Hello! It’s Tuesday again, and time for another edition of Top Ten Tuesday, where we talk about books. It’s hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s topic is authors with a fun social media presence, but I’m not really sure how to gauge that, so we’re just going to talk about some of the authors I follow on social media.
Today’s links will point to their Twitter accounts.
Susan Dennard – Last year, she had a Choose Your Own Adventure story running, which was a lot of fun, if you were able to get in on that. She has a newsletter that gives writing advice. Normally, I don’t subscribe to newsletters because that’s more clutter for the inbox, but I follow her both on Twitter and her newsletter.
Danika Stone – Ms. Stone is a ray of sunshine! She’s almost always smiling in the photos she posts. Follow her if you need some brightess in your day.
Kim Chance – Ms. Chance hosts Chance2Connect on the second Tuesday of every month. If you’re a writer, you might want to join her and meet other authors. It’s a lot of fun.
Sandhya Menon – She is such a sweetheart! I’m on her street team and I’ve met her a couple of times, so I might be a little biased, but one of the reasons why I signed up for her street team was because she was so nice when I met her at last year’s Colorado Teen Literature Conference.
Laura E. Weymouth – Laura and I have been mutuals on Twitter since before I even knew she had a book coming out. I thought she was just a really cool person who wrote. Sometimes she posts about her chickens, or her kids, or things like that.
Kiersten White – If you ever get the chance to go to one of her book signings, you should. She’s really funny. I followed her for a year before I ever read one of her books. I’ve still only read two of them, even though I own six.
Marie Lu – Ms. Lu is much more active on Instagram right now, but she’s worth following. In addition to talking about books, sometimes she posts about politics. As her books tend to have political undertones, that’s probably not a surprise.
Sabaa Tahir – She’s been working on Sky Beyond the Storm (AKA Ember 4) for years now, and it’s been interesting to see her journey. She even did a few word sprints with us peons a couple years ago. She can be pretty funny too.
Jodie Lynn Zdrock – Ms. Zdrock is always so nice. Sometimes she posts about her cats, or her running, or her books. You can’t help but to root for people that are nice like her.
V.E. Schwab – I started following her over a year before I read a book from her (I still have only read This Savage Song). She always seems so friendly.
So there you have it. Ten authors I follow on Twitter. I follow a lot more than that, but these are some whose social media presence stands out to me.
Next week, we’re posting our Spring 2020 TBRs! That’s when you can find out what a slacker I’ve been for the last few months. Who did you post about today?
Ooh I love th idea of a Choose Your Own adventure story- how fun! That makes me want to check out Susan dennard’s Twitter for that alone haha!
Laura Weymouth seems like she’d be super interesting to follow as well- I remember seeing her last book and wanting to read it.
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Sadly she finished the Choose Your Own Adventure story a few months ago, but she still offers some good writing advice every now and then!
This is such a cool list — these authors all look like they’d be so much fun to follow.
These authors generally interact with their readers. Some more than others because some are more busy, but they’re great people.
I am only really active on Twitter, and I unfollowed or muted so many authors, because I am just not in the mood for politics. I have seen some great posts from Dennard on Instagram though, and think it’s really beautiful the way she has shared her experience with trying to have a child.
I am so happy for her that everything finally took! I have secondary infertility so I can relate somewhat with her struggle.
I really need to start following Marie Lu on Instagram!
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I bet there’ll be a Skyhunter cover reveal out soon, since the book comes out October 6th!
I wish I had more time to spend on Twitter. I can only seem to manage one social media platform at a time. 😉
They can take up time, right? I’m mostly on Twitter but I typically check Instagram a couple times a day.
I don’t follow any of these authors myself, but I have seen some fun retweets of their posts. Great choices!
Thanks! Yes, there are some authors I don’t follow but I see a lot of their retweets.
I posted the first part of my Spring TBR list today. I don’t follow very many authors on social media, so I just didn’t feel very enthusiastic about today’s topic! I’m excited for next week because I always get so many great recommendations from other people’s TBR lists 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
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I always find so many new books on TBR week too! And it gives me a goal of books to read over the next quarter.
I’m also following so many of these! I really appreciated seeing Sabaa Tahir tweeting and talking about her writing and her deadlines and everything else, too, I just love it when authors share a little bit of “behind the scenes” of their writing before we get to hold their books in our hands 🙂
Lovely list! 🙂
Thanks! I also like it when authors are real. It can make a person more forgiving when say… a book takes 2 1/2 years to come out when you’re hoping to read it in 1 year.
I think Susan Dennard has such a good social media presence. I hope it translates to more fans because I am such a fan of her Witchlands books.
I started reading her books because of her social media presence.
I follow very few authors but I am glad you have so many you enjoy following along with! I really like following VE Schawb’s and Maggie Stiefvater on twitter as well. ^.^
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I follow V.E. Schwab and Sabaa Tahir as well and think they both seem like such great people!