A Blogger's Nightmare - "What Do I Write About?"

Many writers maintain a blog on at least a monthly basis as a way of keeping their name out there and staying in contact with their reader audience. What is happening to me (especially since I made the commitment to blog on a weekly basis) is that I at times find myself at a loss for ideas for content. The idea for today's blog came from my writer friend Jean Maurie Puhlman. Her suggestion was to present a list of sentences with blanks at the end. I immediately felt that these could act as writing prompts, and I thought that was a great idea! So, thanks to Jean Maurie, here we go!

• John, did you see where I put _____?
• Why on earth did you _____?
• You think it was a coincidence that _____!
• They only thought the show was going to go on. The black hole that it was going to create would _____.
• Who knew that the mystery dinner was going to end up _____.
• We had no idea who he was, or that _____ was about to be set loose!
• The gun just sat there, on the table, waiting to _____.
• When the smoke cleared, there was going to be _____.
•  Little old ladies are not always _____.
• History may repeat itself, but only _____.
• As the car crested the hill, Jillian panicked as she realized that the brakes were _____.
• She had made it all happen, but the credit went to _____.
• Things that happen in the fashion business are not always _____.

Enjoy!

(c) January 2019 Bonnie Cehovet

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The Importance of Author Interviews

Author interviews can be an integral part of promoting books, whether brick and mortar or self-published. In the "way back when" days I did a lot of reviewing for Tarot/Divination books and decks, as well as self-help books. My interviews were always in written form, and I placed them on my professional blog (with links on my professional site), as well as placing the Tarot/Divination interviews on a well know Tarot/Divinaton site. I have also done audio interviews, and been the recipient of both written and audio interviews.

What purpose does an author interview serve? 

1. It helps connect us to other authors - when we network like this, we can help other authors, and they can help us.

2. It widens our reader audience, as we are introduced to the fans of other authors.

3. It helps promote name recognition.

4. It will help drive the sales of our books.

5. This is a sneaky reason - interviews help an author get a wider perspective of their own book!

What types of author interviews are there?

1. Written

2. Audio

3. Video

4. In person - as in live in front of an audience.

Where can we listen to/view author interviews? (Note: If you want to read/listen to an interview of a specific author - Google them!)

1. Writer's Digest  

2. NPR 

3. Good Reads

4. Huffington Post 

5. Online College 

6. Writer's Write 

In my next blog, I will be talking about interview questions, and giving focus to an interview.

(c) May 2018 Bonnie Cehovet

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