Publishing 2.0 is all about the platform, obviously. Knowing that it’s that important, I think it is critical for an author to look as much at how they built these enormous platforms than reviewing their books.

Having said that, both are pretty darn good books too.

Great post! Highlighting an important point I am not sure anyone else has pointed out. Thank you.

I have recently moved into the mindset that I absolutely must finish a novel draft in the next year, and then the real work starts. I hope that within an year and a half of my blog’s debut that I’ll have a decent enough following that I can use it as a jumping off point to brand myself and establish a platform. Or maybe that’s wishful thinking.

But it’s really great to read that someone else thinks that blogging before publishing doesn’t equate to shooting oneself in the foot.

Your blog is awesome. It may be tiny, but awesome.

Tiny but mighty. Do not underestimate the power of tiny.

I have four children.

Children are tiny, or at least, they start out that way, but they ultimately change the world.

@David,

Lame? No – everyone starts at the beginning. I know a lot more now than I did two years ago about blogging, and I know that I still know very little.

(I believe you are right, you can’t add custom code to the free WP blogs – but perhaps you don’t have to, yet. When the time is right, you will know what to do.)

@Brett – I’m doing my subscriber dance here. Thanks. It’s not often that someone can increase a subscription number by 33%, and you did.

Without sounding like a lame blogger (huh?) I’m a little slow on the syndication. Okay, it sort of spooks me. Since I post on a wordpress blog I can’t add code, or can I?

I’m with HOWDIDYOUGETTHERE regarding my feeling about blogs. Then the smartest guy I know heard me whining about my book proposal woes and said “blog, facebook, twitter.” I said okay. He said use your name and I said okay. And we’re off.

For my next fun thing I’m going to add a dramatic reading of my posts at the end of each one for portability. Has anyone got James Earl Jones’ number?

I’m heading over to Cleavage and hope I don’t get stuck there, but I probably will.

My biggest gripe was I’d bore myself to tears writing about me everyday. I hate journalling unless I’m pissed, when it morphs into surprisingly great DIY therapy.

Now I’m thrilled with it — because I write about and interview OTHER fascinating people. Who knew?!

Great article Kelly -

@David I looked at your blog and read the voices and thought hell yeah, I wanna stay there. I LOVE imaginary hotels. With wrestlers.

@Brett “the numbers don’t matter, you know. It’s the words”. YES.
My blog is tiny. Really tiny. But the words are love and the love is fierce.

You’ve got another subscriber (me) – I like your message.

The numbers don’t matter, you know. It’s the words.