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February 7 question: What turns you off when visiting an author’s website/blog? Lack of information? A drone of negativity? Little mention of author’s books? Constant mention of books?

Jayden: I am definitely interested in hearing all of your answers to this! I think what I don’t like is when they are too long. I don’t have a lot of time to read blogs, so if I get a long-winded post that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, I quickly lose interest. When there are headings for sections, that’s great because I can direct my attention. That being said, as an often long-form fiction blog, I do read other similar blogs and I like when there’s a continuous story I can get invested in! But it has to keep moving.

Richard: Not being updated in a long time is probably the biggest thing. If you haven’t cared enough to update your website in 3 years, why should I care enough to read it? Second is too much non-writing related stuff. You’re welcome to talk about that TV show you like, your job, vacation, or even current events, politics, etc. sometimes. But if your blog looks more like a LinkedIn, mommy blog, travel blog, etc. than a writing one, I’m probably not as interested (unless you’re really good at writing about those things, but you should probably spin it off into its own thing then). Number three is excessive/scammy self promotion. Obviously self-promotion is a big part of why you have the blog, but if every post is, “Three ways to X your writing…” and ends with a, “Buy my book to find out 20 more ways to X!” then I’d just as soon go watch an infomercial or something.