Category Archives: Vlog

Digression 1: Today, We are Cancelling the Apocalypse!

The Mayans’ doomsday came…and nothing happened?! Big surprise, right? Here’s what I had to say about it.

This is the first of a series of “mini-videos” that I’ll be posting periodically as supplements to my main vlog, “But I Digress….” They may be follow-ups to the vlogs or completely unrelated. (Hence why they’re called “Digressions.”)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

But I Digress…, Episode 5: My Review of ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’

“But I Digress…”
Hosted by Nathan Marchand

I receive a mysterious letter from a fan named “G. Mithrandir” requesting that I review the new “Hobbit” movie. Get ready for my first ever video review for a film!

What are your thoughts about the film? Leave me some comments and let me know. I’d love to discuss it with you.

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But I Digress…, Episode 4: Ban(e)ality

 “But I Digress…”
Hosted by Nathan Marchand

I was going to do a video review of the highly anticipated  “Dark Knight Rises” Blu-Ray–until this obsessive goofball of a fanboy hijacked my show! He goes on a rant dressed as Bane. He has a grudge against my friend and fellow YouTuber, Jeremy Sheer–his whole diatribe is a message for Jeremy.

Finally, epic saga of battling fanboys continues in this hilarious sequel to the wannabe YouTube sensations “The Dark Knight Premiere Trilogy” and “Batman: Fatal Fun”!

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But I Digress, Episode 3: The Perils and Privileges of Self-Publishing

“But I Digress…”
Hosted by Nathan Marchand

Are you a struggling writer who keeps getting rejected by publishers? Been in the writing business for a while and sick of how it works? Then self-publishing is for you! It’s an exciting avenue to distribute stories, but it’s also a hard path to take. In this week’s episode, I discuss those perils and privileges as someone who has worked with a real publisher and ventured into self-publishing.

And I battle fine print in nerdy fashion. (Watch and see!)

Here’s a link to Mark Coker’s PowerPoint presentation on eBook self-publishing.

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But I DIgress…, Episode 2: Horrible Horror

“But I Digress…”
Hosted by Nathan Marchand

My apologies for the delay in posting this. Slow internet + large video = YouTube hates me.

Anyway…

Ah, Halloween. The season of costumes, candy, and horror movies. It seems like such flicks (and literature) are a dime a dozen these days. Unfortunately, many of them are, well, horrible. Why is that? In this week’s episode, I discuss a lot of the those reasons, including idiotic characters, overused jump scares, and gratuitous gore.

No black outline this time. That’s because I edited the video on one program instead of two. That’s good because I looked a bit “claustrophobic” in the last one.

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But I Digress…, Episode 1: How to Sell Books at Conventions

After over a week of figuring out video editing programs (and finding the time to use them), my long-awaited first vlog is done!

In the first episode, I give eight tips on how to sell books at conventions to aspiring writers. These were based on my experiences at Gen-Con.

This is my first vlog and my first time using video editing programs, so it didn’t turn out as well as I would’ve liked. I expect they will improve as time goes on. I have to resist the urge to nitpick my own video and performance.

Please leave me comments, especially if you have ideas for topics for future episodes. I’d love to make this interactive.

Until next time, True Believers!