Authors and Social Media: Friend or Foe

September 26th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  24 mins 23 secs

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Authors get a lot of mixed advice when it comes to social media. Let’s talk about different author approaches and tips and tricks to make social media work for you. In this post, I’m combining notes from two panels.

From the titular panel, Francesca T. Barbini, Gareth Powell, and Georgina Kamsika discussed if social media was our friend… or our foe.

And in Social Media: Tips and Tricks, Brenda Noiseux, Stevie Finegan, Lydia Gittens, and Pablo Defendini shared their experience with us.

A Starter’s Guide For Fiction Writers Trying To “Establish A Social Media Presence” Part 6: YouTube & Other Videos

March 22nd, 2021  |  Season 2  |  14 mins 36 secs

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Since I recorded this episode, I've gotten active in the online #AuthorTube community. For readers, there's the #booktube community. And all the things you can stream to youtube, also work on Twitch and more!

But I still follow ALL these tips.

A Starter’s Guide For Fiction Writers Trying To “Establish A Social Media Presence” Part 5: Tumblr & Reddit (The “Dark” Side)

March 15th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  9 mins 47 secs

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While tumblr has dropped a lot in popularity since this episode was first recorded, there are still a lot of good reasons to use both Tumblr AND Reddit.

A Starter’s Guide For Fiction Writers Trying To “Establish A Social Media Presence” Part 4: Instagram & Pinterest

March 8th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  12 mins 23 secs

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The visual side of social media! You don't have to take photos for this either, resharing content is fine (assuming you're not breaking copyright) I've got a lot more tips and tricks, though.

A Starter’s Guide For Fiction Writers Trying To “Establish A Social Media Presence” Part 3: Facebook, Twitter, and Hashtags

March 1st, 2021  |  Season 2  |  21 mins 12 secs

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Today I'm talking about ways to establish your presence and best practice guides fro using Facebook, Twitter, and hashtags. (which I use ironically and wrong ALL the time.)

A Starter's Guide For Fiction Writers Trying To "Establish A Social Media Presence": Part 2/6

February 22nd, 2021  |  Season 2  |  13 mins 24 secs

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If you want to be a writer, the ubiquitous “they” tell you that you need to “Establish a Social Media Presence”, but so much of the advice out there is aimed at Non-fiction writers.

Non-fiction writers sell books based on establishing their expertise in a particular area.

Fiction writers? We sell books based on the story, the writing, and word-of-mouth.

So how do we make social media work for us?

In Part 2 - I talk about setting up a website and the decision to blog.

A Starter's Guide For Fiction Writers Trying To "Establish A Social Media Presence": Part 1/6

February 15th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  13 mins 32 secs

beta-reading, books, critique, social media, writers, writing, writing tips

If you want to be a writer, the ubiquitous “they” tell you that you need to “Establish a Social Media Presence”, but so much of the advice out there is aimed at Non-fiction writers.

Non-fiction writers sell books based on establishing their expertise in a particular area.

Fiction writers? We sell books based on the story, the writing, and word-of-mouth.

So how do we make social media work for us?

In Part 1 - I talk about my personal approach to establishing a 'brand'