It’s the chicken and egg quandary.
Does the egg come first or the chicken?
Should all authors blog?
Should all bloggers write books?
I am partial to bloggers and adore blogging.
It’s blogging behind all my book-writing journey. Have you read my book on Blogging, SEO, and keywords? It has been selected for Prime reading multiple times and is easily one of my top-selling ebooks on Kindle. The best part is it’s free on Kindle Unlimited.
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But saying that, I do have some input about life on the other side
I started blogging in 2014. Before that October, I only read blogs and never imagined I could write one. Let alone write books.But God and the universe have a fantastic way of setting you up for the adventures you seek in your subconscious.That’s the power of a healthy mind.
My favorite blogs included smart passive income by Pat Flynn, which still has some of the best working and earning online content. The best part is Pat is honest. At least as real as anyone online is.He is trying a lot of things. Finding what sticks and then rooting for it and building a business around it.You will learn, but whether it will work for your niche, is a journey you have to take.
I share my experience as a person who was a bookworm since age eight. I always wanted to be a doctor and still love primary vocation. But writing is the surprised friend I made when I changed cities with a new job and a new baby.
Having no friends to share my stories with, I took to blogging like a life raft.Later I read that unlikely writers write in moments of loneliness.I psychoanalyze myself so much that I am more inside my head than anywhere else. Busy job and bringing up a kid with an even busier husband didn’t leave for the loneliness of the physical kind, but the keep-my-mind-healthy-chit-chat kind.
The writing was and is still a way to declutter the mind. It’s my pensieve. Only that which makes sense seems to flow out of my hands from all the busy brain clutter. I worry about usefulness, helpfulness, research, SEO, but I write for women like my daughter and me.
It’s a way of keeping all my learnings in one place so that even if I am no more, I can help her.
Blogging now since 2014, I have written more than 1000 blog posts. Are they all perfect? Most likely Not, But did I write to help? Always. That’s why when I go back to add more data to my existing post, it takes time. It’s always more challenging to redo than do it fresh.
Now, how blogging helps you write?
It’s a habit. Writing and making sense with words. When it comes to the blogging game, it is habit-forming in the public domain.
When it’s a blog post, it has an objective. But the scope of the blog post doesn’t always encourage a deep dive into a topic. Especially if you are playing the game of blogging every day.Seth Godin blogs every day. So I am still collecting data about what happens when I blog every day and not. If you are a writer for a very long time, have always been writing, since the time you can remember, this answer may not be what you seek, This is true especially if you are a fiction author .Wait for the next part of this series where I talk about writers blogging.
This is part of my My Friend Alexa series with Blogchatter.
Good to read about your journey as a blogger Amrita. You are one of the most consistent bloggers I know.
Thanks Deepa.
I agree with every word have written. Blogging is surely a nice way.
Thanks Neha
Blogging everyday is still a challwnge for me. However it definitely helps one.
Thank you
It definitely does. Thanks for this encouraging post. I hope more budding writers take up blogging
This is very helpful Amrita for new bloggers as well as established ones who wish to publish their books.
Blogging is. Wonderful way to declutter the mind. It helps to talk about all the things that we cant really share with everyone. Looking forward to reading the next parr of this post
I always appreciate how generous you are with sharing your knowledge, Amrita. This is such an awesome post! I am going to get your book!
I still write my book in form of blogposts and then compile it in the end. So yes blogging helped me become an author.
Blogging is such an interesting way of constantly hone writing skills, it is a good way of managing writer’s block as well
Absolutely true
Completely agree with you. Blogging plays a great role to build writing habits.
Blogging surely brings consistency to write and budding authors can take this as launchpad, thanks for the motivational post for all Bloggers to Authors
I do not tell about others but in my case blogging does helped me a lot in debuting my author journey. Also blogging must have the basic aim of helping it readers in some way.
I totally agree that blogging keeps your writing in practice and yes, if you want to convert your blog posts into more meaninful resource then Ebook is the best option.
Blogging makes your consistent. I would love to read your book. Where can I get your book? Even for me blogging made me come up with my first e-book.
That’s true Swati.You can find my book on Blogging on Amazon.
Whether it works or not is a journey you have to take – golden words. I feel somewhere writers and bloggers forget this. That at the end of the day, the only way to know if something works or not is to actually do it.
Quite a interesting point, Amrita. I am not an author. But as a reader, I do follow my favorite authors’ blogs and like to stay updated with the latest news. The improvement in writing skills seems to be the cherry on top.
I am not sure if bloggers should write books and authors should also do blogging but they can always try. When we try experimenting with something, we get a clear idea if that is going to be helpful to us or not.
Writing is a creative outlet to give your ideas a spark. And its cathartic. Well written post. Looking forward to more posts on these series.
It was wonderful to read about your blogging journey, Amrita, and you have come such a long way. Thank you for sharing your tips and your experiences with us. I love blogging myself and feel thrilled when people read and comment on my posts. Kudos for all that you have achieved and may your journey carry on with continued success!
Thank you Deepti
Blogging has definitely helped me in becoming an author! I liked what you wrote about writing being a sieve for your thoughts, that why I started blogging in the first place
I have seen a lot of authors blogging. It is a good way to create a following. I am a cookbook author and it did help me. I think it would help fiction authors more.
I agree with you that blogging helps develop consistent writing. But other than that, it would depend on the genre you’re writing. For non-fiction, blogging might help more. But for fiction authors, it might take away the valuable time you should be writing your novel.
Doc, really helpful post and could relate to it. Your blog is actually a very useful resource.Your hard work and dedication towards blogging and sharing valuable information to your readers is evident.
Thank you Aesha
Informative post
Such an informative post.
I always wonder how a Doctor get a time. Doctor has busiest profession but you say it all. I am also learning from blog.
Blogging really helped me when I was wrtiting my book and that’s how I entered into blogging
This is a helpful post. Thnx for sharing
True, life has a different way of changing how we think, feel and live. We have all begun blogging such recently due to many reasons. But glad we did.
Hoping to read your book on the blog. Wonderful writing is therapy.