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Holly Rhiannon
Canada
Приєднався 21 лип 2020
My name is Holly Rhiannon. I am a lifelong writer who has self-published one novella, two graphic novels and one full YA novel: A Time When Demons. In 2023, two of my poems will be featured in The Stygian Collection.
Born in the frozen climate of Winnipeg, Manitoba, I spent a lot of time hiding indoors avoiding colder-than-Mars temperatures and tearing through packs of printer paper and multitudes of notebooks constantly creating.
In the vein of other artists hailing from this strange Canadian city, I attribute much of my skill to regular hibernation and introvert tendencies.
In 2015 I was lucky to have the opportunity to relocate to Montreal and have been honing and rediscovering my creative brand ever since.
In Montreal I am a NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison, founder + CEO of small press “The Stygian Society”, and devote as much time as I can to helping fellow writers succeed via my UA-cam channel and Discord community.
Born in the frozen climate of Winnipeg, Manitoba, I spent a lot of time hiding indoors avoiding colder-than-Mars temperatures and tearing through packs of printer paper and multitudes of notebooks constantly creating.
In the vein of other artists hailing from this strange Canadian city, I attribute much of my skill to regular hibernation and introvert tendencies.
In 2015 I was lucky to have the opportunity to relocate to Montreal and have been honing and rediscovering my creative brand ever since.
In Montreal I am a NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison, founder + CEO of small press “The Stygian Society”, and devote as much time as I can to helping fellow writers succeed via my UA-cam channel and Discord community.
Speaking Engagement | AuthorTube Writing Conference 2024!
#stygiansociety #authortubewritingconference2024 #writingcommunity
I hope I'll see you at the conference! You can find me at the following events:
-June 28, 8-9pm eastern Happy Hour
www.youtube.com/@MargaretPinard
-June 29, 1:30-3pm eastern First Page Critique
www.youtube.com/@SDHuston
-June 30, 10-11am eastern Redefining Author Communities in Modern Publishing
Right here on this channel!
Learn more about the conference: www.authortubewritingconference.com/
Be sure to join my Discord server for friendly support.
discord.gg/HMfzJAdC3Y
And help support my year of travel if you can!
www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/3048N4B7SAH37?ref_=wl_share
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CREDITS
✨Music: English Country Garden - Aaron Kenny
✨Intro/Outro: Yours truly! With the help of Canva.
✨Thumbnail frame: www.freepik.com/macrovector
LINKS
✨Website: www.hollyrhiannon.com
✨Publishing House: www.stygiansociety.com
✨Discord: discord.gg/HMfzJAdC3Y
✨Twitter: stygianpen
✨Instagram: stygianpen
✨Facebook: hollyrhiannon
✨Haunted Montreal: www.youtube.com/@HauntedMontreal
REFERRALS
✨$10 off UberEats: eats-hollyk5397ui
✨$5 off Skip the Dishes: www.skipthedishes.com/r/46D1077A74
✨Join Honey: joinhoney.com/ref/3vcx9x
✨2 weeks of FREE fitness and massage: classpass.com/refer/PC51F4DP7
BUSINESS INQUIRIES
✨holly@hollyrhiannon.com
I hope I'll see you at the conference! You can find me at the following events:
-June 28, 8-9pm eastern Happy Hour
www.youtube.com/@MargaretPinard
-June 29, 1:30-3pm eastern First Page Critique
www.youtube.com/@SDHuston
-June 30, 10-11am eastern Redefining Author Communities in Modern Publishing
Right here on this channel!
Learn more about the conference: www.authortubewritingconference.com/
Be sure to join my Discord server for friendly support.
discord.gg/HMfzJAdC3Y
And help support my year of travel if you can!
www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/3048N4B7SAH37?ref_=wl_share
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
CREDITS
✨Music: English Country Garden - Aaron Kenny
✨Intro/Outro: Yours truly! With the help of Canva.
