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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /srv/users/sandra/apps/sandra/public/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Novelists, here's a fiction guest blogging tip that will significantly expand the audience and reach for your novel. <\/em><\/pre>\nGuest blogging is one of my favorite book promotion tactics for all authors because it’s targeted. The more targeted your efforts<\/a>, the more likely you are to reach the people who will love your book.<\/p>\n
Problem is, many novelists don’t write guest posts. And those who do usually contribute to their friends’ blogs or write for genre blogs.<\/p>\n
And that’s all good.<\/p>\n
But you know what’s even better?<\/p>\n
Adding topic specific blogs<\/strong> to your list of potential sites for fiction guest blogging.<\/p>\n
Look for the nonfiction nuggets<\/h2>\n
Novels are often built with or around a wide range of nonfiction subjects and themes. These are what I call the “nonfiction nuggets<\/a>” in your book. They’re a tool you can use to expand your reach both with the press and topic bloggers.<\/p>\n
You can usually find your book’s nonfiction nuggets in its:<\/p>\n
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- Professions<\/li>\n
- Real-life settings<\/li>\n
- Hobbies<\/li>\n
- Medical conditions<\/li>\n
- Industries<\/li>\n
- Themes<\/li>\n
- Conflicts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Once you identify your nonfiction elements (see the exercise below), you can match them to blogs on those subjects.<\/strong><\/p>\n
What does this look like in practice?<\/h2>\n
Here are a couple of real-life examples of how you can apply this approach.<\/p>\n
I just finished reading Liz Alterman’s “The Perfect Neighborhood.” It has a key storyline revolving around a kindergartner walking home from school alone. The author could write a parenting blog post<\/strong> about what she uncovered during her research about how parents handle the walking-home-from-school situation.<\/p>\n
She could also blog for a parenting site about how her experiences with cliquey school mothers informed her character development (because they probably did).<\/p>\n
My friend Mollie Cox Bryan writes cozy mysteries. Her Cumberland Creek series<\/a> is about a group of scrapbookers; the Cora Crafts books<\/a> are craft retreat mysteries.<\/p>\n
For the Cumberland Creek series, she can guest blog for blogs dedicated to scrapbooking<\/strong> because, of course, scrapbookers who read cozy mysteries are the people who are most likely to love her books. That logic applies to the Cora Crafts books, too.<\/p>\n
There are so many possibilities for every book.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Complete this fiction guest blogging exercise<\/h2>\n
How do you apply this to your fiction? Try this exercise:<\/p>\n
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- Skim through your novel\u00a0to find\u00a0“nonfiction nuggets.”<\/li>\n
- List them. I’m sure you can find at least three (and probably many more).<\/li>\n
- Search for and list blogs on that topic by Googling the topic and the word “blogs.”<\/li>\n
- If you’re not familiar with “pitching” bloggers, follow the instructions for doing so in my free report, “Virtual Book Tour Basics: How to Connect with Your Audience and Sell More Books Without Leaving Home<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Then the fun begins: writing your guest post.<\/p>\n
Download my free Guest Blogging Cheat Sheet now<\/h2>\n
<\/a>As a writer, you know that guest blogging involves more than just determining what you’ll blog about and who will be interested in that. You know that you have to deliver a guest post that your host will be proud to publish.<\/p>\n
Start by reading the tips in my free “Guest Blogging Cheat Sheet.<\/strong><\/a>” It details nine best practices that will keep you from making mistakes that undermine your guest blogging success.<\/p>\n
This cheat sheet, which you can download as a PDF file immediately, will help you deliver the guest post your host expects. It’s your shortcut to looking — and acting! — like a guest blogging pro.<\/p>\n
\nThe simple and easy process of identifying your book’s nonfiction topics and matching them to topic bloggers could vastly expand your reach to readers interested in something that plays a role in your story…and help you sell more books.<\/p>\n
What are the nonfiction nuggets in your novel? Share one here in a comment!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\n(Editor\u2019s note: This article was first published in February 2017. It has been updated and expanded.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"