Groups are a powerful way to connect with your readers and in particular genre readers. Plus to to share knowledge about your writing life and your story world. Groups help you to build a community around your passion for books.
Here are some ideas to inspire you.
Author Group Ideas
Authors can use groups to build community around their work, connect with readers in special targeted groups, and to catch up with other authors to discuss cross promotions.
Group ideas and what to discuss:
- Genre-specific author groups — Connect with fellow authors writing in the same genre, share market trends, reader expectations, and cover design norms.
- Work in progress (WIP) groups — Share chapter excerpts, get early feedback, discuss plot problems and character development.
- Publishing journey groups — Navigate the road to publication together — querying agents, submission timelines, rejection support, and celebration of wins.
- Series writers — Groups for authors writing multi-book series, discussing continuity, world-building, pacing across books, and reader retention.
- Writing accountability groups — Set word count goals, check in regularly, motivate each other through drafting and editing phases.
- Author marketing — Discuss building an author platform, growing a mailing list, running launch campaigns, and working with ARC readers.