Hi humans and extraterrestrials! Hope you are all doing well this fine day! I know I am! Sorta... BUT that's not important. What is important is that I have a novel. One that I'm writing. For real this time. This is not a drill. I've been working on it for a while and I am getting so hyped for it. This is going to be one of those over-hyped novels, except the only one over-hyping it will be me, the author. And maybe my family *waves* HI ASSORTED FAMILY MEMBERS (I'm not saying my dreams rest on you guys, but... all my dreams rest on you guys)! At this point I have the rough draft finished and I have pushed my way through the first round of editing due to the encouragement of a dear friend *waves* HI FRIEND (I'm not saying you are the only reason I got through the first round of editing, but... you are the only reason I got through the first round of editting)! I'm currently working on the super fun process of going through my hard copy of the rough draft and completely retyping it. It is a long, strenuous ordeal, but it is really helpful. This way I can catch all the little things that I missed in Round 1 of edits. In order to keep myself from going crazy whilst doing this, I make myself seem like I'm crazy. That is, I read the story aloud as I retype it. In various accents, some of which may or may not come across as mildly offensive, for which I am sorry. (My default reading voice is "old Russian woman" or Princess Merida from Pixar's Brave. ) While I am reading and listening to music and typing, I also film myself. Why? Your guess is as good as mine. Well, I guess it's because then I can go back and listen (not to the accents) and hear the mistakes as I read them. As I've been doing this, I had considered editing the footage of me acting like a madwoman and posting it on that long forgotten YouTube channel of the same name as this blog. Don't worry, I wasn't stupid enough to do that. I can't edit a video to save my life (as you will see). Instead, I recorded myself explaining my novel and reading a short excerpt from it! Oh wow, oh gosh, oh goodness! Isn't that just fantastic? Well, I thought so too. So I posted it on YouTube. Enjoy:
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