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Does anyone here have a YouTube channel? I've finally started one. Eventually I might use it for something related to my writing, but right now it's all about . . .

. . . foxes in my backyard!

Plus a few raccoons and rabbits. And maybe the occasional stray cat. But mostly foxes.

Right now, I have 19 videos of the wildlife. You can find them here .

I hope you enjoy them. If you do, please do me a favor and subscribe. I have to get 100 subscribers before I can create a custom (i.e., less ugly) URL. Feel free to comment on the videos, too.

Thanks!

Oh this is a smart move, Dale. I wish you luck. I'm in a rush at the moment but I'll take a look asap.

My kids have a Youtube channel. I think I have one as well- but not sure. They've loaded a bunch of my book trailers on one, I believe. Good luck with it.

Awesome videos! My favorite is the raccoon couple taking a leisurely sniff and stroll through your backyard. I wish you the best of luck with this! Hugs.

Thanks, everyone! I never did much with YouTube because I don't know much about producing videos, book trailers, etc. and never had time to learn it.

I put this together because I recently acquired a trail camera specifically to see how often foxes were coming to our yard. We knew they were around because we'd seen a couple in the daytime every great once in a while. I suspected they might be more frequent nighttime visitors. Turns out they come by pretty much every night. So we started putting out some small treats to get them close to the camera.

Having gotten that far, I wanted to share the videos with family members, but it proved hard to email or text them, so I hit upon the idea of putting them on YouTube. And while setting up the channel, I thought . . . well . . . author. Maybe eventually I'll morph it into something for that purpose. So I started doing the branding to match my website, etc.

The default URL is ugly, though. So I looked into getting a custom one. Turns out you have to meet certain conditions, the hardest one being to have 100 followers. So I floated it out to FB, Twitter, and here to ask for followers.

And that's my story. Back to enjoying the foxes. ;-)

I made a book trailer but really not sure how to promote it! LOL Good luck with your channel!

Just shared to my Facebook- Looks like an interesting book.

Trana wrote: "I made a book trailer but really not sure how to promote it! LOL Good luck with your channel!"

Thanks! I may have to get a copy of your book, too. I'm not much of an historian, but my family is from Ohio. I'll share your trailer on my FB when I get a spare moment.

Just looked at yours Trana - very professional!

Subscribed and liked yours, Dale, and I see that the number of views is increasing all the time.

Carole wrote: "Just shared to my Facebook- Looks like an interesting book."

Thanks, Carole! Appreciate any and all publicity! :)

Dale wrote: "Thanks! I may have to get a copy of your book, too. I'm not much of an historian, but my family is from Ohio. I'll share your trailer on my FB when I get a spare moment."

Awesome! Thank you, Dale. I hope to travel to Ohio this summer for more research. The historical society has an archive of papers that were found within the walls of an old house. They're in the process of renovating the building which will house the archives.

Anna wrote: "Just looked at yours Trana - very professional!"

Thanks, Anna!

Anna wrote: "Just looked at yours Trana - very professional!

Subscribed and liked yours, Dale, and I see that the number of views is increasing all the time."

Thanks, Anna!

Trana wrote: Awesome! Thank you, Dale. I hope to travel to Ohio this summer for more research. The historical society has an archive of papers that were found within the walls of an old house. They're in the process of renovating the building which will house the archives. "

Got it on my FB page now.

My family (which isn't quite so prominent as yours) has a "family story" written by one of my distant uncles of some degree or another about the great westward migration of our ancestor Adam Lehman (yes, I can trace my family back to Adam!) from Perry County to Mercer County. The story has some fictional elements. My father arranged to have it typed and later put into electronic format. Copies have been liberally distributed through the family, but it was never published.

Dale wrote: "My family (which isn't quite so prominent as yours) has a "family story" written by one of my distant uncles of some degree or another about the great westward migration of our ancestor Adam Lehman (yes, I can trace my family back to Adam!) from Perry County to Mercer County. The story has some fictional elements. My father arranged to have it typed and later put into electronic format. Copies have been liberally distributed through the family, but it was never published."
That's awesome! A limited edition of Increase's 1798 diary describing his journey from Mass. to Ohio then back and the family genealogy was published and given to a few family members. I found his journal fascinating and wanted it to be available for future generations. Have no idea what happened to my mother's copy!

Thanks for posting it to your FB!!

Hi Dale,
I have a YouTube Channel. It's a lot of work, but I really enjoy sharing my work and our lifestyle in the west. Here is the link if you care to look it over. Nancy Quinn -The Art of Western Living https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3TN...

It's great, Nancy.

Nancy wrote: "Hi Dale,
I have a YouTube Channel. It's a lot of work, but I really enjoy sharing my work and our lifestyle in the west. Here is the link if you care to look it over. Nancy Quinn -The Art of Wester..."

Thanks., I'll have a look.

Nancy wrote: "Hi Dale,
I have a YouTube Channel. It's a lot of work, but I really enjoy sharing my work and our lifestyle in the west. Here is the link if you care to look it over. Nancy Quinn -The Art of Wester..."

Thank you, Carole.

You're welcome!

I uploaded a number of new videos last night, including several of a newcomer (we've named him Rufus) and a startling encounter between Reynard and Allie. I've also organized the videos into playlists named for each individual fox. The channel URL is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeHKyt1ypo_B_BC9jRJktA

FYI, if you previously liked or commented on some of these, I lost those interactions. I realized the videos needed to be converted to MP4 to play correctly, which required deleting the old versions and uploading the new ones. So feel free to re-like or re-comment.

And if you haven't subscribed to the channel yet, please consider doing so. If I can get up to 100 subscribers, I can get a more reasonable URL! Thanks!

I have 2. My main one where I post my book trailers and have a weekly series called Mystery Unsolved where I discuss strange unsolved mysteries every Friday.

I also have a channel were I read my poetry but haven't used it in a while.

I've thought of doing something more than fox videos, but haven't had time to pursue it. I don't even know what equipment or environment I should set up for doing recordings.

I just use my phone or tablet. I use Restreamio which allows me to record on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all at the same time.

Justin wrote: "I just use my phone or tablet. I use Restreamio which allows me to record on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all at the same time."

Interesting. Thanks!