In December 2019 I will be teaching a taster course on blogging. In my opinion, all writers should maintain their own blog — see 7 Reasons writers should blog. One of the daftest pieces of advice I was given, by a so-called marketing expert, was to not bother with maintain my own blog: too much hassle. Write on other people’s blogs instead.

OK, so what are the answers to these questions?

• How to I find enough blogs to write for as a guest blogger?

• How do I prevent other websites and blogs from deleting my articles? This happens, and it’s happened to me. People archive old posts, making them very difficult to find, and sometimes pack up altogether.

If you’ve decided to have your own blog, but are not sure what it might entail, I have some good news. I’ll be teaching a taster course in blogging in December 2019 in London. Here are the details:

Writing for blogs: a taster