tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post8721900028950635837..comments2023-05-26T15:36:55.413+01:00Comments on The Book Coop: Writing the BlogFionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00378715984699756859noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post-91238791339948637222010-08-15T13:21:48.598+01:002010-08-15T13:21:48.598+01:00Great questions! I'm a very relaxed, very unp...Great questions! I'm a very relaxed, very unplanned blogger, haha! I actually started mine as more of a book journal for myself. I'm learning to write reviews as I go. I tend to write a blog post as soon as I have finished a book so that my opinion is fresh and unchanged by other people's reviews/thoughts. (My dog blog is also a spur of the moment thing because posts come from things that seem to offend the dog.)Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098146236864874168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post-26878901955127010492010-08-14T18:45:04.273+01:002010-08-14T18:45:04.273+01:00I love your questions and it gets me thinking... e...I love your questions and it gets me thinking... especially your last one. I think my blog is somewhere I can express myself, write what I think, and not worry about who reads it or likes it. It's my own space. <br /><br />I try to keep it low-key by not making myself post regularly -- just whenever I feel like it. Although when a few days go by I start to feel a certain restlessness!Mariekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251172733432029106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post-47753065334567653892010-08-14T15:23:44.753+01:002010-08-14T15:23:44.753+01:00Great questions.
1. No, I just sit down and write...Great questions. <br />1. No, I just sit down and write the post, no planning ahead. <br />2. No. This sometimes gives me problems because I forget things that I would have liked to include in the review. But I hate to interrupt my reading to write down stuff. <br />3. Yes, I recently started to use a format (very simple, though) to make it a bit easier and more structured. <br />4. I do both. Either write posts and let them sit and tweak them or write something at the spur of the moment and post right away. <br />5. Yes I find some books harder to write about than others. But normally once I start writing my mojo comes back. If not, I let it sit for a few days. <br />6. Basically exactly what you said. <br />7. I try to write the same way I'd talk to a friend. Not formal at all. <br />8. Depends. Sometimes a few minutes, sometimes days. I post either immediately or days later...<br />9. I use self hosted Wordpress. I just love wordpress. Blogger used to be too limiting, but I suppose it has improved. <br />10. I use live writer and love it. You can use it for several blogs at once and some of the plugins are great. Like the one where you can just add html snippets of any kind. Makes using templates so much easier. <br />11. I now post more other book related posts than just reviews. My reading time is now more limited than 2 years ago, so I talk about other topics re books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post-71426442687855107222010-08-14T02:26:59.787+01:002010-08-14T02:26:59.787+01:00I'm a spur of the moment poster. I generally r...I'm a spur of the moment poster. I generally review a book within a week of finishing it because I just can't schedule ahead. I'm more of a do as I go person. I think with my jobs through my 20s I always had to finish all my work by the end of the night so I'm not so much of a procrastinator. Even the Friday Coffee Chat posts I'm usually writing on Thursday night at like 10:00pm! <br /><br />I will take notes on non-fiction for sure because it's hard to do the book justice otherwise. I like to use little sticky tabs in books now because it's easier to go back and find what I was looking for when I'm writing up a post.<br /><br />As for the quality of my posts--I'm a fly by the seat of my pants blogger. School finished a few years ago for me so I feel less inclined to go over everything with a fine toothed comb. If it were a job or a school paper I would be much more careful about what I'm writing. I know that's bad, but this is for fun and enjoyment. I do make an effort not to post too much about blogging and any issues I have with the blogosphere because that makes it kinda unfun, and I think focusing on the fun is better--and honestly, Twitter is hilarious. I love all the banter on Twitter and my blog. I never mean anything personally so I hope people don't take it that way. If they do, I apologize. I'm just a little crazy and trying not to take life too seriously is my goal now. :) < ./tangent over>Carinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06306757884348058544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post-91195120781213833142010-08-13T23:16:03.639+01:002010-08-13T23:16:03.639+01:00Blogger was the blog host I was familiar with when...Blogger was the blog host I was familiar with when I started my book blog, but I've never been sorry I went with Wordpress. I find them slightly less buggy.<br /><br />Answers to a few questions: I take more notes on reading now than I used to, but part of that is that I've found I like taking notes while I read. I don't always use my notes when I write my reviews, though. With scheduling reviews--I never used to do it, but I've found if I'm able to write and schedule all my reviews for the week on Saturday, I have a lot more time and freedom to visit other people's blogs, which I love!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post-63342043811007889662010-08-13T21:08:32.986+01:002010-08-13T21:08:32.986+01:00Wallace, it's hilarious your name ended up in ...Wallace, it's hilarious your name ended up in my Worlde! Hehe!<br /><br />Annette, I wish the comment box was better. I also use Live Writer if I'm composing a long comment because if I want to use formatting (links, bold text) I just copy and paste from the source code tab into here and voila!<br /><br />I'm a lazy old buzzard and I like making life easier.<br /><br />You're all inspiring me to want to take some post its with me because I feel my reviews could do with some improvements to them.Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00378715984699756859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post-68020432420456206612010-08-13T18:18:12.690+01:002010-08-13T18:18:12.690+01:00My blogging has changed since I first started (ove...My blogging has changed since I first started (over a year ago). I am a bit more relaxed about it now. I have a format (which I didn't used to) and that helps to write reviews. I don't usually plan ahead unless there it is a special occasion or I've been asked to post something on a specific date. <br /><br />If I really can't think of anything, I don't post. I used to schedule, but it became to stressful for me and I find I enjoy it more if I post something that is a current conversation that I'm having or a thought that I want to express. <br /><br />As far as reading, I often use small post its to mark passages of books that I love or hate so I can go back and be refreshed while writing the review. <br /><br />It was fun learning more about your process!Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863174371731131344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post-10388439484327026602010-08-13T17:07:58.506+01:002010-08-13T17:07:58.506+01:00These are such awesome questions!
I actually plan...These are such awesome questions!<br /><br />I actually plan out my week of posts on iCal and then sit down and write them usually on the weekend or a Monday and schedule them. <br /><br />With a family, reading, Twitter! I'm just too busy to do them each day. I do like to do spur-of-the-moment posts though :)<br /><br />I don't take notes when I reading, but when I'm on my eReader and see a passage I want to quote I will bookmark it for when I do my review.<br /><br />My blog is a part of me. As Annette said we don't get paid for it (well I get a little from g-ads) but I like to make it as professional as I can, and put a lot of time into it.agirlreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10534836562387819318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597127768888438076.post-39761439493112943292010-08-13T15:58:22.752+01:002010-08-13T15:58:22.752+01:00Great questions all of which I can't answer in...Great questions all of which I can't answer in the little comment box. But, I take notes while I read, kept in spiral notebooks, at this point after having a blogs 3 1/2 years I have several notebooks by now. I then make the decision trans-ponding the written notes to my review on my blog. I do a lot of research on-line on the books or biographical people/authors I've read, often giving additional links, and information I've found. Sometimes it take a while to do 1 book review. Then again the more I liked a book the easier the review will be. Non-fiction books take longer to read and review. I try and be professional and yet not too stoic in my reviews. I feel I've come a long way in these years, hopefully getting better. Even though this is a non paid work, I put all I have in to it as if it were, I take it seriously.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693346981997723405noreply@blogger.com