✨Thumbnail frame: www.freepik.com/macrovector
LINKS
✨Website: www.hollyrhiannon.com
✨Publishing House: www.stygiansociety.com
✨Discord: discord.gg/HMfzJAdC3Y
✨Twitter: stygianpen
✨Instagram: stygianpen
✨Facebook: hollyrhiannon
✨Haunted Montreal: www.youtube.com/@HauntedMontreal
REFERRALS
✨$10 off UberEats: eats-hollyk5397ui
✨$5 off Skip the Dishes: www.skipthedishes.com/r/46D1077A74
✨Join Honey: joinhoney.com/ref/3vcx9x
✨2 weeks of FREE fitness and massage: classpass.com/refer/PC51F4DP7
BUSINESS INQUIRIES
✨holly@hollyrhiannon.com
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Introducing: Dark Flock by Matt Poll
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#darkflock #stygiansociety #montreal So what do you think?? Are you excited to get your hands on a copy of Dark Flock? Get your book and limited prints by Nyco Rudolph! www.indiegogo.com/projects/dark-flock RSVP to the Winnipeg or Calgary launch: e/76zGmwDM9 Be sure to join my Discord server for friendly support. discord.gg/HMfzJAdC3Y And help support my year of travel if you can! www.ama...
WRITING ROUTINES | A Day in the Life of Virginia Woolf
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#virginiawoolf #writingroutine #bloomsbury In this video I am continuing my deep dive into the routines of famous authors! Today we emulate Virginia Woolf, author of such novels as "The Voyage Out", "Mrs.Dalloway", and "Orlando". Virginia was known for keeping to her routine with the stringency of a stockbroker. How will I fare for one day? Be sure to join my Discord server for friendly support...
YA Deep Dive: What is Young Adult Fiction?
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#yafiction #youngadult #acotar It's time for a new series! I think this one is going to be a lot of fun, and hope that you'll all get involved. Please be sure to leave a comment letting me know your thoughts. Also, be sure to check out The Stygian Society's upcoming publication DARK FLOCK! You can preorder your book and get cool extras like VIP launch invites and limited edition art prints. www...
Writing in Oaxaca | With Holly Rhiannon
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The Oaxaca video has arrived! How do you like this sort of format-less vloggy, more thought-y with included footage? Personally, I enjoy it a lot and can see my videos progressing this way as the year goes on. Next up I'm going to take a look at my Texas footage. Or perhaps, a full US video? We shall see! Thank you to Anna and Craig for everything, it was a ton of fun visiting you two during yo...
Musings | Art, Marketing and Commodification
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#stygiansociety #authortube #commodification Hello friends! Let's have a little ramble about art, marketing and commodification. Let me know your thoughts :) Be sure to join my Discord server for friendly support. discord.gg/HMfzJAdC3Y And help support my year of travel if you can! www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/3048N4B7SAH37?ref_=wl_share ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ CREDITS ✨Music: English Country G...
AuthorTube Secret Santa Unboxing | 2023!
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A little update and my Secret Santa Unboxing! Thank you so much for inviting me, Hananya and Shannon :) Check out the other Secret Santa videos! ua-cam.com/play/PLuG9iDbOYejqCn9L7V7K5gjCJPheY9vNm.html&si=c6UJ-nIs09-EVTci Be sure to join my Discord server for friendly support. discord.gg/HMfzJAdC3Y And help support my year of travel if you can! www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/3048N4B7SAH37?ref_=wl_...
Writing in California | With Holly Rhiannon
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At long last, my California writing vlog has arrived. During my travels I met up with my wonderful friend and podcast partner @JennaStreety , explored the haunted Queen Mary ship, visited the Museum of Death and so much more. Join me today for creativity, introspection and some personal insights. Enjoy! Be sure to join my Discord server for friendly support. discord.gg/HMfzJAdC3Y And help suppo...
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Creating an Epic Episode 1: The Story Behind the Story
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Creative Conversations #5: Open Floor with Holly Rhiannon + Pae Veo (guest Hananya le Clercq)
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SO you want to write a novel | Pre-edit Prep | Stygian update and r/authortube!
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LITERARY ARCHETYPES | The Jester and The Everyman
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LITERARY ARCHETYPES | The Jester and The Everyman
Literally to the point! Excellent introduction.
