Ask Leo: Live Q&A For Bloggers and Writers
Hi guys,
So this is a live Q&A … you can ask me any questions you like about blogging and writing for the next four hours. That’s 5:00-9:00 p.m. East Coast time in the U.S., today only (Thursday Nov. 20, 2008).
Again, ask me whatever you like … but I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to answer everything. :) I’m just a regular blogger and writer, and I can share my experiences and what I’ve learned, but I don’t know everything.
So ask away! I promise to do my very best.
Leo Babauta
Zen Habits and Write To Done
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@Melissa, who asked:
“Do you have any suggestions on how to decide on what to make the main focus of a blog? I am thinking of starting another blog and am having trouble narrowing the focus down and I also sometimes flip flop between ideas. So,
1- What do you think is the best way to know what will work (meaning what people are interested in hearing about) and
2- how to know if you should be narrowing or broadening the topics you talk about in order to find that a group that is interested, without speaking about too many topics and thereby alienating half of your audience.”
Well, start by choosing something you’re very passionate about — you want to be able to write about it for at least a couple years if not more.
But your question #1 is more difficult — how do you know what people are interested in reading about? First, it’s best to have a very defined idea of who your readers are — picture in your head the ideal reader. What is she interested in? What is her life like? What does she read besides your blog? What problems does she have?
It’s hard to answer these questions except by 1) surveys or other demographic stats; 2) intuition based on interaction with your readers; and/or 3) actually asking your readers. I suggest doing all three. Reader polls or “ask the reader” type posts are great.
As for question #2 … I would say experiment a little. First remember your ideal reader — if she likes pictures of dogs, she might also like articles about pet care … but she might also like other things like organizing your home or great recipes or fun things to do outdoors, etc. You don’t have to write about one topic, but write about things that your ideal reader might be interested in.
This is hard to know at first, so try branching out a bit and gauging reader reaction. Ask them, in the comments, for feedback. See how many respond to the post, and then proceed from there.
Blogging is an experiment. We don’t have detailed reader survey data like magazines do. So we must figure things out as we go along. :)
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@A Dawn, who asked:
“I love writing on a variety of topics. What’s your opinion on this? Is it OK to mix content?”
Actually, my answer would pretty much be the same as the answer I just gave Melissa — look at the above answer for more.
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Hi Leo,
I really appreciate your blog, and you taking the time out to answer our questions.
My question is pretty simple– what do you think about submitting your own articles to social networking sites, like Digg or StumbleUpon? Is that frowned upon?
Thanks again for your helpful insight!
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@KYO, who asked:
“My question is pretty simple– what do you think about submitting your own articles to social networking sites, like Digg or StumbleUpon? Is that frowned upon?”
Yeah, that’s a gray area. Actually, not too gray — most users on Digg don’t like it when a blogger keeps submitting his or her own stuff. SU might be different. That said, it’s kinda gray because a lot of bloggers do it (and I’ve done it myself).
BUT … don’t do it. Not because it’s unethical (though it might be) but because it doesn’t work. Unless you’re already a top user on one of those sites, you won’t get a popular post by submitting it yourself. And if people see that you submitted your own stuff, you might be reported for spam and banned.
What’s the better method? The best method is having a top user submit your stuff. But of course that isn’t easy, and they won’t submit it if they don’t see it (and even if they do see it, it had better be awesome if they’re going to submit).
So how does a blogger that’s lower on the food chain take advantage of social media? I have to say that it’s not easy. I struggled with this the first few months of Zen Habits, and failed miserably. Eventually I stopped trying to submit or get others to submit, only because it never worked. I just didn’t have the large number of readers necessary to get the votes you need to get popular.
But here’s what works better: get a link from a big blog and have them send traffic your way. That happened to me early on with Dumb Little Man and Lifehack.org. Those were huge days for me. And their traffic helped my post get to the delicious popular page. It’s not the Digg front page, but Digg fp is a pretty tough goal for a small blog. I’d shoot for delicious or SU.
Getting a link from a big blog isn’t easy either, of course, but it’s easier than getting popular in social media if you don’t have a lot of readers.
Once you have a good amount of traffic, you can get popular in social media much more easily — you have lots of readers to vote for you, and the top users will keep an eye on you for your best posts.
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Hi Leo
1) What’s your daily routine like?
2) Do you ever lose motivation to do what you are doing and if you do, how do you get back and continue writing such great articles with so much energy? :)
Thanks so much!
