I have somehow gotten myself to a point where I only rarely (maybe once a month?) check my social media accounts. I don’t really post on them either, except for a recent fundraiser for Parkinson’s. The only thing I check into with any regularity is FB messenger, and that’s only because three of my closest friends and I keep in contact there.
I feel this as a new writer. There is also this unnecessary pressure to be a "bookstagrammer" and only post books or post in themes or to brand yourself. However, when I scroll others' pages, I realize that those who post unrelated content (aka "random sh*t") are way more engaging and interesting. Not to be a pest, but it's pages like yours that I gravitate towards. I'm sorry that you feel it's performative and don't want that for you, of course! But I love seeing the memes you post to your stories. It's refreshing and more authentic to me than people saying they're reading all these books that just happen to match in color scheme/aesthetic....
Anyway, I too have been struggling with what to post lately, if I should start over with a theme/brand, or if I even want to continue posting at all. If I had to choose, I'd delete my author account and just use my personal account for keeping in touch with friends and following meme accounts, puppies, and babies. But like you said, we're "supposed" to have a social media presence so... *shrugs in 21st century writer*. If you figure it out, holla at me. In the meantime, I'll pick up Dopplegänger. Cheers!
I have somehow gotten myself to a point where I only rarely (maybe once a month?) check my social media accounts. I don’t really post on them either, except for a recent fundraiser for Parkinson’s. The only thing I check into with any regularity is FB messenger, and that’s only because three of my closest friends and I keep in contact there.
It’s exhausting, isn’t it?
I feel this as a new writer. There is also this unnecessary pressure to be a "bookstagrammer" and only post books or post in themes or to brand yourself. However, when I scroll others' pages, I realize that those who post unrelated content (aka "random sh*t") are way more engaging and interesting. Not to be a pest, but it's pages like yours that I gravitate towards. I'm sorry that you feel it's performative and don't want that for you, of course! But I love seeing the memes you post to your stories. It's refreshing and more authentic to me than people saying they're reading all these books that just happen to match in color scheme/aesthetic....
Anyway, I too have been struggling with what to post lately, if I should start over with a theme/brand, or if I even want to continue posting at all. If I had to choose, I'd delete my author account and just use my personal account for keeping in touch with friends and following meme accounts, puppies, and babies. But like you said, we're "supposed" to have a social media presence so... *shrugs in 21st century writer*. If you figure it out, holla at me. In the meantime, I'll pick up Dopplegänger. Cheers!