Next to a best friend and a thriving career, a love interest cannot be missed. and Hate Readers, which gives us a perfect example of the last one with the character, Penelope. Leav classified it into three categories: Pseudo Intellectuals, Fake Haters. The internet gives the readers the chance to review books and that way gives them the power of the success of someone’s work as well. On the other hand, any press is good press…right? Just one wrong word or a misunderstanding can form negativity. However, as positive as the internet can be, it can destroy you just as much.

An account on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook can be created in seconds and with the right hashtags and a bit of luck, people will find you. The idea starts at websites such as Wattpad until it later finds its way to Amazon’s Create Space or Books on Demand which gives the future bestselling authors the opportunity to publisher their work in no time.Īs easy as self-publishing is today, promoting your work is a speed train. Moreover, self-publishing has never been easier as it is nowadays. Personally, I think it has to do with people focusing more on their mental health and trying to find a way to express themselves. Poetry is experiencing a popularity, which it has not had in decades. Leav balances the popularity of pop-poetry, self-publishing, and the power of social media. Award-winning novelist and poet Lang Leav’s latest book Poemsia is a gem and I might have never discovered it. Thanks to this mistake, she happens to get a book deal and the opportunity of a lifetime.Īs already mentioned, I discovered this book while scrolling through Bookstagram. Even though she marked the picture with “not mine”, word spreads over the internet in no time and Verity becomes famous with the one poem she did not write overnight. Specialising in antique books, Verity finds a poetry book and she’s inspired by one of the poems, so she posts it on her Instagram alongside her own work. Growing up at her grandfather’s bookstore, she lives and breathes words.

Especially Verity who idolises her, because she dreams of being a successful poet herself one day.

Jess and Verity are best friends since childhood and love Mena Rhodes, the latest star on the poetry sky. Almost all the books I am reading are recommendations I have seen on Bookstagram, including the book I want to talk about here, Poemsia. I am getting nostalgic… These days I find myself influenced by different social media platforms. I actually had to use a printed lexicon in my first years of school until my generation discovered the wonder of Google and Wikipedia. A world in which it was hard to communicate or not to think about promoting yourself and your art. I mean, I am not that old, but I can actually remember a time without smartphones, YouTube, and influencers. Do you remember a time without social media? I do.