Exploring a wildfire aftermath. (off-road wilderness adventure) Isaac Marion 2024-10-19 | (Episode 22) I watched this land burn and wanted to explore the aftermath. Central Washington is wildfire country, a constant threat every summer, and all summer I watch the smoke billowing in the distance from my clifftop perch at the Outpost. But this was the first time I could see the fire itself blazing on the horizon, turning a vast swath of land into scorched earth. Since I'm still waiting for notes on my new novel (I'm the author of Warm Bodies, by the way!) I decided it was time for an expedition into the wasteland. I hesitate to call it an "adventure" because this one's pretty grim...but as always, with glimmers of hope.All footage and music by me.(Rhodes electric piano, bowed guitar)#offroad #wildfire #ruralexploration Why Make Art? Why Share Life? What Am I Doing in the Wilderness?youtu.be/m0gZvQBw2L0Wandering the Wasteland in Search of Weird Wondersyoutu.be/I0ubOHYH7mMStrange Dirt Road Through the Mountainsyoutu.be/cOEF5ktIUh800:00 Cabin Fever00:55 Watching it Burn01:30 Into the Wasteland02:50 Finding Water03:28 Going Off-Road5:25 Unfortunate Creatures8:00 Life Springs9:33 This Is Normal?11:35 Someone Else's Outpost12:13 Bob and the Music
I was a struggling artist, then I got my dream job. Big mistake. Isaac Marion 2025-09-06 | You might think writing Warm Bodies would set me up for life, but it only kicked me onto the long and bumpy road of freelance writer hustle. Artist or employee? Independence or security? Smart moves or mad ones? Here's a story about the big choices, and what a year as lead writer of The Bazaar taught me about the illusion of stability.Support me on Patreon as I charge back into the writer life, lessons learned, levels gained. patreon.com/isaacmarion0:00 Intro1:43 Warm Bodies money2:50 Freelancers with families3:50 Joys of employment6:00 My own art dies8:15 Laid off8:48 None of us are safe9:40 Choosing to stay free
Why I love living in my miserable little shack Isaac Marion 2025-08-10 | My home is a converted storage shed with 130 square feet of living space. No bathroom. Barely enough space to sit down. It makes most tiny houses look like mansions. But I'd rather be here than anywhere else. It's miserable, but it's MY miserable! Learn to love whatever little shack you call home.All writing, footage, and music by me. No AI, ever.An album of my music from this channel:https://tr.ee/yY7HkSUWv_
Worst real estate ad ever? Mountain cabin on 20 acres, central Washington, 250k Isaac Marion 2025-07-12 | Yes, this is real and yes it's still available! Zillow listing here: zillow.com/homedetails/106-Cielo-Cir-Brewster-WA-98812/336763501_zpid
Worst real estate ad ever? | Mountain cabin on 20 acres, central WA, $250k Isaac Marion 2025-07-11 | Yes, it's still available! Located up in them hills, 45 minutes from Chelan, WA.20 acres with water, power, septic, and Starlink. Rustic cabin plus main building site, all utilities, RV hookups, and permitted plans for 2 bedroom house.Sorry for the blatant advertising, dear Outposters, but I'm ready to move on. If you know anyone who might be interested, please spread the word!Zillow:zillow.com/homedetails/106-Cielo-Cir-Brewster-WA-98812/336763501_zpidRedfin:redfin.com/WA/Brewster/106-Cielo-Cir-98812/home/161302652All footage is taken on the property except where noted.Music by me, the owner.
Escaped from the wilderness. Hiding out in my hometown. Isaac Marion 2025-07-10 | My off-grid experiment has reached its conclusion. Moving on to the next chapter...in tiny, maddening increments.Here's the property listing if you think you can do better! Price just dropped to $275k.zillow.com/homedetails/106-Cielo-Cir-Brewster-WA-98812/336763501_zpid
Why Im moving on from off-grid life. Isaac Marion 2025-05-25 | After 4 years of trying to build a life out of nothing in the middle of nowhere, I'm calling the experiment concluded. Not a failure, just finished. Here's my farewell letter to this chapter of my life and to all of you who shared it with me.Also, if anyone is interested in picking up where I left off...here's the property listing! (please don't murder me!)zillow.com/homedetails/106-Cielo-Cir-Brewster-WA-98812/336763501_zpid
Warm Bodies author explores movie locations, book/movie differences #warmbodies #behindthescene Isaac Marion 2025-03-12 | ...
