Image courtesy of Morguefile free photos
It’s hard to remember to use the most productive hashtags when I tweet about my books. I’ve found a few sources that list hashtags for authors in general but none specifically for those of teen or young adult novels. So I created my own list based on experience in tweeting about teen fiction over the past twelve months.
Most of these hashtags have gained attention for me and perhaps will work for you. Some are just now catching on. Genre hashtags cross over from adult to teen/YA in most cases, so I included a few. Capitalization is irrelevant.
#YA (ob-vi-ous-ly!)
#YAlit
#YAfiction
#YAloving
#YAbooknerd (or #booknerd)
#IReadYA
#teenlit
#teenfiction
#teenlife
#ChristianTeen (or other religion + teen)
#booksforgirls (or #booksforboys)
#CleanTeenRead
#adventure
#dystopian
#mystery
#scifi
#teenromance
#boyfriend
#bullying
#dating
#eatingdisorder
#firstlove
#friendship
#teensuicide
#socialissues
#parents (or #family or #stepfamily)
#schoolproblems
#highschool
#dance (or the other arts)
#sports (or a specific sport)
Those are my current favorites! What are your go-to hashtags when tweeting about your own writing?
[…] Hashtags. Once I got the hang of using hashtags in my tweets, I couldn’t stop searching for those related to the content of my books and the audiences I wanted to reach. My #YA novels are about #friendship and much more. I always research a new hashtag I’m considering by typing it into the Twitter search window and seeing how many and what kinds of profiles are associated with it. Some of the most innocent hashtags may be associated with unsavory profiles, so beware. Following the advice I’ve received, I limit the number of hashtags I use in a single tweet to three. But sometimes I use four because I just can’t help myself. Other writers of Young Adult (YA) fiction should check out 30 Effective Twitter Hashtags for YA Authors. […]
LikeLike
[…] last week, I wasn’t really surprised with how much I found. To start, I found I found one website that had thirty different YA twitter hashtags, and I was busy for a while! A lot of the tweets I […]
LikeLike