Writing Diaries #6: Meet Me at Our LIVE

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I did my first Live stream here on Substack. For a while, I was unsure if I would ever do one.

I’ve seen different posts and notifications from other creators I follow doing things like dinner prep together live, but for me I always felt like when I’ve gone live in the past like on different social media platforms, I often ended up feeling like I was talking to myself.

And really, I often was just talking to myself.

And then seeing people join.

Then talking about what I just said again and again.

But, this Monday morning as I got back to my desk with my slightly cold coffee, I decided to give it another go and do a few writing sprints. I would chat a bit about my books or what I was working on, set my timer, write.

Overall, it went pretty well.

However…