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Adrianna North
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An Alaskan gal's Vlog. Writing, books, outdoors and wine. Like and subscribe and see what happens!
Feb '22 Life Updates! / Plus a pretty Moterm and a Jibun Techo flip through
A sitting video featuring my head, a Moterm, some very limited B-Footage, and planner flip through. Enjoy!!!
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2022 Jan Update/ Stuff Happens, Things Change, Online Shopping *beware the naughty words!
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I made goals, did they stick?
Goals for 2022// Trying to understand and apply Atomic Habits. It's another hot mess!
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In this video I try to desperately to figure out what in the world I'm doing and how to apply the book Atomic Habits to my life in the hopes of getting something done in 2022!
Ketchikan, Ak Snow Walks, Dec 2021/ I made this for my family in Texas.
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A fews days worth of walks through Ketchikan, Alaska. This has been the snowiest December of my 10 plus years here and I LOVE IT! Hope you enjoy.
What's Next? // My super chatty rambling plans now that NANOWRIMO 2021 is over.
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What I think I may do now that NANOWRIMO is over. Alaska gal's vlog. Books, writing, journals and such.
Last Days of NANOWRIMO 2021 // Now what?
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Last days of my first documented NANOWRIMO journey. I learned a lot and am pleased with the outcome, even though I didn't win.
NANOWRIMO 2021// Final full week of Nano. It doesn't just end!
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Alaska Gal's first documented NANOWRIMO journey. It isn't going to get easier!!
NANOWRIMO 2021// Third Weekend Updates, the saga continues
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Alaska gal’s first documented NANOWRIMO journey. Still going, still trying, still failing, still almost not failing…
NANOWRIMO 2021// A walk through K-Town and picking the right music
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An Alaska gal’s first documented NANOWRIMO journey. Sometimes a walk and the right music can help.
NANOWRIMO 2021 / Days 13&14. The struggle continues….
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An Alaskan gal’s first documented NANOWRIMO journey. There WILL be swear words and frustration.
NANOWRIMO 2021 // In which a Wannabe writer keeps on trying!
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Alaska gal’s first documented NANOWRIMO journey. It gets messy. UA-cam video I mentioned (plot block): ua-cam.com/video/SU_ui6Gr9Jg/v-deo.html
NANOWRIMO Wannabe Writer Vlog | In which I STILL don’t know what I’m doing
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An Alaska gal’s first documented NANOWRIMO journey.
NANOWRIMO Vlog | The Weekend, Days 6&7
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NANOWRIMO continues even on the weekend!
NANOWRIMO Continues | The struggle is REAL!! Jet Pens haul and rambles.
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NANOWRIMO 2021- my hot mess documented for all to see!!!
Attempts at writing for NANOWRIMO | In which I’m already tired and have many doubts
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A middle-aged Alaska gal documents her sad-sad attempts at National Novel Writing Month, Aka: NANOWRIMO.
Wannabe writer Vlog| In which I attempt to write and got so little done.
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Wannabe writer Vlog| In which I attempt to write and got so little done.
Vlog #6| Our last days on Prince of Wales
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Vlog #6| Our last days on Prince of Wales
Vlog #5| In which our truck dies and so does another deer
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Vlog #5| In which our truck dies and so does another deer
Vlog #4| In which Andrew does a thing and then does some more things…
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Vlog #4| In which Andrew does a thing and then does some more things…
Alaska Camping Vlog #3| In which we go hunting
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Alaska Camping Vlog #3| In which we go hunting
Alaska Camping Vlog #2| In which we chop wood and briefly visit Thorne Bay
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Alaska Camping Vlog #2| In which we chop wood and briefly visit Thorne Bay
you're so funny, i can't even deal hahaha. I wish I would have found you earlier! You've actually inspired me to write as well just because you're having so much fun (I mean you do seem tired and stuff as well ngl, but still got me in the writing mood!) so tysm for that. I hope you post more writing vlogs and nanowrimo videos too for this year xx
Aw, thank you!! I haven’t made videos in forever- life, self doubt, all that jazz, but it’s been on my mind, especially since NANOWRIMO is around the October corner. *sigh* I’m still working on the same novel…it will get done, dammit!!! Thanks for watching. You may inspired me to start vlogging again!!
@@adriannanorth I get that--and making videos and editing them too can be a pain which only adds more onto your plate but just know that you're not alone! Haha, even if you're on the same novel, we're all gonna be supporting you. I've been stuck on this one book for like two years and as much as I feel like a loser for not finishing it, I've come to understand that as creative people we've got our own ways of working and we just gotta do what we can in the chaos called life x I believe in you! yayy hehe can't wait if you do!
love it, hope you hade a wonderful time :0
I enjoyed the video thank you for sharing and thank you for visiting my channel
Hi! Nice planner which size of moterm is that? and the jibun techo is it the lite? Thank you!!
