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Thank you so much for attending the Maryland Writers Association Montgomery County meeting!

I’m so thrilled to have connected with you.

 

If you are interested in the presentation from the event, I will send you the notes via pdf along with the other printables or resources that I mentioned. 

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a few quickie resources:

Links to things I mentioned that I use and love:

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Are you still a little bit unsure of how to proceed and think you need a bit more help, instruction, support, or coaching?

I offer several social media / blog building consultation packages. There is definitely something for you, and if you don’t see the perfect thing, then let me know. I’m happy to create it for you!

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Feel free to email me to discuss any of these ideas further: [email protected] 

I look forward to hearing from you!

 

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And?

Here are 275+ MORE hashtags that you definitely want to follow, from Published to Death:

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Indie Promotion

#IARTG – Indie Author Retweet Group: Simply follow to join, then add #IARTG in any tweet you want us to re-tweet. 🙂 #RT #indie #author #retweet #group @retweet_groups

#IFNRTG – ReTweets for Fantasy Indie Authors via #IFNRTG @IFNRTG and Book Promos via #Books & More! Blog.BerniceFischer.com

#IAN or #IAN1 (Independent Author Networking)

#Indie

#IndieAuthor

#IndiePub (or #IndiePublishing)
#Indiepubchat

#BYNR – Book Your Next Read. “Avid-Reader and keen supporter of Indie-Authors. Here to spread the good word about great Books. Please include the hashtag #BYNR We #followback & #RT.” Twitter @BookYrNextRead. Facebook.

#TuesdayBookBlog – blog posts about books and writers.

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Writing and Connecting With Other Authors

#140Poem

#1K1H or #1K1HR  (write one thousand words in one hour)
#1LineWednesday – Share the best line from one of your books on Wednesdays

#amediting – posts from people who are editing

#amwriting – posts from people who are writing

#AmRevising – posts from people who are revising

#AuthorLife – writers sharing random stuff
#ASMSG – Authors Social Media Support Group – “We support each other’s event promotions, share experiences and triumphs, and learn from each other’s various experiences and knowledge.” @ASMSG1

#CopyWriting – advice about copywriting

#EditGoal

#Editing

#IndieAuthors

#nanowrimo – national novel writing month

#WordCount

#wip – work in progress

#WriteGoodNews

#Writer

#Writers

#WritersBlock

#WriteChat – all sorts of advice and information

#WriteGoal

#WriterWednesday (or #WW or ##WW) – a way to give a shout-out to writers / suggest authors to follow, or to share writing tips, and anything else to do with writers or writing

#Writing

#WriteMotivation

#WriteTip – writing advice

#WritersLife

#WritersRoad

#WritingBlitz

#WritingParty

#WritingPrompt

#WritingSprint

#WritingTip – writing advice

#wordcount

#WroteToday

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Marketing

Tip: search on “book reviewers” plus your genre to find accounts of book bloggers.

#author – good for self-promotion

#authors – also good for self-promotion
#ASMSG – Authors Social Media Group

#bookmarketing – posts related to marketing books

#bookworm – for reviews

#editing

#emerging authors

#fictionfriday

#fridayflash – flash fiction on Friday. Writers write/post flash fiction. Readers comment and RT.

#followfriday or #ff – used on Friday to suggest people to follow to your followers. (Don’t just tweet handles, tell them why they should follow.)

#novels

#novelists

#poem

#poet

#poets
#twitterfiction – where you can tweet your latest story 140 characters at a time

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Publishing Industry

#AskAgent

#AskAuthor

#AskEditor

#BookMarketing

#EBooks or #ebook

#ePub

#ePublishing

#GetPublished

#HowTo

#IAN or #IAN1 (Independent Author Networking)

#Indie

#IndieAuthor

#IndiePub (or #IndiePublishing)
#MSWL – manuscript wish list. This is where agents post what they are looking for,

#PromoTip

#Publishing

#Pubtip

#PubWrite

#querytip

#SelfPub

#SelfPublishing

#tenqueries – agents share the reasons why they do or do not request manuscripts

#VSS (very short story)

#WebFic

#WebLit

#WriteTip
#WLCAuthor -The World Literary Café is a promotional website for authors. Similar to the Independent Author Network (#IAN), Indie authors who join these organizations help each other in their promotions.

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Chats (chats can be scheduled or ongoing)

#blacklitchat – Monthly chat featuring books by black authors. Day varies.

#bookmarketingchat – Join social media expert, Rachel Thompson, every Wednesday at 6PM PST (9PM EST) for book marketing tips. Follow @BkMarketingChat and/or @BadRedheadMedia

#LitChat – LitChat is for book lovers, readers & writers. 1-hour #litchat occurs M & W, 4 pm/EST, established January 2009 by @CarolyBurnsBass. http://litchat.com/

#MGlitchat – Thursdays at 9pm EST. The chat is organized by eight middle grade writers (all avid readers). More info: http://mglitchat.blogspot.com.

#ScreenwritingSaturday. Saturdays (all day) Moderator: @UncompletedWork.

#kidlitchat: Craft & business of writing for young people, board books up through YA. Topic or topics announced at the beginning of the chat. Moderators: @gregpincus, @bonnieadamson

Tuesdays: PST: 6 pm MST: 7 pm CST: 8 pm EST: 9 pm.

#writermoms – Women who write (and have children) can find other like-minded women through this ongoing chat.

