Successful Author Blogs

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I’m working on a presentation about creating successful author blogs, and I’m looking for terrific examples to include. What are the best author blogs you have seen, and why are they so effective? Please share your favorites in the comment area below. It’s okay to list your own blog, as long as you explain what makes it effective. Thanks!

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Kathi Lipp has one of my favorite author blogs. Here's why I love it: She is consistent. She runs contests almost daily. She usually has a series that she is working through and it keeps me coming back. Her giveaways are not always her own books. You can tell she has fun with it. http://blog.kathilipp.com/

Posted by: Rachel Randolph | November 14, 2009 at 11:36 AM

My favorite is Ursula K. Le Guin's site http://www.ursulakleguin.com/
lots of incredible stuff for both writers and readers.

runner up is William Gibson's site http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/index.asp

I even like how he doesn't blog while he's writing his next novel

Posted by: Uva_Be | November 14, 2009 at 01:09 PM

I've been pleased with the response to my own blog Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors. I feature tips and essays about the writing life in hopes of enlightening and encouraging other writers. Writing can be a lonely, frustrating road at times, and I share my own writing journey on my blog with the goal of helping other writers understand the ins and outs of the craft and the psychology behind the inspiration.

Posted by: K.M. Weiland - Historical Author | November 14, 2009 at 08:02 PM

Thanks everyone for your comments!
Dana

Posted by: Dana Lynn Smith | November 14, 2009 at 09:04 PM

I follow a writer on Twitter and read her blog which is mostly about writing and publishing, but different to other blogs in that it's chatty, yet informative in an interesting way.
http://www.leighkcunningham.com/blog/

Posted by: Lucy Wilson-Browne | November 15, 2009 at 12:49 AM

As KM Weiland has already been mentioned, here are two others...

http://wannabepublished.blogspot.com/

http://authorculture.blogspot.com/

Posted by: Lynn Mosher | November 15, 2009 at 06:20 PM

J.A. Konrath's blog - http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ - has loads of info. Constantly keeping us informed of not only what he's up to, but the publishing industry at large. His recent experimentation with eBook sales was especially detailed.

Posted by: John Sparger | November 20, 2009 at 10:15 AM

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Dana Lynn Smith, author of the Savvy Book Marketer Guides, has a degree in marketing and 15 years of publishing experience. See her media page for more information.