Social Media for Authors Share and Support

### 📢 Social Media for Authors: A Memoir Mentors Discussion

There’s been a lot of conversation lately in our group about how memoirists can (or should) use social media. The intent of this session is to share what we know, brainstorm strategies, and support each other in ways that feel right for us individually.

### Part 1: Brainstorming & Strategy-Sharing

• We’ll start with a discussion of what’s working, what’s not, and what strategies feel sustainable. Some questions we might explore:
• Which platforms work best for different types of authors?
• How do you find and engage your ideal audience?
• Is social media necessary, or can authors promote themselves in other ways?
• Do you have an author website? Do you need one?
• What’s realistic in terms of time commitment vs. return?
• Memoir is personal—how much do we want to share? What boundaries feel right?
• Our thoughts about sharing non-memoir related content.
• Share whatever resources (books, courses, blog posts) on the topic that we've found useful.

### Part 2: Optional Cross-Promotion & Support

For those who are interested, we can:

• Share our social media links (for those who want to connect and follow each other naturally).
• Support each other in ways that feel genuine—whether that’s by reading each other’s work, commenting, sharing posts, or leaving reviews.
• Discuss Nutan & Brenda’s Medium experiment—does regular engagement help grow an audience?

NOTE: Some members have raised concerns about artificial engagement hurting their reach, so this will be entirely opt-in. The goal is to support each other authentically, not game the system.