Thank you for making these videos. This is very interesting and helpful!!
This is legendary advice on how to best approach the new Attentionalist economy and social media landscape. I love the phrase “The Connection Method”-that’s so perfect. Thank you also for the kind mention, and to the future of Stygian!
"if you do'nt have a post in mind, interact, interact, interact!' --great advice!
I periodically make lists of new people to focus on, outside my usual frequent circles! It can be tedious to go through and cull subscriptions, but it also makes me check those new folks I signed up to... (yes, i was doing this last night)
Oooh, bot percentages on social media...almost all the followers I see for AWC are bots, which is demoralizing--follow us for REALS, writers! @AWCTeam 🥳
Available now! www.stygiansociety.com/product-page/the-stygian-zine-2-the-witching-hour-pdf
It's refreshing to see The Stygian Society prioritize meaningful connections and creativity in authorship.
Safe travels . Had a crazy tangent thought of a story where you were completely AI generated to simply wrap up the few remaining souls . Yikes !!! I'm uncontrollably Staying Spooky !!!!!!!
That sounds exciting! I'm so happy to see that the conference is going strong! 💙💙💙💙
Watching replay
Cool
It'll be my first AWC! I'm so excited & just in time as my 2nd book is releasing around the same time! Meeting other authors and hearing what other members in our writing community are up to!
"This island is covered in cats. Could it get any better?" Obviously not!
Stay cool .
your very pretty
Glad to hear your travels are going well. Good luck with AWC. If it was me, I'd still go to bed at 10 pm, LOL, and get like 4 hours of sleep before the video. Peace.
Thank you Jeremy! I was considering going to bed at 10 and then getting up but I worry I'll be too out of it when I get up haha I'll probably opt for a lengthy afternoon nap instead :)
Hi Holly Rhiannon, Congratulations, you recent crossed 1.02K subscribers, What is the goal of your UA-cam channel? Are you thinking about future monetization or something like that? Want to create your own brand.
Thank you! The goal with UA-cam is to discuss my work, life, and support fellow writers. That is my brand :) Monetization would of course be a nice addition but in a topic that doesn't tend to go viral it's not something one can expect. Creative projects must be done from a place of passion before anything else.
Thank you very much for your valuable words, If you want, I can monetize your UA-cam channel. Complete all criteria. We have monetized many clients
You're amazing Holly.
Thank you! ♥♥
Can't wait for all this!
Yesss :D
Great things happening! Very interesting. Ive heard from Dave (and Olive) and Brian in Houston about your successful visits on your current tour, and I hope you find the time to visit me at Powell's City of Books, here in Portland, this year? Thx, Holly 🎉
Oh absolutely! The plan right now is to be in Portland in early September before I head to Japan :) I'll be in touch with you and Margaret about the visit!
@@HollyRhiannonWrites Excellent!
A woman alone, 3 weeks in a hostel, trying to get some work done... that's how a B rated slasher movie starts out.🥴
haha nooo my B movie days are done! Except in book form. :P
Nice
I'm absolutely hating the query process. I wish I could get feedback on my query letters. Is it the query letter? Is it my sample pages? Is it the premise?
Hey there! The query process is BRUTAL. Have you been using Query Tracker? querytracker.net/ It isn't any easier but does help with access and organization. Plus, they offer courses and I believe have venues to receive feedback. I will also be re-launching the Discord server I run through my small press at the end of the month, and there is a community there that would be able to assist. Stay tuned for a video on that either this Thursday or next, and keep on querying!
I looked up for meaning of dark folk
Dark folk term originally coined by photographer David mearns in 1980s to describe music in mid period. It’s usually focuses on dark themes such as desolation, depression or death , nature , history , etc .
That would make sense, however, the novel is Dark Flock, not Folk :)
If you please I tried to find main theme of book but unfortunatly without aim . Author Matt poll biography he has spent most of last decade lurking in bushes on search of rare birds in South Korea, he has written memories about shenanigans involved with begin foreign bird watcher . He also started writing series of stories exploring creepy side of birding as well as thriller novel set in Korea. Links to his published stories and international birding adventures. In the past only travel aboard or looking for books to learn new information. Nowadays UA-cam channels as open universities and google is our library. Thank you for giving chance to read learn new information and improve our English as well.
