Comments on: Social Media for Writers: Which Platforms You Need to be on, Based on What You Write

By: Jackie Rasmussen

Jackie Rasmussen — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 08:50:38 +0000

In reply to SpotifyThrowbacks.com. I think that these platforms, other than Facebook, are awesome. I never knew there were writing forums. Omg, I love to write! This is great! 👍🏼

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By: Hardy

Hardy — Sat, 07 May 2022 20:46:31 +0000

Great article, thank you! I would add that literary agents tend to use Twitter the most it seems to me, so if that is where you are in the process, then it could well be the best platform.

By: Michael Reed

Michael Reed — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 20:52:40 +0000

Hello. Do you know which social media site I can use for coloring books?

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By: julian loader

julian loader — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 17:20:13 +0000

In reply to araiyama.

Hi, I’ve been looking for a publishing platform recently and took a hard look at Wattpad.
Brilliant…if you are writing for female teen romance, about vampires, ghosts, pet adventures and so on. If not, fergeddaboutit.

I’m still looking for a platform for some useful adult non-fiction travel stories [with pix] ie how not to lose your leg after a Brown Recluse spider bite! How to get along with heavily armed Yemenis…Any suggestions because I can’t find the perfect platform?
Thanks and Good luck to you too!

Julian

Ps my 1,000 page website was recently destroyed by BlueHost so I suggest you never go near them!

By: Justin Teerlinck

Justin Teerlinck — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 01:18:33 +0000

Thank you for sharing your perspective and this informative list! My strategy is to not place all my eggs in one basket but to use a variety of social media platforms. At first my goal was to sell my books, but now I consider that secondary to building an audience around my free newsletter. I had been blogging, primarily, but I was concerned that I wasn’t connecting with anyone. With my Substack newsletter, all of the same content is delivered right to subscribers’ inboxes, and it was very easy to transfer my blog subscribers over to Substack. The thing I dislike about Substack is that they make it very difficult for search engines to find you, so I cross-pollinate by posting the same content on Medium along with a link to my Substack newsletter at the end of each post in Medium. My fiction blends history, ethnography, fantasy, humor and sci-fi. It’s exceedingly weird and difficult to describe, which puts me in a quandy when pitching it to people. I address this by serializing my stories–essentially offering them to audiences in small doses–and interspersing those fiction posts with nonfiction essays explaining some aspect regarding what inspires me, why I chose the subjects I write about, or the techniques I use for historical fiction writing. Whatever I’m doing, I try to be judicious about the content I’m posting so that I’m not overwhelming peoples’ inboxes or wearing out my welcome. I’m also a member of numerous semi-relevant Facebook groups, and I’ve created some of my own. How has all this paid off? It’s too early to tell, but it has helped me clarify my values as a writer. I used to think selling books was my first priority, but selling books was never anything more than an index for having an audience, and there are many other ways to go about doing that. I think the problem many of us are facing is that the capitalist paradigm we’ve been beholden to just doesn’t work. There are many reasons I write, but “selling myself” just isn’t one of them. It’s a necessary evil that we’re continually cued to treat as all-important. Social media is designed to favor meaningless interactions, and shallow, brief, flashy, attention-grabbing content, not thought-provoking or in-depth creations. It’s no wonder writers flounder and flail in this universe. It wasn’t made for us. It’s an awkward fit at best, but maybe with effort we can use it to our advantage. I am grateful to it for helping me discern what’s really important to me from the external messaging that contributes to our overall frustration and despair. Thanks again for the thought-provoking piece.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:07:46 +0000

I would like all writing platforms to allow all competent work to be published. As social media and other writing platforms work by algorithms, only the most current articles, videos, thoughts are likely to be processed, and usually by the rich, the powerful, the famous, those with connections, those with a huge social media following, the beautiful, and the young, and the so-called marginalized groups, [that should include me then].

I am fed up with nobody reading works in a niche market. We have nowhere else to self-publish. However, not enough traffic is being accumulated because we either can’t afford the premium rate or we do not have important connections. And this is wrong and unfair.
Please don’t give me a useless list of writing blogs, or other forums because I have used them all!
The only way to make this a fair, honest society is to give everybody a chance of writing whether it be a fiction writer, a poet, a writer about slightly controversial issues [within reason] or just somebody that has a story to tell without having to be penalized for not being on Facebook or having your own blog page. We deserve to be read too!

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