Our online magazine and weblog, The Internet Writing Journal, has a new article The Author's Dilemma: To Blog or Not to Blog by Claire E. White, the Editor of the IWJ, about whether or not an author needs a weblog.
The business of being an author has changed considerably over the last ten years. No longer is it sufficient to write a brilliant manuscript and manage to get it published. Authors now need to be excellent promoters of their own work. And for the intrinsically shy, that can be problematic. But an Internet trend has the potential to revolutionize author marketing, even for those who despise public speaking: blogging.
The article explains the different types of author blogs and the pros and cons of author blogging. This month's issue of the IWJ also includes a list of The Best Authors Blog compiled by the IWJ's editors that includes some very funny and witty blogs by authors of all genres.
