Authors constantly ask me what they can blog about. They have a book–fiction or non-fiction–and they want to know how to use their blog to promote it. However, they have to keep blogging on a daily or weekly basis. They need content regularly, and they don’t know what to write about. Here’s a list of 20 blog post idea for both fiction and nonfiction writers. It should give you plenty of ideas:
If you write fiction, you can blog about:
- How you decided on your characters.
- How you decided on your setting.
- If you book contains any personal elements.
- Your writing practice–how you write.
- Recipes related to the place where your book takes place (ex. Italian foods).
- Information on the location where you book takes place (ex. France in the 18th century).
- Issues related to those in your book or with which your characters are concerned (ex. divorce, suicide, sex, suicide).
- The benefits your book offers readers (ex. If your book illustrates that parents don’t have to be perfect, discuss what it means to be a perfect parent or offer tips and tools).
- Certain passages in the book.
- The publishing process.
If you write nonfiction, you can blog about:
- Tips related to your topic.
- News related to your topic.
- Trends related to your topic.
- New research related to your topic.
- Your writing practice–how you write.
- The publishing process.
- The benefits your book offers readers.
- Your personal experience with this topic.
- Elaborations on sections, quotes or parts of your book.
- New personal teachings, insights or exercises related to your topic.
Catharine Bramkamp says
I like the idea of pulling out a theme or issue in a fiction book and discussing that not only in a blog post but also in the PR to promote the book, I just figured that out myself!
admin says
Thanks for your comment, Catharine. Yes, that’s a great idea. You can tie into the news that way, too.
David N. Galvin says
This is a traditional crisis writers come throughout: Pacing and Progression. There’s a e-book within the sequence referred to as Elements of Fiction