Why winter feeds my soul. Isaac Marion 2025-02-15 | (Episode 23) Hi, I'm an author (Warm Bodies) living alone in the wilderness in a tiny shed that I built into a tiny home. My life is writing, working on the homestead, cuddling my cat, Bob, and staring slack-jawed at the beauty all around me. This is my third winter out here on my mostly off-grid property (I have power, but everything else is on-site) and I'm still in love with this land.People wonder how I can stand being out here alone in the endless ice and darkness, but....it's refreshing! Every season has its own flavor of beauty, and winter's is crisp and minty. Join me for a moment of reflection on the transcendent glories of winter! Music played on a Rhodes piano with a lot of reverbFootage shot on iPhone 14 (I need to step up my photography...)My music from this channel is available on streaming:isaacmarion.hearnow.comNew tracks like this one will be on my Patreon until I collect enough for another album:patreon.com/isaacmarionLast winter's adventures:youtu.be/tWrJvx5n05wAnd for a sinister summer experience:youtu.be/WcVFfJFU9QI
Warm Bodies movie came out 12 yrs ago today. Have a toast with the author in the wilderness.🥂 Isaac Marion 2025-02-02 | Every Saturday at 3:00 pm PST, join me for a casual hangout and possible snow trekking at the Outpost, currently a frozen wasteland.
Loner’s NYE. Have a drink with me in the wilderness.🥂 🎊 Isaac Marion 2025-01-01 | I probably won’t make it till midnight but we can try!
Can’t get home in deep snow? Cargo sled!! #wildernessliving #winterproblems Isaac Marion 2024-12-31 | ...
I make all the music for my videos. Now you can stream it. Isaac Marion 2024-12-27 | Stream it here! isaacmarion.hearnow.com/from-a-shack-in-the-wildernessI just wanted to tell you I've released an album of the music I made for this channel, but I ended up indulging in a bit of autobiography as well. What happened to all my other artistic pursuits? Why did I choose writing over painting and music? Why does it feel like my time to pursue music has passed? Honestly these questions deserve a deeper examination than I had time for in this video, which was supposed to just be an album release announcement...but bear with me on a brief nostalgia tour, from Tallest Building in the World to Warm Bodies to these warm ambient instrumentals built in a shack in the wilderness.#musician #ambient #aging
Power out, no problem! Going off-grid with house backup generator Isaac Marion 2024-12-14 | The Outpost is not fully off-grid (everything but the power)...but it can be when it needs to! I spent a chunk of last summer installing a transfer switch so I can power my whole cabin with the generator, and now I reap the rewards with hot stew and a happy cat.
Ah yes, autumn! 🍁☕️ Isaac Marion 2024-12-10 | Just another fine Fall day at the Outpost, completely encased in ice. Behold my enchanted arrows of greater frost!
Warm up with whiskey in the winter wasteland! Isaac Marion 2024-12-08 | I’ll show you around the frozen wilds as far as WiFi allows!
Showering outdoors in the snow...cabin life! 🥶 Isaac Marion 2024-12-07 | This is my first winter having a shower in my wilderness shed home. Only problem is...it's an outdoor shower. 🥶(Youtube claims it will convert this into a Short after I post it...we'll see.)#coldshower #outdoorshower #offgrid
Im the writer for The Bazaar now...things are gonna change. Isaac Marion 2024-11-16 | Big changes in my life and career...I'm now the lead writer on the upcoming video game, The Bazaar, and between that and my ongoing attempts to be a novelist, well...I don't see me having a whole lot of time left for youtubing. Watch the video if you want the full story, but here's the TLDR: this channel will become simpler. Fewer complex video essays, more straightforward vlogs and livestreams. I know this might disappoint a (very) few of you, but opportunities like this don't come often and I have to aim my energy where it can be the most fruitful. See you next time I go live!#authortube #authorvlog #thebazaar
Attack the Cube!! Archery target review #archery #targetpractice #kalkal Isaac Marion 2024-10-23 | Who better to test an archery target than someone who knows nothing about archery? I'm game for anything! If you love the Enemy Cube as much as I love the Enemy Cube, get one here: amazon.com/promocode/AI9LYDXANRD4GUse code "10KalIsaac" for 10% off through November 7Browse the rest of Kalkal's bizarre range of products: kalkal-online.comor find them on social media.Ok, done shilling! Back to the gloomy wilderness ponderings.
