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Nov 15, 2011 01:59PM
I've had a blog that I had to do for an assignment almost 2 years ago. After the semester I went to shut it down and I got tons of emails on what happened. So I fired up and have kept it going. It's just ramblings, I try to keep it positive though.
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I followed all those i wasn't already following..lol"
I've returned the favor. Thanks!

My friend and I originally wanted to run a book blog b..."
I enjoyed reading your reviews. It was refreshing that you got to the point about what you did or didn't like about the book and your negative comments were straightforward without sounding mean.

Also, for anyone trying to start a blog I found these tips that I thought could be helpful -


I've only recently been doing a blog. It's fun but sometimes I wonder just what I'm supposed to be writing about so I end up writing about writing.
Stop in and take a look:

She was born on the planet Thomo, 25 light years from Earth, you see, and her people sent her here to see if this is the planet they had originated from. (It was.) So she's human. Naturally enough she found everything here new to her when she landed. I hope that makes sense.
Folks who have met her through her stories have often wished they could meet her, have lunch with her, and so on. Her blog, therefore, is a basic way to do that. She's found our food wonderful in its variety, for example, and her experiments with cooking have been original and unusual. Thus her blog mentions many of her kitchen creations and recipes.
It also touches on our art that she has enjoyed, our poetry, and our music. Of interest to some readers, her native language, related to ours but extinct on Earth, is discussed in several places. There are pictures of her, of places she has been, of cats (who seem to gravitate to her for reasons they don't explain) and other animals, maps of locations of her stories, and more!
Visitors are welcome!
It's at

My latest blog is about the novel I'm writing, Muse, which is set in 14th-century Avignon when the popes were there. If any of you have any suggestions about what you'd like to see in the new book, send them my way!
Cheers,
Mary Novik
P.S. We had a great discussion of Conceiton Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ just a few months ago. If you're interested, it's still here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...


Here's my blog, if anyone wants to see :)


It's half book reviews and half mommy-blog. (Just funny stuff my kids say and do. No descriptions of body functions.) I usually blog every day, but I haven't posted much in December because I was moving. I'll be back to posting every day in January.



http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/6069...

Scott Dekraai was working on a tugboat two miles off the coast of Los Angeles in 2007 when a tow line snapped, crushing a female co-worker. Scott rushed to help her, but the woman died, and Scott's leg was mangled. Some called his actions "heroic." But his marriage to Michelle Fournier Dekraai, was troubled.
A month after the accident they divorced.
Unable to work and in constant pain, Scott doted on his son Dominic who attended school in Seal Beach where Michelle lived. On October 13, 2011, after a phone conversation with Michelle, Scott strapped on body armor and drove to Seal Beach. Dominic, age 8, was at school waiting for someone to pick him up, but Scott didn't go there. Armed with three handguns, he drove to Salon Meritage where Michelle was a hair stylist. Read more at

My blog link is

Have a gander if you're interested in seeing fantasy dissected and re-assembled to make it easier to write well.

EJ

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Just voted in your poll..."
Haha I pretty much new vampires would be in the head but I love my zobies too, Thank you for checking it out!!!

So, here are my..."
You might like this article about how to get people to not only follow your blog, but also to buy your book. Let's face it, if they are not buying your book then there is no point to having a blog.

I get a lot of visitors, but here's my problem. TIME and the lack thereof. It's a lot of work to summarize the cases, time that I don't have if I want to keep writing my thrillers.
So here's a question. I'm thinking about starting a blog written by my series protagonist, New Orleans homicide detective Frank Renzi. Franks Rants, or some such thing, short posts about whatever topic is current ... like WHO CARES who won the Superbowl? :)
What do you think?

I get a lot of visitors, but here's my problem. TIME and the lack thereof. It's a lot..."
I'd think that would be cool. You can set him up with a twitter account and have him tweeting as well.


I get a lot of visitors, but here's my problem. TIME and the lack there..." I'd think that would be cool. You can set him up with a twitter account and have him tweeting as well.
Okay, I did my first Renzi's Rants post:
Super Bowl Pooper Bowl
Don't know about the tweeting part tho...

Okay, folks, here's a heads-up. When I say politics and sex, I'm not talking about Bill and Monica or all the other sex scandals involving politicians. I'm talking about politicians who want to control your sex life. It's pretty explicit, which means, of course, that some of you will not want to read it. But in case you do, here's the link.

I've had a blog here on GR for quite some time, I can't say that anyone has ever seen it but me and my wife. So I guess I'm not qualified to answer your question. But, most blogs I have seen are very informative and carry a wide range of subjects. Anybody wants to take a look at my authors blog,just click my pic!


Cheers,
Aaron,
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