Pearl
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@ Pearl, who asked:
“1) What’s your daily routine like?
2) Do you ever lose motivation to do what you are doing and if you do, how do you get back and continue writing such great articles with so much energy? :)”
My daily routine changes over time. Currently, I get up and have coffee and read, and then go for a run or do other exercise. Then I come back and write. No email or other stuff until I write.
I usually have 1-3 things I really want to get done each day — a post for WTD, for example, and doing something on another project. I try to get those 1-3 things done before I do anything else. I’m not always successful, but that’s my goal.
After I get those 1-3 things done (including writing), I will process my email inbox, respond to comments, check other blogs, check my stats, and do other routine things like that. I’m usually done sometime in the afternoon, when I take a nap. :) I also spend time with my family in the afternoon and evening.
As for losing motivation and coming back with energy … sure, my motivation comes and goes. I think what keeps me coming back is the encouragement of my readers, and the excitement of doing something really great that they will love and find useful. Sometimes I’ll come up with some great ideas and just get excited about doing them. That comes and goes, so when it goes, I will usually find something else to get excited about, and come back to the writing when I get excited about that again.
The main point, of course, is to find stuff to get excited about and go with it. It’s hard to push yourself to do something you find tedious, but you can channel your excitement in the right direction by looking for inspiration in the area you hope to get excited about.
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Hey Leo-
I love your blogs! Zen Habits has life changing articles!! Do you have any advice for someone who is sitting in a cubicle all day dreaming of a more authentic life? I feel like I am sitting in prison all day trying to break out and live a life I was meant to live. I would love your thoughts.
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@Jerry Frawley, who wrote:
“Do you have any advice for someone who is sitting in a cubicle all day dreaming of a more authentic life? I feel like I am sitting in prison all day trying to break out and live a life I was meant to live. I would love your thoughts.”
Well, I’d prefer to stick to writing and blogging questions here, but since you’re such a nice person … :)
I’d really recommend that you figure out what you’re passionate about. If you already know that, you’re off to a great start. If not, you need to start finding out by experimenting, learning, trying new things.
Here’s an article on this topic: http://zenhabits.net/2008/08/finding-the-work-you-love/
Once you’ve figure that out, you need to pursue that will all your might. That might mean changing careers, which you should probably do gradually over time, gaining experience, skills, knowledge and reputation in your field in your spare time … early mornings, lunches, after work, weekends. If you’re passionate about it, you’ll be able to find the time and energy.
Just keep pursuing that. It’s been done by many, many others and it can be done by you. Whatever your passion, figure out how to make a living doing it — even if it’s not a traditional career. It’ll make work fun.
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Leo, thanks for your time.
My questions:
1) What is the best book on writing you’ve read?
2) Adverbs … love ‘em or hate ‘em?
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I’m a 1st year law student, and I’ve encountered many people and blogs that suggest that creating and maintaining a personal blog is great for your career. Most of them say that a blog will help you develop a personal brand, raise your profile amongst others in your field, and assist you in developing personal connections that may help you find a job or internship in this tough market. Beyond the career-related aspects of it, it seems like it would be fun and give me an opportunity to become a better writer.
While all of the benefits sound wonderful, I have a couple questions / concerns that have kept me from taking the plunge. I’m hoping that you or another commenter here can provide some guidance.
1) One of the pieces of advice I see most frequently is that in order to have a successful blog, one must have a strong theme and stick to it. Since one of my primary goals is to use this blog to help my future career prospects, I feel like it needs to be based on law. As a 1L student, I don’t know that I have enough knowledge about the law to add anything substantive to the blogosphere. How can someone contribute effectively and maintain such a tight focus without being a bona fide expert?
2) One real concern I have is that blogging with an eye toward my career would be very constraining. Some of the best blogs I read are the most personal in nature (Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist comes to mind). I feel like to have quality content, one needs to put at least some small sliver of themselves in to it. I worry that being too personal may be off-putting to potential employers who don’t share my views. How can someone at the beginning of their career path develop compelling material for a blog, let their voice own voice shine through, and stay inspired?
Thanks for your time!
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@Jason Mitchener, who asked:
“1) What is the best book on writing you’ve read?”
Just one? C’mon! That’s no fair! My favorite would probably be “The Elements of Style” by Strunk and White. In-dee-spensable!
I also like “On Writing” by Stephen King, “Story” by Robert McKee (if you like screenwriting), “On Writing Well” by Zinsser, and a bunch of others.
