If you’re a writer and you have a blog or a YouTube channel, I tag you to do a post or a video and tell your fellow writers what you keep by you when you write. Share the link to your post in the comments here so we can connect and discover some new ideas. Then tag more of your writer friends! Let’s keep it going!
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Blank pages can be much scarier than deadly enemies. If you didn’t know already, I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year – I wouldn’t miss it! If you want to hang out, support each other, or cry together, here’s where you can find me during November: NaNoWriMo’s site. Add me as a writing buddy: https://nanowrimo.org/participants/christie-stratos YouTube. This […]
Remember that time I was a NaNoWriMo YouTube Guide? I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since then! I learned a lot of great lessons from being a YouTube Guide, and I’m sharing them in my latest guest blog post on Writing Belle’s website: http://www.writingbelle.com/2017/09/award-winning-author-christie-stratos.html. There are some lessons you learn only by making mistakes, […]
To celebrate reaching 300 subscribers on YouTube, I’m giving away jewelry and books! To enter the giveaway, comment directly on my video with (1) what video(s) you’d like to see in the future and (2) what prize you’d like to win! Watch the video to see the prizes in store for you. Giveaway ends Wednesday, […]
Help NaNoWriMo get the funding it needs just by voting! Yes, you heard correctly – no need to register, log in, give personal info, or even donate. Voting is all we need to give NaNoWriMo the chance to have some of the funds raised during this year’s Project for Awesome. Watch my video to see […]
Exactly 10 days left of NaNoWriMo! Now is the time to buckle down and make it happen. Here are some tips, encouragement, and helpful apps. How to use word sprints to catch up, determine whether a scene will work in your book, and writer’s block: When should you stop writing to do research – if ever? […]
If you haven’t already heard, I’m partnered with NaNoWriMo this year as a YouTube Guide! I did NaNo videos in 2014 (daily), 2015 (weekly), and now 2016 (twice per week). Wednesdays my videos will be hosted on NaNoWriMo’s YouTube channel and Saturdays I’ll have videos on my own channel. All of these will be added to my […]
raisingdaisy
Great idea! I find chocolate and a pot of tea or coffee absolute essentials to writing. And sometimes popcorn…. 🙂
christiestratos
Glad to hear we think the same way, Daisy! Ooo popcorn, I might have to add that to my “must have” list!