Comments on: Authors Who Blog While Writing http://collectedmiscellany.com/2005/07/authors-who-blog-while-writing/ seemingly random thoughts on books & ideas Thu, 17 May 2012 14:12:15 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Julana http://collectedmiscellany.com/2005/07/authors-who-blog-while-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Julana Sun, 10 Jul 2005 04:36:09 +0000 http://collectedmiscellany.com/2005/07/authors-who-blog-while-writing/#comment-685 I think you're right about small communities being formed around blogs. I can see that, with people sharing concerns about relatives in the London bombings, with those of us they've not met face-to-face. Barbara Curtis, of Mommylife, is one author who blogs. She has a number of commenters who read her books. She displays them on her blog; she also gives them away, once in awhile, through her blog. She did state, early on, how gratifying the relatively quick feedback from blog readers was, compared to waiting for a book to be printed and sold. I think you’re right about small communities being formed around blogs. I can see that, with people sharing concerns about relatives in the London bombings, with those of us they’ve not met face-to-face.

Barbara Curtis, of Mommylife, is one author who blogs. She has a number of commenters who read her books. She displays them on her blog; she also gives them away, once in awhile, through her blog.

She did state, early on, how gratifying the relatively quick feedback from blog readers was, compared to waiting for a book to be printed and sold.

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