A few weeks ago I asked, that all-important question haunting writers these days: Should you blog your novel?I spent some time exploring Na-No-Blog-Mo, a site where hundreds of writers blogged their novels for free. Blogs make sharing your work so easy--if you know how to find your readers, you can quickly, painlessly get your novel out there.
The site made me nervous--we just don't have a good system for helping writers earn a living by publishing their novels online.
Today, as I sift through my overflowing mailbox and RSS reader pile (post-vacation madness), I'd like to share two comments from readers about novel-blogging.
A crime novelist named Barry has found a unique way to blog his novel (although his site is no longer up): "I'm using my blog as a scratch pad now (just a taste) and as a launch pad later (the whole enchilada) once it's complete and published."
On the other side of the coin, Jack Payne railed against novel-blogging: "I have the first 2 chapters of my novel, Six Hours Past Thursday, up on my web site. That's at least one chapter too much. How is a writer to be compensated by publishing his entire novel online? It's nothing more than an instant gift to public domain, no matter how the current copyright law reads."
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