“2) Adverbs … love ‘em or hate ‘em?”
I love ALL words! Even made up ones. But some writers have a tendency to overdo adverbs and adjectives (including myself sometimes) which tends to get in the way of the writing. Use them if you like, but revise and cut them out if possible. Eliminate the non-essential.
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@Eric, who wrote:
“1) One of the pieces of advice I see most frequently is that in order to have a successful blog, one must have a strong theme and stick to it. Since one of my primary goals is to use this blog to help my future career prospects, I feel like it needs to be based on law. As a 1L student, I don’t know that I have enough knowledge about the law to add anything substantive to the blogosphere. How can someone contribute effectively and maintain such a tight focus without being a bona fide expert?”
Very, very few bloggers are actual experts. I’m certainly not an expert. And yet, we write about what we know, what we experience, what we’ve learned, the mistakes we’ve made. As a 1L student, you are going through law school. Actually, you’ve already been accepted — a great place to start for those who are looking for advice on how to get in. 1L is a notoriously tough time, so you can share your experiences and what you’ve learned.
You are also probably living the typical law student life, which means 1) great study and organization skills, 2) time management and effectiveness skills; 3) stress management; 4) frugality … and more. Write about that stuff. You might not realize it, but your experiences will be tremendously useful to others trying to do the same things.
“2) One real concern I have is that blogging with an eye toward my career would be very constraining. Some of the best blogs I read are the most personal in nature (Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist comes to mind). I feel like to have quality content, one needs to put at least some small sliver of themselves in to it. I worry that being too personal may be off-putting to potential employers who don’t share my views. How can someone at the beginning of their career path develop compelling material for a blog, let their voice own voice shine through, and stay inspired?”
A very tough question. It’s an undoubted truth that you need to put yourself into your blog, or it will be too impersonal and won’t connect with readers. They’re looking for a real person, who struggles and stresses out and fails just as they do. So you need to share these struggles and stresses and failures, along with the good times and successes. You need to share yourself, to connect with others, so they can relate to you.
You don’t need to write about your drunken partying, however, if you think that might negatively impact your career. Write instead about how to get through a marathon morning study session when you have a huge “headache”. :)
Above all, be yourself. Let your personality express itself through your writing. Share your life, so that others may relate and learn.
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Leo, great post on decluttering. It came at a relavant time ;)
Where would you recommend launching a blog if you’r eon a shoestring?
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Thanks Leo- So sorry about the random question (not writing or blogging) I saw you were answering questions and did not read further!! :-)
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@Darby, who asked:
“Where would you recommend launching a blog if you’re on a shoestring?”
Well, I started on Blogger.com because it was free and easy. However, I much prefer WordPress because it’s also easy to use but it has thousands of great free templates (if you search for them) and is more customizable.
So start on Wordpress.com … you can get a free account, although your domain will be darbyblog.wordpress.com (or whatever username you choose). If you have a few extra dollars, you can buy your own domain (most popular is GoDaddy.com) and then pay Wordpress.com to link your new domain to your wp.com account. So you pay a few dollars (like $10-15 total) for a domain and for the routing of the domain name, but the wp.com account remains free I think.
The only problem with free wp.com accts is that you have limited themes and customization. So you can later migrate to a paid host (I went to Bluehost.com after blogger.com) for about $8 a month, using a pre-installed version of wordpress, and move your domain name to that acct. That’s a little more expensive but you’ll probably do that after a few months.
But start on wordpress.com … although you could certainly use blogger.com, or one of the many others out there.
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Not a problem, Jerry! Glad you joined us … I’ve been having fun answering questions. :)
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I am a good writer. But a slow one. It usually takes me hours to finish one post. How can I write faster?
I know the more I write, I the better I will get at this. Is there anything else which can help – Books / Courses / Some kind of writing process/routine ?
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@Avani-Mehta:
“I am a good writer. But a slow one. It usually takes me hours to finish one post. How can I write faster?
I know the more I write, I the better I will get at this. Is there anything else which can help – Books / Courses / Some kind of writing process/routine?”
Actually, you’ve already answered the question — the more you write, the better you’ll get. I’ve been writing for almost 2 decades now and I’m much more skilled and much faster than I was when I first started.
So just write as much as you can. Every day, for at least an hour if not 2-3 hours.
