Erin J. Doyle

It’s time for a Tag. THE QUESTIONS Would you rather... 1)…have a Male main character or a Female main character? 2)…wake up before dawn every day to write or stay up into the early morning hours to write? 3)…write a book that is torturous to write but which is very popular or write a book that is fun to write but which is only known by a small audience? 4)…write a SciFi story or a Fantasy story? 5)…use first person or third person? 6)…meet any character of any book/short story in real life for one day or personally know any author you wish? 7)…only be able to write your book in scenes from end to beginning or only be able to write it in scenes that jump around in the timeline randomly? 8)…only be able to write dialogue if you act out the voices out loud or only be able to write action if you act it out in real life? 9)…publish with the most successful publishing house in your genre but have to wait 2 years to see your book in print or self publish with no expense or marketing assistance but see your book in print within 3 months? 10)…write a goofy story or write a serious story? 11)…have an authorial “voice” that always sounds like the narrator from Planet Earth or have an authorial “voice” that always sounds like Captain Kirk? 12)…write a story knowing that you will have to kill off the main character eventually or write a story knowing that every one the main character is close to you will eventually have to kill off? 13)…leave your ending somewhat open and bittersweet or leave your ending on a cliffhanger? 14)…have your cover art designed by Tim Burton or have your cover designed by Stan Lee? 15)…write in many different genres or write only in one genre? 16)…write physical disability or mental illness? 17)…have an orphaned main character with good friends or a main character with a good-sized family and family problems? 18)…write the sex scene or not write the sex scene? 19)…write about uncertain dangers and intrigue or write about direct confrontation and violence? 20)...have to answer any question put to you by your fans or have no fans asking you questions? Watch Joey Paul’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3nvqPP65k&t=6s I thought I had a link to the tag creator’s video, but on watching it, I don’t think it is the original after all. If you know the original creator, please leave a comment so I can give them credit. To connect with me elsewhere online: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/authorerinjdoyle/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erinjdoyle.author/ Website: https://www.erinjdoyle.com

The second week of Camp NaNo went well, at least in terms of the editing I had planned to do. But trying to vlog it? That was an entirely different story. How is your NaNo going? To connect with me elsewhere online: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/authorerinjdoyle/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erinjdoyle.author/ Website: https://www.erinjdoyle.com

Working on my Camp NaNo goal to do an hour of editing each day. Progress has been slow, and organisation based, but no time spent organising is ever wasted… right? How is your NaNo going? To connect with me elsewhere online: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/authorerinjdoyle/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erinjdoyle.author/ Website: https://www.erinjdoyle.com

*There are 19 Easter eggs and 12 bunnies on the shelves behind me. Can you find them all?* Trust your reader. Trust them to understand what you have written without extensive explanation or info dumps. But, also workshop your writing to find the areas where your readers can’t be trusted at all. For the sake of brevity, I’ve kept my examples to a minimum in this video. But I have had numerous experiences where critique partners have altogether ignored description that told them a character was disabled, non-white, larger-bodied, or LGBT+. In most cases, they have been happy to learn of the character’s diversity when it is pointed out to them, so it’s not a lack of will to enjoy these characters as they are meant to be. To connect with me elsewhere online: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/authorerinjdoyle/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erinjdoyle.author/ Website: https://www.erinjdoyle.com

Introducing Plan B for Camp NaNo, which is already off to a slow start as I am heading off for the long weekend with no intention to do any writing. We’ll see how this goes… To connect with me elsewhere online: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/authorerinjdoyle/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erinjdoyle.author/ Website: https://www.erinjdoyle.com

*Can you find all the Easter eggs?* How did I go with achieving the things I planned to do in the past three months? To connect with me elsewhere online: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/authorerinjdoyle/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erinjdoyle.author/ Website: https://www.erinjdoyle.com

This is for the dog lovers of the authortube community. It is also my first attempt to add music to a video. I may have overdone it. To connect with me elsewhere online: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/authorerinjdoyle/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erinjdoyle.author/ Website: https://www.erinjdoyle.com

I am making an effort to finish my Camino Story project in time for Camp NaNo so that I am in a good place to switch projects for a month, and I figured I would make a writing vlog of this mad dash. I was really hoping to finish it before I had to upload this video… To connect with me elsewhere online: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/authorerinjdoyle/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erinjdoyle.author/ Website: https://www.erinjdoyle.com