Quora for Questions: WABC, Day 8

It's day 8 of the Winter Author Blog Challenge, and I can't wait to see what our lovely host, Laura Orsini (aka Marcie Brock) comes up with next.

Today's prompt...

Are you using Quora? If you aren’t familiar with it, Quora enables users to ask questions and receive answers from those who allegedly know something about the topic. This is a phenomenal way to demonstrate your expertise – and even if you’re a novelist, you have an area of expertise – perhaps it’s simply “publishing your novel.”

Unfortunately, it seems you’re required to have an account before you can dig around – UNLESS you know a person’s profile link. Here are two you can check out:

http://www.quora.com/Seth-Godin

http://www.quora.com/Laura-Orsini

Until I saw this prompt, I had never heard of Quora. Now, I'm registered and even following people. Time will tell how much I'll use it, but I constantly have writing, publishing, and marketing questions. Maybe I've found a go-to spot for answers.

Then, I started wondering... what areas would I consider my input valuable?

I came up with more answers than I thought I would.

After all, I have published a book, moved all over the country (and about to move to San Francisco, CA--a place I've never even been!), am mom to three daughters and the oldest of three sisters, am a grammar geek...

Those were just the first few that came to mind.

But just as importantly, I am full of questions on many different subjects, and I've never been ashamed of asking for help. A teacher once told me, "The only stupid question is the one left unasked."

Have you ever heard of Quora? If so, how have you used it?

Although I'm brand new, check me out on Quora here.