Sharon Ricklin, Author: video

UPDATE: This is a new video...

(After speaking with several people, I discovered that I need permission to use the music from the previous video...This video is almost the same as the first one, but I am using music from Jamendo, which is a creative commons site where you can use the music for free as long as you give credit to the artist) At least that's what they tell me and what the website says. In the meantime, I am still trying to get permission for the other song, since it fit the video and my book perfectly!

Hope you enjoy this one as much as you did the first one... sigh...
The rest of the blog is the same...except for the video's music...

I know it is quite unusual for me to post two blogs in one month, especially with all the publishing, editing, promoting, advertising, marketing, etc. going on...but, I just had to share this video with all of you. (especially those of you who don't follow me on facebook, twitter or google+) And now that I'm thinking about it, why aren't you?

My darling, awesome, super-talented granddaughter, Rachael helped me with the video. She worked until 2 a.m. last night (Aww, come-on, I let her have a few breaks) and besides, she is over 18 now...

Me and Rach - Fall 2012

But I digress...

Rachael is a writer - you can read about her here: My Post of Rachael

If you'd like to follow her blog, it's here: Rachael's blog

LIKE her writer's page here: Rachael's Writer's Page

The reason I've posted her links for you is since she is so super-awesome at making these videos, perhaps some of you may wish to contact her to make a video for you! Trust me, she's a perfectionist too. Each time I thought my video was good/done, she did more tweaking to make it even better.

So, what did you think of the video?

See what I mean? And this is just the tip of the iceberg...she writes -(stories and songs) she draws, she reads voraciously, she's taught herself to play the piano, and is learning (self-taught) how to play the guitar now- AND she's been accepted to all the Universities that she applied to!!

(She'll be going to the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater in fall.)

Thanks again, my beautiful Rachael. This Grandma is so very proud of you! ♥

Thanks for reading/watching

I posted a video from YouTube a few days ago. I posted it on my personal facebook profile and on my Writer's Page - which automatically posts it to twitter as well. I was surprised at how little response it generated. I have no way of knowing how many people bothered to look at it, nor how many saw it and scrolled right on by as they looked at their homepages. But it made me wonder. Am I wasting my time with all this "social networking" ?

My facebook profile shows that I have 169 Friends and my Writer's Page says that 90 people Like this. My twitter account says I have 137 followers. Out of all these potential lookers, there were only 4 comments and 4 likes, with 3 of those being the same people. Does this mean that most people just don't take the time to click 'like' or make a comment - even if they are actually reading and not just scrolling?

It's not like I was the creator of that video or anything. But what it had to say in such a short amount of time was absolutely astounding. ( 1 minute and 47 seconds) As a writer it showed me how important words can be, and as a human it showed me there is yet hope in this world of ours.

Perhaps waking up to another dreary, gray day has dampened my outlook on social networking. When I looked at today's weather on my computer it said: drizzle. Now they have upgraded it to: Overcast. Yay.

Perhaps I am spending too much energy wondering why people don't care enough to interact within this social networking world. Or maybe I am spending too much time clicking like on my friends updates and videos and photos and quotes - making comments when I am moved by something they have posted or Blogged. Lets face it - it is hard to keep up with all of it.

Looking up right now at my Google reader notifier, it says I have 30 blogs to read and my Google mail checker says there are 20 emails, some of which will be Blogs I have subscribed to from WordPress. That's not counting both of my facebook account updates, twitter tweets, nor my Writer's Circle group posts.

I think I am trying too hard. And when so few people interact back, I tend to take it personally. Or, like I mentioned earlier, perhaps it's just the bleak day. It is only 29 degrees. And did I mention how gray, bleak, drizzly and overcast it is? Oh, I just looked outside. It's snowing. Sideways.

In case any of you missed it, and are interested in the video that got me started on all of this...here it is:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHzgzim5m7oU&h=b5cc8

There are over 3 Million hits on this video. 3,700,755 to be exact.
What did you think the woman wrote? Were you surprised? How did the video make you feel?

And now I am going to get off of all the social networks and spend some time editing and writing. That always makes me feel better, no matter what's going on outside. Not to mention the great feeling that comes with knowing I am not wasting my time!