Hello all!
 
I know to some this is going to sound like a stupid question. I am one of those people who seems to stay one or two steps behind everyone else, but I'm catching up fast. I would really like to know exactly what a blog is, and what can you do with it? I would love to hear about what you have done with yours, and I would love to see links posted here so I could get some ideas.
 
The reason being, I just created my author page on Amazon where all my books can be found that are on Amazon, and it says that I can make it to where my posts to my blog automatically post there. That really interested me because I am not exactly sure what a blog is supposed to be about.
 
Also, is there any good sites where you can start one for free?
 
I know, questions... questions... questions.
 
Hey, look at it this way, now everyone knows that I really don't know everything.  

What a blog is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
 
 
To me basically it is like a diary....but it can be lots of things to lots of people.  
 
Cheryl

My Blog is different things, depending on my mood!
 
 
Hmmm, never thought of connecting my book on Amazon with my blog.
Need to look into that!

Quote from Rosanne_132497 on Mar 15^th, 2011, 3:14am:

 
I checked out your blog. Very impressive! It's funny, roses are my favorite flower to photograph as well. As a matter of fact, I live on Rose Lane. Isn't that funny, too? No, I didn't pick its name. The lady that used to own this land was named Rose so they named it after her. I plan to plant lots of Roses when my husband finishes our new house. I just wanted to tell you one thing though, I went to your store here (very impressive setup by the way), and when I entered anything into your "Search My Store" it took me right back to the first page of your cards. Just thought you would like to know. Thanks for the link to your blog. I now have some idea what a blog can be about by looking at yours. I will be back to read it more, seeing how I love photography and roses. Thanks a lot and good luck on your sales.  
 
Rebecca Anne Grant
 

I struggled with blogging for the first year, I'm just not the kind of person who wants to chat about what I'm working on or what I'm feeling every day  
 
Then I finally found what worked for me and I think many of us are like that.  I have one main blog and two other 'mini' blogs that are attached to websites of mine.  All are driving traffic and bringing those all important backlinks and sales my way.
 
For my main blog I choose a theme and like to have fun throwing out facts and non-sense while interspersing my own art and that of others.
 
http://www.salonofartgreetings.blogspot.com/
 
Then I have a mini-blog attached to my online Newsletter which acts as an archive for my Fan Page tutorial links and my newsletter Photo Tips.  This I only started a couple months ago and is already picking up significant traffic.
 
http://salonofartnewsletter.weebly.com/archives.html
 
Then the other mini blog is attached to my PAWSitively PETrageous site and acts as a place to archive my newsletter Just for Pets Column as well as a place to chat about our pets.  This too is new and generating traffic already.
 
http://pawsitivelypetrageous.weebly.com/pet-blog.html
 
So, there are some variations for you.  I did a fair amount of research and ended up at Blogger.com over Wordpress based on features and recommendations.  So I'd really encourage you to look at their features and not put a tremendous amount of work into design without playing with their features.  That way you can change over to another provider without losing much.
 
Hope it's helpful