Over on M.J. Rose's blog, I offer up my list of 10 Things An Author Shouldn't Do.
(As it turns out, there are only 8 of them... Must be part of the New Austerity.)
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David J. Montgomery is the thriller/mystery critic for The Daily Beast and the Chicago Sun-Times. He has written about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Washington Post, USA Today and Boston Globe.
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One thing more authors need to do is update their web site on a regular basis.
Too many writers update only when a new book is launched.
Real fans (buyers) will vist a site and be disappointed if there is never an update.
Then it becomes out of sight---out of mind.
Milk the web for all it is worth.
Posted by: Ken Van Durand | June 14, 2007 at 05:04 PM