How are you doing mrs holly . Iam Arabic lady subscriber to several British and American UA-cam channels . We as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level and improve as our English as well , but first of all make friendships with people from different countries. My name is khatoon it’s Turkish origin means Nobel lady as princess. Your name is Irish origin means holly tree , botanical moniker. I so happy to subscriber in your channel. You are Canadian author of young adults genre.founder or Stygian society and poet too . Stygian means dark gloomy or forbidden. I hope I can learn a lot from your knowledge. Happy mother day to you. We celebrated mother day in Arabic countries as well as England last March . It’s different date around world . Best wishes for you your dearest ones .
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So what do you think?? Are you excited to get your hands on a copy of Dark Flock? Get your book and limited prints by Nyco Rudolph! www.indiegogo.com/projects/dark-flock RSVP to the Winnipeg or Calgary launch: fb.me/e/76zGmwDM9
One of my favorite modernist authors! This is great, and looks like a fun game at the end haha. 😎
Thank you! <3 It was indeed fun though it would have been even more fun with a certain philosopher in attendance ;P
I love Virginia Woolf, and I love this video, Holly ❤
Most excellent! 🎉
Interesting and fun .
This was so cool Holly! The aesthetics and flow of your videos are always straight magic. It was also fascinating to learn more of Woolf's routine; I had no idea that she used the bath to brainstorm!
It's interesting that water was such a metaphor in Virginia Woolf's life - flowing from her morning baths, to her daily writing themes, right up to her tragic demise. 💔
@@pamelakatjohnson That's a fascinating insight, Pamela! Huh, I'm now thinking something needs to be written on "Water and the Woolf." "The Water Woolf?" Coming up with titles is fun!
Thank you so much! <3 It is so fun getting into these routines and I definitely connected with this one a lot more than the last. Baths are the best for brainstorming!
Oh my gosh, yes that is a fascinating and tragic insight.
John Grisham?
In disguise!
@@HollyRhiannonWritesMaybe I was misunderstood. I meant, I would like to see you write like a day in the life of John Grisham. Or is that too current?
@@EmP-ug8qs Ah yes! Sorry for the misunderstanding - it's related to an instagram comment lol No routine is too old or new :) as long as there's good documentation - I shall look into it!
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Vicodin and Soma and rot-gut moonshine get me in my creative space...🤪
That's one way to do it haha
@@HollyRhiannonWrites 😬
I guess ACOTAR would be New Adult, as they now call it. Never read it and the sex scenes makes it so I would probably not read it.
Yeah, likewise. That kind of thing just does not appeal to me!
Deleted comment because you pretty much covered what I just pointed out. lol I've been studying about YA
haha I'm glad we are on the same page! YA is such a rabbit hole.
You look YA for about to be 35 and lol WTF is YA .
Interesting analysis! I look forward to seeing more of this series.
I look forward to working on it! :D
In the future, please consider a deep dive into DOM fiction (Dirty Old Man) so I can relate. Thanks.🧐🤪
The excerpts from ACOTAR weren’t enough? 😂
@@HollyRhiannonWrites light weight Disney fiction...if you ask me. I had to put my Mickey ears on for it.🤪
😂😂
Be sure to support DARK FLOCK, our latest Stygian Society publication of freaky feathered fiction by Matt Poll! www.indiegogo.com/projects/dark-flock
such an adorable spot tho!!! love this!
Yes! I could have stayed there all day.
The quote "Writing is important but so is living" gave me life. It can be so easy to forget that we all need to take time out of our computer screens and notebooks to actually live and gain experiences that will eventually enhance our creative spirits. Oaxaca is beautiful, and I agree enjoy every minute of your travel year. Write when it comes to you but allow yourself the freedom to just enjoy each day.
Thank you so much - I'm glad you enjoyed the sentiments and the visuals. A big theme of this year so far has been balance. It can be such a difficult thing to achieve, but is so very important. :)
Beautiful film 🎞️🫶
Thank you so much! <3