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Welcome to another project teacup vlog! Here is a cozy, day in my life, writing vlog. I was a bit poorly in this one--betrayed by my own damn sinuses. I also answered a bunch of writing related questions as well within the vlog, so I hope you enjoy the Q&A segment as well on topics like what motivates me to be a writer and what makes me to most nervous about potentially one day seeing project teacup out in the world as a real book.
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[@asililydying]

from someone who finally feels like a proper human being again, thank you so much for your energy christy. the world is dark and often confused, but you add a little bit of light each video :)

[@christy-anne-jones]

Thank you for your beautiful comment 🥹 I hope you're doing okay 💛

[@e4mi]

For the past year, I have been watching your channel for motivation to finish my MA thesis. Now that I am post grad, I still love the cozy vibes and this attempt to view writing in a positive light after college haha basically your videos are great

[@e4mi]

OH in relation to the song motivation thing (I don't judge) I have the same relationship with the band I Don't Know How But They Found Me. It just tickles my brain in a wonderful way to work or write

[@tempest2000]

We're rooting for you, Christy Anne. I will pre-order your teacup novel when the day comes! 🍵

[@ooh29]

Christy, I’m so hoping that you will get published. I raise all my hands for you dear.

[@christy-anne-jones]

Thank you so much 💛💛

[@k8rine]

Christy why don’t you self publish! I felt the same as you, my novels are my babies, and when the traditional publishers didn’t pick it up (sadly I think this is harder and harder as yrs go by due to current trends etc) but finally I came to the realisation that we are writing for ourselves, to share with family and friends it’s already SO amazing that there’s strangers out there who may buy our books- I’m sure you’d have so many interested in yours! Don’t give up 🙌🏻 also by self publishing you get full autonomy what you want to write about and share with the world!!❤

[@jessdinning]

I was wondering this too! Christy, I'd love to hear your thoughts about why you want to be traditionally published for fiction vs. self-publishing 'A Year in Tokyo'. Self-publishing so popular at the moment and I'd love to hear your voice in that discussion ❤️

[@Man-ej6uv]

because self publishing is almost harder than tradpub. you have to do a lot of things on your own. and when you get tradpub, it forces you to improve, and you get to work with editors and agents and meet more writers. i'm not sure about her reasons but this is what i can think of.

[@miriam8376]

Does anyone have suggestions for other writing/book channels with a tone as positive as Christy’s? She’s got such a gift for talking about writing without fixating on flaws or getting judgmental. I love that she says a book “isn’t for her” instead of saying it’s bad. I just want a warm space to hear nice things about good books without tearing anything down. Suggestions?

[@abileamon6406]

I'm not sure if she's exactly what you're looking for, but I think The Artisan Geek is fabulous so I highly recommend her channel. www.youtube.com/@TheArtisanGeek

[@agentnaget]

Im not sure if this is 100% what you are looking for either but i really enjoy Oliviareadsalatte. Her reading vlogs are super cosy, ‘slice of life’ style and she recently stopped giving books star ratings. She lets you know if she didn’t enjoy a book but always shares her thoughts on the type of reader who might be the target audience.

[@saram5659]

Yes! The Book Leo. Very cozy and fun and relaxed energy

[@viktoriakiss4496]

Darling Desi 100%! She's just the coziest human being

[@pernilla-goth]

Definently Morgan Long! Not a writing channel but a book and creativity channel that is so wholesome and sweet!

[@celineoceane1539]

Oh wow, I’ve never been this early 😊 your vlogs are always so lovely to watch and it’s exactly what I need on this gloomy Sunday afternoon ☁️

[@christy-anne-jones]

Thank you so much for being here 😊💛💛

[@seriouslywhatever1031]

I love your honesty during your Q&A. Hope the project is going well!

[@safamujeebrahman3019]

I am really looking forward to reading project tea cup, if it doesn't get published I am sure many of us will be heart broken as well, fingers crossed, let's all hope for the best. ❤❤❤

[@lewistony]

Good lord, I've been visualizing her spilling the tea on that nice sofa for 10 minutes! 🤓

[@marcellarussell]

Thanks for another fun writing vlog! They are always so lovely and motivating. I heard you say before that if one book didn't get published you would just go to the next and then the next and then the next. It has really stuck with me and inspires me because I feel the same way. I would love to get published as well, but either way I will keep on writing! :D

[@kellimbt]

There are never too many Teacup vlogs, Christie!

