{"id":393,"date":"2006-08-19T15:42:25","date_gmt":"2006-08-19T19:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/?p=393"},"modified":"2006-08-22T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2006-08-22T18:15:23","slug":"blogging-immortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2006\/08\/19\/blogging-immortality\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Immortality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game Daily’s Media Guy takes a shot at recommending how game bloggers can become “immortal”<\/a>. In other words, how do you get people interested in what you have to offer? The anonymous author offers a lot of little bits of advice. <\/p>\n

There is, of course, no reason to do all of them. For each suggestion I can think of good blogs that don’t do it. The suggestion to Digg and Slashdot yourself is more than a little cheesy. Lots of friends have told me I should market Portico\/Flash of Steel better, but I would never think to submit my own stuff to these large places. Strategy games aren’t quite niche, but I have a specific interest in a specific type of game so that’s what I mostly write about. (MMO blogs are also pretty specific, but have a much larger range of issues to deal with, I think.)<\/p>\n

I am relying, mostly, on the good will of my regular readers and the blogging community. Bruce Geryk<\/a> and Tacticular Cancer<\/a> have been good enough to regular link to my content, and sometimes even offer good insights into it. My favorite News Blog of the moment, Game, Set, Watch<\/a> has linked to Portico a couple of times. I was an early participant in the Carnival of Gamers<\/a> but have slacked off a bit. I hope to participate in the Round Table<\/a> more regularly in the future.<\/p>\n

I have not been disappointed in my traffic numbers, as low as they are, because this site is as much for me as it is for my readers. It gives me a chance to hone my skills and get my opinions on record.<\/p>\n

There will be one major change in the upcoming months. Regular and predictable features will make their appearance on the Monday of every week.<\/p>\n

First Monday: This Month in Strategy Games<\/em><\/strong> – This will be a simple preview list of what we have to look forward to in the month ahead. Comments on trends and surprises will accompany the list.<\/p>\n

Second Monday: Developer Interview<\/em><\/strong> – My interviews with independent strategy game developers have been very popular with readers and I will endeavor to make this a monthly feature. There is, at this point, no plan to include larger development houses because these guys get lots of coverage from the gaming media.<\/p>\n

Third Monday: Gamer’s Bookshelf<\/em><\/strong> – For a little insight into the mystery that is Troy Goodfellow, I will offer reflections on books I own that affect how I approach gaming, strategy or life in general. This will range from pure gaming books to favorite histories to some odd stuff lingering on my shelf.<\/p>\n

Fourth Monday: Guest Blog<\/em><\/strong> – I have a lot of readers who have a lot of opinions and some friends who I think should put their opinions to screen. The fourth Monday of every month will give a guest a chance to reach new minds or maybe just be nice to me and offer a new voice to Flash of Steel. Guest bloggers can, if they wish, take up one of the feature themes.<\/p>\n

Fifth Monday: Strategy Canon<\/em><\/strong> – This happens three or four times a year – not often – so it is probably best that this rare event recognize something huge and important. Like honoring huge and important games. I’ll try to not have it be the same old stuff.<\/p>\n

So, Monday 21 August 2006 will see the introductory Gamer’s Bookshelf. This may not get me blogging immortality, but it will give me a schedule to plan around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Game Daily’s Media Guy takes a shot at recommending how game bloggers can become “immortal”. In other words, how do you get people interested in what you have to offer? The anonymous author offers a lot of little bits of advice. There is, of course, no reason to do all of them. For each suggestion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5GFeQ-6l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}