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My first impression of this week’s prompt was that it would be an easy one. It turned out to be trickier than I assumed. In my experience, some people misinterpret social media as a place to sell books or draw traffic to one’s latest blog post.
While I love seeing what authors have recently created, having a fun social media account requires effort, creativity, and, most importantly, regularly engaging with your followers. All of the authors I’m about to share do just that. I’d recommend checking out their creative, thought-provoking status updates regardless of what your personal feelings are about poetry, horror, science fiction, or any of the other genres they represent.
This post is divided into two sections: Twitter and Instagram.
As N.K.’s pinned tweet says:
Please be advised that I only talk here about writing-related topics, which means just politics, media, science, food, charity, cartoons, volcanoes, gardening, space, cats, health care, cats, fanfic, Afrofuturist music, human nature, video gam
And, honestly, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Her Twitter feed is filled with interesting stuff from a wide range of topics.
Chuck is one of the funniest people I follow on Twitter. His timeline is filled with the sorts of random thoughts that most people don’t speak aloud.
Nnedi’s cat is adorable, and her tweets about the Coronavirus are on point.
Stephen is like that cool uncle everyone hopes will show up at the next family reunion. You never quite know what he’s going to say, but you know it will always be worth listening to.
Rupi’s poetry melds perfectly with the Instagram aesthetic.
Danez’s feed is such an eclectic mixture of poetry, writing, selfies, and random pictures from his life.
There are a few authors here I didn’t know about at all.
Cool!
N. K. Jemisin’s twitter looks nice! I should see her work.
Her feed is fantastic.
Nice list. Thanks for the link.
You’re quite welcome.
We’ve got some overlap, and I love the way you’ve embedded some of the author’s tweets. I can’t believe I forgot Nnedi Okorafor! Awesome list as always 🙂
My TTT: https://alittlenerdtoldme.wordpress.com/2020/03/10/top-ten-tuesday-authors-who-have-a-fun-social-media-presence/
Thank you very much!
I wish I had more time to spend on Twitter, but I’m a sucker for pretty pictures. 😉 I’ve seen Stephen King’s Twitter mentioned a lot. I’m sure he is never boring!
Heh, I can’t blame you there. Instagram has so much amazing content.
I love how you compare Stephen King to a cool uncle – how true. You can always count on him to speak his mind!
For sure! And thanks.
Although his writing isn’t often my thing, I do enjoy following Stephen King.
Cool!
I love how unfiltered and blunt King is. It’s fun to follow his tweets.
Agreed!
I agree with you about Stephen King.
Cool.
I think most big-name authors have realized that Twitter is not a place to just sell books. That being said, if an author is active on social media and I like them, there’s a good chance that I’ll end up buying their books, or at least I will give serious thought about buying their books at some point.
Yeah, I do the same thing!
I bet Stephen King has some great tweets. He seems to speak his mind and tell it like it is. 🙂
He sure does!
I am kind of embarrassed to say that I forgot I was following King until I read your post, oops! He would definitely have been on my list.
Heh, I had the same reaction to some of the authors other folks discussed today!
I’ve seen Stephen King on several lists today. Sounds like he does not hold back! Not too surprising 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Happy TTT! Yeah, Stephen definitely does speak his mind.
I don’t follow Stephen King as closely as I should! I followed his son Joe Hill for a while, until we got into a bit of a political disagreement and I think he blocked me. :-). Thanks for visiting my post on Lisa Loves Literature!
Eek!
But you’re welcome.
OOh nice list!
Thanks for visiting my TTT!
You’re quite welcome.
I saw something from NK Jemisin a while ago and was super impressed. I really should follow her on social media.
She’s amazing. I think you’d love her.
I don’t have twitter, but I’ve read some of Chuck Wendig’s blog posts on writing and he’s so ridiculous. But that made it fun. 🙂
I need to check those posts out! They seem fun.
Ah…I finally figured out how to make a comment on your blog. Thanks for visiting mine. It is really hard to follow authors if all they are doing is talking up their books. I like John Green because he uses his celebrity for education on a variety of different topics. My TTT list
Yay! I’m glad you figured it out.
John Green sounds cool.
I really like Chuck Wendig’s feed too! I’ve been meaning to read one of his books for ages because of it.
Yeah, he really gets social media and how best to use it. I need to start reading his books, too.
I love Rupi Kaur’s Instagram! It’s so pretty
I’m glad you like it. And, yes, it’s gorgeous.
Ohh… I’ll have to check out Rupi Kaur!! 🙂
Enjoy!
I’m proud to say that I already follow some of these people! Like Stephen King, for sure. Also, definitely Chuck Wendig. I love the randomness. You never know what’ll come next. Definitely gonna check out some of these other authors!
Cool. Enjoy!
N.K. Jemisin is one of my favorite authors to follow on social media. I respect her opinion immensely.
Same! She’s so intelligent and thoughtful.
Great list, Lydia! The only author I follow on here is Stephen King and I do enjoy his feed. I’ll have to check out some of these other authors. I haven’t read their books yet but they’re on my TBR! I love authors that interact and re-tweet things their fans post/share. Those are my favourite kind of authors on socmed 🙂
Thank you, Dini. I hope you enjoy the rest of the authors as well.
I love to follow authors. Their tweets and FB posts and Instagram feeds are much more interesting than most people.
For sure!
I also follow Chuck Wendig–he’s definitely a blast!
Cool!
Ohh, I forgot about Chuck Wendig! He is hilarious 😀
He sure is.
Chuck Wendig is really funny. I need to read his work. 🙂
Enjoy!
Stephen King made my list this week too. I love his tweets.
That’s awesome.
I love N.K. Jemisin and Chuck Wendig’s tweets as well!
Cool!