[@Ignez777]

just wanna say I went right to spotify to find the artist you recommended and now I'm OBSESSED, THANK YOU!

[@dipity98]

I'm getting traditionally published soon (albeit not fantasy, lit fic), and I would say don't worry about what people online say about 100,000 being the perfect word count and all these things people get very fanatical and weird about. There's no right length and no right plot, just good writing! I got told absolute min for getting picked up was 40k and mine barely scraped 30k and still got picked up. Good luck with the agent hunt!

[@KarmaMuch]

I'm in the process of writing my first novel at the moment. When you called yourself a magpie, I felt that so much. I couldn't piece a bunch of ideas together and one day walking home I had the right song and all of a sudden BOOM, it was there. Love the writing brain :)

[@GeorginaNZ011]

You uploading another vlog is my favourite thing in the world!

[@StudioLindsay]

I can definitely relate to either focusing for short bursts at a time or hyper-focusing for most of the day!

[@aaliyahdailey31]

I’ve only started watching your videos a few months ago and I CANNOT WAIT to read Project Teacup

[@Govhatesthepeople]

i cannot develop character without other characters...its how they react to each other within the plot that reveals them more than how they just react to the plot themselves .

[@TreasureBoxReviews]

Really enjoy hearing a fellow writer's journey, it can be a lonely endeavor writing.

[@saram5659]

I have a theory that 90% of vlogging youtubers have adhd (like me😃). The way you describe hyperfocus and trouble focusing, and being highly creative and fast associating is very relatable. Love your videos!❤️

[@eolhc13]

Oh man, I'm completely obsessed with Sleep Token. The Summoning is killer, so excited for the new album - hopefully it'll give you more writing inspo 😁

[@christy-anne-jones]

it is SUCH A GOOD SONG!!! And I can't wait for the album 😊

[@kearra.fortune]

I may or may not have the same Sleep Token experience that you can, including the month long fixation and the influence on writing (the magpie analogy was very apt!) It's very fun hearing that someone else had gone through something so similar from across the globe

[@christy-anne-jones]

Yaaaay snap hahaha Fingers crossed the album is as great as the singles were! 😊

[@kearra.fortune]

@@christy-anne-jones Please let it be so!! Can't wait for May~

[@17caria]

hope you feel all better! Looking forward to whatever video you have planned!

[@Rileyw239]

Love to see that my question made it in to the video! It did genuinely offer some great advice for me!

[@christy-anne-jones]

Oh I'm glad!! Thank you so much for taking the time to ask it 💛

[@Rileyw239]

Thank you for answering! Hope you are feeling better now!

[@christy-anne-jones]

@@Rileyw239 I am, thankfully! 💛💛

[@circleofleaves2676]

I'm glad the sinus-monster waited until after your birthday to pay a visit. I love Orlando; I've read it a few times now. I'm currently reading The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding.

[@christy-anne-jones]

That is a very good point! I'm so happy it wasn't here for my birthday. Oh, I hope you enjoy Esther!! 💛💛

[@BrittanyBWrites]

Fingers crossed that you get project Tea Cup published :)

[@trapsaltnburn]

That veggie soup looked amazing! Recipe, pretty please? LOL

[@christy-anne-jones]

I chucked everything in a pot and eyeballed it! hahaha. But I suppose: 1. put 1 big onion and a big clove of garlic into a pot and then cook them in some butter until they're brown and transluscent. 2. Add 500g of frozen cauliflower, maybe 5 or 6 potatos, and two carrots, two cubes of stock dissolved in water, a bunch of pepper and italian seasoning, a cup and a bit of water, and then boil them all up until they're soft and, when they are, use an emulsion blender to mix. 3. add a dash of milk (I used almond) and then add more water/milk until it's the consistency you like. Vegetable soup is so, so easy. I pay very little attention, chuck everything together and then just wait until it boils and mash it up 😅😅 Hope that was helpful 💛

[@circleofleaves2676]

@@christy-anne-jones Same here. My vegie soup is 100% chucking and eyeballing. It's always tasty. Can't go wrong.

