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Thank you to everyone who participated (and if you haven't, I'm leaving them open) - I was looking (rather unscientifically, considering how small a pool I have to go with) to test a theory.
I was in FM Chat yesterday, and the subject of author blogs came up. Specifically, WHY authors blog. The theory put forth was that pro authors blog to sell books, so they should only write things about the books and the subject matter of the books, not things like how to work with editors, how to write, stuff about their life, etc. This got me to thinking (always a dangerous thing) and I realized that while I was a pro author, I don't blog just to sell books. In fact, it's not even the main thrust of my blog.
(Not that I don't WANT to sell books, obviously. The cats still have to eat.)
I blog because I want people to read. I want people to write. I want to know about the people around me. And sometimes, I just want to whine or rant or rage.
So I wanted to see why others blogged. Not to disprove the theory - just for my own curiousity. I'm still looking for the black swan, you know.* I did skew it towards the author side, since that was the theory put forward. And of the 7 published authors that participated, not one put "promoting my books" as the primary reason why they blog.
Which I find interesting.
So now I throw another question out to the masses. No poll this time, just a question.
Why do you read author blogs?
*Looking for the black swan was an image my chem teacher in high school used to draw us in. He was always saying that science was the act of looking for the fabled black swan - even though all around you was white swans, the myth of the black one kept you looking for it, always exploring beyond your line of sight. I've always loved that image, and it describes my life pretty perfectly.
I was in FM Chat yesterday, and the subject of author blogs came up. Specifically, WHY authors blog. The theory put forth was that pro authors blog to sell books, so they should only write things about the books and the subject matter of the books, not things like how to work with editors, how to write, stuff about their life, etc. This got me to thinking (always a dangerous thing) and I realized that while I was a pro author, I don't blog just to sell books. In fact, it's not even the main thrust of my blog.
(Not that I don't WANT to sell books, obviously. The cats still have to eat.)
I blog because I want people to read. I want people to write. I want to know about the people around me. And sometimes, I just want to whine or rant or rage.
So I wanted to see why others blogged. Not to disprove the theory - just for my own curiousity. I'm still looking for the black swan, you know.* I did skew it towards the author side, since that was the theory put forward. And of the 7 published authors that participated, not one put "promoting my books" as the primary reason why they blog.
Which I find interesting.
So now I throw another question out to the masses. No poll this time, just a question.
Why do you read author blogs?
*Looking for the black swan was an image my chem teacher in high school used to draw us in. He was always saying that science was the act of looking for the fabled black swan - even though all around you was white swans, the myth of the black one kept you looking for it, always exploring beyond your line of sight. I've always loved that image, and it describes my life pretty perfectly.
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