Today, I’m sharing my (Leenie’s) Nature’s Fury and Delights collection of novelettes with you. Or should I say rambling on about my Nature’s Fury collection since I was struggling with some brain fog issues when I recorded this yesterday. 🙂
I’m also trying out a new mic set up. One of these days I’ll get all the tech stuff figured out. (I hope LOL) Probably about the time I start to feel a bit more comfortable being on camera? Maybe?
Enjoy!
Sorry this one is getting posted a bit late today (in the afternoon rather than the morning for me). I managed to pick up a head cold somewhere and so took a couple of sick days. I’m still sick, but I can think a bit better today and my eyes aren’t watering too badly so I can wear my glasses and see. 🙂 And that meant I could get this video sorted out and posted so I could share it here. (Thankfully, I had recorded this before I got sick!)
Here’s what it’s about:
In this What’s Up Wednesday installment, I’m showing you the process I use to upload a book to the Collections section of my Patreon page.
AND…
In the process of getting this video ready to share, I learned a new editing skill. (yay!) You’ll hear me apologize for background sounds that I knew my mic was going to pick up in the background. And did it ever pick them up. (I need a better mic)
I thought that this video was going to be a lost cause. That I was going to have to just scrap it and start over. But then, I searched YouTube for how to remove background noises in videos, and while I did not find one that told me to use the software I had, the steps were the same. Here’s what I did:
This is an exciting new skill for me since I don’t have a door on my “office” and my mic is not super great, so there are frequent sounds going on around me and being picked up by the mic. So, this is one step towards better videos (or so I hope.) 🙂
Anyway… I hope you enjoy this look behind the scenes at one task from my author life.
Enjoy!
Leenie
This video is long — just over 27 minutes! There are links to various portions (chapters) of the video in the description on YouTube if you want timestamps to jump between.
Welcome to 2025! In this first What’s Up Wednesday video of the year, I’m giving an update on some of the things in my writing life.
Enjoy! (And I’ll be back on Saturday with 2025’s first Broadsheet!!)
<3 Leenie
How curious are you? Would you like to see just a few minutes of what sort of work goes into making a digitally narrated audiobook?
That’s what I’m sharing today in this video.
Currently, I’m working on getting Waking to Mr. Darcy ready to share on YouTube (and to list on Kobo), so I thought it was a great time to let you see behind the curtain and get a peek at the time and effort that I put into creating audiobooks, vignettes, and digitally narrated blog posts. (The process of editing is the same for them all. 🙂 )
I hope you enjoy this look into #mywritinglife.
Leenie Ann
Today, I’m updating you on several of the projects I’ve got on the go at the moment. I’ve also stuck a short personal health update in there (it’s a good thing) at the top of the video. This one is a little bit longer than some Wednesday posts at just over 17.5 minutes. Hopefully, you’ll still find it an enjoyable update to listen to.
