Book Blogger Hop No. 134: If I had an Instagram account.....

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This Week's Question

Do you have an Instagram account? 

If so, do you 

only follow book folks? 

(Submitted  by Elizabeth @

Silver's Reviews)

My Answer

It's a little ironic that this question should follow the one from last week, I think. Why? Because, if I'm having a hard time balancing work and blogging, then it stands to reason that I would limit my social media involvement. Right? Yes, many bloggers tweet their blog posts, and publish them on Facebook, Google +, Instagram, and what have you. It IS necesary, after all, to make sure people know your blog exists. There's a paradox here, though; maintaining an active social media presence is pretty time consuming. I do publish my posts, mostly on Twitter, and sometimes on Google +. As for Facebook, I have a personal page, as well as a fan page for A Night's Dream of Books, but stopped publishing my blog posts there because Facebook expects people who have fan pages to PAY in order for FB to put post links in other people's feeds. Otherwise, you get VERY limited exposure. Well, this would make sense if I had customers, but I don't make any money from this blog, so I've just stopped posting on my FB fan page. I do continue to post on Twitter and Google +, but rather sporadically. 

As for Instagram, no, I don't have an Instagram account. I barely have enough time for the social media I've already mentioned! If I DID have one, though, I would not limit myself to following bookish folks. I'm also VERY interested in the arts, especially Fine Arts. Actually, I would be interested in following creative people -- whether writers, painters, photographers, filmmakers, sculptors, musicians, composers, or dancers. 

Of course, writers and painters would be at the top of the list. 

In the case of writers, I love several genres, from classics to literary fiction, to paranormal romance, to SF and fantasy, to Young Adult Fiction. So I would certainly have LOTS of great authors to follow!

Painters and sculptors? Absolutely! There are some contemporary artists that I wish I could meet in person..... just like I'd like to meet some contemporary writers in person.

Painters would be neck and neck with graphic designers, though, because I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE beautiful book covers! So I would follow anyone who designs covers that make me want to sigh with utter bliss......

Photographers would come next. I ADORE beautiful photographs, too! There are many wonderful photographers out there.

Musicians would be next. Anyone who can handle a piano or violin concerto would qualify for me to follow them. In addition to classical music, I also love classic rock, progressive jazz, current pop music, and electronic music such as trance, progressive house and chillout. Meditation music also counts.

There are many terrific modern composers, especially of electronic music, so I would follow them, as well.

As for dancers, I'm not that familiar with this category of creative people, but I would follow classic ballerinas, as well as dancers of more modern music.

Last but most definitely NOT least are other book bloggers! We book bloggers are, of course, creative people, too! It takes creativity not only to write reviews and other blog posts, but also to design one's blog and posts. Plus, we also fall into the category of "bookish people". So YAAAAAY for book bloggers!!

So these are the types of folks I would follow if I had an Instagram account. IF. Maybe one of these days I will. Who knows? If I can somehow have more time for online activities, then I will certainly consider it! Lol.



 

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