Showing posts with label hashtags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hashtags. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

#Hashtags for #Writers


If you’re on any form of social media, then there is zero chance that you’re managed to avoid hashtags. These are words (or phrases all mashed together) with a hash sign (or number sign - #) stuck on the front.

Hashtags are a great way of finding posts, pictures, articles, or just about anything else because they give you keywords to search on. Looking for writing prompts? Search on the #writingprompt tag, and bam, you’ll find tons of them.

But there are gazillions of hashtags out there, and finding the ones you want aren’t always easy. To help you out, here’s a list of some of the most common and useful hashtags for writers.

Writing Motivation


Looking for ways to get motivated to write? Check these out:

#1K1H – Can you write 1000 words in one hour? Of course you can!
#CampNaNoWriMo – A laid back camping retreat (all online, of course)
#MondayMotivation – Start your week off right
#NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month (November)
#sixwordstory – Write a story using six or fewer words
#StoryStarter
#TuesdayMotivation
#vss365 – Write a Very Short Story, 365 days a year
#WordAThon
#wordsprints – How many words can you cram into just a few minutes?
#WriteGoal
#WriteMotivation
#WriteTip
#writingblitz
#writingparty
#WritingPrompt – For when you can’t think of anything to write
#writingsprint
#WritingTip

Show Off Your Writing (or Someone Else’s)


Ready to share your writing with the world? Want to give a shout out to a great book you just read? Looking for ideas on what to read next? Take a look:

#99c – Buy books for only 99 cents (usually Kindle or other eBooks)
#AuthorRT
#BookBuzz
#BookGiveaway
#BookMarket
#BookMarketing
#FreeBook
#FreeDownload
#FreeReads
#FridayReads
#GreatReads
#KindleBargain
#MustRead
#Novelines
#SampleSunday
#SaturdayShoutout
#WhatToRead

Genres


Everyone has their own personal favorites when it comes to genres. Find yours here:

#Biopic
#Erotica
#FanFic
#FlashFic
#History
#Horror
#KidLitChat
#MemoirChat
#MGLit – Middle grade
#ownvoices
#Paranormal
#PBLitChat – Picture books
#poems
#Poetry
#PoetTues
#Romance
#RomanceChat
#RomanticSuspense
#SciFiChat
#Scriptchat
#SteampunkChat
#TVWriterChat
#UrbanFantasy
#WomensFiction
#YA – Young Adult
#YALitChat
#ZineChat

Writing Communities


Find other authors with the same interests as you, and get to know them in a laid back, informal setting:

#AmEditing
#amwriting
#BlackBookChat
#BookWorm
#IndieAuthor
#IndieAuthors
#KidLitChat
#KindleChat
#LitChat
#lovewriting
#RomanceWriter
#teenauthors – One of my favorites! I just wish it got used more
#WordCount
#write
#WriteChat
#writer
#writers
#writersblock
#WritersLife
#writersnetwork
#writersofinstagram
#WritersRoad
#WriterWednesday – Also #WW
#writing
#writingcommunity – This one has really exploded recently
#writinglife
#youngauthors – Another one of my favorites!

Independent and Self-Publishing


Here are some great hashtags for those who want to go the self-publishing route:

#D2D
#eBook
#EBooks
#ePubChat
#eReaders
#IndiePub (or #IndiePublishing)
#IndieThursday
#KDP
#Kindle
#Kobo
#SelfPub
#SelfPublishing
#SmashWords

Traditional Publishing


These hashtags aren’t exclusive to traditional publishing, but you’ll find a lot of professional authors, agents, and editors hanging out here:

#AskAgent
#AskAuthor
#AskEditor
#CopyWriting
#Editing
#EditorChat
#GetPublished
#MSWL – Manuscript Wish List, where agents and editors post what they want
#PromoTip
#Publishing
#PubTip
#RWA – Romance Writers of America
#SCBWI – Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

Odds and Ends


#Books
#StoryFriday
#TeaserTues
#ThursdayThoughts
#TuesdayThoughts
#TuesdayTreat
#WednesdayWisdom
#word
#wordgasm
#wordporn
#words

This is far from a complete list of all the hashtags floating around out there for authors, but it should be plenty to get you started.

If you have any other favorite hashtags you want to add to the list, please leave a comment. I’d love to see them!

C. Wombat