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Shauna's Book Journal
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Добавлен 7 ноя 2019
Shauna is a blogger, RUclipsr, avid reader and freelance editor. She usually has her nose in a book and a cup of tea next to her. She also does manuscript evaluations and a huge nerd for grammar.
She loves reading a variety of genres, including Fantasy, Upmarket, and Memoirs. She also loves to discuss these books with anyone who will listen, mainly her husband and cat.
When she’s not reading or writing she’s watching funny dog and cat videos, experimenting with new dinner recipes, or dreaming about opening a cozy bookstore and café.
Shauna is always available for collaborations and sponsorships. If you want to chat about books, wine, animals, or anything else, don’t hesitate in reaching out!
She loves reading a variety of genres, including Fantasy, Upmarket, and Memoirs. She also loves to discuss these books with anyone who will listen, mainly her husband and cat.
When she’s not reading or writing she’s watching funny dog and cat videos, experimenting with new dinner recipes, or dreaming about opening a cozy bookstore and café.
Shauna is always available for collaborations and sponsorships. If you want to chat about books, wine, animals, or anything else, don’t hesitate in reaching out!
Writing Mistakes I See Most Often as an Editor
Here are just a few mistakes I see most often as a freelance editor. This is by no means an exhaustive list but I wanted to share with writers so that they can start focusing in on some of these things. Always be sure to ask beta readers, critique partners, developmental editors, etc if you are falling into any of these traps!
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Different Reading Formats
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Ever wanted to change up your reading? How about discovering a new way of reading? I go into the different formats of reading and even go into comic books! Reading is reading no matter what format you consume and I’m happy to share all the different ones in this video! Also check out my blog here and sign up for my newsletter for all my latest reading updates and writing and editing tips! shaun...
August 2024 Reading Wrap Up
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Here is my August 2024 Reading Wrap Up! It seems that this time of year I always begin to hit a bit of a slump. What I’m reading is starting to shift some but I know I’ll be jumping back into fantasy and epic adventures real soon! Let me know down in the comments below how your reading is going this year and if you’ve read anything I mentioned in the video and what you thought! Also check out m...
Unboxing Throne of Glass Collectors Edition!!
Просмотров 902 месяца назад
My collectors edition of the Throne of Glass series came in early! Watch me and my best friend Jordan unbox this beautiful set and basically cry tears of joy. This is my favorite series and to have this amazing set to be on my shelf is just the most perfect thing I could ever ask for. I purchased this set from AcryliPics who makes the most amazing collectors editions of all different books as w...
How to get out of a reading slump
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Ever been stuck in a reading slump? I definitely have and these are just a few tricks I use to help get me out of it! What are some tricks you use to help remember your love of reading? Let me know down in the comments! Producer of my channel: rebuiltminds.com/ Also check out my blog here, where I discuss all things bookish, writing, and editing and sign up for my newsletter for all my latest r...
Week in my life vlog
Просмотров 533 месяца назад
Join me for a week in my life! I lead a pretty busy life right now but it’s been a lot of fun and I’m enjoying the challenges life keeps throwing my way. So I’m doing the good stressing in this vlog! Producer of my channel: rebuiltminds.com/ Writing challenge I’m participating in: www.forestandfawnretreats.com/augustchallenge Also check out my blog here, where I discuss all things bookish, writ...
July 2024 Reading Wrap Up
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July was a pretty slim reading month for me, but that’s ok! Because I still read some awesome books. I’m continuing my trend of reading some nonfiction books and I gotta throw in some dark romance! Let me know down in the comments below how your reading is going this year and if you’ve read anything I mentioned in the video and what you thought! Also check out my blog here, where I discuss this...
Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag 2024
Просмотров 394 месяца назад
I’m one month late to the party but here is my Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag! If you’ve done this tag, let me in the comments so I can check out your video and/or blog! Let me know down in the comments below how your reading is going this year and if you’ve read anything I mentioned in the video and what you thought. Also check out my blog, where I discuss this wrap up and sign up for my newslett...
June 2024 Reading Wrap Up
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Here’s June 2024 monthly reading wrap up! This was a great reading month for me and I got to read a wide variety of books. From fantasy (obviously), non fiction books about writing, graphics novels, all the way to audiobooks, I’d say June was a great reading month! Let me know down in the comments below how your reading is going this year and if you’ve read anything I mentioned in the video and...
Creating my TBR Jar
Просмотров 494 месяца назад
Sit with me while I create my TBR Jar and answer some questions. This is a very chill video where I’m answering some questions for you to get to know me a little better while I write down all the books to go in my TBR Jar. Grab a drink and pull out a craft yourself and join me! I’d love to also know some of your answers to the questions I answer in this video as well! Questions I answer: Who is...
