A few days ago, Kristen Lamb, author of the book, We Are Not Alone: The Writer's Guide to Social Media, discussed why having a writing blog is bad for writers:
http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/sacred-cow-tipping-why-writers-blogging-about-writing-is-bad/
The main point Kristen makes is this: Blogs strictly devoted to the how-tos of writing gain and maintain a limited audience. So reach out to folks who share your interests, by blogging on subjects all of you care about--and then toss-in some posts about the trials & tribulations about writing life.
Speaking of trials & tribulations: I'm half why through Kristen's book, "WANA," as she abbreviates it and am learning a lot. Like the mistakes I've made, from a writer's point of view, setting up this blog. But that's the subject of another blog post...
WANA is available on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Not-Alone-Writers/dp/1935712187/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1307815271&sr=8-1
Kristen's new book, Are You There Blog? It's Me Writer, was released last month and is also available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Are-You-There-Blog-Writer/dp/1935712489/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1307818459&sr=8-2
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