Comments on: My year in blog

By: CN

CN — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:28:38 +0000

Congratulations! I just stopped by to say thanks. Your post on the biblioblogosphere finally inspired me to start blogging.

By: CW

CW — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:53:08 +0000

Wow – has it only been a year?? Thanks for writing and sharing all your experiences and expertise with the rest of us. (I’m trying to convince some of my colleagues that a wiki ala ALA Chicago 2005 would be a good idea for the Australian Library and Information Association conference next year… especially for visitors to Perth, Western Australia.)

I look forward to reading about your writing process and other adventures…

Constance

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:34:11 +0000

As a reader, *I* can’t believe you have only been doing this for a year. Keep up the good work.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:47:02 +0000

Congratulations on your year of blogging and on your book deal! How exciting! I can give you lots of advice on how not to work on your book (among them: start library school, start a blog, work multiple jobs, play with things on the internet. . . ). I am sure, however, that all these things will actually feed your book and your work on it. Good luck! You’re one of *my* blogger heroes.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:19:15 +0000

Hmmm… I’ll have to work on that, Chad.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:10:37 +0000

Very good to hear, Meredith. Congrats on the book deal. I am sure your book will inspire, just like your blog does. Now if we could figure out a way to feed that book of yours into my aggregator, that would be sweet.

By: Roy Tennant

Roy Tennant — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:15:38 +0000

Congratulations on your book deal! I found that my first book launched my career into the stratosphere, and I wish the same result for you.

Be prepared, however, to not make much money on the whole experience. In library publishing, it seems to be more about exposure and line items on the resume (not bad things, certainly), since no library author gets rich on this. I’ve actually had some books pay worse (when put into an hourly wage) than just about anything else I could have done with the time except perhaps dig ditches.

So do it for the joy, do it for the sharing, do it for the notice, do it because you’ve wanted to do it since a child. Do it so we can all get the benefit of your perspective. And take the time and make the effort to do it well, since it will reflect on you for many years to come, and it should reflect well. Best of luck!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:49:50 +0000

Congratulations on providing a whole year’s worth of great posts! I’ve just finished my MLIS and am beginning my own job hunt; your blog is really inspiring and reassuring to me, not to mention engaging and informative. Thanks for sharing your experiences and point of view.

By: scully

scully — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:44:40 +0000

congrats!

By: Meredith

Meredith — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:11:59 +0000

Fiona, you are so right about when ideas come to you. I couldn’t think of how to start a section of my first chapter and it occurred to me in the shower as I was rushing to get ready for work. I jumped out soaking wet, grabbed a pen and paper and wrote it down so I wouldn’t forget. I think I need to keep a memo pad near me at all times!

Just like I wrote about the whole job hunt, I will definitely write about the book experience too. For the next year it will be the only thing on my mind, so I’m sure all my blog posts will be related to book writing or the subjects I’m writing about.