Above, I recommended “The Elements of Style” by Strunk and White — it really is indispensable for any writer. It teaches you the basics, and is really a treatise on brevity for writers (among other things). By learning to write only the essential, you can speed up the process.
Also pre-think your writing — think about a post while you’re exercising or driving or in the shower or, again, in one of those boring meetings. That way, when you sit down to write, you’re ready to go full bore.
And again, write a lot, all the time, and you’ll get better and faster.
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My first blog is a patchwork. I’d like to change that. What are your thoughts on giving focus to an existing blog that has a bit of many things?
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@Laura, who asked:
“My first blog is a patchwork. I’d like to change that. What are your thoughts on giving focus to an existing blog that has a bit of many things?”
Do you feel it’s too late to start a new blog from scratch? Unless you have a large readership (more than 1,000 subscribers), you could always start again and try to get your readers to move over to the new blog. Let’s look briefly at two strategies:
1. Keep the existing blog but give it a makeover. Change the design to reflect your new focus, and announce it to your readers.
2. Start writing amazing content based on this new focus.
3. Perhaps slowly purge some of your archives if you like, getting rid of stuff that’s really not related to your new focus. Keep your best stuff. You don’t have to purge, but you can try.
4. Slowly your old readers, as well as new readers, will adjust to your new focus. Maybe they’ll even like it more.
Or, strategy #2:
1. Start a brand new blog with a new focus. This way you can start with a new name if you like, your own domain name, and a new design.
2. Feel free to import your best posts from the old blog if they’re related to the focus.
3. Make an announcement on your old blog that you will only be posting on your new blog, and that they should change their bookmarks and subscriptions.
4. After a week or so, you can install a script on blogger.com to redirect people to your new blog. See my original blog (zenhabits.blogspot.com) for an example of this.
5. If you had links to the old posts you moved to your new blog, ask bloggers to update their links to those posts with your new address.
If you are still pretty small, I would prefer to start from scratch. But either way works.
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Leo – You’re the best. I am going to launch my own blog in a week but I do not have any experience with wordpress. I was wondering what would be the best way to allocate my time this week as well as in the first month of blogging. Should I be focusing on writing posts, site design, getting to know the technical side of it, or something complete different? Thanks!
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@Dave, who asked:
“I was wondering what would be the best way to allocate my time this week as well as in the first month of blogging. Should I be focusing on writing posts, site design, getting to know the technical side of it, or something complete different?”
First, Wordpress isn’t that difficult to use — for the most part, all you need to know are 1) where to write the post title; 2) where to write the post text; 3) how to set the category for the post; 3) how to add links and/or images; and 4) how to publish. And some settings.
But the main part of your question … how to allocate your time:
DEFINITELY focus almost entirely on writing great content. That’s what matters most, by far. The design isn’t super important at first, and neither is the technical stuff. Many bloggers get caught up in design, admin, stats, ads, and other such stuff, but all that really matters in the beginning is the content.
Create a dozen amazingly useful articles. See Zen Habits posts for examples (just one kind of example, of course) of the kind of content you should probably be shooting for. Experiment, write great titles, and post regularly.
Once you have 10-12 really powerful articles, then you can worry about promoting your blog. Not before. You can also tweak the design or look for better templates after you’ve started to create content, but don’t put off the content creation because you haven’t perfected design. People aren’t even coming to your site yet, so design doesn’t matter so much.
If I didn’t make it clear enough … focus on content! The other stuff comes later.
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Just a reminder everyone … just about 40 minutes or so left for this Q&A session! I have a couple of posts to write after this, so unfortunately I can’t do it all day. :)
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OK Blogging question this time.
Where do you get the great photos for your post? I think they make your post visually appealing. Is there a cost for these photos?
Thanks again Leo!
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Leo:
Half the advice I see online is to always put your audience first. Write what *they* want.
The other half says to write about what you’re passionate about. When you write what you think other people want, it’s obvious.
So, how do you balance “write what you know” and “do what you love” against “put your reader first”?
Thanks in advance.
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@Jerry Frawley, who asked:
“Where do you get the great photos for your post? I think they make your post visually appealing. Is there a cost for these photos?”
I’ve used some free stock photo sites before, but these days I mostly get my photos from Flickr. I do an advanced search that looks for photos (using a keyword I choose depending on the topic of the post) that are licensed under Creative Commons, for commercial use. I also click on “Most Interesting” and “Thumbnails” in the search results. This allows me to see the best photos first, in thumbnail view so I can review them quickly.
