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6 Tools to Help You Find and Develop Your Blogging Voice

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Joel D Canfield

Replying to my newsletter signup welcome email, Rory asked about finding his blogging voice. My writing voice came so naturally to me that I had been writing for years before I met an aspiring writer who needed help finding their own.

To be sure we’re all talking about the same thing: “voice” is the unique way each of us makes word choices, uses syntax and punctuation and pacing, and blends and balances dialog and exposition.

While few of us will ever have the instantly identifiable voice of Raymond Chandler or Dr. Seuss, our fans should find something unique to recognize in our writing just as our loved ones recognize our voice, even through the heavily compressed medium of telephone voice services.

A few points about finding your voice:

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5 Ways to Provide the Fresh Blog Content Your Fans Crave

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Joel D Canfield

[image: photo http://www.sxc.hu/photo/15900 by Andras Deak http://www.sxc.hu/profile/dean” width=”200″ height=”324″ class=”alignright size-full wp-image-2353]We’ve all seen a teenager open the refrigerator for the thirteenth time hoping miraculously that a pizza has appeared where only broccoli lay before.

There’s a marvelous scene in one of the Crocodile Dundee movies where someone points out that his hotel room has a television. He turns it on saying, “I’ve seen television before.” As the I Love Lucy theme fades in he says, “Yup, that’s what was on”.

Can you imagine if the food in the fridge really never changed or if the show on television was actually always the same?

There are some activities in life which hinge on variety, newness, change, to keep our attention. Eating the same foods over and over again gets boring fast – even pizza.

The single greatest reason for potential fans (which means potential purchasers of your book) to visit your website is to find something new.

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But I Don’t WANT to Blog!

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Joel D Canfield

Most writers dislike marketing. They dislike anything that takes them away from their writing, but marketing is toward the bottom of the list.

I don’t want to turn into a plaid polyester-wearing used car salesman! I just want to write! Besides, I have a blog, and it just lays there, doing nothing. How will anyone find it? What difference will it make, anyway?”

I’m a writer who came at this from the world of marketing (the subject of most of my books) so I have a different perspective.

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