FAQs:

All the things you wanted to ask and probably some you didn't!

1] What editing software do you use in your videos?

Adobe Creative Suite 5: (Photoshop Pro, Adobe After Effects, Premiere Elements).
 

2] How did you lose weight?

Around Halloween 2008, Kaitlin (my daughter) and I got really sick. I ended up losing 10 lbs because I couldn’t keep foods down. The first week of November I decided I needed to get myself in gear and try to take more off. I pulled out my South Beach Diet cookbooks and got on the ball. I’ve lost around 90 lbs so far (as of 07.10). I took a break with my weight loss when I took on a new job (promotion) and allowed the stress to get to me. I use SparkPeople to help me track my calories, carbs, fat, water intake, and exercise. It’s fabulous and FREE.
                                                                       

3] How did you become a YouTube partner?

There are actual rules to becoming partner. Rules I didn’t understand at first. When someone applies you don’t want to think you are going to be denied. Truth was – I WAS…twice. I didn’t understand WHY they denied me until I talked to other guru’s who had been denied. I realized it was due to my music. So I went back and deleted the music. Not all of it though. Applied again and got the same – no – so I went back and deleted the rest of my videos with music. Third time was a charm because I got it.

A word of caution though: Don’t think because you become a partner, you are going to become famous and make tons of money. Just as only a few writers become an overnight success like Stephenie Meyers, not everyone makes tons of money on YouTube. For example: I DO NOT. While I do get paid every month, it’s not what you might think. #makingpennies

I would tell those of you that are interested in becoming YouTube Partner there is a specific number of views and subscribers you have to have, but that is just not the case. You can’t apply till you have over 500 subscribers but everything is taken into consideration – where you are located – what kind of videographer are you (guru, director, comedian, etc)- it’s a toss up really. Good luck if you apply though!
                                                                                          

4] If you weren't a teacher, what would you be?

I went to school to be a Physical Therapist. I changed my major to Biology after a Genetics class and wanted to go to grad school to be a Genetic Counselor. Instead I got married and had a child. I realized by the time I graduated with my degree in Biology that I needed money so I became a teacher. I’d still LOVE to do something in the health care profession. I wanted to be a doctor from the age of 7. Maybe something in medicine will be after I retire from education! Of course, that is considering I’m unable to turn writing into a full time job. It currently absorbs every minute I’m not working or doing something with my family or sleeping.
                                                                                          

5] Are you still writing your first novel?

Yes and No. I've finished writing my first, Unusual You, and I've gone through the query process. Agents have requested the material, but I wasn't happy with it as an Adult Paranormal Romance. I attended #WriteOnCon and I rewrote it to be a Young Adult Urban Fantasy. I queried a different group of agents after implementing this change, but it still wasn't perfect. After taking a few months off from it, I dove back in, performing major re-writes and ultimately changing a large chunk of the story.
                                                                  

6] Are you going to write anything else?

I have already plotted out two other novels, both of which are young adult. One is another urban fantasy, but deals with ancient artifacts from Europe and is in changing 1st Person POV. The other is a post-apocalyptic dystopic fantasy. Both are named, but as always - those names may or may not change.

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