Here We Go

I apologize, once again, for the late post. I seriously intended to post yesterday, but I got home late and just couldn't muster up the mental energy to put together a post for you then, so I decided to wait another day.

Besides, the only thing I could think to write about yesterday was a rant about how awful driving in Utah can be, and you don't want to read that, do you?

Anyway, the wait was good. Because today I have a video for you:

Not my first YouTube video, but it IS the first on my new channel. Consider this the "promo" video for Codes and Capers, what I'm calling the channel.

(Yes, I'm a dork. You knew that already.)

For those of you who can't see the video (I know that happens), here's the script:

"Hello, detectives, puzzlers, and retrieval specialists of all ages! Do you like cracking codes, cracking cases, and (only in theory) cracking safes? My name is Allison K. Hymas, author of mystery novel Under Locker and Key, and I’m right there with you. I love challenging myself with a good mystery, and if you’re up to the challenge, join me as every week I present some ciphers, mysteries, and good old fashioned capers for you to solve. This is Codes & Capers, where no case is too small, no solution too bewildering. So, stay tuned. I’ll be kicking off my first episode with the first puzzle September 6. Get ready. There’s a lot of mystery out there."

I already have my first video filmed and edited, and let me tell you, there's a LOT to this I didn't know, and I'm pretty sure there's still a lot more that I don't even know I don't know. But anyway, it's starting, and I'm pretty excited!

If this seems like something you're interested, check out the channel, and hey, I don't know, tell your friends.

In other news, I'm getting back to writing with a spooky fall project or two. A novel I've been working on and still need to write the climax to, and a new thing. Remember last week, and my idea to write retellings and scary stories where the explanation is far more interesting than just "ghosts or aliens are responsible"? Yeah, I'm actually doing it, and I'm writing up some notes and outlines for short stories now. Before long, I may be able to share some scraps. We'll just see how it goes.

Oh, and I'm reading this book:

Because you can't write a convincing story unless you know your material, so here we go. Here we go on YouTube, and here we go into deeper research and a form of fiction I don't write as often anymore. (It will be interesting writing fewer than 100 pages to a story.)