[stylist] Web sites and blogs

Sat Oct 22 02:47:47 UTC 2016

Regarding self-promotion, the good thing or drawback however you want to view it is that with self promotion you can do it at your own speed. My suggestion is make a master list of the things you want to accomplish and then break that list into sections and start working on them one by one. Four instance, I have a lot The library is on the list and I am contacting them one by one to set up displaying my book. It is going slowly but going and that to me is what is important. That's the biggest thing about self promotion is having that master list to start with so that something actually gets accomplished and you can see physical evidence of it. As far as a blog or website I publish stories on story mania.com which I have been doing for about 12 years. Some of the things on that side are not the best but you can always find good things on there and I am one of them. You keep the copyright and you can remove it at any time. And yes people can take your work by just copying and pasting and you probably would lose it if someone did that but I have never had any trouble that I know of. I haven't published on that site for a while. I have a store on Lulu.com for the paper back in hardcover version of my book and hopefully we will continue with this site for the second novel. I had a website at one time but it expired because I did not purchase it for a second for your running. Story mania is very easy and still remains that way to publish things on. Can I use jaws and I have never had a problem posting to that website. It's interesting to go back and read my stories. Some of them are really good I read them and I say I could not write that now. And I have my journal entries about the railroad there. There is not a link on my signature to it and I'm trying to fix the link to my book it's on Lulu.com and if you go to the search field and look up trespasser you will see two listings one of them is mine and if you click on that you will get a link to the paperback and of the hardcover version. I am planning a recording of an audio version and I think I'm going to do it next year. I just am paying someone to transcribe my booking to Braille. That way I can do my own recording. Anyway, I am really good at making lists and planning things unless I get in a writing mode which is what my life is all about these days. So, as far as Facebook goes I don't publish any of my writing there. I publish links to it but I do not use the notes section for that. That is my elementary pitch on self promotion and websites. Good luck and keep dreaming :-)

Shelley, Queen of bells out! 
Trespasser by Shelley Alongi (Hardcover) - Lulu
Trespasser by Shelley Alongi (Hardcover) - Lulu
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> On Oct 21, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Alyssa Frierson via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I have three blogs with dreamwidth.org. One is a personal journal of
> sorts where I write about any number of things. The other two are more
> subject specific. I started one about my brother and the way he sees
> the world. The third one is about Diabetes.
> I use Jaws. I haven't had any accessibility issues with Dreamwidth,
> and it's free to sign up. An issue I could see coming up would be
> setting up the over-all look of the page. There are different
> templates to apply to the page. Setting up how posts are displayed and
> organized is accessible, but the themes have names like "Apple
> blossom" that aren't super descriptive. So, if design is important to
> you, that may be an issue. I also had some trouble inserting photos
> into a post the one time I tried to do it. Otherwise, I haven't had
> any problems with this site for basic blogging.
> 
> Alyssa
> 
> Blogging at:
> https://diabetesdiary.dreamwidth.org/
> and
> http://music-and-lyrics1289.dreamwidth.org
> and
> https://world-according-to-zach.dreamwidth.org/
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 10/21/16, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Anything posted on blogs and websites is considered as being published. A
>> lot of editors will not take material posted on social media or blogs or
>> websites because it's considered previously published. Exceptions are lists
>> like Stylist because it's deemed an online writing community, and therefore
>> treated differently. So this doesn't mean your material couldn't be lifted,
>> but posting it on your blog already categorizes it as published, and
>> there's
>> proof of publication date. If some stranger tried to lift your material, it
>> would be difficult to prove in their favor because any publication of it
>> would come after your publication date. And it's really no different than
>> if
>> you were to publish material on another blog or website. Hope this makes
>> sense.
>> 
>> Bridgit
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sherry Gomes
>> via stylist
>> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 8:53 AM
>> To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Sherry Gomes <sherriola at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Web sites and blogs
>> 
>> I have a blog/web site on word press. I post a lot of things on their.
>> Sometimes, book reviews, sometimes thoughts on various experiences or
>> things
>> going on in the world, sometimes rants. I don't really post my writing up
>> there, in terms of original fiction, because I'm nervous about putting my
>> stuff on a blog that anyone can read and copy from. My fan fiction doesn't
>> count because it's obvious fan fiction and nobody could try to publish it.
>> lol. So, my blog is my place to write an almost journal I guess. I'd like
>> to
>> have a separate site, but I don't know how to do the stuff necessary, don't
>> write HTML code, couldn't begin to know how to set up a newsletter or store
>> or link to other sites, that kind of thing. But someday, if I can afford to
>> hire someone to do it, that's what I'd like.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tessa via
>> stylist
>> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 7:13 AM
>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Tessa <puppycat at tbaytel.net>
>> Subject: [stylist] Web sites and blogs
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm wondering how many people have web sites or blogs, what's the best
>> places for them? What tech do you need to keep your web site up to date or
>> write on your blog. And, what do you put on your web site or write on your
>> blog. I very rarely post to facebook so have no idea what I might post in a
>> blog. I think I can get someone to build me a web site which I'm told one
>> needs for self promotion, but again what would I put there. I know I'm
>> going
>> to be just awful at self promotion LOL, I have a hard enough time write a
>> short bio when my local group needs one.
>> So, anyone want to chime in with suggestions re self promotion.
>> Tessa
>> 
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