On Reading and the Writing Life

Apparently, there’s communities of folks making Book and Authortube videos, in which they essentially talk about books, writing, and publishing. Since I’ve been wanting to get back into making videos, these community topics seemed a good way to focus my ideas around.

One of the things that a lot of folks in this community do is the Newbie Tag  — which is essentially a list of questions about you and your interests as a means of introduction. It sounded like fun, so I thought I’d go for it — although with my own flare.

Booktube and Authortube each have their own unique set of questions (listed below), created by Brenda C. and Jenna Streety, respectively. Rather than making them as two separate videos, I decided to incorporate them together, editing to avoid repeated questions and (hopefully) making things flow.

I hope you enjoy the video, and if you decide to do your own newbie tag, please let me know. I’d be happy to check it out.

Booktube Questions

  1. Why did you start this channel?
  2. What are some fun and unique things you can bring to Booktube?
  3. What are you most excited for about this new channel?
  4. Why do you love reading?
  5. What book or book series got you into reading?
  6. What questions would you ask your favorite booktuber?
  7. What challenges do you think starting a booktube channel will be the hardest to overcome?

Authortube Questions

  1. How did you find out about AuthorTube?
  2. What genres do you write in?
  3. What is your preferred writing tense, point of view, and category of story? (Children’s, YA, NA, Adult, etc.)
  4. Are you a plotter, pantser, or plantser?
  5. Are you a self-published, published, or yet-to-be published?
  6. What publishing company, literary agent, and/or printing company are you represented by or use? If you’re not yet published, what is your dream publishing house and/or literary agent?
  7. What AuthorTube related videos can we expect to find on your channel?
  8. When did you start writing?
  9. What was the first story you ever wrote?
  10. What authors have inspired your writing the most?
  11. Do you schedule your writing sessions or simply get to writing whenever you can find the time?
  12. Do you type on a computer, typewriter, write everything out by hand, or use a blend of those? And where do you write in general?
  13. What are you most looking forward to now that you’re a part of AuthorTube?

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One Reply to “On Reading and the Writing Life”

  1. Your post makes me nostalgic of when I used to record book reviews. If only I had the time to take it up again.

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