It’s a B6. The Jibun is the daily version. Thanks for watching!
@@adriannanorth thank you for the info !😀
Good vibes to you Adrianna. Take extra Vit C, zinc and keep well hydrated for the aches and pains! Fab to hear you've joined P&T. I joined a while back even though I'm nowhere near ready to make the most of it but can honestly say there's fab content in there! 🤩
Hi Adrianna....hope you are feeling better. We all had Covid in October and felt pretty pants for a couple of weeks...smell and taste still up the creek 3 months on but otherwise ok! Hope you get further with your goals and look forward to seeing you on here again! I'm doing in HB90 in a leuchtturm1917 and am using a b6 Stalogy (with a SaltyKatie cover...an inspired buy from you and Sarra Cannon) as a Tarot journal :) 💜
Cool! I like how simple and sparkly they are! I’d HATE my sense of smell and taste to be messed up, I felt like a piece of me was missing. Thanks for watching! I hope all your senses come back soon!!
Sorry to hear you got the Germ....very glad that you're on the mend, though. It's great to see a video from you pop up. I can appreciate the preoccupation with notebooks and planners...and the seductive lure of online shopping :D. Can I ask - what type/brand are those black notebooks that you write your novel in? I'm on a stationary-buying ban at the moment so, you know, just asking for a friend. :D. ps. videos from Patreon are usually just 'unlisted' - so the general public can't find them and only those with link can.
Oh, that makes sense for the Patreon vidz! They notebooks are the B5 Stalogy. Love them!! Thanks for watching!!
Your videos are hilarious! Sounds like my inner voice 🤣
I like your drawings! Before you mentioned it, I was going to say you used to draw more in your journals. You should get a travel size watercolor set!
Hi again. I think that Patrons is like you pay that extra special channel where you get the free update and other goodies to get from the authors. I only know 2 or 3 author UA-cam channel that does does the Patrons thingy. And I am glad that you are slowly getting better, it is ok, since your health is more important. Also as you figure out how much words to write each day to get your book done by October. Since my writing process each day I wanted to get out 2k words, which didn't work out because of my day job as a waitress. That makes me feeling tired. And I also have a book that I keep my update of how many books I will be reading in 2022 and a small info what the book is about. So far, only 2 books, since the 1st book that I started with was in December last month and only finished by last week. Can't read if I am tired or nagging headache. Thanks again for another interesting vlog, and get better soon.
I’m still on book one- I need to push to Finnish before the end of the month. I don’t give myself a word count, just an amount of time I need/should write. I usually can’t do more than one hour at a time.
Another beautiful vid. Thks!
Beautiful vid. Thk U so much.
I'm drifting gently into 2022 because I find the new-year-plan-all-the-things internet frenzy just frazzles my nerves. But I do have the HB90 goals planner and will start noodling on that in the next week or so. I started to read Atomic Habits a year or so ago....okay, maybe it was 2020...but glazed over after the first couple of chapters. There was just way too much mental gymnastics for me at the time because, well...2020. I think it's really easy to overthink this stuff...the perfect, no-fail system for writing a book, for instance, is sitting your butt down and writing it. Obviously, that's underthinking it, but I'm sure there's a happy medium somewhere. Also, I think it's easier to build a system when you've already done something a few times and just want to fine-tune it. Like the HB90 Planner...Sarra has re-jigged it a few times to reflect different ways of doing something. Anyway, this has been completely unhelpful so suffice it to say, I hear you. :) ps. I'm glad that one of your goals is more vlogging. We need this. :)
Thanks! I’ve gotten to the point where repetition/routine and just showing up seem to be the key!! I’ve also started reading The Daily Stoic for some tidbit of daily wisdom. Thank you for watching!!
Hi Adrianna. Really enjoy your videos! I'd say HB90 is a 'system' which you can use to break your 3 goals down into more manageable pieces. I think it's a great system but still find it hard to keep my focus on what I should be achieving each day when the kids and man keep throwing obstacles in my way! Good luck with your goals in 2022!
Thank you!
I... just love your videos! I relate so much, it is so comforting to not feel alone
My basic truths…hmmm…say what you mean and mean what you say. I also need more follow through. I need to lose at least 20 lbs myself-arthritis is 👿
Yes!!
