How active is Mastodon for authors and narrators?

[katdawson_narrator@mastodon.social]

How active is Mastodon for authors and narrators? I'm still trying to get a feel for this space. Aside from #bookstodon and #audiobooks, what are other good hashtags to follow? Does anyone post casting calls here? (I've heard that's a big thing on the bird site, but I'm not going back there.)
Please boost for reach!

[jorgecandeias@mastodon.social]

@KatDawson_Narrator There's sizeable communities gathering around hashtags such as WritersCoffeeClub and WordWeavers (not adding the hash thingy as to not intrude there). You might like to take a peek.

[billysmith@social.coop]

@KatDawson_Narrator

Take a look at https://wandering.shop/

[cathos@merveilles.town]

@KatDawson_Narrator #writingCommunity and #writing are pretty good. I also post a lot in #poetry

[cavyherd@wandering.shop]

@KatDawson_Narrator

I'm on an instance that is very writer-centric.

Additional useful hashtags are the various genres you enjoy, such as #ScienceFiction and #Writing

[cavyherd@wandering.shop]

@BillySmith @KatDawson_Narrator

Great minds!
https://wandering.shop/deck/@cavyherd/116331532803587923

[davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social]

@KatDawson_Narrator

I remember casting calls from the bird site, before it was Musked.

Sadly, I haven't found any here.

[ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social]

@KatDawson_Narrator
There's also a group (!@bookstodon) which you can follow. If you tag the group (remove the ! in front) then that post gets boosted.

https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon

#Bookstodon

[aredridel@kolektiva.social]

@KatDawson_Narrator There's definitely a bunch of authors on here, a lot on the wandering.shop instance (you don't need to move or anything, but their handles will end in that)

[realtegan@wandering.shop]

@BillySmith @KatDawson_Narrator
If you'd like an invite to wandering.shop, I'm a front of house person - official welcomer type. We're heavy in creative people, with a good number of authors, so it might be a better fit for you than mastodon.social.

Let me know!

[jessekelber@writing.exchange]

@KatDawson_Narrator

Check out the instance I'm on (writing.exchange), we're mostly all writers of one description or several others. Some further hashtags to look at would include 'AmWriting,' 'WritersOfMastodon,' and 'WritingCommunity.'

Sorry, don't know squat about casting calls.

[katdawson_narrator@mastodon.social]

@realtegan @BillySmith I assume that would involve migrating instances? Lol I just did that with another instance. I will think about it. Thank you

[realtegan@wandering.shop]

@KatDawson_Narrator @BillySmith
Yeah, you'd have to move again... sorry.

Still, check us out. Lots of folks here who might be interested in your work.

[dilmandila@mograph.social]

@cathos @KatDawson_Narrator Also #writers and there are many game/prompt hashtags like #writerscoffeeclub #pennedpossibilities etc where authors gather daily. Then you have #books and also sometimes genre specifi hashtags like #sff

[landley@mstdn.jp]

@KatDawson_Narrator I follow multiple active authors and a narrators on here: Charles Stross, Cecelia Tan, Adara Astin...

[katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange]

@aredridel @KatDawson_Narrator
Wandering.Shop is the instance I was going to point to.

[patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot]

@KatDawson_Narrator do you follow @cstross? He seems to post about lots of authory things and conversations.