Actually, I have a bookmark that quickly goes to the search … then I just change the keyword and press search:
http://flickr.com/search/?q=life&z=t&l=comm&ct=0&s=int
I usually have to go through 5-10 pages of results to find a good photo. Sometimes more! And if I don’t find a good photo with a certain keyword, I’ll do several other keyword searches.
Most of the photos in these searches aren’t great. I try to for “magazine quality” photos — quality stuff you’d see in a print publication. Some things I look for:
* Person in the photo — if there’s no person in the photo, it’s not visually interesting enough. People like to see people.
* Person isn’t too far away. Close-up stuff is usually better. You should be able to see their face.
* Visually interesting people. Often that means attractive people (men as well as women) but not always — there are lots of great faces that aren’t necessarily attractive. Kids also are very visually interesting usually.
* Good quality, lighting, vibrant colors.
I will often crop a photo to get rid of extraneous stuff. I like close cropping.
Also, be sure to give proper credit with a link back to the flickr page.
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@Drew Kime, who wrote:
“Half the advice I see online is to always put your audience first. Write what *they* want. The other half says to write about what you’re passionate about. When you write what you think other people want, it’s obvious. So, how do you balance “write what you know” and “do what you love” against “put your reader first”?”
Awesome question! It might seem like the two are contradictory advice, but not necessarily.
First, you should always write what you know and what you’re passionate about. Otherwise the reader will know you’re just BSing.
You should also put the reader’s interests first, or you’ll lose him.
But let’s picture a Venn diagram (the one with two overlapping circles) … one circle is all the stuff you know and are passionate about … the other circle is all the stuff the reader is interested in.
The part that overlaps is what you write about.
Don’t write about what you know but what the reader doesn’t care about. Also don’t write about what the reader is interested in but that you don’t care about or know anything about.
Does that make sense? Both factors are equally important, so you should find the ground that overlaps.
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Leo,
I am just getting into blogging and I have a good education in the fitness field. So, I decided I am best equipped to write about that. I am extremely excited and committed but I find it difficult to compete against already well established fitness blogs, stronglifts, marksdailyapple, etc.
What do you recommend in finding your own voice when there are already so many competitors with such great material?
Thank you for your help with this open forum,
Jeremiah
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@Jeremiah, who wrote:
“I am just getting into blogging and I have a good education in the fitness field. So, I decided I am best equipped to write about that. I am extremely excited and committed but I find it difficult to compete against already well established fitness blogs, stronglifts, marksdailyapple, etc.
What do you recommend in finding your own voice when there are already so many competitors with such great material?”
Well, actually, I’ve been reading a lot of fitness blogs recently, and I really think there’s room for another great fitness blog. For example:
* Marks Daily Apple is my favorite right now. But his philosophy is just one way to go. There are lots of other things to write about that he doesn’t cover.
* Stronglifts did well but hasn’t been updating since September. I don’t know why. But if he doesn’t update then he’s leaving a gap for others to fill.
* I also really like Fitness Black Book … it fits my goals and most of my philosophy (except I like to run longer distances). But he updates maybe once per week at most these days.
* Lots of great female bloggers, but they have a different audience than you would.
* Ross Enemait is also excellent, as is Crossfit. But again, not a lot of high-quality posts coming out more than once every week or two from these guys.
* Many of the other blogs (with some exceptions) don’t have high-quality stuff regularly.
So if you could come out with amazing, high-quality, useful posts like they do on Stronglifts, Marks Daily Apple, Fitness Black Book, etc … but on a more regular basis, you could do very well. Especially if you have an appealing writing style and a good foundation of knowledge and experience.
Again, differentiate yourself by:
1. Being original or different. Don’t just spout off the same advice that everyone else has. Sure, some stuff is common sense and you will probably have to educate people about that, but go beyond the basics and into new territory.
2. Being regular and sticking around. To be regular, you don’t need to eat bran. Just stick to a fairly regular schedule – maybe once a week, maybe 2-3 times, maybe 4-5 times. Not less than weekly though. And if you can stick around for more than a year, and be fairly regular during that time, you’ll beat most other new blogs.
3. Writing amazingly useful content. It’s been my experience that while there are a LOT of blogs, 95 percent of them don’t provide really, really useful content on a regular basis. They write about trivial things, but nothing of great use to me as a reader. So I leave them never to come back. But if a blog regularly has truly stupendous and useful content, you’ll keep coming back. Do this and you will stand out, no matter what niche you’re in. It just might take awhile to get noticed.
