ShaelinWrites | Finishing My Book! | Writing Vlog @ShaelinWrites | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Well look at that! It only took six years.

Reflecting on Finishing this Draft: youtube.com/watch?v=s3ecibzckhs

Check out my brother's fantasy booktube channel!: youtube.com/channel/UCGmV3n8vDWVPpuBldIfk0Ig

The rest of this book's journey:
→A (false) Start: youtube.com/watch?v=pE4FmtjQnLE&t=204s
→Restarting! | NaNoWriMo part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=c2hFsInNdUQ
→Losing NaNoWriMo and Thriving: youtube.com/watch?v=TKMYNirm2n0
→Drafting Ups and Downs: youtube.com/watch?v=U5OJsBzzyuE&t=400s
→The Best Writing Days of My Life: youtube.com/watch?v=T6KIHvyIgPM

Let's chat about:
0:00 - What's up with this book?
6:18 - Struggling to get back into writing
8:39 - Being unable to get through a block
12:03 - The relationship between writing and mental health
14:16 - Figuring out the problem & being thankful for mistakes
21:34 - Getting through the block
22:19 - Having fun with writing again
25:26 - A writing retreat TBR
28:05 - My mini writing retreat
31:12 - Finishing my book!
32:35 - Final reflections and thoughts

→BLM petitions, donations, and resources (updating list): blacklivesmatters.carrd.co / blacklivesmattercanada.carrd.co
→Anti-Racism Resource Guide: allyresourceguide.com
→Issues in the World (updating): issuesintheworld.carrd.co

MY SHORT FICTION:
☾I Will Never Tell You This - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/never-tell-you-this
☾Solarium - Minola Review: minolareview.com/shaelin-bishop
☾Barefoot - The Fiddlehead [print only]: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/282
☾Wishbone - PRISM international [print only]: prismmagazine.ca/2020/04/19/prism-58-3-sprawl-is-live
☾Wishbone - video reading: vimeo.com/420052282
☾Cherry and Jane in the Garden of Eden - The Puritan: puritan-magazine.com/cherry-and-jane-in-the-garden-of-eden
☾Hold Me Under Till I See the Light - The New Quarterly: tnq.ca/story/hold-me-under-till-i-see-the-light
☾Beautiful Animal - Room: roommagazine.com/issues/twine
☾Zugzwang - Plenitude: plenitudemagazine.ca/zugzwang

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BOOK REVIEWS: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8-jsG6NG3oKlrHVFgs9UZCxJjB0Azqco

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OUTRO MUSIC: "l u v t e a [acoustic]" by Autumn Keys

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