Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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✨ Hello friends, and welcome to my summer vlog 2025! ✨

This summer was such a beautiful mix of travel, daily life, and a whole lot of writing. I started the season in Italy, spent a magical day in Paris writing at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (in the breathtaking Richelieu room!), had a mini writing retreat in Hendaye with a friend, traveled to Sweden for the Stockholm Writers Festival, visited family in between… and ended the summer with 80,000 words written on my fantasy novel first draft. 💻📚

In this vlog, you’ll see:
✈️ My travels through Italy, Paris, and Sweden
🏖️ A cozy writing retreat by the ocean
🍓 Smoothies, snacks, and snippets of everyday life
📖 My ups and downs while pushing my fantasy novel to 80k words
🤓 Writing sprints, plotting headaches, and the joy of finding solutions with writing buddies
🐕 New furry friends (and a surprise challenge: learning all 50 U.S. states!)

This was truly my summer of writing, and I loved documenting both the progress and the adventures along the way.

If you’re into writing vlogs, travel diaries, or just cozy everyday moments, I hope you’ll enjoy watching this one.

💌 Thank you for being here, and happy watching!

#WritingVlog #SummerVlog #FantasyNovel

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✨ Chapters ✨
0:00 Intro
0:26 It starts in Italy
01:36 Paris day trip
03:01 Writing updates & daily life
09:35 Mini writing retreat in Hendaye
11:26 More writing updates & daily life
23:35 Visiting my sister
25:58 Home Sweet Home
27:47 Visiting my mum
28:27 Pushing my fantasy novel draft to 80k words
29:30 It ends in Sweden
30:41 Bonus clip: learning all 50 U.S. states

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