I am looking for authors to write guest posts on Pretty Opinionated. This is your chance to tell the world (well, at least the part of it that follows my blog, but since I’m bent on global domination, eventually the whole world will bend to my will and read my blog) who you are, what you’ve written, and why we should read your book. Guest posting is open to authors of all genres, as long as the post itself is family friendly. While I’m far from puritanical myself, I do try to make Pretty Opinionated appeal to a wide audience, which means making sure people can read it at work or with their child in the same room. I am planning to make this a weekly segment called “Author Spotlight” or something to that effect. I haven’t decided on a name yet (suggestions are welcome).
What to include in your guest post:
- Your post in the body of an email. This is fairly obvious, you can’t write a guest post without writing a guest post. If you prefer to do the HTML formatting yourself, go for it, although it’s not necessary.
- A brief bio. Include a brief bio so my readers know who you are. It doesn’t have to be fancy, and you can link to your own blog or website in it.
- A picture of some sort. Posts always look prettier with pictures, so throw one in for me. Use your own lovely face, a cover of your book, or anything else that relates to your post. Either send it as an attachment with your post or give me the link and I’ll grab it for you.
A few basic guidelines and rules:
- Obviously, since you are writers, I shouldn’t have to tell you to make sure that your post is mostly grammatically correct.
- The post must be unique content that will only be published on Pretty Opinionated.
- Make it interesting. While the content is up to you, if it just reads like a sales pitch, I most likely wont publish it. Talk about your characters, yourself, what makes your book interesting, or some life experience that led you down the writing path. Bryan Cohen’s guest post is an excellent example (note, a giveaway is not necessary, that was something extra he was doing as part of his blog tour).
- No affiliate links. You may link to your book on Amazon or some other site, but please do not make them affiliate links.
I think that’s about it. Posts will be published in the order they are received and approved by me EXCEPT in cases where it is part of a blog tour or the author has a release date coming up for which they need extra publicity. If you need it to publish on or by a specific date, tell me in your email and I’ll work with you. I’m very easy to work with.
Send your guest posts, biographical info as you would like it to appear with your post, and your image or link to image to [email protected] I will email you to let you know I received it and again when it goes live on the site.
I was wondering if you are mainly looking for book review or something different . If you would let me know thanks.
I’m looking for authors who want to promote themselves a bit. It can be through talking about their specific book, their overall writing, a life experience, pretty much anything that you feel will help readers connect with you.
My name is Kevin Benton author of the published book, A Field Trip to Hell and I was interested in promoting myself and my book. I just wanted to know if my fictional book was a good fit for your blog because sometimes the mention of the world “Hell” tends to make people shy away due to it normally negative conotation. My book is not what one may think and it is what one may think. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks for your time and consideration and thanks.
Hi Nicole,
I write American cozy-style mysteries with a real estate agent protagonist. There are four books out so far (like you I have bigger plans for the future) all written without harsh language or graphic sex or violence, although there is always at least one murder in the books. You may read the opening chapters at http:www.goodreadmysteries.com to get a sense of how I write.
I’d love to contribute to your blog.
Nancy Lynn Jarvis
Nancy, your books sound like a perfect fit! I’d love to have you write a guest post.
Hi Nicole—I received your site from my publisher (Tribute Books). My children’s book, “Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes” deals with accepting differences in each other, self-esteem issues and even bullying. (That is something I did not plan but reviewers picked up on it). Anyway, with the new school year fast approaching this story might help some kids deal with their own insecurities and/or lack of self-esteem. You might check it out at the web-site above and if you would like, I would be glad to post a short piece for you.
Thanks for your time
Larry Peterson
Larry, I’d love to have you write a guest post. I’ll be emailing you shortly in case you do not come back to check this.
Hey Nicole—how about that–I did check back ( a week later) anyway,if you would like I’ll email something within the next week. Just let me know if its a “go”. Thanks Larry P
P.S. “Author Spotlight” is fine
Is there a certain number of words you want? When I did a daily blog, each one ran 1,000 to 1,500 words, about the length of a newspaper column.
Ric
Ric,
I’m leaving the length up to the authors.