I love your videos. ❤️💚💙☕️📒📕📗📘📚
Thank you! I love yours as well!
I love your voice ❤️
Thanks!
Firstly - I'm so jealous of that beautiful library...it must really suck to have to write with such awful views. ;) Secondly, I would love to read your story....would be very happy to cast my quasi-expert eye over it (I'd be of no use in the comma department, i notoriously over-use them and use way too many adverbs for the average grammar-nut - but I do know story structure etc so there's that). Also - if your story is based on a folktale or legend or is regional in some way, maybe there's a specific type of contest or anthology particular to that genre? Or magazines -- online or otherwise. I used to write for children's magazines (I say that like it was my job - it wasn't, I just submitted to them) but got fed up because there were too many boring rules about things like magic and pirates not being allowed etc. Apparently, having an imagination is ill-advised. Ahem. That said there are a few publications that are interested in things that aren't bland. :)
I was wondering if it even WAS a folktale or if my granny just made it up, lol, and I was wondering how all that worked as far as publishing was concerned. Thanks for watching! I still haven’t decided what to do with it. A friend suggested writing more short stories and making an anthology to self publish. I may try that…
Hi again. Yea, I understand about reading books. If I don't like the story that is dragging, then I read a scene, skip a scene that doesn't seem important (like if the people or character is well dress, etc.). So I have been in the Mary Higgins Clark mood, but my library doesn't have all her books. But I am going to reread my other books that I have in my cupboard. First, need to finish the library book that I had for 3 or 4 months, it's called: 'Moonlight Becomes You.' Unfortunately, I am working on my werewolf story on a phone, so the app that I am using, doesn't show you the wrong words, or were a semi comma and other stuff to go. So I am taking the chance by making assumptions about what goes were in the sentence. My laptop crashed and I don't have any money to get a new one, since I am battling to pay off my accounts. Which will only be ok by next year in February. Maybe Lady Luck will be on my side and something awesome happens. Thanks again for another cool vlog, and would love my area to be in snow in winter time.
I'm that friend who's birthday it was! YAY! :-P Also, just keep up the great work and keep on writing even though NANOWRIMO is now over. You've got this!
Thanks for another good one....i always 'like', I figure it's the least I can do after someone's gone to such an effort to film, edit and post a video....plus, I actually do really like your vlogs. Congrats on your win(s) -- and yeah, so what if it's not 50K, you formed a writing habit and that's gold. Hope to see you again soon!
Thank you!!
Hello. Thanks again for another vlog from you, loved it. Also, any place for December? Or are you doing a vlogmas for part of December about your daily stuff? And good luck with your short story plans for 2022.
Yes! Please keep doing writing vlogs after nano! I’m going to try to do the same! I love watching them.
I don't know if you'll see this as I'm a bit behind in my watching but I FEEL you on the plotting vs. pantsing situation. I've been doing my head in for years over this stuff. I used to be a pure pantser but once I started writing novels I had to try and do a bit of plotting. It's very, very skeletal though and I generally end up veering off course anyway. I use the Super Structure model when I'm doing edits -- it's like a reverse engineering, reverse plotting? -- so I use the different structure elements as sort of checkpoints, if that makes sense? I also recently learned that some types of creatives have Big Picture brains and so can't do detailed plotting...we have to be able to envision the story as a whole rather than design it in parts....oh dear, I could bang on about this for ages so I'll stop now. Suffice it to say -- pants it when it feels right and then stop to plot for clarity if you need to. Also, don't listen to anyone's advice - no matter how clever they might seem if it doesn't fit your creative style...;)
I love your vlogs -- they're a refreshing dose of Real (have I said this before? brain-fog!). I'm a Maggie fan too. If you think 'urban fantasy' doesn't quite fit your genre, it might be 'magical realism'...that's what I'd call most of Maggie's books...where magic exists side by side with everyday life .That's the genre I write in and it's hard because it's not one that most people recognize. Neil Gaiman (big fan of his too) writes magical realism as does Alice Hofmann. And yes, please keep going with both your writing and vlogging after NaNo. I didn't participate this year as I released a book at the end of October and was basically exhausted but I hope to start a new book in January.....hope being the operative word. ;)
Yes- that’s it! Magical Realism! I think I’ve heard/read Maggie use that term as well!!