#FoundMyAgent – Chat with agents sponsored by Writer’s Digest.

#fantasychat – Weekly chats for writers of fantasy. Tuesday 8 – 9PM ET. @marilynmuniz @fantasy_chat

#IBCchat – Indie Author Book Chat. Tuesday 4:30 – 5:30 PM CT. @WritingNoDrama @IndieBookIBC @RachelintheOC @kaitnolan

#kidlitart – Weekly chat for illustrators, pb authors & author/illustrators. Topics announced in advance via @kidlitart. Thursday 9:00 – 10:00 PM ET. @BonnieAdamson @lyonmartin

#StoryDam – Friendly writing community. We chat about all things to do with writing & self publishing Hosted by @MDragonwillow @riverand @mentalmosaic @BookSquirt @plynne_author. @Storydam Thursday, 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET. storydam.com

#indiechat – every Tuesday at 9PM EST

#MemoirChat (every other Wednesday at 8 pm ET)

#PBLitChat (picture books only)

#PoetTues

#journchat

#kidlitchat

#litchat

#scifichat

#scribechat

#storycraft – Sunday 10:00 – 11:00 AM CT. @darcyconroy @story_cra

#writechat

#PoetTues

#ScriptChat
#TVWriterChat – Sunday, 8:30 – 9:30 PM CT

#UFChat – Discussion for urban fantasy writers and readers. More info on #UFChat blog. @inkgypsy  @snowppl.  Saturday, 6:00 – 7:00 PM CT

#wclw – The WordCount Last Wednesday writer chat covers freelancing, blogging and writing basics. As the name implies, it takes place the last Wednesday of every month. @michellerafter Wednesday, 10:00 – 11:00 AM PT michellerafter.com

#WritersMovement – An online community where writers and aspiring authors meet for chat, exchange of knowledge and ideas, and promotion. @authortiffanie @maddwriter Saturday, 5:00 – 6:00 PM CT

#WriterWednesday (or #WW or ##WW)

#yalitchat young adult literature chat

#BBchat  – BookBaby chat

#ZineChat

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Connect By Book Genre

#Biopic

#Book

#Comedy

#Cookbooks

#Cooking

#Crime

#DarkFantasy

#Dystopian

#Erotica

#KidLitChat

#FanFic

#Fiction

#FlashFic

#Food

#Historical

#History

#HistFic

#HistNovel

#Horror

#KidLit

#Literature

#LitFic

#MGLit (Middle Grade Lit)

#MemoirChat

#Mystery

#NonFiction

#Novel

#Paperbacks

#Paranormal

#poetry

#Recipes

#RomanceWriter

#Romance

#Romantic

#RomanticSuspense

#RWA (Romance Writers of America)

#SCBWI (Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators)

#Science #Fiction

#ScienceFiction

#SciFi

#SciFiChat

#Short

#ShortStories

#Short #Stories

#ShortReads

#ShortStory

#SteamPunk

#Suspense

#TrueStories

#UrbanFantasy

#WomensFiction

#YA

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Promotion and Connecting With Readers

#99c – use this if you are selling your book for 99 cents

#99cents – use this if you are selling your book for 99 cents

#Amazon
#AmazonCart – each time your readers include #AmazonCart in a tweet, Amazon will know to add the items with the corresponding Amazon link to your readers’ shopping carts.

#AmazonKindle

#AmazonLikes

#AmazonPrime

#AmReading

#AuthorRT

#BestRead
#bibliophile – If you’re looking for a reader for your books, add this hashtag
#BookBoost

#BookBuzz

#BookBuzzr

#BookGiveaway
#bookmarket

#BookMarketing
#BookPlugs  – 1000s of Authors Offering Tiny Writing Blurbs. It’s like wine sampling but with books. Authors add #bookplugs to your promos. Prefer the author’s own work.

#BookReview

#Books

#BookWorm

#Borrow

#eBook

#eReaders

#followfriday or #ff – used on a Friday to suggest people to follow to your followers. (Don’t just tweet handles, tell them why.)

#fRead0 (that’s a zero at the end – not a lower case oh)

#Free

#Freebie

#FreeBook

#FreeDownload

#FictionFriday

#FictionFridays

#FridayFlash

#FridayReads or #FridayRead- tell people what you’re reading

#FollowFriday

#FreebieFriday

#FreeReads
#Goodread

#GoodReads
#GooglePlay

#GreatRead

#IndieThursday

#IndieTuesday

#iPad
#iTunes

#KDP

#KDPSelect

#Kindle

#KindleBargain

#KindleBooks

#KindleeBooks

#KindleFire

#KindleTouch

#KindleTweet

#Kobo

#LendingLibrary

#LitChat

#MustRead

#MyWANA (Writer’s community created by Kirsten Lamb)

#New

#Nook

#Novel

#Novelines

#Novelists

#Novels

#Paperbacks
#PDF1 – PAID FORWARD – A RTing tag for Books/Authors/Writers/Publishers/Agents This tag was created by Van Heerling and his Pay It Forward Team.

#Poetry

#PoetryMonth

#Pubit

#Read

#Reader If you’re looking for a reader for your books, add this hashtag

#Readers

#Reading

#Reviews

#SampleSunday

#ShortReads

#Smashwords

#Sony

#Special

#StoryFriday

#StoryTelling

#TeaserTuesday or #TeaserTues
#GreatReads
#WhatToRead

#WriteQuote

#WeekendReader

#whattoread

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