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One Giant Step Forward (For Me Anyway)

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 jcladyluv

I did something new you guys! I wrote last week about stepping outside of my comfort zone and how there were some things that I had been putting off doing because I was always waiting for the right (or perfect) time. I wrote about realizing that there is no such thing as a perfect time and in fact there’s just no such thing as a perfect anything so I just had to take a leap and put myself out there.

Well one of those things was starting my YouTube channel within the Author Tube community (a community mostly for writers wanting to get better at writing and surround themselves with other writer friends). I have been unofficially a part of the Author Tube community for a little over a year now, just watching the others videos and commenting when I had something to say or wanted to communicate how much someone’s video inspired me and I knew that I wanted to officially be one with the other Author Tubers by actually putting my own out there but I first had to get around my inherent anxiety and overwhelming fear about being on camera and the doubt that anyone will care about what I had to say.

I had shot some video footage for my first couple of videos and then went back to shoot an intro video and uploaded the videos and taught myself some basic video editing skills and had the videos uploaded and just sitting there waiting to be made public. I had to let them sit there to once again get over the nerves of really putting myself out there for the world to see and I finally did it. I finally hit the public button in my YouTube studio on late Friday night for the intro video and Saturday night for the officially Author Tube newbie tag video.

It’s official now! I am an Author Tuber and there’s no going back now! So join me over on my YouTube channel if you want to join me on my journey to self-publishing my books (I have a couple coming out in the next two months) and learn a little more about the author side of me and my writing process. Don’t forget to hit the subscribe button and leave a comment there or here and let me know what you think. Until next time #BeConfident #BeBold #BeVulnerable

Jimmetta Carpenter

Writer/Editor

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NaNoWriMo is HERE!!!!

November 1, 2019October 31, 2019 jcladyluv

It’s the first day of NaNoWriMo!!!! Yay!!!! Okay perhaps I’m a little overly excited but today I am getting started on a brand new book, the second in my mystery series (the first one is being edited in December). I have been working on the outline for months now, and finalizing it during the course of Preptober. I actually have done tons of research for this book (I may have to do some more research throughout but hey) and it centers around solving a cold case (not a real cold case though). I can not promise to post every day of NaNoWriMo, although that is the goal, but I will post as often as possible with tips, video clips to some Author Tubers with really good writing advice. Also, while I wasn’t able to pull everything together for this year’s NaNoWriMo but for next year I will be creating NaNoWriMo Prep materials and of course materials to also get you through the actual month of the event but more about that in the beginning of next year. Well that’s it for day 1. I’ve got the link for you below for the National Novel Writing Month website so that you can go over and sign up.

https://www.nanowrimo.org/

Happy Writing everyone!!

Jimmetta Carpenter

Writer/Editor

https://write-2-be.com/

http://write2bemagazine.com/

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A Preptober Post: Top Ten Writing Video Channels You Should Subscribe To

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 jcladyluv

I have come to incorporate watching writing videos into my daily routine and they have become a great source of motivation and inspiration for me as a writer. Technically the term for them is called Author Tuber videos but I like to refer to them as just writing videos. Now I’m not an author tuber or anything (although I am researching venturing into that avenue) but as a writer I am always looking for ways to gain knowledge in the writing area and honestly it gets me really motivated to write and create things for my brand.

There are quite a few author tubers that have Preptober videos out, equipped with details on the multiple ways to outline your novel, ways to increase your word count during NaNoWriMo, tips on how to stay motivated throughout the month of November, and of course NaNoWriMo survivor guides. Also most, if not all, of the author tubers that I am listing below have live write in sessions where you can join other writers and do writing sprints and other writer things to help get you through the month National Novel Writing Month. So below are my top ten favorite Author Tuber videos for you to check out and hopefully you will love them just as much as I do:

1) Kate Cavanaugh