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Hello, everyone.
A University I don't attend chose a short piece of prose of mine to be published in their yearly anthology; they've asked for a short bio.
I don't have a website or professional social media presence, but I've heard other, experienced writers say that these are great opportunities to hawk your website or social media presence and earn more fans or followers.
However, since this would only be my third minor credit (Honorable Mention) of small, published work in literary magazines/anthologies online, and not a book announcement, I'm not sure whether I should or need to develop a social media account now, and list it in my bio (for the University's anthology). I kind of thought that I should wait until I earn more writing credits in more publications and when/if I have a future book release to announce.
So, what should I do? Should I start a social media account, now, or wait until I have more bio credits?
I don't have much to announce on a social media account, right now; I've only just started writing for a little over a year-and-a-half, and I didn't attend college: so, I don't have as much experience as writers who've earned degrees, which I'm a little intimidated about.
I'm kind of worried that having a Twitter account and publicly announcing my few, small credits might be a little premature, in case writing doesn't work out in my future or I'm forced to enter a different, professional career/field. Plus, I've seen, and heard of instances, where fans/people get offended by what a writer or professional says on their social media, so I'm a little afraid that someone might be offended, say, if they're different from me, politically (not that I would write political comments, but that a person or future employer might read my writing publications about low-income or LGBT+ people and read how I'm a second-generation American, then assume or judge me as belonging to a certain political party or feel angry that my family are immigrants (even though they are legal), due to the current political climate about illegal immigrants, then might complain about these things, publicly, or refuse to hire me).
A University I don't attend chose a short piece of prose of mine to be published in their yearly anthology; they've asked for a short bio.
I don't have a website or professional social media presence, but I've heard other, experienced writers say that these are great opportunities to hawk your website or social media presence and earn more fans or followers.
However, since this would only be my third minor credit (Honorable Mention) of small, published work in literary magazines/anthologies online, and not a book announcement, I'm not sure whether I should or need to develop a social media account now, and list it in my bio (for the University's anthology). I kind of thought that I should wait until I earn more writing credits in more publications and when/if I have a future book release to announce.
So, what should I do? Should I start a social media account, now, or wait until I have more bio credits?
I don't have much to announce on a social media account, right now; I've only just started writing for a little over a year-and-a-half, and I didn't attend college: so, I don't have as much experience as writers who've earned degrees, which I'm a little intimidated about.
I'm kind of worried that having a Twitter account and publicly announcing my few, small credits might be a little premature, in case writing doesn't work out in my future or I'm forced to enter a different, professional career/field. Plus, I've seen, and heard of instances, where fans/people get offended by what a writer or professional says on their social media, so I'm a little afraid that someone might be offended, say, if they're different from me, politically (not that I would write political comments, but that a person or future employer might read my writing publications about low-income or LGBT+ people and read how I'm a second-generation American, then assume or judge me as belonging to a certain political party or feel angry that my family are immigrants (even though they are legal), due to the current political climate about illegal immigrants, then might complain about these things, publicly, or refuse to hire me).
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