The Common Room
A space for TMI members to introduce yourselves, your projects, AND to tell me what you need to know about Instagram ❤️
Hello everyone!
And WELCOME to Too Much Instagram - the membership where you’ll learn how to find your readers and promote your work on Instagram in ways that respect your creative energy and protect your sanity!
If you want to know what’s happening LIVE this month then check out the latest Dates for Your Diary post here:
You will also find a handy directory of quick links to ALL of the exclusive content you have access to as a member of TMI on this post:
One of my favourite things about running this membership is being able to connect with so many writers in a meaningful, helpful way, but what I’d really like to do is facilitate ways for you to also connect with one another.
So, I’d like to try a thing - whether you’ve been here since the beginning of TMI, or have just joined, please would you comment below with:
Your name
An intro to your writing project(s)
Your Instagram handle (feel free to include an actual link to make it super-easy for people to find you) and/or a link to your Substack
Anything you’d like me to add to my planning for the future of this membership. Thanks to what you’ve shared with me so far in our weekly WHAT ARE YOU POSTING? chats, resources about hooks, trending audio, and Canva are coming in the next few weeks. So, please let me know in the comments if there is a particular aspect of showing up on Instagram you’re finding a challenge, whether it’s do with technical skills, or more around mindset?
Once you’ve left your own details, please also have a scroll through the comments to see if anyone is swimming in the same waters as you (which might offer an opportunity for future collaboration), or if there’s anyone who simply piques your interest and you’d like to support them further!
If you’d like to know more about me, you can have a read of my ABOUT page or check out this post 😊
Welcome to the Too Much community!
I’m Nicola, a social media strategist and I’m here to teach writers how you can use social media - especially Instagram - to find your readers and promote your work, without it taking over your life. Perhaps you have a Substack you want to promote, maybe you want to grow a community around your ideas, or perhaps you’re working your way towards publicati…
Hello! I'm Jennie, my first non-fiction book - part memoir, part journalistic inquiry, about miscarriage and the things we get wrong about it/don't know about - came out last year. It's coming out in paperback in September. Next project is a novel (but progress is sloooow).
I'm on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/jennieagg/ and feel like I lost my mojo with it all, precisely around the time my book was published, which was not ideal. (Especially because when I sold the book I was asked a lot about my Instagram stats).
In terms of what I need help with, I'd be very grateful for advice on fitting everything in. Ways to create meaningful posts without it consuming all of my time and headspace. I only have three writing/work days a week, as that's when I have childcare. (I unintentionally spent most of yesterday afternoon on a post, which was fun as it connected with people - but also I cannot lose that much writing time every week!) xx
Hello! I’m Steph and my debut YA fantasy novel, A LANGUAGE DRAGONS, is out on 2nd January 2025. It’s about a young translator who accepts a job at Bletchley Park to decipher a hidden dragon language in order to save her family.
My Instagram is https://www.instagram.com/sfwilliamsonauthor?igsh=ZjMxcW1jdDc3cng5&utm_source=qr
I’d love to know more about author newsletters and whether they’re worth doing if you don’t already have a big following?