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Last Day of May? WRITING SPRINTS!

Let's finish out May strong...with some writing togetherness! :) Scheduled for: May 31st at 1:30pm CDT.

Also, I'll be a little behind on shout-outs for the month but I'll get them added to June's videos, thanks y'all!

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(updated) May Writing Experiment! 🌻

Alright y'all! I'm about halfway through Neil Gaiman's MasterClass now! It has been so absolutely wonderful and I can't thank y'all enough for recommending it AND voting on it as one of my experiments (what feels like forever ago bahaha).

Having just finished his section on short stories, I was inspired by what he said and got a few ideas for experiments I could do this month.

For additional information:

100 word mega short story weekend: Ne...

A check-in after our crazy writeathon! 🦄

WOOOOOO, we're done, y'all! We did it!

Well, some of us did it. Some of us (ahem, me) called it a night after 22.5 hours. But I managed to pass 10,000 words rewritten and hosted six writing streams! It was a freaking blast and getting to attempt this challenge alongside y'all made it SO much better.

To that end, PLEASE comment down below and let me know how you did during the challenge! Did you just hang out in the chat during st...

THE FINAL STREAM OF THE 24-HOUR WRITEATHON!

Hello. Am I writing this during a current stream because I'm stuck in my story? Why yes, yes I am.

Here's the final, PATRON ONLY, live write-in. It will start at 11:00pm CST and go until at least 1:00am, more likely 2:30am when I will FINALLY BE DONE WITH THIS MADNESS.

Thanks y'all for joining me on this ride. I'm excited.

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The first livestream for my 24-hour writeathon!

EEEE! The countdown has begun! Here's the link to the Patreon-exclusive first writing sprints! :) I'll have only been up for an hour, but hopefully with the help of coffee and y'all, I'll already be crushing my rewrite!

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Fun shout-out idea for my 24-hour writeathon! ☀️

Hey everyone! Thank you all so much for your suggestions for themed snacks and ways to celebrate milestones! I appreciate it. :)

In combination with a couple suggestions, I thought I would have a "Brought To You By..." thing every hour during the write-a-thon. It would probably just be a pop-up on screen (rather than a verbal shout-out mid video), but I thought it would be fun to pull 12 patrons at random and shout-out their art instagram, authortube channel, important ...

ALRIGHT Y'ALL, I'M DOING THE DUMB THING (again!)

It's 24-hour (re)write-a-thon time!

That's right, I'm doing it again. Only this time, instead of Zero Drafting, I'll be working for 24 hours straight on my Meridian Maps rewrite!

Basically, I'm hoping this time will be different for 2 reasons: the rewrite and when I'm waking up.

My plan is to start at 3:00am CST on Friday, April 16th and work until 2:59am on Saturday! If I go to bed early the night before, I think this will really help me since the hours I struggled withe th...

💚 March's Patreon writing sprints! ☘️

Hey y'all! Thank you so much for all your incredible support this past week, I don't know that I can ever explain how much it's meant to me to read your stories about your own pets and hear how you loved seeing Duke in the vlogs. 💚

While my heart will be heavy for a while, it's time to (slowly) get back to work. I've gone ahead and scheduled our live write-in for Monday, March 29th at 6:30pm CST. I've been trying to vary up our writing streams and times and it's been...

The good old boy has passed away.

Hey everyone.

Just writing an update to let y'all know that Duke, the sweetest little pupperoni ever, is in a better place now. He's been a constant for almost exactly half my life and I'm so incredibly lucky to have had 14.5 amazing, wonderful, walk-filled years with him.

Admittedly, these past couple days have been the hardest, expecting to see him in his usual spots and wanting to reach down to boop his little snoot. I think I cried all of Saturday and half of Sunday, grieving ...

MARCH EXPERIMENT POLL! ☘️

Woooo! Am I late getting this up as half the month is already gone? Yes. Yes, I am. (But I'm very happy to say - if you haven't already seen my instagram post or latest video - that I finished my Meridian Maps, Book 1 rereads! So it's for a very good reason.)

For additional information:

Time tracking for multiple pen names & figuring out balance: This would be a vlog, likely over 2 weeks, and it's something I've been wanting to try for a while...

