Once in a while, I just jump off a cliff into a lake. Metaphorically. Usually I consider decisions for quite a while before making them, but once in a while, I do just decide to do something on a whim. Three days ago, I joined Instagram. It wasn't exactly a whim, as I've been curious about #bookstagram for a while, but when I read this post from Musings of Jamie, it really encouraged me to try Instagram out. I considered it for about ten minutes and then went ahead and joined it! Most of those ten minutes was spent figuring out if I should join under my own name or under Hamlette, and in the end, I decided it might be a good and fun way to interact with readers of my books, so I'm there under my real name. You can find and follow me there @RachelKovaciny :-)
No sooner had I joined than I discovered an Instagram challenge revolving around J. R. R. Tolkien's stories. #MiddleEarthMarch looks like it's going to be a ton of fun, and I've already done a post based on the first prompt today! Here's a list of all the prompts:
I might not actually post something for each of those, we'll see. But there's probably going to be a lot of Tolkien-related stuff from me this month, just so you know. On a whole, though, I will probably end up posting about the same sorts of things I blog about: books, my writing, movies, flowers, baking, etc. I'm not very good at limiting myself to one or two subjects for things like this just because I have so many interests!
Anyway, if you're on Instagram and want to follow me, now you can :-)
Well, this should be fun! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm "on" Instagram but I never post anything there because I don't have a phone that can take pictures, so it wouldn't work. I just comment on other folks' pictures.
Jessica, part of the reason I decided Now Was The Time To Join was that I just had to trade my old phone for a new one cuz the old one would only hold a charge for a couple of hours anymore. The new one has a reasonably nice camera on it -- not as nice as my "real" cameras, but good enough for sharing ;-) I do hear you can download a desktop app for it or something, though? Anyway, I look forward to chatting with you there too!
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ReplyDeletePhyl, great! I followed you back :-)
DeleteIn which I squealed with joy when I read the post title! Although, I don't really do much, except follow other people on Instagram.
ReplyDeleteKendra, awww, I'm touched that you're excited! I have to say that I am THOROUGHLY enjoying Instagram so far. I even posted twice yesterday :-o
Delete#middleearthmarch sounds like a ton of fun! :D I'll have to do it when I get an Instagram. :)
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Amaris, it looks like this is at least the third year they've done this March-long challenge, so at such time as you get on Instagram, you can totally join in, even if that's not for a while yet.
DeleteWELCOME to Instagram, Rachel. Glad to have you. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rissi! It's a fun place to play, I'm finding :-)
DeleteOoh, fun! I'll have to follow you on there; my username is @the_artist_stop. :)
ReplyDeleteMolly, I found you just now and followed you :-)
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