Capybara
So I’ve done a few guest posts for others and hosted a few. I’m thinking of making Tuesdays and Thursdays open for anyone who wants to guest post. This got me thinking to what I did with C.S. Boyack and Kylie Betzner. We did post/interview trades. I wrote something for them and they wrote something for me.
Does this help promote our books? I assume so even if it’s just the spreading of our names.
Does this help bring in blog traffic? Yes.
Is it fun? Yes.
Can you think of post topics easily? No, which is where I crash into the wall. I never know what to write about when asked to do a guest post.
Anyway, I’m still in a break week with the kid and was considering what I could do to be more Internet productive. So I’m thinking of getting a little more into guest blogging and was wondering if anyone wanted to do a post trade. We can give each other topics and see what happens. It can even be like with C.S. and I did with taking two sides of the same topic.
So, what do people think? Anyone interested? If you want in then comment or email me at lukecallindor@gmail.com.
Note: If you request a post from me then I’ll do my best to get it to you by the end of the weekend. Hoping to have a full day of ‘me time’ on Sunday.
Legends of Windemere 
Charles, I would love to guest post. I really enjoyed doing it on C. S. Boyack’s site and having you both on mine. I would love to write on a topic of interest … what were we talking about? Humor in writing or something along those lines. Let me know what you think.
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Humor in writing is great. Though I could have sworn you wrote a guest post for me recently. Can’t find it on my blog. I know I’m sleep deprived *glances at grinning imp next to me*, so maybe it was something I was going to ask you today.
Do you want me to write something for your blog? Brain is struggling to think of a topic.
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I wrote a guest post for C. S. Boyack. We talked about me doing one on yours, but I hadn’t finished it.
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Okay. Now I remember. Been a long week.
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Oh, yes it has!
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You know it, buddy 🙂
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I got a good question for you. Since you write in 3 genres (sci-fi, fantasy, childrens), is there a difference in focus or mentality for each one? Do you find yourself operating differently?
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Yes, actually I do. There are a few subtle differences and a couple of major ones. The first big difference has to do with illustrating a book, as you can do with a children’s book. The second one has to do with the freedom children’s books give one. One may be as surreal or absurd as they like, without worrying about breaking the rules of physics etc. Writing a children’s book is the closest literary form to a dream, and I find that fascinating.
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Very cool. That sounds like it’d be an interesting post topic. 🙂
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Hey, you’re right! 😀
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I love the idea but I don’t know how much would I be usefull to you. In any case, I’d love to have you as a guest, if you think I personaly would have nothing to contribute for your blog specifically, since I have not published my writing as an actual book yet.
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It doesn’t even have to be about books. Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you do stuff about tarot. I want to say you were making your own deck, but it’s been a while and I might be getting confused. You can write a post about that since tarot seems to show up in fiction a lot and I’m not entirely sure if they get it right. Maybe a ‘how to write a real tarot reader’ post.
Whatever topic you want from me will be a blast. 🙂
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Its true, I am making it still, but I am having doubts of wether I should include it in the poetry book or not, the poems that follow the cards! I will need to think about how to correctly asses this text material, without going too broad.
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Could you combine the deck and the book somehow? A connection could help both of them stand out. So, what do you think about writing a tarot-based guest post?
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Yes, I could. The way in which I designed the whole thing, if you remember from the poems of mine you read, is that I attributes the cards with the poems. It can be a poem, but someone with the knowledge can adapt to my system and use that poem for divination as well. I just feel such level of esoteria is perhaps unwelcome in a poetry book, whilst I personaly like to shop for books which can be used for more than just reading.
I have as well met with tarot and other divination systems in books and have my say on who did it right and who just used it in passing, if that kind of an article would interest you?
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Sure. I know many people would be happy to hear about the dos and donts. All we know is the death card is bad until someone says it isn’t. That and the lover card is used to warn parents that the kids shouldn’t be watching the movie. :p
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The Death card story is pretty similar to an epissode of the Simpsons – when Lisa is recieving a fortune telling from the carnival fortuneteller and she pulls out the Death card and Lisa says Oh,no Death! and the fortune teller explains its a good thing, and the pulls out a happy squirell card and Lisa smiles and is happy,but the fortune teller says Oh no, how dreadfull, you are in danger 😀
I will start writing and article and will get back to you as soon as it is done and properly revised, it will be in about 3-4 days due to other obligations, does that sound good?
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I remember that episode now. Gotta love Simpsons. 3-4 days is great. I’m kid wrangling until Sunday, so if you have a post for me it’ll be a few days. Unless the child gets into a movie. I’ll post your post on the nearest open day I have once I get it.
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Seth is currently completely afflicted by Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry. He asks to watch it 3 times a day (and throws a tantrum when he is not allowed). Try it perhaps, even thou I think your wee one is more into the newer stuff (my son never liked Frozen or other animated looking cartoons, for example .)
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Mine is into Thomas the Tank Engine, but isn’t into tv outside of meals. So I can’t get him zoned out.
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Mine is the same. He eats Lunch and Dinner while watching a cartoon, but is not much itnerested into sitting and watching it (while I go and do housework and similar.). Mine loves Thomas, but only for a short viewing, he preffers the mini toy of Thomas he has.
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He has tons of toys and loves these DVDs we have. Still it isn’t enough to keep him occupied for a full day at home.
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I’d love to read a post about tarots! Please say yes, Oloriel. Pleeeeaaassseee!
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Me, me, me. We could not be further apart in genres but think it would be fun.
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Sure. Hit me up with a question. For you . . . tips to making a thriller hero who isn’t a well-trained badass. I really loved how your hero was ‘average’ and I never got the feeling that he’d suddenly go Schwarzenegger on people.
