What is a blog hop?
Blog hops are events where
a group of authors band together (usually around a theme) to offer readers some
sort of incentive to go to their blogs and read their work. There is one central
site (like Boomer Lit Friday) where the participating authors are listed and
readers (hoppers) can click through to the various blogs to enter giveaways or
read samples of the participating authors’ writing.
Blog hops can take various
formats. Some hops are for a limited time and authors offer giveaways to
readers who visit the site and leave a comment or sign up on a list. Other
blog hops are ongoing, and authors post small excerpts from a Work in Progress
(WIP) or published work. I’ve chosen the latter for Boomer Lit Friday blog hop.
How it Works:
Authors
register to participate each week at the blog hop by completing the sign-up form at the Boomer Lit
Friday site. Registrants' names are linked to their blogs and show up as a list above the sign-up form. On the day of the event, which in this case is every Friday, each author posts a short excerpt from a Boomer Lit WIP or published work on his/her own blog. Prominent in
each author’s weekly post is a link back to the Boomer Lit site, so readers can
go down the list of participating authors, “hop” over to another participant’s
site and read more excerpts in the new genre. Most authors promote their blog posts and the event on social media and through their newsletters.
Interested in
participating? There's an Author FAQ page on Boomer Lit Friday that explains
who is eligible to join and how to participate. Each week, a new sign up form goes live on Monday morning and registration ends on Thursday evening at 11:00pm ET. Participants must have their blog posts live on the day of the event (Friday) at 8:00am ET, or be deleted from the list.
I’d love to hear your
feedback and have you join the event, but please read the Author FAQ first ;-)
I've participated in this blog hop since the beginning (4 weeks ago) and I must say it has been a wonderful experience, I'm very grateful to you, Shelley, for all the efforts you've put into it. And now, you must feel rewarded: it's a big success! Lots of good Boomer Lit authors participating and a unique chance for readers to learn about good Boomer Lit reads!
ReplyDeleteWell, I have no idea if I've worked my way through all of the steps to participate in the Blog Hop. I've posted my Boomer Lit selection to my blog. As to the sign up form, when I clicked on it, it went to a blog I have not used since 2009. It took a while to find this place to make an entry comment.
ReplyDeleteGeorge, it appears that your link on the Boomer Lit Friday site for this week connects to the proper post.
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