Questions about Blogging
Miki: Would you like participating in the RAK
hosted by Booksoulmates? You
know, it’s one of those blogging events I frequently think I should take part
in. I love the idea of randomly purchasing books for blogging friends each
month – but then I always forget to register! Maybe it’s something I should
trial in the future...
TayteH: Where
do you see your blog in the next five years? Still here I hope! I’ve been taking blogging
one day at a time for the last two years and to be honest I hadn’t thought that
I would still be here two years later, let alone in another five! Hopefully my
reviews will have improved and I still have one or two followers.
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| Maybe in 5 years, I'll ba able to blog from the beach without having to work! |
Kristia M: I'm thinking starting my own blog.
What advice would you give to someone who is starting now? Enjoy it. Don’t feel pressured to conform to
what other blogs are doing. While blogging is a lot of fun, it is a lot of work
as well so make sure the fun element is always more than the work!
Christina K: You love books - and it really shows on
your blog:) But if you had to live in a book, and live in the story world and
have those specific characters as friends, which book would you choose? I would love to live in Kelley Armstrong’s
Otherworld series so I could be friends with Elena and Clay, Paige and Lucas,
Hope and Karl. There’s a great mix of werewolves, witches, sorcerers and half
demons to play with!
Sullivan McPig: If you had to give away one of your favourite
books and couldn't buy a new one for yourself, which book would you part with? Another evil question! Probably The Ancient
Future by Traci Harding – because I have an audio-version I can listen to instead!
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Michelle@book briefs: What is the hardest part of
blogging for you? Finding time
to keep up with other peoples blogs – there are so many great blogs I follow
but I’m not very good at commenting on other peoples regularly as most of my
spare time at the computer is spent writing reviews or posts for the next week.
It’s usually good if work isn’t very busy so I can squeeze some blog reading in
at the office, but if I have work to do I don’t get much time to check out
blogs.
Barbara E: Is having a blog worth all the hard
work? Yes. For me it’s a great
hobby and distraction from the real world!
Mary P: How
often do you re-vamp your blog?
I’m really bad as I haven’t revamped the blog in any serious way since
December 2010. Part of it is that I’m not very good at html so I have no idea
to make one of those beautiful templates that other people seem to have. Plus I
kinds like the purple and stars theme!
Melissa (My World...in words and pages): How did
you get all those followers? I'm so slacking at something. lol. I have no idea! When I first started out I
made an effort to visit other blogs and comment, I took part in some memes like
In My Mailbox and On My Wishlist but the biggest jump in followers is usually
after I take part in a blog hop giveaway. I always find it surprising that my
followers jump then cos I never make it a condition of entering those giveaway!
Generally though th followers seem to come when I make an effort to get the
blog name out there more often...
Carina O: What do you like the most about
your blog? :D I love my little
line at the end of reviews “Recommended for fans of...” I used to get most of
my new books and authors from Amazons recommendations pre-book blogging
discovery and I like to spread the recommendation. Plus I like to think of
authors that are similar to the book I just read!
Diane: It's so hard to review a book but is there a system you use
for criteria? Not really – I just
go by my gut feeling. I admit that sometimes there are differences between
books that have the same rating - this
is mostly because sometimes I rate on how fun/enjoyable a read is and sometimes
it’s based on innovation or uniqueness. Usually reading the review will give
you an indication of if it was a worthy book or just entertainment!
Nina @ Death Books and Tea: What's your
absolute favourite thing about blogging? Reading comments – I get a little buzz every
time I find someone has left a comment for me. I appreciate everyone! J
Carin W: How fast did traffic pick up on
your blog? Not very. My first
four months I think I averaged about 200 views a month, but it was a learning
period for me as I figured out what worked and what I wanted the blog to be. My
traffic started picking up in 2011 when I was more comfortable with the process
and started reaching out into the blogging community more.
Sienny: Do you have an author that you want to
interview, badly, but still haven't got the chance? who is he/she? Yes – all of them! I’m not very good at
asking authors for interviews mostly because I’m just not organised enough to
to contact them and think up some interesting questions.
So it should be fairly obvious now that I’m just making this
blogging business up as I go along! Next week I’ll be answering all the personal
and random questions you lot asked...I’m already scared! J
I think you rock the blog! I love the Q and A here! I have to say this... if you are blogging from the beach, you better have an open chair next to you. I may not be blogging in 5 years, but I still want to be on that beach! LOL
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh scary questions next week, i love it ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, sneaky person! Giving up a book that you have as audio book as well! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI loved reading all your answers Mel. I know you said you're not organised enough to plan author interviews and think up questions but I've picked up a few books after reading either your reviews or interviews, your interview with Suzanne Johnson after Royal Street's release springs to mind and I ended up adoring it!
ReplyDeleteAwesome answers. :) And hope to see you here longer than another 5 years dear. Oh, maybe we can be sitting on that beach together blogging, not having to worry about work. ;) Thank you!
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