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Yours. How do you continue to maintain continuity when you have numerous characters and a number of books. For instance Luke has matured but he is still Luke. Do you identify with the characters so much that you have them deeply embedded in your creative mind or are there some tricks to keeping them all true
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Interesting. I’ll need a few days to work on that. Mostly because this entire week has been one nightmare after another.
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Me too.
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Let me just tell you how much I LOVE that picture! Looks like you’ve got some takers. Good luck to you all!
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Thanks. Feel free to join in. I know very little about crime fiction.
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I got one. A pet peeve of mine with crime shows is when they pull the criminal out of thin air during the last commercial break. I know it’s different for books, but I’m curious how you write a story that keeps the reader guessing without making the ending anti-climactic. Do you have the criminal in the story beforehand? Do you give the reader everything they need to figure out the ending before the hero?
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Basically, you need to give the reader a fair shot of figuring out who the killer is. Everything they need to solve the puzzle should be within the first two acts AND when the climax happens the reader should have an ah-ha moment. Like, “Why didn’t I see that coming?” Because they should have. Make sense? It’s hiding the clues in plain sight that’s the tricky part. Give too much of a hint and you’ll ruin your ending. Not enough and the reader feels cheated. That’s where a good CP is invaluable. And yes, most often than not the reader should meet the killer somewhere along the way. Or at least hear about them. They can’t just pop out of thin air.
I’ll have to take a rain check on guest posting because I’m doing a few others and am so behind right now. But, I will keep you in mind. BTW, I always do a swap. That’s good karma.
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No problem. Always willing to host a guest and do a trade. Sounds like a key point of a crime thriller is to entice a second read to see what information was missed.
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I never thought about that before, but you make a good point. Nothing wrong with people reading our books a second time, right?
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Definitely not. I look it as a compliment. 😀
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It’s been a blast, Charles. I’m still doing it, but the rush has died down a bit. I sent one piece out yesterday, amid everything else I had going on. Maybe I need to put out Lisa’s picture again.
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I think one typically gets an immediate burst. Then it dies down for a bit. Maybe an announcement every month?
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Possibly. It’s been fun watching the traffic blast back and forth. You are one of my top ten posts now, so it worked out well on your end.
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Very cool. Did you get a lot of traffic from your guest post here? I saw some stuff happening on Google+.
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I sure did. Thanks for doing that.
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Always happy to help.
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Any author who does NOT share their blog space with OTHER authors is a WUSS (check Google for translation) and either unsure of themselves or self-centred Charles 😀
Seriously though – if authors feature each other, it spreads the word to each others followers / fans and makes them, as people, much more likeable (or loveable).
Some of the strongest, most successful and admired authors I’ve had the pleasure of dealing with all have sharing their blog space with other authors in common.
CARE – SHARE and SPREAD THE FAME 😀
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So you want to do a guest post on guest posting etiquette? 😉
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LOLOLOL AUTHORS Charles – Authors are your best bet – but if you really like, I’ll try and cobble something together and send it to you 😀 😀 😀
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I’m opening the door for everyone with a post to tell. 😉 just let me know if you have a question for me to answer for your blog. 🙂
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Will do Charles 😀
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I have trouble coming up with blog topics, but I’ll get back to you. It’s been awhile since I’ve had others on the blog or I’ve written a guest post. I need to get another guest series going whenever I get a free moment.
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Anything about superheroes? What about weaknesses in heroes that you like even if they’re subtle?
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I like the idea, but never having done a guest post, I I still have some things to learn. Nice Capybara!
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Thanks. Getting a lot of mileage on that picture. All I have to do is think of a question and you write a post. Send that with pictures and links then I set it up. Any topics you’re really interested in talking about?
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Thanks, I have a lot of information on the Civil War: Battle of Petersburg, Frontier Fort especially Fort Buford, and Then Seashells since I have a tone of pictures of my shells of the Caribbean for that book and great photos of Curacao in the Netherland Antilles. Guess the next thing is to think of questions. Will try to get on this in the next few days! Thanks Rick
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Do you include the historical stuff in your writings? If so, how do you present the information? I know very little about writing about historical battles. Though even an info piece would be cool.
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I think this is a great idea. I am looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with for this lurker to read.
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I’m curious too. 🙂
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I love this idea, and I have the same problem coming up with topics for guest posts.
Keep an eye out for a blog post I’m getting ready to publish this afternoon. You are mentioned ;-).
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Thanks. I’ll keep an eye out for it. 🙂
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Sounds like a great idea, and like a great way for a writer to be seen by a new audience. It would be awesome to see what our bloggers come up with.
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So far there’s been an interesting collection of ideas. Can’t wait to see the finished products.
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It should be interesting.
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I’m on. I’ll talk about anything you like. Pick a topic. Although, caveat here, I won’t be able to do much until first week in March.
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Okay. You mention that you love cars on your ‘About page’. Have you found a way to slip that interest into your fantasy writing? If so, how do you find a balance between the magical side of fantasy and the addition of more modern tech? If not, how would you do it?
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Definitely food for thought on that one. OK, writing a long series. How do you keep track of character development and the overall plot? Do you have any advice for other writers following in your footsteps?
Would that be a good one? Love your email addy by the way. 🙂
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Actually, I think somebody beat you to that question. I can do an advice one though. Maybe even write about character development for villains. I’ll play around with the questions. Thanks.
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Ah sorry about that. Villains and advice then, yes! That would be great.
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I’ll work on it this weekend and send an HTML.
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Cheers!
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