YouTube
I have a YouTube channel I began in 2007 with the intention
of posting poetry and excerpts from my books.
Has anyone noticed how my responses
to this challenge so often make reference to ‘my intentions?
I suppose this makes
me a person of good intentions – but of poor of outcomes.
On joining YouTube, I
posted a video of one of my sons tap dancing while wearing thongs – Australian speak
for flip flops and not something designed to strangle one’s nether regions – I
wasn’t going to put the link here but, oh, okay, here it is – in
his (or my or our) defence, I’d like to say he is now a few years older, maybe a
little wiser and less inclined to dance in thongs of any persuasion, although
the child within is alive and well.
Every so often I revisit my intention and ‘think’ about what
I might post. Three times I’ve updated my webcam to achieve a better result and even
recorded some poems, but never been happy with the result. Maybe I’ll try again
today.
There, I’ve just put it on my To-Do list – that place of good intentions
that, all too often, turns into the repository of aim and purpose.
Mostly I use YouTube as a learning resource. Some of my
favourites are How to
pitch your novel and Pitching
your novel both of which I reference when running my Pitching Your Novel
Workshop for participants to follow up on later, and What to bring to a writing
conference is also a good one.
There are so many clever posts, I don’t think I have a
favourite, but I have been known to dawdle and draw inspiration from Debbie Byrne
singing Heroes and, while the video is not of the highest quality, it is worth a visit.
Your son is a fine dancer! I can only imagine that in tap shoes. :) Quite entertaining, Merlene! :) Thanks for sharing your links, too! WRITE ON!
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