Hello, Magical Book Nerds! ✨📚💫 I’m excited to share that I’ve achieved my GoodReads Challenge goal of reading one book this year! Yes, “only” one book was my goal, and here is why. That book was The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson, and it...
I’ve been ravenous for as much folk horror as possible since I saw The Witch and Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched has filled my bucket until it runs over! Join me for a movie trailer reaction, an honest review of the doc, and more plans to bring folk horror to...
A few weeks ago, the YouTube algorithm blessed me with a video everyone in the creative, marketing, and social media space should watch. It’s called “YouTube Has a Pyramid Scheme Problem,” and I’ll embed it below (at the bottom of this post) so you can give it a...
Delve into the enchanting corridors of knowledge and mystery with our new video, “Wednesday Study Hall Op. 1 – Nooks & Books.” Inspired by the enigmatic Wednesday Addams from the iconic Addams Family series, this video is a tribute to all the...
A Midsummer Night’s Faerie Garden is Here! 🧚🏻♀️✨🌸 Recently, on my Substack, I shared a sneak preview of a visual story I’ve been working on since April, and today, I’m so excited to reveal the full fairytale! 🧚🏻✨🧚🏽♀️ A Midsummer Night’s Faerie Garden is now...
After growing up as a typical Gen-X video game enthusiast in the ‘80s, I picked up a PlayStation controller again in my late forties and am still playing strong in my early fifties. Interestingly, I discovered that the Atari 2600—the console that first sparked my love...
In case you missed last week’s teaser, the new video is up on YouTube and Spotify!! When I posted this last night, I hadn’t even thought of Daylight Savings Time, but what a great week for a sleep story! Enjoy! With Love & Magic, ~Jaye Watch the Video on YouTube...
As winter’s last dance turned my Art Deco apartment into a snow globe this week, the feeling was bittersweet: although I’m looking forward to spring’s waking life, a part of me will always long for the ethereal magic of winter. Thankfully, storytelling knows no...
Are you less than a passionate reader if you “only” read one book this year? Let’s unpack the joys and challenges of reading, #booktok, haul culture, and staying true to yourself in a performative, social media-driven world. The Life of a Gen-X...
Happy Samhain, you magical creatures! It’s time to ring in this most hallowed holiday with my witchiest, most spine-tingling, and darkly magical book trailers, starting with the most recent projects fresh out of the editing bat cave and ending with a music video...
This is the continuing story of a YouTube Channel that’s gone to the dogs. This article first appeared on my Medium blog. Enjoy! 🥰 I’m about to tell you a story about a video editor who won multiple Telly, Davey and Pixie Awards over the years for her work — but...
Being a new YouTuber is messy. And hard. And fun. And baffling. Here are five ways I’ve messed up so far… and how I plan to fix them. 1: Perfectionism. I’ve been so obsessed with doing my videos in a certain (unsustainable) way, it’s got me...
I started my vlogging adventures in June with books, so naturally, my next vlog just had to be a Halloween entry for Vlogtober! Two of my favorite things are books and Halloween, so it was a natural progression in this great experiment I call “Having a YouTube...
Hello everyone, it’s 2020 Jaye, and now that a year has passed, my opinions about The Reading Rush have greatly changed since 2019, as have my thoughts on how to “do YouTube.” It was a fun first attempt, but greatly unsustainable. 😵 I’ve...
