As a woman in her 40's, in an ever evolving world of technology, one has to try to keep up, in order to stay visible in the sea of millions upon millions of books out there to read, and author's out there wanting to be your new favorite, one must try new approaches in order to keep yourself in the mix of options when deciding what to read next. INSERT introduction to TIKTOK here.
My friend Jessica said, you have to get on TikTok, and as a writer and with the phenomenon known as BookTok, I thought, sure, what's ONE MORE social media platform to try out and remember a log-in and password for. Sometimes I can't remember why I walked to the kitchen, but sure, why not add on another thing I need to remember to check, to friend or not to friend, to like/comment on, the clicking never stops, however I am a curious soul, and I find "experiments" fascinating, so I took to TikTok and just wanted to see if it would stir up some new book sales. I mean, why not right? I'm not out anything if none are had.
So I've been diligent, I've posted videos, I've commented on people's stuff, and added people and followed others, and so far, I have to say, it's pretty underwhelming, unless you count the non-stop barrage of people popping into my DM's asking me to read their book, to let me let them create cover art, and last but not oddly enough, "how old are you?" Um, is that because I'm about to be propositioned for sex, or because they want to see if I'm old enough to enter into a binding contract of some sort?
Maybe I'm just too old for TikTok, I gave it a go, but I'm just not sure its for me.
Other writers/friends/book lovers out there, what do you think, should I stay or should I go?
Yours,
~Heather Lynn~
