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I’m taking a break from the series about writing short stories and introducing a topic to help promote short stories: Blogging.
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Blogging to Promote Short Stories
I’m a rather newbie when it comes to blogging. I fought it as long as I could before surrendering to the blogging mania. I realized that blogging is a necessary evil when it comes to promoting one’s writing, and marketing authors, illustrators, and their products.
When I started my main blog, I experimented and enjoyed myself, but I never considered how I could use a blog to give exposure to short stories.
However, other writers did, and I’ve found blogs where writers give tempting samples of their stories, leading readers to want more. Other authors use a story per blog entry, making sure they copyright each entry. I’m not sure how many, if any, sources for publishing appeared, but comments from readers started building a fan base to promote other works, for pay ones.
Since building a fan base is one of the first steps to promote an author, blogging one’s short stories is a good decision.
Writing.Com has a blog option, and many free blog services exist on the Internet. Personally, besides my site blog, I use Multiply.com. The site is user friendly for those of us not exactly technologically talented and has a blog, one where I can add images, yes, me.
Don’t be afraid to blog and use your blog to put yourself out there, make your name known.
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Words from Readers
To notecard or not to notecard - it all depends. I create a note card with information about my characters AFTER they become real in my head, to help me remember details about them.
NanoWriMo2018 Into the Earth 
I love the index card thing. I need to do that more. Bigsmile thanks for a great NL.
warriormom
Your suggestions about character development are very helpful. I like the idea of the note cards and the interview. That is definitely a big weakness of mine, and I need to strengthen my skills in that area. Thanks!
Thank you for letting me know you liked my suggestion. Both the note cards and the interview are just aids, not the only ways to help develop characters, but whatever works, use.
Mavis Moog 
I think of characters as relief carvings, and myself as the sculptor.
Rather than writing an index card before hand, I like the character to come to life as I chip stone away from around him. If I have too firm an idea of the character and all his attributes before I start, I may fall into the trap of forcing unnecessary details into the narrative.
I use the index card idea after I've mentally developed the character so that I won't forget some details. Some people don't use that idea at all.
Write-fully Loti 
I just loved your newsletter. Gave great and concise data that was usable
Loti
Thanks, Loti.
Zeke
Sometimes it seems to me that the very backbone of a story requires that not every attribute of a character is revealed early in the story. What do you think?
Zeke
Information about characters should be revealed throughout the story, not all at once, and all attributes shouldn't be used because some won't help the reader better "see" the character or to more the plot forward.
Thank you for joining me this issue. Hope you're here again next month.
Viv
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Short Stories: August 27, 2008 Issue [#2563]
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