April and May 2024 Reading Wrap up
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We’re playing major catch up over here! This is my April and May monthly reading wrap ups for you. You can tell my reading has started picking up now, thankfully! Let me know down in the comments below how your reading is going this year and if you’ve read anything I mentioned in the video and what you thought! Books mentioned in this video: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas bookshop.org/a/104903/9...
February and March 2024 Reading Wrap Up
Просмотров 225 месяцев назад
Finally, here is my February and March reading wrap up! The first few months of this year have been rough and my reading list is showing that. I’ve read some really great books so far this year though and I’m slowly starting to catch up on my reading goal! Let me know down in the comments below how your reading is going this year and if you’ve read anything I mentioned in the video and what you...
Bookshop Vlog-Come book shopping with me!
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Bookshop Vlog-Come book shopping with me!
Health Update//I’ve been diagnosed with Graves Disease
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Health Update//I’ve been diagnosed with Graves Disease
Booktube (not so) Newbie Tag//One Year on Booktube!
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Booktube (not so) Newbie Tag//One Year on Booktube!
Thank you for the great info!’n
Do you know what agents are looking for right now and NOT wanting right now? I think it helps to know what’s selling so I can wait to query if needed. Trends are a bit unpredictable but are helpful to be aware of so rejection is easier.
Nothing new.
We all don't have to agree on everything (i would argue a few different points than you do) but it's extremely weird to see multiple men critiquing your video in strange ways. Nitpicking, complaining, telling you how to make your video instead of debating the content. I don't see this nearly as often on videos that men make. It's exhausting to read as a viewer, and I can't imagine how it feels as a creator. You're doing great. Hang in there.
You should put your “About Me” in a channel video to reference. It is amateurish to put it in every video. I also recommend scripting your video to make sure your example lands and not rambling.
Alright, now I can follow these advices and start writing my new chapter 😤🔥❤
A great exercise for “show not tell” is to play with chat (AI). When you tell him to write a scene where a character is excited about buying a new book, he will literally write that the character (let's call him Sean) was excited because he bought a new book. But if you make him write the situation without using those words or synonyms, just describe what his excitement was about and why, chances are he'll write well. “Sean squeezed the book tightly, as if he was afraid, he would let it out of his hands. He walked quickly, and his heart was beating hard, not just from fatigue. 'Finally,' he thought, 'I've waited so long for this book to come out! I can't wait to learn more about the fate of the characters. He smiled at the thought of the pleasure of reading that awaited him.” That's “show, not tell.” :) But, but, Sean meets a colleague who asks him why he's so happy. At this point Sean can, and should, say, “I'm excited because I bought a new book.”
I would encourage you to use AI chatbots as little as possible for the sake of the environment. Just a single user submitting 20-30 queries uses up 500ml of fresh water just to keep the servers cool, that isn't even touching on the massive amount of power they take. Now multiply that by billions of users, each with dozens upon dozens of prompts and questions every single hour. The data farms cause double the amount of carbon emissions per year than a person does.
Billions of users aren’t using it at the same time. Using youtube or anything else that demands resources can be condemned in the same way.
@@frizzyrascal1493 Not really, it's a question of magnitude. The central IEA estimate for one hour of streaming video in 2019 36g of CO2 is emitted (so about 804g per 24 hours). An hour of RUclips videos is about 28g CO2 (~672g per 24 hours). Now compare that with chatgpt where each message you send to produces about 4.32 grams of CO2. ChatGPT received 10 million queries per day during launch week in November 2022 (and WAY more people use it now, an estimate of 50 million unique users per day) it uses a minimum of 30,000 GPUs so around 43,200kg CO2 is being emitted daily from ONE CHATBOT SITE! And that's not even touching on the water needed to keep all that equipment cool. It's a nightmare. Obviously with those numbers Streaming and RUclips are huge problems for the environment and we need to take action, but AI needs to be trained and is generating new content, not delivering pre-made content. And then there's the ethical questions because it's also trained on stolen work.
@@frizzyrascal1493 Apparently YT didn't like me naming specific companies/sites/orgs because it deleted my comment. Ugh! What I was trying to say was that of course YT and streaming make huge impacts on the environment and we need to take action but the ai chatbots require FAR more power and water consumption because it needs to be trained (on stolen work), it needs to store the info, run computations, generate new data, store that new data so it can be re-used to generate more new data, AND both power and cool the equipment and estimated 30,000 gpus required to run each site vs the streaming of pre-existing content that only needs to be stored, fetched, and displayed. One hour of streaming video in 2019 generated about 36g of CO2 vs the leading chatbot producing approximately 4.32 grams of CO2 per query. An estimated 50 million unique users are using that specific ai chat per day and they are making a bare minimum of 10 queries per user, per day. And there are now dozens upon dozens of these sites now. The magnitude of the damage from AI is far greater.
