Being an Author

Being an author is an interesting adventure. I thought I had finished a novella I was working on, only to have it wake me up at 3am yesterday, urgently screaming that it wasn't done using me. ;-)

Now, I need to move on to other projects... the podcast has a group of authors that want to be featured, I have about 300 chapters of my work that need to be produced into Audio Files, 9 novels that need to be published on our Patreon account, and I have four more novels in the Gary Booker series that have to be finished.

However, day and night, these two characters keep tapping on my forehead that they want the rest of their story told. [sigh] The tyranny of my muse refuses to be quieted.

The First Chapter Podcast, on YouTube. Author video interviews coming soon!! Patreon.com as vscampbell101 Spotify - The Gary Booker Novel Series

My setup:

Camera: We currently use EMEET PIXY PTZ 4K cameras. They are awesome and the best of the current offerings. That might change next month, the technology is evolving quickly but when we bought them a few months ago as we updated our equipment for audio studio work, those were the best and we tried several of the “web cams”. Microphone and headphones: If you get into audio production, and we’ll talk more about that equipment in Audio Video Skills, Class 105. I am using a Maono CLR Mic on a swing boom. It’s incredible. The headphones I use are Rumoon wired studio monitoring headphones. If you aren’t familiar with those names, don’t be surprised. They are well known within the audio video industry.

In my podcast studio, I also use a MacBook Air, three LED studio lights, and the software I use is Wondershare Filmora, although I would not begin using it if I started now. I would use Riverside. Because I book my podcasts using a google appointment calendar, and I record them using Google Meets in an administrators account (for recording) I also use G Drive to store my productions, as Mac Laptops have very limited storage space. I also use a Western Digital 5 terabyte external hard drive and a commonly available hub to attach peripherals to the laptop.