A Critique of Writers on Facebook: Karen Marie Moning

I follow several writers on Facebook, such as Anne Rice and Catherine Coulter, but chose to critique Karen Marie Moning’s because I’m very excited about her next book due out end of this month. I’m a big fan of hers, so have been following her Facebook page for a while now. 

I think she’s got a very successful page. It’s easy to navigate, with a short, professional bio, and has links for all of her websites and book buying information. It is heavy on promotion, but she does so in a way that is fan-centric, giving excerpts from the new book and getting everyone pumped up for the book's release. She engages her readers and makes her page fun and exciting. She’s been ‘rereading’ one of her previous books, with excerpts from the book, which is interesting. She updates regularly, and seems to respond to her fans well, posting comments, quotes, interesting articles and art from them.

She keeps her fans up-to-date on what’s going on with the upcoming book release, and events she’s going to be at. She really seems to interact with her fan base, asking questions, sharing interests and photos from her personal experiences. Her page really follows the best practices of being social, natural, and consistent. She isn’t overly diverse; I haven’t seen a lot of posts on other works, but she does share interesting links and post relevant pictures, and does list her favorite books and authors on her bio page. 

Overall, I feel like her Facebook page delivers exactly what such a site should, a personal and immediate connection to one of my favorite authors.

Reference
Moning, K. M. (n.d.). In Facebook. [Author Page]. Retrieved October 14, 2012 from http://www.facebook.com/KarenMarieMoningfan?fref=ts