The Purpose of the Blog

At the dawn of my desire to be a real writer of fiction, the Word on the internet was that writers had to write blogs. The number of people who would read your blog translated into guaranteed sales for the publishers who might be interested in your novel. I was already writing a blog about my birds, but I didn’t know what to write about for an author’s blog.

Why Writing a Blog Post is Easier Than Writing a Novel

I’ve always been fascinated by how easy it is for me to write my blog posts as opposed to my novel words. For instance, I have written about 500 words on Chapter 4 of Regency Banquet Book 3 in the last month or so. Meanwhile, I have written about 4,900 words on Romance-ology alone. Add another 2,400 words on my bird blog, In Loco Parrotus (I could talk and write about birds all day long).

Forgetful Authors

Recently while working on my Regency romance, I needed the first name of the father of my fictional family. I searched all my spread sheets, but couldn’t find him. Scrivener, which I use basically, has a place to list characters and details about them. So right then I started filling it in with all the characters in this story. A few paragraphs later, I found the name I had searched for. No worries, I added it to the Scrivener Characters sheet. I forgot the aunt’s last name, the uncle’s first name and title, the street where the Curtis family lives, and so very much more. Luckily, I read a helpful article recently on how setting can be a character, so I put that information on the Characters sheet.

Writers Need Reviews

Dear Friends and Fans,

I hope this blog post finds you well. May I ask if you have read any books lately? If you have, did you post a review telling the world that you enjoyed the book? If so, then you have contributed to the rescue of a starving author. We all appreciate you for doing that.

WordPress Hates Me

I do many things on WordPress blog sites. Back when I was a writer and hobby bird breeder, I couldn’t imagine writing about writing. I didn’t know very much about it. So I started a blog called In Loco Parrotus, a play on the term In Loco Parantis, in place of parents. I began this blog February of 2013, posting twice a week on Sundays and Thursdays. I didn’t care if anyone read it, I wrote about my flock and had fun with it.

All of Me

I’m not discussing my weight this time. I’m looking at the many places you can find me and my wide variety of interests. From writing to breeding birds to rescuing animals, I probably have a place where you can find me contributing to that amusement. Let’s start a list.

Writers Need Media Followers

As a writer, I blog, I tweet, and I post on Facebook regularly. I have 200 followers on Twitter, but that’s more about politics right now. I have 450 followers on WordPress for my writing blog. I have 68 followers on my Roxanna Haley FB page and 14 on my D.L. Hungerford page. That page I recently had to shut down the original one because Facebook was making changes to their scheduling codes without telling anyone. I started this one but not many people caught that I was switching pages. I think I can merge them now, so I will see if that brings my numbers up.

How I Arrived at Sparkyville

I currently post a humor blog called Welcome to Fabulous Sparkyville. Or WTF Sparkyville. I started this blog to fill a gaping hole in my universe. And while it might not have a huge following or make any money for me, I don’t plan to stop doing it any time soon. There’s a bit of history connected with the blog that keeps me in touch with an online family. Let me tell you all about it.

What I Didn’t Do on My Summer Vacation

I only remember once having to write the dreaded Summer Vacation essay in grade school. My mom had worked as a housekeeper for the family of another student in my class. I talked all about hanging around her house while she ignored me or played mean tricks on me. Yeah, that was fun.

About Me

I’m cheating. I need to get this information all in one place so that I can update my About Me page on this blog. And in the meantime, I can share my intimate details with you. No, no, not THOSE intimate details. Just because I write smut doesn’t mean I want everyone to know my personal preferences. No, I am saving those for my memoirs.