I decided I only had the spoons for one platform and went with that one because it felt most welcoming. But there’s still trolls and bigots like everywhere else. And I’m probably not gaming the algorithm the way I should but it meets my needs and goals so 🤷🏾‍♀️. Instagram otoh I cannot figure out 😅

This specifically - maybe it’s all the GenZ ⚡️ but these experiences wouldn’t stick out (-)vely on TT (I might just be lucky in the reader/writer circles I stumbled into) - also sincerely mean no disrespect or minimization of your experiences and I apologize if by any chance it comes across that way

(3/3) & I am not selling books (yet). I think the math might be different if the goal is sales vs community. I’ve been posting about writing because that’s what I’m doing atm, but I wouldn’t bat an eye at posting my painting or amigurumi projects when I pick that up again… (yay adhd hyperfixation 😬)

(2/3) also the brain adapts??? And there is a dopamine rush to the place that is sometimes counterproductive to being productive but that is a risk on every platform… most people I have met there are open, and understanding, and kind. OTOH I am not looking to go viral or build a massive following

Take this with a grain of anecdotal salt from a fellow AuDHD who collects hobbies like it’s a sport - I have found TikTok to be the most welcoming platform of them all. I feel like an outsider everywhere else. And it was overwhelming at first - it is loud and flashy and a sensory nightmare but - 1/2

Thank you! 🙏🏾

- Querying my #africanfantasy novel
- Rewriting a short story that keeps getting the “almost, almost, but not quite there yet” treatment everywhere I’ve subbed it
- Drafting a short story about a man who steals totems from a sacred mangrove forest

Congratulations!!!

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