Post by account_disabled on Dec 30, 2023 4:42:25 GMT
I have always believed in blogs, at least since I opened the first one, which dates back almost 12 and a half years ago. Even though in the meantime I have opened and closed many (there should be over 24), even though in the end on Penna Blu, for various reasons already explained, I had to reduce the publications to two per month (even though in the meantime I opened another about my passion for cartoons), if I had to, today, advertise myself as a writer, I would open a blog, without thinking twice. And what would I write in it? It wouldn't be like Blue Pen, I wouldn't talk about writing, blogging, publishing like I did here. It would be a different blog.
But then why did I open Blue Pen? Because at that time I was interested in a blog about writing, not a blog to make myself known as a writer. Even today Penna Blu is not my official blog as a writer, because I have not written or published any novel. If I ever publish a novel one day, I'll talk about it on Blue Pen, of course. If you want some ideas on what to write in your blog, now that you have opened one and want to present yourself as authors, I refer you to two of my articles: The perfect blog for a writer What do you want to know from a writer? Blog or Facebook page for today's writer? Some time ago I wrote that it makes no sense to create a Facebook Special Data page for your book , and I still think so. Does it make sense, then, to create an author profile for the writer? In my opinion no. Facebook isn't free , and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Industry professionals say the same thing. Furthermore, Facebook is not your home, but a company's, which has the right to do what it wants. If you have a personal blog – preferably on your own domain – you are at home and no one will kick you out. Of course, both Blogspot and WordPress can decide to make you pay or, worse, go bankrupt and close up shop and then you will have lost everything, unless you have saved all the contents. Do you do it periodically? If you are only on Facebook, you are within a restricted space, with precise boundaries and precise ways of searching and archiving content. If you have a blog, you are on the web, which has no borders or, at least, has them much more extensive than Facebook. So make these considerations before rushing to choose Facebook as your official channel to present yourself as writers. But it doesn't end here.
But then why did I open Blue Pen? Because at that time I was interested in a blog about writing, not a blog to make myself known as a writer. Even today Penna Blu is not my official blog as a writer, because I have not written or published any novel. If I ever publish a novel one day, I'll talk about it on Blue Pen, of course. If you want some ideas on what to write in your blog, now that you have opened one and want to present yourself as authors, I refer you to two of my articles: The perfect blog for a writer What do you want to know from a writer? Blog or Facebook page for today's writer? Some time ago I wrote that it makes no sense to create a Facebook Special Data page for your book , and I still think so. Does it make sense, then, to create an author profile for the writer? In my opinion no. Facebook isn't free , and I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Industry professionals say the same thing. Furthermore, Facebook is not your home, but a company's, which has the right to do what it wants. If you have a personal blog – preferably on your own domain – you are at home and no one will kick you out. Of course, both Blogspot and WordPress can decide to make you pay or, worse, go bankrupt and close up shop and then you will have lost everything, unless you have saved all the contents. Do you do it periodically? If you are only on Facebook, you are within a restricted space, with precise boundaries and precise ways of searching and archiving content. If you have a blog, you are on the web, which has no borders or, at least, has them much more extensive than Facebook. So make these considerations before rushing to choose Facebook as your official channel to present yourself as writers. But it doesn't end here.