Strange dirt road through the mountains. (I want to get lost.) Isaac Marion 2024-10-05 | (Episode 21) Earlier this year I was struggling with migraines and the only cure seemed to be random adventures to reboot my brain. I took this drive back in May hoping to discover weird scenes on a mysterious dirt highway over the mountains. As a journey of rural exploration, it proved to be underwhelming, so I sat on the footage until finally deciding there was still something interesting in the attempt. Call it an adventure in disappointment.All footage and music by me.If you want to support my expeditions and access years of exclusive content, including all my original music from these videos and deleted scenes from the Warm Bodies novels, go here: http://www.patreon.com/isaacmarion#explore #wanderlust #migraineWandering the Wasteland in Search of Weird Wondersyoutu.be/I0ubOHYH7mMShave the Sad Beard. Burn the Dead Weeds. Rejoin the World.youtu.be/NYN8DBJqJEcWhy I Quit the City to Live Alone in the Wilderness. (and why I love it)youtu.be/evk8P-lS5bg00:00 Shortcut?00:50 Get Primitive01:50 Ancient Trails02:50 Rural Backrooms04:30 Meadow Interlude06:20 Wishing for Weirdness08:00 Pavement, Goats, Worth It
Stepping away for a while to finish the novel. Isaac Marion 2024-09-14 | After a full year of youtubing, I need to step back for a bit and think about where I spend my energy. But more importantly, I need to finish my novel.#authortube #authorvlog
Author and Cat Alone in the Wilderness (Channel Trailer) Isaac Marion 2024-09-02 | I'm Isaac Marion, author of the WARM BODIES book series (yes, there was a movie) and I live with my cat, Bob, in a mostly off-grid shed in the central Washington wilderness. Welcome to Outer Edge Outpost, my home on the edge of reality, where I share my stories from this strange new life of sweat, sawdust, snakes, and serenity.All footage and music by me.#offgrid #authorvlog #solitude
I spent 3 years building this shed into a home. #authortube #shedconversion #shorts Isaac Marion 2024-08-31 | I'm the author of the WARM BODIES books (yes, there was a movie) and for some reason I flung myself alone into the wilderness and spent three years transforming a barren patch of land into a beautiful refuge from the chaos of the world. This video is just my little celebration for FINISHING my shed conversion, turning that empty wooden box into a home.#wildernessliving #tinyhouse #diy
(Live) First rainy day in the wasteland! Let’s toast to summer’s end! 🍻 🌧️ Isaac Marion 2024-08-25 | ...
Why make art? Why share life? What am I doing in the wilderness? Isaac Marion 2024-08-24 | (Episode 20) I'm the author of the WARM BODIES book series (yes, there was a movie) and I live with my cat, Bob, in an off-grid shed in the central Washington wilderness. I can't believe I've done 20 of these videos! This one is about the big WHY of it all. Why do I write books and make art in general? Why do I broadcast my life on this channel and others? What do I hope to discover out here on the outer edge?All these questions came up when I requested a personal "sigil" from my good friend Matthew Kronbach, whose incredible artwork can be seen and commissioned on Instagram: @house_of_the_eternalAll footage and music by me. (Rhodes piano and Therevox synth)If you feel like supporting my expeditions and accessing years of exclusive content, including all the music from these videos, Warm Bodies deleted chapters, and other relics, go here: http://www.patreon.com/isaacmarionWhy I Quite the City to Live Alone in the Wildernessyoutu.be/evk8P-lS5bgThe Largest Objects On Earth...CLOUDSyoutu.be/YhjMmrXtbeo#artinspiration #solitude #sigil00:00 Intro00:35 Matthew and His Sigils00:50 Building a Home01:23 Antisocial and YET...01:49 My Big Treasure Hunt02:19 Why I Share All This03:26 Sigil Reveal!
Off grid at last! Powering my cabin for disaster! #offgrid #wildernessliving #authortube Isaac Marion 2024-08-17 | Outer Edge Outpost has well water, satellite internet, and an outhouse, but due to the reliance on county power, it was never technically off grid...until now! (Or at least off-grid capable.)
Exploring rural weirdness in waterproof socks and boots (gear review) Isaac Marion 2024-08-03 | Yes, the author of Warm Bodies is reviewing socks. In my ongoing efforts to diversify my endeavors and survive the potential death of the publishing industry, I am branching out in all directions, including product reviews. Last time, I reviewed a boot. This time I'm reviewing socks...and another boot. Maybe if I keep doing this, I'll catch the attention of more lucrative brands and start building a safety net for myself? Or at least shed the last of that cumbersome dignity so I can finally be free...HISEA BOOTS: bit.ly/43HbI84Use my code "Isaac15" for 15% off (any product)LEAKDRY SOCKS:tinyurl.com/4kwh55rm#waterproofsocks #outdoorgear #outdooradventure00:00 My Weird Sponsorships01:20 Test HISEA Boots06:17 Test LEAKDRY Socks09:00 Wasteland Explorer Interlude9:48 Weird Marketing11:25 Exploring a Dam13:00 Conclusions15:50 What Am I Even Doing
Have a drink with an author alone in the wilderness (live) Isaac Marion 2024-07-28 | Join me for my weekly good times ritual in my rather austere existence in the wilderness. (Saturday, 5:00 pm PST)
The sky is a world of giants! #cloudlovers #sky #naturephotography Isaac Marion 2024-07-27 | I'm the author of the WARM BODIES book series and I live alone in a mostly off-grid shack in the wilderness. Here is my hymn to the sky.
