| Lowdown with Laurie |
is where the problem comes in, and I am not the only
blogger who feels like this. Some review bloggers will
stop reading because they are sick to death of trying
to come up with a review, good or bad. As we keep
reading and reviewing books over and over though the
years, books become more and more repetitious. Then
we are just plain sick of the amount of time we spend on
the blog. If we don’t keep up our social media daily or
keep giveaways going, people will stop coming by and
our status will start going down. It’s just a vicious cycle
that most will never understand until they have tried it.
If you’re a blogger and you find yourself overwhelmed
and want to give up, I would suggest you to please give
something else a try, don’t let the world beat you down.
Take your hobby back and say, “This is mine and I will
do with it what I want to do.” Quit taking requests and
just do what you want to do to make yourself happy
again. You don’t have to take authors’ guest posts/
interviews or giveaways in; this is not your responsibility.
There are some days I want to just close up my blog
and place it all on Facebook because I get more
support there then the blog. And if that is something you
have to do to keep going, then do whatever means to
get yourself back to reading again. Another suggestion
is only take requests during a few months of the year,
so that way you have time to read what you want the
rest of the year. There are too many of us taking on prepressure from authors or the blogging world. You have
to remember you’re getting no pay for your blog, and
you have to live your own life. So just step back and
say, “I am taking my hobby back. If you don’t like it, you
can hit the unfollow button.”
I picked up my Kindle the other day and opened The
Book Blogger’s Cookbook (which I downloaded free)
and read the author’s foreword page and was very
impressed. This cookbook relates with Young Adult
romance, but as a blogger, just knowing there are
authors out there that realize how much book bloggers
do for their sales really impressed me.
Authors, the best appreciation we can ever get is for
you to help us spread the word about the posts we
create for you. Yes, that means when we post any
review, guest post, or giveaway from you, please help
spread it on your social media, like Facebook and/or
Twitter. I know this is a bit of extra time on your part,
but most blogs like mine make it easy for you to just hit
a couple of buttons.
Just because you opened a book review blog doesn’t
mean that is all you have to do. Heck, we all have
several different hobbies, so blog about your different
hobbies, that way you don’t get so overwhelmed with
just one thing all the time.
If you are a reader that gets some good reads from
bloggers, please let them know how much you
appreciate their work. All it takes is a little show of
appreciation or even just a simple comment on a blog
to help show a blogger your appreciation.
To all book review bloggers out there, I salute you for
all you do in a day.
Hello, my name is Laurie. I’m a mom who found
the love for reading again late in life. I opened
a book review blog a few years back and have
been nonstop since. My review blog has led me
to do different things in the writing world, such
as the opening of the Indie Romance Convention and this column. I live in Tennessee with my
hubby, daughter, and lots of fur babies.
bittenbyparanormalromance.com
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