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If you want to brag about your long list of accomplishments in that tiny paragraph or two, you re really just tickling your own ego… which is totally fine, by the way. I mean, when I ve published in Guernica or Granta or the Paris Review, you bet I ll be listing those names off on all of my bios whether or not other people give a damn Cause I do, dammit Ahem. Anyway. My point is, if you don t care about listing off your past publications, that s totally fine. The author bio has neither made nor dismantled anybody s writing career as far as I know. Here s a modest author bio of Doug Crandell from The Sun magazine even though he has plenty to brag about.
Doug Crandell has fallen in love with fall crocuses. He plants the bulbs on a little farm in photo editing servies Douglasville, Georgia. Screenshot of an author bio from The Sun magazine. Screenshot of an author bio from The Sun magazine. A few tips for author bios Earlier makes nor breaks a career. I stand by it. However, I also kinda sorta implied that nobody cares about your bio except for you. Well, that may not be so true, after all. Here s why I m contradicting myself.
The only times I care to read an author bio is when I ve been really impressed by a certain piece of writing. As a reader, I become interested in the person behind the words, so I click the byline and try to find out more about the author. So, it may be that while bios are not as important for building a career as a byline, they re still a great way to build connections with readers. The publishing world looks very different these days, thanks to social media. If you have your own following.
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发表于 2023-12-11 12:57:44