@ We can run this equation for nearly everything. There are deeper fish to fry than AI. As long as India, China and the US keep their emissions so high, all of this won’t matter. The 50 million daily AI users won’t make the difference.
Thank you! These are wonderful points to consider. I have self published and illustrated children's books, and have self published poetry but also aspire to write novels. I love the encouragement! The piece about character development really resonates with me.
Thank You! 👍💥
Thanks for this! I am struggling to revitalize my current books and improve moving forward. Very helpful!
Regarding word counts - what it is the minimum and maximum word count for an erotica novel? Thanks
Thanks for the “Save the Cat” - will borrow from library!
Every time i hear the word, "Caveat" i imagine someone eating canned catfood with a fork...
Fish eggs ...😊
And now I will as well. Lol
That's weird. For some reason that word makes me picture golf divets sometimes.
I love your channel so much!! I'm an aspiring author and I love learning more about the craft from a pro!! :D
New subscriber! :D
Yay! Glad you're here 😄
My debut grimdark fantasy novel is 65,000 words in total (At least in its first draft iteration). I am worried if this is too short or not.
Possibly. Start your re-writing by cutting and tightening. This leaves room for further development and can spark ideas. My suggestion: condense before expanding. Several cycles.
@@jefftitterington7600 I want to start doing a second draft very soon
You record a video. Not film it.
Saying indef articl as 'ay' instead of 'a' as in Ago Alive Anew - is the most sickening thing ever.
Liked the video. As a tip, start with why we are here and introduce later. The real video starts at 2.00
This is the third video I've seen in as many weeks with a woman giving writing advice and being critiqued in ways I don't notice being applied to men who make similar videos. And the ones who don't open with their credentials get questioned about them in the comments, too. Nothing wrong with constructive criticism, but I hope you're applying it across the board.
@zanzaboonda most definitely. It's something that is applicable to all people, it's basically applying the same thing they would apply with a book. Don't start with info dumping, start with why we're here.
Excellent advice. I love descrptive writing and im always doing my best to show not tell.
Thank you! Showing and not telling definitely takes some practice, it's something I even struggle with in my own writing. But having someone point it out always helps!
It's "not the be all and end all". That makes me slightly reluctant to hire you as an editor. It's difficult to think and talk while making a video, I know. Perhaps hire an editor for your videos...might improve them.
Nice insights, and gentle explanations/tips to go with them :)
Thank you so much!
Keep going 🎉🎉. This is definitely your thing. ❤❤❤
Unbroken I’ve walked to and from I’ve walked with and without And I’ve walked with you It’s just a curiosity on a morning walk Today I am alone but I’m thinking of you And how you would be taken at the oddity Of this ornament, broken by the side of the road Laying on its side, bulb cracked, wires exposed The fence post lamp has been knocked down, undone Most trivial - unimportant And most would just walk on by But you And I think of all the questions you have And the hows and the whys And all the plans defined and formulated To unmain, to heal, to rectify You are not here, still you’re with me And I carry your wonderings And your plans, and your awe Your abandon to that simple moment I’ve walked to and from I’ve walked with and without Today I walk alone With your hand in mine And in every step, I feel your heart And in a broken lamp, your shining light How much of you Has unbroken me
Thank you from Egypt
Very happy to have discovered your channel. I write romance and am also a developmental editor. Subscribed.
The biggest issue I see is not finishing the story gracefully. Great beginnings, often decent middles, and inconclusive or weak endings. That and, loads of telling, style inconsistencies (folks, learn CMOS please), and unrealistic dialogue. But yeah, the biggest issue I see is a big storytelling stumble at the end.
@@t0dd000 that is definitely up there too! The ending needs to be just as strong as the beginning!
very helpful thank you Shauna. Are you able to do an episode on publishing vs self-publishing and how to succeed in both?
@@Jm-uh7wg I was already planning that video! Thank you so much for the suggestion!
Good advice. When you were talking about writing out everything a character likes/ reacts it reminded me of hearing about Tolkien and how he had absolutely crazy worldbuilding that he spent many years developing long before he put LOTR to paper
Thank you so much! It definitely helps but you don't want to get too bogged down in world building and forget to write the book lol. So always find your limit and remember not to get too caught up in it :)
@@shaunasbookjournal ain't that the truth!
would you suggest reading house of slaughter before something is killing?
