Comments on: Blogging: Just a little extra writing http://www.thursdaybram.com/2007/10/10/blogging-just-a-little-extra-writing Creativity is business too. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:38:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Nancy http://www.thursdaybram.com/2007/10/10/blogging-just-a-little-extra-writing#comment-265 Nancy Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:42:30 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2007/10/10/blogging-just-a-little-extra-writing/#comment-265 Mine is mostly marketing, though I do make a little bit of money. I probably spend 3-4 hours a day working on blog-related things (e.g., posting, answering emails, site re-design, planning future posts). Mine is mostly marketing, though I do make a little bit of money.

I probably spend 3-4 hours a day working on blog-related things (e.g., posting, answering emails, site re-design, planning future posts).

]]> By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith http://www.thursdaybram.com/2007/10/10/blogging-just-a-little-extra-writing#comment-262 Rebecca Laffar-Smith Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:52:37 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2007/10/10/blogging-just-a-little-extra-writing/#comment-262 "The Writer's Round-About" has multiple purposes. It serves as a showcase for my writing, a presence on the web, the chance to build my expertise in this topic, a way to develop readership and make important contacts and industry friends, and a commitment to writing to build the habit, responsibility, dependability and accountability. If I make a few dimes on the side (or even something nearing an income) it’s a bonus. I dedicate about three hours, three times a week to it. Of course, I write more than 200 words. *chuckles* If I can fit all my thoughts into 200 words I'd have cause to celebrate. Usually my entries are between 500 and 1000 words and some require more intensive research than others. "Kids, Pets and Family" is less time consuming since I only update it once a week but more challenging because I have to spend more time researching. That's because it's a topic I'm learning. I branch into what I don't know, learn about it, and write about it. This blogs primary purpose is to develop an expertise in another topic in which I'm passionate and personally experienced. I dedicate pretty much all of Monday to that but I also use the articles there for other purposes (resell). Great, thought provoking entry! Blogging certainly isn't just a few extra words for me. I don't even count my blogging toward my word count. When it comes to non-fiction I count per article. Word count is reserved for my fiction. “The Writer’s Round-About” has multiple purposes. It serves as a showcase for my writing, a presence on the web, the chance to build my expertise in this topic, a way to develop readership and make important contacts and industry friends, and a commitment to writing to build the habit, responsibility, dependability and accountability. If I make a few dimes on the side (or even something nearing an income) it’s a bonus.

I dedicate about three hours, three times a week to it. Of course, I write more than 200 words. *chuckles* If I can fit all my thoughts into 200 words I’d have cause to celebrate. Usually my entries are between 500 and 1000 words and some require more intensive research than others.

“Kids, Pets and Family” is less time consuming since I only update it once a week but more challenging because I have to spend more time researching. That’s because it’s a topic I’m learning. I branch into what I don’t know, learn about it, and write about it. This blogs primary purpose is to develop an expertise in another topic in which I’m passionate and personally experienced. I dedicate pretty much all of Monday to that but I also use the articles there for other purposes (resell).

Great, thought provoking entry! Blogging certainly isn’t just a few extra words for me. I don’t even count my blogging toward my word count. When it comes to non-fiction I count per article. Word count is reserved for my fiction.

]]> By: Bill Fullerton http://www.thursdaybram.com/2007/10/10/blogging-just-a-little-extra-writing#comment-258 Bill Fullerton Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:41:42 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2007/10/10/blogging-just-a-little-extra-writing/#comment-258 "...especially if you write quickly and competently." Okay, but what about those of us who write slowly and incompetently? The primary use for my blog is to have a presence on the 'net where I can showcase some of my writing. And it's paid off. A publisher recently asked for the manuscript to my second novel after reading excerpts on my blog. “…especially if you write quickly and competently.”

Okay, but what about those of us who write slowly and incompetently?

The primary use for my blog is to have a presence on the ‘net where I can showcase some of my writing. And it’s paid off. A publisher recently asked for the manuscript to my second novel after reading excerpts on my blog.

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