🦄 February's patron-only writing sprints! 💜

Hey everyone!

With the hopes of reliable internet returning by next week (at the latest!), I've gone ahead and set-up our write-in for February! Currently scheduled for: Thursday the 25th at 2:30pm! 

Fingers crossed, I'll also be on Twitch that morning, so it will be a day full of writing sprints! :)

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Downloadable Writing Tracker (& Winter Weather Update!)

Hi everyone!

First off, hope everyone is staying safe and warm! Lots of y'all will have heard that Texas is getting hit rough in this latest winter storm. Our infrastructure just isn't built to sustain these levels of cold, ice, and snow! My parents have been on alternating power outages for days now and my aunt and uncle have been without water or power for over two days (and they only live three miles from us!).

On a personal note, we've been super lucky. Other than random inter...

RESULTS: Money & Creativity Survey!!

Hey everyone! As the Form has been mostly stagnant the last few days, I figured it was time to share the results of our community poll surrounding money and creativity.

First things first, I want to recognize the creativity in some of these answers (especially the first one!). There's a lot of nuance to be had in, "do you work in a creative capacity or field?" 

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FEBRUARY WRITING EXPERIMENT!

Okay y'all. Lots of options this month. You can see how many came from my newfound love of DnD bahaha. It has inspired several cool ideas. AS ALWAYS, I'm very excited to do any of these, so please choose whichever you'd like most to see THIS month. (And I might still do multiple.)

For additional information:

10K Day with the Discord: This is your classic attempt to write 10,000 words in 1 day. The community is participating all day in the #sprint-...

Survey for a potential future project???

Hey everyone! Y'all know how much I love to pick your brains (and tentatively announce stuff here, so that y'all can talk me into/out of it bahaha).

If you have time, please fill out this quick questionnaire. It's about creativity (in all its forms) and potentially making money from it. I currently have it set up to collect email addresses (so that I can reach out individually for any follow-ups), but if you're not comfortable with that, please let me know and I can quickly change the ...

January patron-only writing sprints! 💫

It's time for our regular monthly live write-in!! Currently scheduled for: Friday the 15th at 11:00am CST! 

I'll also want to pick y'alls brain on timing for Twitch streams vs. 5am writer's club and a few other things. :)

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December Writing Sprints! ❄️

It's the end of 2020!!! I figured there was no better way to finish off this year than with some writing sprints with y'all! So this month's Patreon-exclusive stream is scheduled for December 31st at 9:30am CST!!!

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Quick Personal Update 💜

Hey y'all!

So this weekend my grandmother passed away. It's been a longtime coming, but definitely had its added stress due to COVID. I'm doing alright and know she's much better off and free from pain now. She got to 95, y'all! :)

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll likely have to bump this month's experiment to next month! I know y'all are super flexible with when the videos actually get posted, but just an FYI. 💜

I'll also have the monthly livestream scheduled f...

🎄 December Writing Experiment! 🎄

Hi everyone! Lots of experiments coming your way (or, at least, being filmed during) this December.

But I wanted to pick your brains to see which of these you'd be MOST excited for. As y'all know, I've been taking the Brandon Sanderson lecture series (for free on YouTube). I've also taken the James Patterson Masterclass before and done a Save the Cat reading + outlining vlog. In that vein, I was trying to figure out which self-study sort of thing y'all would have the most interest in fr...

A *(not)* change is coming to this Patreon page!

Hello everyone!

I wasn't entirely sure what to title this as to not raise alarm but also to explain in case Patreon randomly decided to email y'all bahaha.

As you're aware, I only have one tier on this Patreon. I'm very happy that any of y'all have chosen to support me, let alone over 500 of you!  So rest assured, nothing will be changing, except cosmetically.

Some peo...

Your Thoughts on VLOGMAS / a video every day of December??

Hey guys!!

So I figured I'd pick your brains first. I'm thiiiiiinking about doing vlogmas or making a video every day of December (leading up to Christmas Day). Or maybe I could do a "12 Days of" type thing for the month where it's a video every OTHER day?

Please let me know if there's any sort of video TOPIC you'd like to see, any kind of experiment I could do that you'd be interested in, etc.