[@cdwritervlogs]

@@circleofleaves2676 Yes. Chuckball soup is my favorite too

[@jessicam.g.8529]

I recently discovered this channel, and I am in love with it and with you Christy. I am very interested in writing, though not on a professional level, but I do have my own creations/ideas Something I would find interesting, is a vlog of how you come to the ideas for your stories, shorts or large ones, how yodo u keep yourself motivated or what exercises you do to create characters or plots... I dont know if you have prompts or tips, I saw the video of journaling like VIRGINIA WOOLF and I saw that you started the figurative spin and the random word generator... I would love to know more about this, what do you do to create an idea or to evolve one when you get a writter block. PS: sorry for any gramatical mistakes, i am not an English native speaker.

[@Celine-zj5sv]

I've also been addicted to Sleep Token lately and the Summoning describes my brain perfectly in terms of music genres passing through! lol

[@prajaktag1145]

You are such a motivation for me! ❤

[@wishingwellinkwell]

With everything you said about your book that you’d spent eight years on (and this is coming from a stranger who spent 10 years on a book and always feels deeply resonant about the topic), you may want to read some of Samantha Shannon’s interviews. Before working on The Mime Order, she had a very arduous relationship with a book that she eventually had to abandon. In the throes of my book breakup, reading what she had to say was very cathartic.

[@MatildaTheBookDragon]

I really look forward to read your book when it's published. I'm sure it will be published!❤❤

[@ritabush3324]

Would love the recipe for your soup. It looks so yummy.

[@xerosolar307]

I had to pause in the middle of the video to go listen to "The Summoning" and yeah, okay, understandable, that was... wow, I get it now

[@AdrianasWonderland]

i love your writing vlogs

[@camilaallende3999]

You answered my question 🥺😍 I hope one day I can read project tea cup❤

[@Govhatesthepeople]

Weekends are for yummy reading🥰

[@hollycarr8853]

oop I may have paused the video to check out the Summoning and yep that sounds like my new hyper-focus. Thanks!!

[@_laurenolo_]

Kind of unrelated to the bulk of the video, but I was just wondering if Tyler has any plans to release dev blogs/vlogs or if there's a mode of following updates for his game? It sounds really interesting and I'd love to keep an eye on it!

[@christy-anne-jones]

Aw thank you so much for being interested! He's currently considering it but hasn't made any dev vlogs yet 😊 I'll be sure to share the steam page at least when it's up. Take care 💛💛😊

[@Mooncrow23]

If you're interested in reading more manga, I highly recommend Yona of the Dawn! It's one of my favorites and I think the story/writing is amazing.

[@clarejean3309]

question:how many pages do you put in a chapter, whenever it's in project teacup or in three years in Tokyo? great vlog, another one to add for my writing playlist to listen to as I write. By the way, in my book, Fallen, my main character is a strong female. I've just started chapter 11 and I have 31583 word count and 74 pages.

[@christy-anne-jones]

For project teacup, it's normally about 2500 words per chapter! I don't use pages as a metric generally (because fonts, font sizes, margin sizes, etc. make it too inconsistent to be useful), however, I would guess that's about 10ish? A Year in Tokyo didn't really have chapters and it was half visual / half written, so I couldn't even tell you how many words per page hahaha 😅 Good for you for getting to chapter 11!! Best of luck with your writing 💛

[@clarejean3309]

@@christy-anne-jones thanks for the help! and thank you!

[@lindseyberrum]

"Whatever you do in LOVE, it will turn out well." - Sandra Cisneros

[@SuperBlondenerd]

Love seeing your vlogs! Do you have lots of book ideas just sitting in your head, ready to go, or is it more like you were saying in the vlog, where you have bits and pieces of inspiration from variety of things?

[@ReadingNymph]

Your soup looked soo good 😮

[@rohit_id]

Haven't watched the video yet, but wanted to say that the thumbnail was very good and like this one

[@ellenmariedrummondscurtis]

I have the same birthday as Neil Gaiman. He's wonderful. 🌟

[@carloslopper1136]

It's funny how your hair is get longer since the first video. Thank you for sharing your experience. Its very inpiring.

[@ChadveeA]

Can't wait to read your book! Will it be a standalone or part of a series? PS: I value character building most too!

