The link ups I use change a lot but some are:

Fitness Tuesday and British Isles Friday

2015 Discussion Posts

Link ups for all kinds of reading challenges – See my reading challenge page.

Engage

I’m bad at this too.  Leave comments.  Tweet links to blogs you find interesting.  I read a whole lot more than I comment on.

Schedule Posts

When you have days of brilliant inspiration write extra posts for the future.  That will help you get through dry spells.  I like to have three posts ready at the start of a week.  As I write more I can either work them into the week (if I can’t wait to publish) or schedule them for the next week.