Life, Online

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

Nine gifts for the writers in your life

Dec 1 •

Nicola Washington

🥇🥈🥉November prize-giving

A round up of the best book marketing (adjacent) advice I've found on the internet this month

Nov 29 •

Nicola Washington

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

How it started in 2017, and where I find myself now

Nov 22 •

Nicola Washington

🥇🥈🥉October prize-giving

A round up of the best book marketing advice I've found on the internet this month, plus a chance to peek behind the paywall of the Too Much Instagram…

Oct 31 •

Nicola Washington

'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…

A conversation with life-writer, podcaster and academic, Elaine Gregersen about the promise and pitfalls of life writing, and its parallels with social…

Oct 16 •

Nicola Washington

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🥇🥈🥉 September prize-giving

A round up of the best book marketing advice I've found on the internet this month, plus some other bits just because I like them 😉

Sep 30

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

Don't hate the player, hate the game??

Sep 26 •

Nicola Washington

What if everyone gets sick of me and unsubscribes?

A mini-review of using Substack to run a week-long email challenge

Sep 3 •

Nicola Washington

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

Borrow my approach to taking a summer break from social media

Jul 23 •

Nicola Washington

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

Short answer: it depends. You'll have to read on for the long answer ;-)

Jul 2 •

Nicola Washington

Instagram's finger prints are all over my life

Should I want to wipe them away?

Jun 26 •

Nicola Washington

🚀 Too Much Instagram is A-GO!

Introducing my new membership, hosted here on Substack, where I'm going to be supporting writers with using Instagram to grow your readership, and…

Jun 3 •

Nicola Washington

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