I'm a big advocate for reading things in publishing order 😅 but even still I recommend Something is Killing the Children first to ease into the world a little bit slower 😊
@@shaunasbookjournal good to know, thanks!
@@neuromantic4313 Of course!
This is so helpful!
@@shainaghuraya2940 thank you I’m glad it helped 😍😍
Hi Shauna! Discovered you & your channel through this video ❤️✌🏼🌹
@@lubispensieve hi and welcome! So glad you’re here 😄
I am enjoying your page! Keep it going!!❤
@@brendagolden8901 thank you so much 😄
Tony feeds Toph leaves, distant voice, "My cabbages!!!"
@@Delta5Qmp hahaha literally the best! 😂😂😂
I still haven't filmed my midyear freak out so you're ahead of me 😭🤣
@@kaesinfinitelibrary hahaha middle of the year is up to interpretation so no worries 😂 let me know when you post it though I’d love to check it out!
The cat looks away, “RUclips is beneath me.”
Hahaha she was so mad at me for holding her for so long to take the picture. She was definitely thinking that!
YOU ARE WRITING A BOOK!!??!! Omg I need a sneak peek!!!! You have read so many books just in one month while I have only read the same book twice because I just loved it so much the first time.
@@jennifromtheblock13 But that’s totally fine! Whatever brings you joy is what you should read ❤️❤️❤️ and yes I’m writing a book 😍 it’s in the very very early stages but you will definitely be one of the first that gets a peak when it’s closer to being ready! Lol
I actually don’t have an author who I read constantly. I can read one complete series, but then not really read the spinoff Because I get sooo attached to the main characters story. Okay hear me out… Romancing Mister Bridgerton! I have read this book 3-4 times now! Pen and Colin are obviously my favorite couple and yes I have watched the season like 10 times! I actually really love the book! Would you ever read the Bridgerton book series? Or seen the series yet? Halloween is also my favorite holiday and I am so aligned with you because Christmas has really grown on me! I have always liked Christmas Christmas and Halloween are on the same level at the moment!
Also!!!!! The music box from phantom of the opera is amazing!!!!!! Sooo jealous omg! I love phantom of the opera tooo!!! I have never seen that in real life!
@@jennifromtheblock13 I’ve seen the series but not this season just yet! I know I’m so behind 🫠 but my favorite was the queen charlotte season lol. I would absolutely read this series though! It’s just been on my tbr list for so long 🫣😂
My sister and I were literally at Barnes and noble today! Hooked is one of the books we were interested in reading! Definitely need to read and add Emily mcintire books to the list! I just finished Romancing mister bridgerton after watching the new season and I’m absolutely in love with it that I’m reading it again!
I need to get on the Bridgerton Train! I love the show but haven't read the books yet. The Queen Charlotte season though was definitely my favorite. And yes you and your sister BOTH need to read anything by Emily McIntire because they are SO good!!
Thank you for including good subtitles! Far too few people do
Absolutely! 😍😍😍 and I 100% agree, it should definitely be utilized more often!
60 Books!??? And I thought 5 was alot! 😂 Great video!
And be so wonderfullll! 60!!! That’s a lot for me too!! A book club would be so fun! Sometimes I’m scared that I wouldn’t be able to keep up with chapters to stay on the same page as everyone! A mobile book trailer is so cool! When I was younger a school bus would come around full of books to check out like a library and that’s actually where I read my first Harry Potter! So hearing about a mobile book trailer brings back so many happy memories! LIL EEEE
I have heard the name fourth wing but I did not know it was about dragon riders! A must have read I need to do now is blood and ash! I think I have the book and just haven’t read it yet! I’m really big into the zodiacs academy series so if fourth wing and from blood and ash is like that I need to hope on! Bond with 5?! Wow definitely looking this one up! I definitely did not know about Carmilla!
Omg yes get into fourth wing asap!! From blood and ash is great too 😍 and I’m so excited to start the zodiac series this year! It’s definitely up there on my list now! ❤️❤️❤️
Welcome back!!! Loved the video!!
Thank you! 😃
Hey personality! I hope you like my query for Bonding Weekend!!!!!! Your band wishlist!
Cutest possible cat :)
Thanks for the update! The new cat is adorable! I hope the health stuff resolves soon and for the better. Miss you both! (this is Ari btw)
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Hey! So how are you doing these days?
Ahhh, Shauna! I had no idea! I feel for you, and I totally get it! You're so awesome for sharing this! This does make me feel better about being vocal about my own diagnosis because you never know who it might help.