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HI everybody! I'm Joey Paul and I'm an indie author. And today
we're gonna be talking what I've been up to in the past month. We're also gonna be talking
about the goals I set myself two months ago, how I've done and the goals I'm gonna set
for the coming two months. So why don't we start with my life over the past month? As
usual we'll split it into three segments starting with work. I managed 24 chapters, 109 pages
and 61,825 words in August, and I was very very happy with that. I got a bunch of videos
planned and I'm super excited about sharing them with you all. I'm also getting to the
point where I'm almost ready to share and announce the books that are coming in 2019.
So watch for a video about that. Also getting ready for Darker which is coming up fast.
So if you want to join us on October 6th, be sure to grab a ticket at the link below.
For those who don't know, Darker is, the Darker Side Of Fiction, an author signing that deals
with authors who only write dark genres. This will be my second year going and I'm super
excited for it. It was also my thirteen year Authorversary on August 10th. And I had an
amazing day. I spent the day writing and enjoying myself, looking at how far I'd come since
Blackout was first released in 2005. On the advice on some friends, and some of you guys,
I got a mic hooked up and started using that to record the audio I didn't realise how hard
it was for you to hear me and I'm hoping this will work better. However since I record in
advance, it won't be until the end of September that you'll be getting continual videos with
better sound. I simply don't have the time or the scripts to re-record all the ones between
now and then. I just ask that you be patient with me while we go through this for the final
videos with the bad sound and into the ones with the better hookup. Talking of being patient,
I wondered if any of you would like me to do a vlog of my time at Darker. Lemme know
in the comments and I'll take my video camera and get some shots of what it's like to be
at a signing and all of that. I'm pretty solid that I''m gonna do this, I'm not sure when
I'll be able to slot it into the recording schedule and all of that stuff. So I'm gonna
have to think about it. And in health, I had my twelfth dose of Mepo on the 24th and it
went mostly okay. I had some side effects but I think a lot of that was tied into a
mini flare so it didn't help matters. I've actually been having a good month health wise,
so that's always a bonus. There was the occasional bad day but mostly it was all good. And in
the miscellaneous section. Summer is almost over, but we had a good time off school. I
can't quite believe how fast it went but it always does. And we're looking forward to
starting the new school year and all of that jazz. So now to look at my last bi-monthly
goals and see how I did. Goal number one was to write 40 chapters, 20 of each book, which
I did. I managed 44 chapters! Goal number 2 was to read 20 books. I did that too. I
don't know the final number but I know that I read at least ten, over ten each month so
therefore I did. Number three. Do two author tag videos. I also did this. I did the author
origins tag and the story ideas tag which I will link up in the cards. Number four.
Get to 400 subs on Youtube. I did not do this, I did have a few subs, but the counter didn't
change so I'm not counting it as done. Number five. Take part in #TeaserTuesday every week.
Done and had a lot of fun doing so. Number six. Take part in #1lineWed every week. Also
done, though I did miss the first week because of BLISS so I'm not sure if that counts against
me but I'm calling it done. Number seven. Do at least one Insta story a day. Also done
and I'm very happy with keeping up with this. It's something I very much enjoy. Number eight.
Send Invisible to CPs. Done and although I don't have it back yet, I am looking forward
to their thoughts. Number nine. Do one giveaway on Tumblr or Youtube. I didn't do this because
I simply just didn't have the time. And number ten. Post to Insta at least three times a
week. I did that as well. So that's what? Eight out of ten? I'm calling that a success.
So now I've got to set new ones for the months of September and October. Number one. Write
40 chapters - 20 of each book. Number two. Read 20 books. Number three. Do a tag collab
with another authortuber. Number four. Get to 400 subs on youtube. Number five. Do one
giveaway on Tumblr/Youtube. Number six. Post to Insta at least three times a week. Number
seven. Take part in #TeaserTuesday every week. Number eight. Take part in #1lineWed every
week. Number nine. Post four bonus videos. I have some planned but I'd really like to
see if I could get more. So yeah we'll see if I make this one. Number five...er...number
ten even [laughs] Take two days off completely each month. Now I take one day off completely
because of Mepo but I'd like to try and have two days where it's just doing no work at
all. Number eleven. Do one hour of twitter every writing day. I need to get better at
engaging on twitter, and while I got through spits and sparts of doing it, I want to set
aside a goal to do it at least one hour every writing day. So we'll see. And number twelve.
Watch one episode of TV at least twice a week. Because I literally read and write and do
nothing else and it made sense to have a goal that implied I did other things as well. So
those are my goals, that's what I've done, and basically that's it, that's all I have
time for today. If you wanna get in touch with me you can comment or subscribe. I post
new videos on Thursdays. You can find me all over social media. And my books are available
everywhere. And don't forget to check out Darker 2018 where I will be signing books
in October. All the links for which are listed below. Thanks for watching and remember to
keep writing! Bye!