[@traceythibault4946]

Do you have a favorite notebook and pen you use to write and I love your videos it helps me I learned to write from videos like this 📓🖋🩵🩷❤️💜💖💗💓💞 I want to say thank you 🩷🩵 I usually start writing in the morning and by 2:00 Am I am done writing and I am ready for bed 😴 🛏

[@chlnmich]

❤

[@ooh29]

Christy, what are you doing?! You always make me smile when I see your face on the cover. Such a sweet person😊😄 Christy Anne Jones

[@christy-anne-jones]

Thank you so much 😊💛💛

[@jnada101]

Where are your pants from? The checked ones? I love them xx

[@shanshangalan8074]

Are you going to do camp NaNoWiro in April

[@goddessqueen7730]

That sounds interesting. I love farming games I hope he has it a available for switch. I also have some gaming ideas I wish I could get developed. But how far are into your book .

[@mayahooper599]

Is there any advice you would give to your sixteen year old self? About publishing a novel, or writing in general? I am currently at that stage in my life, writing my first book, and I really want to be published one day but I never really considered the possiblility that my story might never be published like what happend wiht your first novel.

[@Frostbite7402]

what cite or program are you using to write all of your work on? it seems so concise and you can integrate how many chapters you want early

[@haondokuproductions2452]

What is your take on Alan Moore?

[@floffycow2649]

when do you estimate Project Teacup will release?

[@MojiiOkay]

When it comes to The Summoning, Christy and I, we are the same.

[@teenaprajapati7678]

Lots of love from india❤

[@monikaorlow6517]

😍😍😍

[@cotapanda5]

Hey Christy, about your concentration problem. Have you ever consider you having ADHD? It's a common thing for ADHDers to have this non focus time and then hyperfocus. Creativity is also in "package". Not that I'm an expert, but I'm just interested in this topic.

[@mehchocolate1257]

What is the best publishing company to work with anyway

[@christy-anne-jones]

Whichever one wants to publish my book 😅😅

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@christy-anne-jones but what if you get a really shitty publisher that doesn't work out

[@GoldenThreads1]

Hello, I'd like to ask what your option is on writing a story that is at the same time released to an audience chapter(s) at a time. Would you ever try this method? It's true that it wouldn't allow for such storywide revisions and redrafts. Although it is still a method appreciated by some audiences is it not? Curious to hear anyones thoughts...

[@christy-anne-jones]

Charles Dickens did that originally! I suppose it depends on what you want. I don't think you could sell it to a publisher if you'd already made the content widely available. And I think you would have a harder time making money from it. But if you had a platform and just wanted to put things out and share them, why not?

[@GoldenThreads1]

@@christy-anne-jones I am not actually a writer first and foremost, I work in another artistic field but feel writting a story could add a lot to my proposal. My rational behind the segmented release method would be that I could continually market the same story over a very long period of time along with my other work as it comes out. Even at releasing chapter 20 you could be referring people back to any of the previous chapters as well... If there's a pay wall in front of all of it, then maybe there'd be revenue in that after all. Plus I'm notorious for unfinished projects... the whole story at once would be far too dangerous. If it did even get done it'd be at the expense of my regular work so... That isn't realistic for me. I did want to take the time to see what you'd say though. Thank you in that.

[@Allie_Dragon_Writer]

I made my characters years in advanced so writing isn't that hard it just the bits in between the big parts I find hard

[@hannascrivs5379]

if project teacup didn't get traditionally published, would you consider self-publishing it? love the video!!

[@pollyjeanz]

💗💗💗💗💖💖💖💖💖💖💗💗💗💗

[@jellyshelly]

I don’t know if anyone is still watching this three weeks later but I’m looking to make writer friends to discuss manuscripts with! I’ve been writing on my own for years but I’m currently living abroad and it’s the first I’ve moved away from home. Things are quiet and I spend most of my time speaking another language, so I’m just really missing that one-on-one connection. I’m trying to dedicate my free time to finish drafting my novel, and would love to find someone to chat with. If you’re interested please leave me a reply!

[@heartmommyinpa]

You would love my book… most of my characters are strong females

[@MohammedFarhaan-ev3vx]

💖🌹💖👍🏻

[@christy-anne-jones]

😊💛

[@reychawl]

Random thought: idk if you've ever read or watched the anime My Love Story, but you remind me of Rinko Yamato ♥️✨️ Anyway I like your videos a lot! Thank you for sharing your content ♡ヾ(๑╹◡╹)ﾉ"

[@jordanseifert4640]

Don't mind me. I'm just commenting for the algorithm. Have a nice day!