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About 10 minutes left for questions!
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Thank you Leo. I appreciate it.
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Hoping to slip one final one in if possible!
Leo – with your recent success you must have days where you feel sky high.. Apart from the tips found in great posts written on this subject, is there a way you stay so grounded/humble?! You seem to be so good at it! I’m always looking for ways to better myself and part of that is taking advice from those that have been there / done that….
All the best
-Ross
(Apologies, not strictly a blogging question!)
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Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to do this. Really appreciate it.
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Thank you Leo for being a mentor in our lives. This Q & A was (is) priceless!!
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Thanks for the advice, Leo!
I think I’ll be experimenting with getting my blog started after finals are over.
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@Ross, who wrote:
“Leo – with your recent success you must have days where you feel sky high.. Apart from the tips found in great posts written on this subject, is there a way you stay so grounded/humble?! You seem to be so good at it! I’m always looking for ways to better myself and part of that is taking advice from those that have been there / done that….”
Well, I have to admit that things have definitely changed for me as a blogger … success brings amazing new opportunities but also some new challenges … bloggers who want me to link to them, authors who want me to review their books, websites that want me to be their partner, people who want to buy links within my posts (which I don’t do) … I’m not complaining, though, but just pointing out that I definitely have to change the way I operate to stay sane. I don’t get to answer comments as much as I used to — I used to respond to every single comment! Those days are long gone, sadly.
But as for staying grounded … I think the key for me is gratitude. I try to remind myself of all that I’m grateful for, including my wonderful, encouraging readers, my simple lifestyle made possible by a full-time blogging job, the ability to do what I’m passionate about for a living … these are amazing things and I’m truly grateful for all of them.
When you remember to be grateful, you also remember that any of it can be taken away by circumstances. So I try to remember all of that and not think that I’m invincible or anything.
I also remember that I’m not perfect, by a long shot. I try not to think I’m better than anyone else. If I’ve been successful as a blogger, there are dozens of bloggers who’ve actually done better than me … and for those below me in the blogging ladder, I remember what it was like to be on their rung. It’s a struggle, when you’re first starting out, and I know that. So I try to be kind to those who want to promote themselves on my blog, just as others were kind to me when I was in that position.
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OK, time’s up!!! No more questions, please … if there are questions below this comment I won’t be able to answer them … I’m off to do other work!
I just wanted to say thank you all for participating. I’ve enjoyed talking to you all, and it’s been a great reminder for me of all that I’ve learned and gone through as a blogger. You’re on an exciting journey, as am I, and I hope it’s as fun a ride for you as it is for me!
I hope to do this again sometime soon … maybe next month or the month after. It’s a great way to interact with all of you.
Thanks again!
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I am afraid I was a bit late. Your post just came in to my email. May I request then that next time to make it a bit longer?
But as I browsed the Q & A, I found all of them useful and informative.
Thanks!
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My question:
I have a book proposal & sample chapter (non fiction). Can I submit the proposal to multiple agents or publishers at the same time?
Great forum–thank you!
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Hi guys, wasn’t that a great opportunity to learn from Leo?! He’s such a helpful and generous guy.
Don’t worry if you were too late with your question. Just ask it anyway and I’ll make sure it’s recorded.
Maybe I can persuade Leo write a report with all these answers and more!
In the meantime…I reckon it would be great to have a newsletter at WTD. Then Leo could maybe answer some of your questions more in depth each month. What do you think?
cheers
Mary
(WTD Editor)
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@Angel Cuala: Thanks for the feedback! Actually, I posted to this blog more than a day before the Q&A to let people know about this in advance. Maybe you’re not subscribed to Write To Done? Please do if you’re not!
@Content Maven: Yep, from my experience you definitely can submit to more than one agent or publisher. If an agent is interested, you could sign with that agent who would probably then shop it around to different publishers herself.
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My question: How to continue with my blog if the personal development niche is not so popular? The problem is that in my country the personal development niche of the internet is not so developed and also not searched. Have you ever been in my situation?
PS. I love your writing. You have something special on it. Thank you for all articles and keep doing it.
Sorry for posting the question so late but it was 1.00 am in my country when you were live.
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Hey Leo, guess I’m too late to get a question answered, but just wanted to say this was a really cool idea! I’ve learned quite a bit just from reading your responses to questions from others. :) Thanks for taking the time to do this!
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