My novel isn’t about learning disabilities, and I can’t imagine why I would blog about dyslexia unless I frame it as a sort of communitity service project on a future author site I might have.

yep! great idea. 🙂

I do blog about just about anything except the novel — when I do take the time to post. I haven’t focused enough, though, to encourage anyone to make repeated trips back … it’s hard to do, since I have far too many interests to focus better. I’m working on it, though …

I think I still have the year 2000 attitude toward blogging — basically it is an online journal of random thoughts and if anyone wants to peek into them, fine, if not, well, it’s been put into words and now it “lives” as electronic pulses somewhere “out there.”

Personally, I visit blogs and FB so infrequently — they take so much time to keep up with. I want the traditional printed magazine in my hands that I can take with me, fold over a corner, scribble a note in the margin —
Oh, yes, technology is letting us take the Net with us everywhere and is getting lighter and lighter to carry but it just is not the same …

oh well … I’m a semi-Ludite, I think … **sigh**
I enjoy the technology to do the things i want it to do but beyond that … **shrugs** **sighs**

[and my brain is sort of asleep because I am not sure there is any logic behind anything I’ve typed here — sorry]

I like those ideas … 🙂
photos and location background would be interesting. Even stories of the “writing life” can be fun — a lot of readers really do want to know about the writers too. and — well — info on learning disabilities — there are a coupld of ways to handle that —
* another blog not 100% about that but primarily about it
* OR I used to visit a blog of a woman who rubber stamps and she shared info about autism because her son was diagnosed — not overly often but enough to let the blog followers how things were progressing — so you could actually include info about learning disabilities, especially if you can relate it to reading …
it’s a matter of balance. you’d be surprised what blog readers find acceptable — especially once they feel like they are getting to know YOU and your story and your location …
Like i’ve commented a few times in the past — those FB pages I enjoy most are the ones that are building relationships between the writer and the followers and then among the followers. It is, unfortunately, one of those cases of “I don’t know much about art but I know what I like” — I know what i like, but not real sure how to duplicate those results … **sigh**

I agree that not everybody is a born salesman. However, if you had the cure for a deadly disease, wouldn’t you want to share it with as many people as possible? Okay, so your book isn’t a cure for a physical disease, but you don’t know how the story can touch a life and save a soul. If it’s worth writing, it’s worth sharing. And that’s what promotion really is — sharing. Our readers won’t care how cheap our e-book is or how many free bonuses we’ll send them for one low price if they don’t know that we care for them. We need to write the best book we can, find the best publisher for that book, and then let folks know the book is available. All you’ll need is to hear from one reader how your book changed their life, and you’ll figure out other ways to let more folks know about the book. Remember: the book is not the product. The product you’re sharing (selling) is your relationship with the reader. The book is just the medium.

There is. Be faithful in what you are called to do. That is the way. Be faithful to your calling, and true to yourself. The way to “reach” is to make the most of the opportunities that come your way. And they will.

Move over, I’m right beside you so we can puke in peace!