Platform, audience, tribe, fans, followers. Call it what you will, today’s writers must market themselves much more than in years past. In fact, there are many aspects of the writing world we must learn—unless you have a budget that allows you to hire someone to handle it.
In no special order, here are 11 blogs I follow that offer a tremendous amount of valuable free advice. (Like all businesses, several of these sites also offer their products for sale.)
- The Steve Laube Agency, http://stevelaube.com/blog/
- The Book Designer, Joel Friedlander, http://www.thebookdesigner.com/ (I used this site extensively when I was working on Yossel the Dreamer. It saved me a lot of frustration and hours of work.)
- The Renegade Writer, Linda Formichelli http://www.therenegadewriter.com/ (Linda is offering her newest ebook, Write Your Way Out of the Rat Race, for $1.50, but today, Oct. 14, is the last day to get it at that price.)
- Goins Writer, Jeff Goins, http://goinswriter.com/
- Firepole Marketing, Danny Iny, http://www.firepolemarketing.com/
- Make a Living Writing, Carol Tice, http://www.makealivingwriting.com/
- Social Media Examiner, http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/
- HubSpot Marketing, http://blog.hubspot.com/
- Cec Murphey’s Writer to Writer, Cecil Murphey, http://cecmurpheyswritertowriter.blogspot.com/
- The Kill Zone, don’t let the name throw you; this blog is written by 11 top thriller and mystery writers, http://killzoneauthors.blogspot.com/
- Michael Hyatt, former chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, http://michaelhyatt.com/
Do you have blogs you follow that have been particularly helpful? Tell us about them in the comments.
I’ve subscribed to agent Chip MacGregor’s blog for years. He’s got a quick wit and shares a lot of information from his perspective as an agent: http://www.chipmacgregor.com.
Thanks for sharing, Linda. Many of the blogs I just listed recommend Chip. I’ll add him to my blog roll.
Another one I subscribe to is Live Write Thrive by C.S. Lakin (www.livewritethrive.com). Once in a while I don’t agree with her, but it’s rare. And a very prolific writing blogger is Kristen Lamb (warriorwriters.wordpress.com). Lengthy posts but always worthwhile (and often funny). You have a few here that I’ve not heard of but have now bookmarked. Thanks for this list!
Linda, thanks, for your input. I haven’t heard of either of these. I’ll be sure to check them out.