Comments on: Should Authors Reach Out and Touch a Reader?

By: Vochud

Vochud — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:54:01 +0000

There’s value in your article and purpose will tell
you have passion. In order to have effective skills
writing you need to develop a purpose for providing
content and then comes the passion to reach out and
touch.

By: Rocky Pacley

Rocky Pacley — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:15:02 +0000

I know that the authors interest is necessary for them to leave comments, I guess long as they are getting the group satisfaction they are happy with that. It would seem quality should matter especially when a comment is warrented.

By: The Good, The Bad and The Unread » Blog Archive » Things that make you go WTF

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:36:11 +0000

[...] got me thinking. Yes a strange and scary thing in and of itself. You may recall Jane talked about authors needing to reach out and touch a reader. I sort of went ‘uh, no thanks’ on that [...]

By: Robert Mitchell

Robert Mitchell — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:23:40 +0000

I can see I’m going to have to start reading some of these blogs! After reading this one and the comments my curiosity is aroused.

Up this point I’ve read very few blogs and most of them were military oriented, like Micheal Yon’s. The rest of the time I go to Baen’s Bar and visit the different conferences there which, since I try to read most of them, can take quite a while. But I don’t think it’s quite the same as a blog, is it?

Many of the conferences are Author related and the Authors do hang out there and talk to the fans while others are set up to discuss various subjects like the Tech Manual for research, or Truth vs Pravda for religion related topics, Slush Pile and Slush Comments for aspiring writers to post their latest piece of work and get critiques and comments, Publishers Podium for the publisher to keep in touch with the readers and get feedback on, Feelings for the “Need to get it off my chest” stuff, and a whole bunch more.

I find that I enjoy being able to interact with the authors, editors, and publishers. Hopefully they find it fun and invigorating as well.

By: Carla

Carla — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:47:19 +0000

Coming in way late on the discussion, but it intrigued me. I’m not a writer (well, not a book writer), but a publicist, and a former reviewer and article writer for eight-ish years; most especially active as a Community Leader on ye olde AOL message boards until they did away with the position (got free AOL, don’t ya know, when you couldn’t get it for free. *grin*). I also much preferred the old version of the AOL boards than the newer on-the-web ones.

Personally, I don’t “get” blog land. The only reason I know about this Dear Author blog is because one of “my” authors directed me to it after Janine reviewed her latest release. That’s how I usually come across them – only if directed toward any in particular.

But, I’m old. Like 50. *smile* I’m not very tech savvy, but I do love to gab. Wayyyyyy too much. I’m currently addicted to MySpace and have been a Yahoo groups addict since…well, it seems like forever.

I need a Blog directory or something, I guess; however, it also looks like something else I could become much too addicted to!

I’m wondering if it’s plain old vanilla ignorance on the part of some people, like me? Unless we’re steered in the right direction, we just don’t know it’s there?

By: Don’t Undo Someone Else’s Work at LauraFlorand.com

Don’t Undo Someone Else’s Work at LauraFlorand.com — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:26:47 +0000

[...] another related moot point*** is why authors don’t review. It comes up, you know. Readers say: “Oh, they’re just hypocrites, wanting everyone to think it’s all [...]

By: Michele

Michele — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:01:56 +0000

My feeds include readers and authors and agents – and TvSquad and Illicit Cultural Property (thanks to Michele)

And when we come up with the same plots, we’ll know how that happened!

I personally find blogs more useful for information than for socializing, but that’s just my personality. Some people — readers as well as authors — are quiet rather than chatty, and lurking is the default setting.

By: The Good, The Bad, The Unread » Blog Archive » Dear Bloggers….

The Good, The Bad, The Unread » Blog Archive » Dear Bloggers…. — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:15:11 +0000

[...] “Self, if I am gonna make S _ _ _ _ do stupid human tricks… sybil would sooooooooo want to be here.” [...]

By: HelenKay Dimon » Blog Archive » When Life Intrudes

HelenKay Dimon » Blog Archive » When Life Intrudes — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:35:20 +0000

[...] all that crap – yes, I said crap – going on, I decided it was a good time to jump over to Dear Author and engage in a chit chat. Damn that Jane! How am I supposed to lurk when she asks questions like, [...]

By: Larissa Ione

Larissa Ione — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:14:11 +0000

I am a huge lurker. I’ll comment at friends’ blogs, but I generally don’t comment anywhere else…though I do read several reader blogs. I think the main reason I don’t comment at reader blogs is that I don’t want to look like, “Hey, I’m an author! Read me!” And I’m afraid that’s how I’ll come across…like the only reason I’m commenting is to get my name out there.

Maybe someday I’ll get over it, but for now, I’m a comfortable lurker!