As an author, being on twitter is a great way to attract new readers to your blog and published books. Developing your twitter feed is an organic process that you should attend to each day. I personally spend around ten minutes each day going over my list, following back new followers, blocking bots and “follower sales pitches”, and looking over notifications for comments to respond to. Over the years, my list has grown to thousands of followers and allows me to promote the authors and guest posters that come to my blog as well as drop in the occasional pitch for my books and poetry.
One of the best tools I have as an author using twitter is the use of hashtags. It is a word preceded by the pound symbol that allows anyone on Twitter to find my post, even if they are not a follower of my twitter feed. I try and use two or three hashtags in my posts for this reason. Any more than that would be overkill.
List of General Hashtags for Authors
This list is some of the more common hashtags used by authors to promote their blog posts and work. I’ve included tags for poetry too, they are fairly obvious!
Connecting with Authors
- #AmWriting
- #AmEditing
- #IndieAuthors
- #NaNoWriMo
- #PoetTues
- #WordCount
- #WriterWednesday (or #WW)
- #WritersLife
- #WritingPrompt
- #WIP
- #WritingTips
- #WriteTip
- #WritersTellMe
Connecting via Genre
- #Fantasy
- #FlashFic
- #KidLit
- #History
- #Horror
- #FanFic
- Memoir
- #NA (New Adult)
- #PNR (Paranormal Romance)
- #Poetry
- #Romance
- #Scifaiku
- #SciFi
- #YA
Connecting With Readers
- #BookGiveaway
- #bookpost
- #books
- #bookworm
- #bookslover
- #free
- #FridayReads
- #iBooks
- #kindle
- #MustRead
- #nook
- #ReadingList
- #StoryFriday
- #TeaserTues
- #WorthReading
- #WhatToRead
Thanks for the post. I’m new to Twitter and have only “tweeted” a few times. I’m a writer (though not published yet), and having a hard time thinking of what to tweet? Any suggestions?
You could post short excerpts of your writing, links to your blog, quotes that appeal to you as a writer, or links to other authors that you like. There are many possibilities. 🙂
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Bookmarking! Thanks 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Christy.
Thanks for sharing and enjoy the day.
I’m glad you liked the post. 🙂
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A Helpful Post by Wendy Van Camp.
Thanks for sharing, Wendy! 🙂
My pleasure, Natalle. I’m glad you liked the twitter post. 🙂
Thanks, Wendy for this helpful information. 🙂 — Suzanne
I’m glad you found it helpful, Suzanne.
Very cool. Printed. Shared on TW, FB, Pinterest.
Thanks Cheryl. 🙂
Nice list, thankies
You are welcome, Ernesto. 🙂
Shared on my author’s Facebook page. Good list!
I’m glad you found the twitter list to be useful. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Judi. 🙂
A very helpful list, particularly to anyone new to Twitter. Thank you!
Twitter is in my comfort zone and I hope to help others find it that way too. I’ll try and do more twitter posts in the future. 🙂
Thanks, Wendy. I’ll look out for them (being the novice I am on Twitter!).
Thanks for sharing this useful list Wendy. 🙂
My pleasure, DG. Good to see you here on the blog again. 🙂
Thanks Wendy. 🙂 I try my best to get everywhere. 🙂
THANK YOU for posting this! I needed a list like this 🙂
I’m glad you found it useful. Twitter can be hard to understand when you first start, but with the right hashtags and maintenance, it can be a powerful source of clicks for your blog and books.
A very useful list. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I’m glad you liked it, Fairy. 🙂
Marvleous! Bookmarked for later reading as I know I wontremember them all. ‘You’re very clever pooh said piglet… nearly all my bloggy friends are. 😉
LOL Love the Whinny the pooh comment. 🙂 I’m glad you liked the list. 🙂
hey Wendy, great post here! Thanx for the list!
I’m glad you liked it. 🙂
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I hopped over from Kim Cox’s blog. Fabulous list and resource. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for hopping on over, Mae. I hope you find more posts to interest you on my blog as well as with Kim Cox. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing Wendy!
I’m glad you enjoyed the post, Lizzie. 🙂
Great list and reminder! I always forget to hashtag:)
It is an easy thing to forget sometimes. 🙂
Great resource. Will be using this. Thank you.
Thanks for coming over, Jacquel.
Great advice regarding Twitter. Many thanks for this!
Twitter is not always easy to master, I’m glad you found the list to be helpful, Cats.
Super helpful! Thanks for posting!
Thanks Dream. 🙂
Useful! Thanks 😊
I’m glad you enjoyed the article, Victoria.
I am so glad I found this. I am a new author and having a difficult time with getting more followers on Twitter and on my blog. Thank you for the information.
Try the hashtags, they really do work. 🙂 Good luck with your blog!
I’m a writer ..still new on twitter and honestly Im not a fan so far..its so hard to make followers &stuff ‘how do you do it seriously🙅🙇’@Wendy Van Camp
I have thousands of followers on twitter and I have added each and every one of them by hand one at a time. You need to offer regular content to the feed, links, quotes, personal comments, retweets of things you find interesting. In this way you build an audience. As people follow you, follow them back. It is that simple.
I will try do just that,thanks a lot!
Extremely helpful, Wendy! Thanks!