The Joy of Guest Posting

Recently, one of the Hornsea Writers group has been active on other people’s blogs. Writers are sometimes invited to produce posts for other bloggers and it’s usually a positive experience. Such pieces can be anything from straight promotional opportunities through items on the techniques of writing to interviews providing more information about the writing life.

Stuart Aken writes a monthly column for an online magazine, has been interviewed twice recently, and was invited to post a guest piece about his local area on another site. Now he features in an online broadcast about his experience of ME/CFS that prompted him to write a memoir with advice for others.

Monthly Column for Pandora’s BoxGazette.

Interview on Scenic Writer’sShack.

Photo Essay on InternationalWebsite.

Interview on Pandora’s BoxGazette.

Video Interview on CFSUnravelled.

Guest Posts.

Writers, especially when they blog, or run their own website, are occasionally invited to place guest posts on sites run by other bloggers. It's a fine way of spreading the word.
Recently, Stuart Aken received two such invitations. One of the sites deals in something dear to his heart: the beauty of the world around us. He decided to produce a post about his home area, the Forest of Dean, using his own photographs to illustrate his love for this small gem of English countryside by journaling a year in the forest. You can find that post here. As is so often the case with such posts, it's generated a good deal of interest and comment.
The second invitation involved an author interview. Glen Donaldson is an Australian reader/writer who enjoys presenting posts very much in his own humorous style. Stuart tried to match his answers to the tone of the questions and the interviewer's blog. The subject was his Generation Mars series of novels and you can visit the post here.
If you'd like to see more of Stuart Aken's photography or writing, please visit his website here.

#Interview + Thoughts On Using #InstaFreebie

Linda Acaster is interviewed on the Fantasy & Magic website focusing on her Torc of Moonlight trilogy: Why Fantasy? Who were her influencers? and lots of other pertinent questions.

On her own website she also ruminates on access to InstaFreebie's new Group Giveaway for subscribing authors. Full novels, or samples? It may depend...

Unaccustomed As I Am - Talking About Our Books

This week member Linda Acaster is being interviewed on one of the local radio stations - for an hour. 

The proposed questions have arrived and top of the list is Tell listeners about your books. 

As Linda says, "I have nine titles published as ebooks, four of which are also in paperback, these straggling across five genres ranging from Horror to Historical. This doesn’t include the short fiction or non-fiction articles. How can I condense that into a soundbite?" 

How indeed? Check out her blogpost HERE as she wrestles to do the question justice.

Interview: Marketing Indie Authored Books

The flurry of activity by members continues.

While Stuart Aken recovered from his publisher's mammoth launch event on Facebook for his epic fantasy A Seared Sky: Joinings, Linda Acaster received an enquiry from the owners of a website rejoicing in the title of Self Publishing For The Technically Challenged asking if she'd be willing to be interviewed on Promotion & Marketing.

With questions such as 'What are beta readers?' and 'How do you find blogs to guest-post on?' there was no way she could refuse.

Author Interview: Linda Acaster

 

I'm taking time out from editing my w-i-p The Bull At The Gate, the second in the Torc of Moonlight trilogy, to be interviewed by Glynis Sym, herself a historical novelist.

Join me to discover why I work in more than a single genre, which authors I count as my influences and the odd reasons why, and what happened when I and a couple of friends came upon "the man with the gun". Oh, er...

For those who can't see the link:
http://glynissmyauthor.com/2014/01/30/getting-to-know-the-author-linda-acaster/

Linda Acaster