Notes on "Trying to make it"
So, I've finally started recording YouTube shorts of all of the zines my wife and I have worked on over the past year. Not sure why we didn't do this sooner. I'm using the Youtube Shorts/Reels/TikTok method of attaching your video to trending music that my wife taught me. Stuff that wouldn't otherwise get pushed gets pushed to the moon. I'm always in desperate need coattails to grab onto.
Ugh, then there's the tags. You actually have to hashtag your shorts, too. Trying to find the magical ones that will get your videos views is a pain. My wife's channel is way more consistent when it cones to finding good tags.
I've gotta will myself to start replying to comments and signing back into discord. Being weird about socializing makes running a very social platform hard. That's why I like Bear blog. There are absolutely no expectations here. There aren't any expectations on Youtube either, but everyone has taken the time to send kind words or ask questions, and I really do like replying once I get past the initial anxiety. It's especially nice when people know about Catalina videos. :O
Might stream more often. Then there's work (wagecucking). And school. Then I need to work on Christmas bits for a new zine. I swore I'd do a Christmas one before Monster in the Cave #3. I feel like I'm never above water. So much to do. I just wanna hang out and create all day, but reality makes that hard. Like, if I could spend all of my time making tutorials, working on projects or workshopping new bits, then maybe I wouldn't feel like I'm wasting my life.
Sorry if this is all very self-centered. Idk this blog post, like a lot of things, is mostly for myself. Just bloggin. Really excited to have a playlist of comic readings now. Gonna try to shill them everywhere.