Comments on: Putting Your Best Face Forward and Why I Need a Facelift http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/ What's hip, what's now, what's tomorrow in the romance genre world. Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:26:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jordan Summers http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-2/#comment-8883 Jordan Summers Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:47:49 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8883 Thank you, Monica! That's very kind of you to say. :) Thank you, Monica! That’s very kind of you to say. :)

]]> By: Monica Jackson http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-2/#comment-8881 Monica Jackson Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:35:12 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8881 I think your blog is very successful in walking that line of self-revelation and professionalism while maintaining a conversational personal tone that holds interest. It's a talent! I think your blog is very successful in walking that line of self-revelation and professionalism while maintaining a conversational personal tone that holds interest. It’s a talent!

]]> By: Jordan Summers http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-2/#comment-8856 Jordan Summers Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:35:20 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8856 Gennita, (Love your books.) :smile: It is a tad scary to realize that editors and agents drop by blogs. Gulp is right. :oops: Gennita, (Love your books.) :smile: It is a tad scary to realize that editors and agents drop by blogs. Gulp is right. :oops:

]]> By: Jordan Summers http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-2/#comment-8855 Jordan Summers Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:33:53 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8855 Ursula, Thank you. :) Sherrilyn is a very astute lady. I have seen the types of blogs you mentioned. They are definitely interesting. :shock: Ursula, Thank you. :) Sherrilyn is a very astute lady. I have seen the types of blogs you mentioned. They are definitely interesting. :shock:

]]> By: Gennita Low http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-1/#comment-8854 Gennita Low Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:31:37 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8854 What? Editors read author-blogs? Gulp. What? Editors read author-blogs? Gulp.

]]> By: Ursula http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-1/#comment-8852 Ursula Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:36:22 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8852 PLEASE DON'T CHANGE YOUR BLOG! Your honesty, and candor ,and insight are refreshing. You're one of the blogs I make a point to visit because you're not afraid to take on difficult issues that most if not all writers struggle to understand, and you always do it with style and class. I do think there are writers who could use a face lift: they have blogs that attack other writers, or editors, they use them as a soap box for politics to the point of absurdity, or they use them as a form of mass therapy broadcasting all manner of inner workings and paranoid rants that would better be left for professionals, vs. fans. Most of these folks have crashed and burned. Sherrilyn Kenyon gave a great workshop on publicity and discussed blogs. She suggested don't say things you wouldn't want your worst enemy to use. I think that's good advice. Your public face is great, I'd leave it be, and be yourself. PLEASE DON’T CHANGE YOUR BLOG! Your honesty, and candor ,and insight are refreshing. You’re one of the blogs I make a point to visit because you’re not afraid to take on difficult issues that most if not all writers struggle to understand, and you always do it with style and class. I do think there are writers who could use a face lift: they have blogs that attack other writers, or editors, they use them as a soap box for politics to the point of absurdity, or they use them as a form of mass therapy broadcasting all manner of inner workings and paranoid rants that would better be left for professionals, vs. fans. Most of these folks have crashed and burned. Sherrilyn Kenyon gave a great workshop on publicity and discussed blogs. She suggested don’t say things you wouldn’t want your worst enemy to use. I think that’s good advice. Your public face is great, I’d leave it be, and be yourself.

]]> By: Jordan Summers http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-1/#comment-8841 Jordan Summers Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:57:45 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8841 Thanks Patrice. Thanks Patrice.

]]> By: Patrice Michelle http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-1/#comment-8840 Patrice Michelle Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:19:15 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8840 Jordan, Your blog is one of the first I go to. You touch on many subjects that have really made me "think"! Jordan,

Your blog is one of the first I go to. You touch on many subjects that have really made me “think”!

]]> By: Jordan Summers http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-1/#comment-8838 Jordan Summers Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:28:38 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8838 Thanks Camilla! Sorry to hear you were burned in the past. I've managed to avoid that so far. (Knock on wood.):wink: There is definitely a fine line to be walked when it comes to blogging. The important thing to remember is that your blog is PUBLIC. A lot of bloggers tend to forget that little fact when creating an entry.:oops: Thanks Camilla! Sorry to hear you were burned in the past. I’ve managed to avoid that so far. (Knock on wood.):wink: There is definitely a fine line to be walked when it comes to blogging. The important thing to remember is that your blog is PUBLIC. A lot of bloggers tend to forget that little fact when creating an entry.:oops:

]]> By: Camilla http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/2006/03/17/putting-your-best-face-forward-and-why-i-need-a-facelift/comment-page-1/#comment-8837 Camilla Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:13:22 +0000 http://www.romancingtheblog.com/blog/?p=560#comment-8837 I agree with whomever said there has to be a balance between being yourself and not writing a blog that's permeated with pessimism. I myself struggle with the tone of my blog because I've been burned in the past with being too open about myself and my writing. :???: Hopefully it'll work out with time. Great post Jordan! :wink: I agree with whomever said there has to be a balance between being yourself and not writing a blog that’s permeated with pessimism. I myself struggle with the tone of my blog because I’ve been burned in the past with being too open about myself and my writing. :???: Hopefully it’ll work out with time. Great post Jordan! :wink:

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