Just curious if anyone's currently doing or thinking about doing dual content. I'm putting together my first Writing Vlog video, and I'm thinking it'll be a monthly post. I'm also thinking about doing Reading Vlogs, but I don't really consider that dual content.
This is my favorite thumbnail so far! I might be honing in on a style.
This thumbnail is somehow clearer and muddier and I kind of love it lol I have to accept that I'm a maximalist.
Goodreads, Storygraph, Patreon, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Threads, the list goes on and on! (Well, not really; I can't think of any other social media sites/apps, lol). I get a lot of unsolicited advice about joining one or two of the above to spread my reach, but the thought of keeping up with all those accounts sounds exhausting lol.
Right now I'm focusing on YouTube, but I feel this hyrda breathing down my neck. If I were to add any new social media, it would probably be Goodreads. Anyone else feeling the pressure?
I'm starting to second-guess this thumbnail lol. Anyway, I think this was my first successful script, and I really like how the commentary came out. It's less meandering than some of my other videos. How do we feel about scripts? They used to make really nervous (I'm a nervous nellie, sue me), but I'm starting to turn the corner on them lol
Side note: I'm getting (slightly) better at editing with each video lol
My thumbnails still need work, but they're coming along! While I'm posting my first video here (yay!), how does everyone handle camera fright? I get super nervous as soon as I hit record, and I end up fighting for my personality to show. I believe it'll get better the more I film, but man, it can be demoralizing when I restart the recording six to seven times to get through my opener lol
Side note: I can't wait to look back on my first few posts and think, "Man, I've come a long way!"
Something I didn't really expect to spend so much time on is thumbnail creation. The ones I make are always too busy. I think I'm getting better with each one (and Canva is becoming my new best friend lol), but I wanted to see if anyone else struggles with thumbnails. Any tips would be great too!
Not me tearing up about Hurricane Deck 😭
No notes. 10/10 execution of both Relic and Reliquary. Thoroughly enjoyed this entry into the Pendergrast series. I love that there are still some, albeit small, questions and actions left open. >!The big one being if they were successful in killing Frock and the Wrinklers. They've made it very clear that no one really knows how deep the tunnels go beneath New York. There could still be some beneath the city, living off whatever flower dripped in the alcove!<
I don't know how the rest of the series will beat the Mbwun mystery, to be honest.
Everyone says the series just keeps getting better, but man...Relic and Reliquary were top-tier. I'm going to try and track down Thunderhead since everyone says I should read that one next...though the book jacket for The Cabinet of Curiosities sounds RIGHT up my alley.
I just got to the reveal and I knew it!!!!! I knew it would be Frock. I knew that son of a bitch could walk! Damn, man. I really liked you in Relic.
There’s so much happening right now with only 40ish pages left. I thought the tunnel section in Relic was tense. I having a feeling Margo’s vitamin D solution is going to play apart in the escape but I’m still sitting here like “how the hell are they going to get out of this?”
Alright, only 40 pages left.
So shit is officially hitting the fan with these plants lol. This might be stupid, but the unknown POV has to be Ian Cuthbert, right? Who else has read Whittlesey’s journal? But then again it’s all been digitized, so anyone with access can pull up the record.
I know it has to be someone involved with the Museum, and someone I know, but the only name that comes to mind is Ian (that doesn’t feel right though).
They’re still connected to the Museum, how else would they know to kill the forensic scientist? I assume they did that to slow down the Greg identification.
Man, I’m stumped (I probably need to sleep too)
The only thing I know for sure (possibly, who knows with this book) is that they’re going to use a Methane explosion to kill Wrinklers.
Side note: I’m really enjoying the Mrs. Wisher/Smithback storyline.
……….wait, could it be Dr. Frock?!?! The thought JUST hit me. Margo did say there is some healing properties in the virus and he’s been acting so weird….can Dr.Frock possibly be healed?!?! Is he able to walk?!? It sounds so crazy but the longer I sit on it the more it makes sense. He could’ve perfected the virus, which is why he’s not showing any deformities. I bet he poisoned Greg. I bet he killed Brambell!
Let me pump the brakes and go to bed. I’m probably COMPLETELY off base, but I’ll know for sure tomorrow
THE BODY IS GREG KAWAKITA?!?!?! Wow….like, I can’t even sleep right now. I knew the unknown POV didn’t sound like him but then I thought, “who else could it be but,Greg?”
So was he trying to stave off the transformation, is that why he called Margo? This unknown POV had to be some type of assistant or test subject. He knows the process.
Just wow man. My heart is racing after that reveal, and the lead up to it was perfect!
I don't know if I was a poor reader, but I did NOT see that epilogue coming. I knew there was something else going on. Like Margo said, "How did the Beast know to get to the museum?" but the figurine and seed pods/eggs definitely did what they were designed to do lol. I was so caught up in a possible mystical explanation that I didn't look deeper at the plants.
I literally sat up when I read what Kawakita discovered, and how it already seems to be affecting Kawakita!?! When he said his allergies were practically gone my alarm bells started going off. I've been thinking about it all day and I've already bought book 2 lol. I'm just so shocked at the actual origin of the Mbwun. I even called my family to talk about it and they haven't even read the book.
I can't wait to see where this goes in Book 2!