Hi. I am new to your channel, but I don't remember if I have ever left you a message or not. My nano was ups and downs, since I was battling with 9 different scenes for my werewolf story through the last 3 weeks. Since the first week of nano was debating what happens next in each scenes. Then it was hunting for names for the characters, then surnames. And I have only managed this week to figure out the last 3 scenes but no words. Even though I did manage to get 10k odd words. But now I am going to double check out the problems within each scene. Hopefully I can do it without stressing, since I find out that if I don't get any words out onto the page for the scene, I get a nagging headache. That will last until I go to bed. Or nap to rest my eye's. But in December month, I want to try to write 500 words each day, if at work. Then I don't write until I get home, depending if I don't have any headache during that day. Thanks for this vlog, I enjoyed your bubbly personality, even if you swear in the vlog. Sounds like me when I am having a bad day at work (waiter).
That issue of Writer's Digest is really good. And I'm also struggling with the whole "urban fantasy" genre thing, there's not much of "urban" anything in mine. And having a personal desk area is HUGE!! You are doing great!
Thank you!
I love your vlogs. I need to catch up on some of them this weekend. I like Maggie’s books too. I take 3 medicines: anxiety, depression and ADHD, and one for inflammation (arthritis). I’m behind with word count, and am not sure if I will have time to write this weekend.
I never got to writing today- spent too much time with this video- learning a different TIME-CONSUMING editing app. I’ve only been taking the ADHD med for three days, I think it’s helping, but may be too soon to tell. Thanks for watching! I always look forward to yours.
ooh, I like the music! And your library, so cool
Premenopausal! 😂😂😂😂
What a beautiful walk, thank you for taking us along (especially as I could enjoy it from my cozy warm couch)! And yes, squirrels unite <3 For this writing retreat I am listenting to the fantasy soundtracks by Adrian von Ziegler. I love his compositions (and I am the same as you: Words can't be when I write. I sing along and gone is my concentration)
I will give that a try!
I adore your videos. its nice to see the "hot mess express" writers like me. too much on in my brain at once
You are hilarious! Thank you for these. Love your reactions and the howling! Let us know your word count too!
I’ve been mostly writing by hand in a notebook, but what I have typed totals to 16,533. That doesn’t include all the other stuff I haven’t typed out…
@@adriannanorth Whoot! Go you!
love it! I hope typing it on the computer helped. John Ross my little dude was howling with you guys!
Little tip we use for extra stinky trash- we use like a little dog poop bag or really any bag you can tie or seal up, put the extra stinky whatever in that , tie it up and then it can go in the regular trash.
I ask the man to please put his tobacco cleaning refuse in a separate store-provided trash bag and tie it up cuz the smell is atrocious. But, well…he doesn’t. Ahhh!! But thanks for the advice. I shall remind him once again!
@@adriannanorth ahh isn't that how it always is lol
I would wrote it out now so as to not forget, add extra pages in with washi or paper clip if needed to your notes even on a half sheet.
So far, I’m a mix of plotter and pantser. I don’t fix it but I’m afraid of forgetting things so I make lots of bracketed notes [this part sucks maybe change pov and add this and take out that?] keep writing writing [wait, maybe move this to act 2]…keep writing keep writing….BUT I’m ok with totally going back and rewriting. You can totally do it. I’m just staying open to finding what works best for me.
Go with your gut, if you think typing it out will help then type it out and rewrite it in your notebook and just make a note so you know where the new stuff is. If it helps I have only written 2,520 words. SQURRIELS UNITE! Wait what are we uniting for? I dunno I forgot already :)
OMG, that’s so funny!! One time I went on a hike with my son and there was a squirrel and then another squirrel and I told my son they were gathering into an army and I cried out SQUIRRELS UNITE!!! They didn’t unite…at least I don’t think they did. Is that how u spell unite?? I’m retyping the scene right now, lol. Thanks!!!
I’m a hot mess express… so loving your channel
I believe in you! And I love your videos, they help me so much with my own NaNo journey!
I had to cut out the wine 🍷 this month just to focus on writing ha! Sprints have definitely helped me. I also highly recommend the “fun” writing you mentioned at the end of the video. I know my writing is crap but I’m going to have tons of crap that includes action and plot points that I didn’t have before. You can always revise crap. Keep writing!
Waiting on edge.....
First 30 seconds and I'm hooked! This was my kind of funny and chaotic LOL
Sarra Cannon gave a shoutout! That's why I am here.
What?! Wow, that’s amazing!!!
@@adriannanorth Really! Watch her video.
@@susisusanne2876 did it, thanks!
I genuinly loved these. so real and unfiltered <3
I love that you can sit in your library and they advocate Nano! Thanks for showing us around
STUPID GLITCH!!!
I still have my dictator desk from back in the garage internet cafe days, send your man to SA to get it 🤓
8 pages is amazing. Keep moving forward!😉