This is still in the initial planning stages so if I decide I'm ...

November's Patreon live write-in! 🦃

Well. I can't imagine this will be any more eventful than the recent 5-hour livestream, BUT we do have our regular monthly live write-in TOMORROW at 2:30pm CST. This time was chosen since it fell in the range of when people MOST wanted the 5-hour stream but couldn't quite schedule it then. I hope this was a good compromise. :)

There will also be a NaNoWriMo Relay happening on authortube this day/time so there will be TONS of sprinting for those that want it! :)

2020-11-14 01:19:34 +0000 UTC View Post

The 500 patron, 5-hour live write-in!!!

OKAY Y'ALL! It's happening! This Saturday, from 7:00am to 12noon CST. I'm so excited. Thank you all so incredibly much.

AAAAAND because the poll was so close, the typical November writing sprints will be on Saturday, the 14th, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm CST. :) Link to come!

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Yes, it's 1 final poll to figure out the 5-hour livestream. :)

Alright, y'all! Thank you SO MUCH for your feedback on which times work best for you for the 5-hour livestream. Basically, Saturday took the cake by a landslide and then first and second place were 12noon to 5pm CST, and 7am to 12noon, respectively.

HOWEVER, your girl's personal life schedule got rearranged. (As The Boyfriend's birthday is on the 4th and we'll be celebrating with his family early on the evening of the 7th.)

So I'm going to propose one more poll and y'all tell me w...

500 PATRON CELEBRATION (aka I'm hosting a 5-hour write-in)

HELLO, HI, THERE ARE OVER 500 OF YOU NOW. That's insane.

Thank you all SO, SO, SO incredibly much for your continued support. I genuinely can't begin to tell you how much it means to me, how wonderful and encouraging this community is, and how appreciated I feel every time I chat with y'all. Writing can be a lonely hobby and profession and y'all make it 1000x better.

Now in honor of 500 patrons, I wanted to host a 5-hour live write-in. I recognize that, even though this will be my...

👻 october patron-only live writing sprints! 🎃

HELLO! This is currently scheduled for Wednesday, October 21st at 1:30pm CST.

I'll probably be spamming your inboxes a couple more times as I share my upcoming livestream schedule for the rest of Preptober and NaNoWriMo, but I wanted to make sure this was the first thing y'all saw. 

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THE WRITING DISCORD IS LIVE. (Well, it's been live.)

Hey everyone! Dropping in with some quick information. 

The Discord server has been up and running for a little over 2 months now. Everyone should have been ~automagically~ connected by the powers at Patreon, but PLEASE comment down below if you weren't added. There's a whole awesome, incredible group over in the #sprint-sprint-sprint channel that is CRUSHING it each day. If you've been wanting some daily accountability and writing buddies, I highly recommend you check it out. The ...

What's your writing routine??

Okay, so. As of right now, the September writing experiment poll is close enough that I plan to write both like the vlogbrothers AND my subscribers.

I asked on the YouTube community tab for people to fill out an eleven question survey about their writing routine. The stats are VERY interesting, with over 1000 people filling it out! I can't wait to share the information AND write like the "average" subscriber.

(If you haven't yet, feel free to fill out the survey here: 2020-09-19 23:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post

🍃 SEPTEMBER WRITING EXPERIMENT POLL! 🍂

HELLO EVERYONE! :) For a quick personal update, we're doing the final walk-through of the  house tomorrow evening. (We're so excited.) And then we get the keys Tuesday!! That will kick-off our crazy demo week(s) but I figured this was the perfect time to pop in with September's writing experiment poll.

A quick reminder, I'll be using my "time off" doing the house demo as the Writing Vacation from August. :)

Option 1: I Tried Writing Like...the vlogbrothers! 2020-09-06 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

1st Patreon write-in of September! :)

Currently scheduled for: Monday, September 7th @ 7:30am CST. Happy September and Happy Milwordy, y'all! This is going to be the last day before we get the keys to the house and the demo can begin! So I really wanted to make sure I got a lot of words in and hoped y'all would be down for joining.

(To join in the live write-in conversation, click on the video itself so that it opens up a new browser on YouTube! As long as you're signed in to your YouTube a...