A Starter’s Guide To Social Media #7: TikTok, Reels, and YT Shorts (Short Videos)

After a grand total of one week on TikTok, I think it’s time to add video shorts to my Starter’s … More

Bad Kidneys and Other NFTs: Avoiding the Dark Side of Twitter – A DisConIII Panel

This #DisconIII panel discussed:

– How to be a good literary citizen
– The two literary Twitter incidents and how the ways the instigators responded matched their level of infamy.
– How to argue on twitter
– Best practices for using twitter

Authors and Social Media: Friends or Foe?

Authors get a lot of mixed advice when it comes to social media. Let’s talk about different author approaches and … More

Didn’t I Used To Be An Extrovert?

The past couple of years, I’ve noticed a trend–in myself. I’ve been wanting to stay home and not deal with going out. I’ve been not wanting to host big, complicated events, and it was usually okay if people came to me. Although, lately, I’ve been craving smaller and smaller groups. Of worse? Wanting to stay home, on my couch, alone.

But wait, I thought I was an extrovert. Was I was wrong? My entire identity has fallen into crisis!

(6) A Starter’s Guide To Social Media: Youtube & Videos (long form)

(5) A Starter’s Guide To Social Media: Tumblr & Reddit (The Dark Side)

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Part 5: Tumblr and Reddit (The Dark Side?) Four … More

(4) A Starter’s Guide To Social Media: Instagram & Pinterest

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Part 4: Visual Social Media Three … More

(3) A Starter’s Guide To Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, and Hashtags

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Part 3: Short-Form Social Media and … More

(1) A Starter’s Guide To Social Media – Becoming a Good Internet Citizen

Part 1: Becoming A Good Internet Citizen – As A Writer

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?

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