🌷May Dates for Your Diary
Live sessions included in the Too Much Instagram membership this month
Hello everyone - here are May’s dates for your diary. If you’re not yet a member, Too Much Instagram is where I support, guide and encourage writers and authors who are using Instagram to find more readers.
Members have access to weekly advice chats, monthly Ask Me Anything clinics, and more exclusive content such as ideas for posts and how-to guides so you can get more out of your time on Instagram, for example, in April I started a series of tutorials called Reel-y Simple Reels which you can browse here:
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✨Your attention please!
Before I launch into the membership plans for the month, the excellent is offering TMI members a free 30 day trial of her Mothers Who Write community (membership is £5 per month).
I’ve had the pleasure of going on one of Rebecca’s retreats and she is freakishly good at pinning slippery ideas down and moulding them into cohesive shape, is super-smart and interesting, and is also a very very lovely person!
Scroll down to the members-only section at the bottom of this email and you’ll find a link to sign up for your free 30 day trial.
More about Mothers Who Write:
‘The Mothers Who Write community is a place of mutual support and connection for new and established writers who happen to be mothers*. It’s a chance to meet people who understand the challenges and opportunities that writing alongside parenting can bring and an inclusive space to find ways to make the writing happen in the cracks, naps and gaps in our busy lives.
In May, alongside our regular writers hours, our free-for-members events include a drop-in session on Proposal Writing Support and a Q&A on Instagram for writers with Nicola Washington of TOO MUCH [👋🏻].
From 12-19 May we'll also be running our first Retreat-At-Home: seven days of daily writing together designed to help us get back into the writing habit and meet our deadlines.
*Though we use the word ‘mothers’ we are committed to making this a safe and inclusive community for trans and non-binary parents. We will refer to our members as ‘writers’, ‘people’ and individuals as well as mothers and will continue to work on inclusivity in our language and beyond. We have a zero-tolerance policy on transphobic comments or behaviour in the group.’
This month in the TMI membership 📲 Every Monday we talk about our plans
Where? In the WHAT ARE YOU POSTING? chat threads
Why? It’s an invitation to share what you’re going to post to your Instagram account that week. I’ll share mine, talk you through some of my decision-making, then open the floor up to you.
Come along…
💡to help you stay accountable to yourself. I know if I make public declarations of my intentions I’m much more likely to stick to the plan
💡to inspire one another. Pooling ideas will mean we create a bank of post ideas that you can add your own spin to, or that will spark some ideas of your own.
💡to get advice and encouragement. Have an idea but aren’t sure what kind of post it should be, how to write a hook, or how to find the right audio to go with it, come and ask me! If you’re really stuck, I can even make suggestions for how to get the wheels turning again.
A couple of messages from recent chats…
🪄Content Create-alongs
A reminder: from this month the CCAL call schedule will be the first and third Tuesday of every month at 12-1pm GMT. On occasions when these dates/times are not available I will offer an alternative.
The CCAL dates for May are therefore:
Tuesday 6th May, 12-1pm GMT
Tuesday 20th May, 12-1pm GMT
If you’re new here you might be wondering what Content Create-alongs are.
For lots of writers, creating Instagram posts is something that gets pushed to the bottom of your to-do list, so the CCAL sessions are an opportunity to make some space in your week and get some posts ticked off your to-do list. We start with a quick chat to set our intentions for the hour (or you can simply crack on with your to-do list), and at the end come back together to review what we’ve achieved.
If you’re a member of TMI (yay!) scroll down and you’ll find the link to register for this call. Once you’ve registered you’ll automatically receive the link to the call. I look forward to seeing you there! If you’d like to become a member of TMI, upgrade your subscription by clicking on the button below.
👩🏻🏫 Ask Me Anything, Thursday 22nd May, 2-3pm
exclusive to TMI members, replay available
An opportunity to pick my brains for an hour. You can submit your question in advance if you can’t make it live, or come along and have a chat with me.
To join the call, make sure you are a TMI member by clicking on the button to upgrade your subscription. If you’re already a member (yay!) scroll down and you’ll find the link to register for this call near the bottom of this piece. Once you’ve registered you’ll automatically receive the link to the live call.
Members only past this point 😉 ❤️
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