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5 Tips for Finding the Best Genre Hashtags to Attract Readers

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Most of us as authors have more than enough to keep track of in the social media sphere without adding those dreaded hashtags. I mean what are they Just to recap, hashtags are keywords with a # or hash in front of them. Everyone is using them, but not everyone is using them correctly. To find out more about hashtag etiquette read my article 5 Tips for Using Hashtags Correctly. That being said, some of the most popular hashtags with both authors and readers are the genre hashtags. However, finding the best hashtags for your particular genre can be a problem. I know what you’re thinking, “but this should be a no-brainer, I know what genre my book is in and I can use that and put a hashtag in front of it right?” Well, yes, and no. Here are five tips to help you find the best genre hashtags that will attract readers to your books.

1. Create a list of keywords including the word for your genre. Make sure you include keywords associated with your genre. For example, YA and young adult. Both mean the same thing, but each one may be reaching a different audience. …

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How Did The Roman World View Homosexuality?

Most of us that love m/m romance, have to wonder when we read about gay Romans and other historical figures how their worlds viewed homosexuality. Well, wonder no more, because historians have a relatively good handle on how the Roman world viewed homosexuality, and it’s not exactly what you might think.

In ancient Rome, there was no stigma per se against homosexuality. But rather against males who took the more submissive role. There in fact, were no words to describe homosexuality as a lifestyle as there is today. Instead, ancient Romans paid attention to behaviors, so one either applauded or punished the behavior itself. There was a law to cover this. Called Lex Scantinia, legally penalized a Roman male of high status and or freeborn for taking a submissive role when having sex with another male. So, male homosexuality was legal, if you were a high ranking and or freeborn Roman male who enjoyed being the more submissive partner, this could cause you problems legally.

There were a few exceptions. It was perfectly acceptable for a highborn, or freeborn Roman male to have sex with a male slave, prostitute or war captive. To do so in no way took away …

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5 Hashtags Every Author Should Use

If you’ve been reading this series of articles on hashtags, then you now know that a hashtag is just a keyword or set of key words with a # or hash in front of it. Even knowing this if you’re just starting out with hashtags you may feel overwhelmed by the number of well used hashtags. After all everyone and I do mean everyone is using them.
With this in mind, and since I myself was confused by hashtags and how to use them, I did a search to discover what I thought would be the five most useful hashtags for authors. Now does this mean you should only use these hashtags? No. I’m just saying that these five hashtags are ones that many, many authors use and are hashtags that will help to draw new readers to your books. These are not genre specific hashtags but rather hashtags that will help readers of all kinds to find your books. We’ll talk more about genre specific hashtags in another article.
So, that being said, here are five hashtags that every author should use:

1. #excerpt. Readers love excerpts, and excerpts are a great way to pull a reader in and …

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