Sitemap - 2024 - Too Much by Nicola Washington

🎄 December Dates for Your Diary (incl. a gift for all readers)

As a middle-finger to the gift-guide snark, I've written my own

🥇🥈🥉November prize-giving

The real work of supporting writers with Instagram is turning out to be something unexpected

'If an author comes out of the blue and comments on a post by pointing to their own book, that's an instant block'

#4 Ask Me Anything

Working with Bookstagramers to find more readers for your book

Replay: DEFINE YOUR IDEAL READER to elevate your book marketing, workshop

This one simple thing is costing you readers, and it's easy to fix

🍁 November Dates for Your Diary (incl. a gift for all readers)

🥇🥈🥉October prize-giving

If you're struggling to find readers on Instagram, stop posting and do this instead

💡Instagram ideas for fiction writers

FAQ 12: my Instagram posts keep flopping - what do I do?

#3 Ask Me Anything

'I'm scared we'll end up with a self-fulfilling prophecy that 'memoir doesn't sell' and important, brilliant books won't get put out in the world'

'There are consequences to going viral... sometimes it just attracts the wrong people'

'I'd rather suck up to Instagram than the Pope!'

A Writer's Guide to Repurposing a Substack Essay into Instagram Posts

🍂 October Dates for Your Diary (incl. two gifts for all readers)

🥇🥈🥉 September prize-giving

Non-fiction writers, you may not thank me for this one

NOT our monthly peak vs pit, but something ✨NEW✨

#2 Ask Me Anything, REPLAY

Repurposing is a big word for simply giving old ideas new life

Are you making the most of your ideas?

What if everyone gets sick of me and unsubscribes?

September Onwards, Dates for Your Diary

Allow me to reintroduce myself*

So you're a writer, but what else is going on?

The 'specific and limited' joy of being weird on Instagram Stories

Using Instagram like you're at an author event

Give something back to the people who support you

Get back in front of your favourite people on Instagram

Borrow my method for coming back from an Instagram break

💡Instagram ideas for introducing your book (over and over again)

August Onwards, Dates for Your Diary

July: 🏔 PEAK vs PIT 💩

Taking an Instagram break over the summer? Read this post - future you will thank you 😊

A Writer's Guide To Writing Hooks For Instagram Posts

FAQ 11: is taking a social media break over the summer a good idea?

A Writer's Guide To Finding And Using Trending Audio On Instagram Reels

FAQ 10: how can I keep posting about my book on Instagram after it has launched?

'Two people signed up for my online course because they liked my poetry.'

FAQ 9: how can I use Instagram to launch my book?

The Common Room

FAQ 8: is it worth spending time on social media before I get a book deal?

June: PEAK 🏔 vs PIT 💩

Instagram's finger prints are all over my life

How to create book pr opportunities for yourself, and other excellent advice

💡Instagram chat-up lines

#1 ASK ME ANYTHING, Instagram edition

🚀 Too Much Instagram is A-GO!

'We have to cut your hours': six words that changed everything for the better

TMI Resource Library

July Dates for your Diary

💉Tweak-ments #1

Annie Ridout on How To Stretch Your Comfort Zone

🎧AUDIO🎧 On the unexpected congruence of teaching teens and Instagram book marketing

On the unexpected congruence of teaching teens and Instagram book marketing

🎧AUDIO🎧 What's in an Instagram name?

What's in an [Instagram] name?

How to sell a book on Substack

When is it time to quit Instagram?

Bold Types: Nicola Washington 🇬🇧 | #148

FAQ 7: when should it be a Reel, a carousel, a static image or a Story?

👋🏻 START HERE 👋🏻

🎧AUDIO🎧 It's time for a sensible conversation about screen time

Own your expertise - not everyone knows what you know

It's time for a sensible conversation about screen time

[Creator Briefing] Is social media simply too much or is it a tool writers need?

FAQ 6: how often should I post to Instagram?

Transitions

Are you overthinking authenticity?

Is Substack really 'The Great Escape' from social media?

FAQ 5: how do I keep coming up with new ideas for posts?

FAQ 4: I have nothing to say. What am I supposed to post about?

Ways to stay sane on Instagram in 2024

Reasons to stay on Instagram