Category Archives: Videos of M. B. Weston

New M. B. Weston’s Corner Video: Show, Don’t Tell Using Description & Sensory Details

This is the final segment of a four-part series I’m doing on my YouTube Channel about “show, don’t tell.” Today, we’re discussing how to use description and sensory details to show instead of tell. Make your reader experience your story … Continue reading

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New Thanksgiving Video: M. B. Weston’s Corner – What Writers are Thankful For (tongue in cheek, of course)

It’s Thanksgiving, and what better way to celebrate the holiday than by sharing what we writers are most thankful for. From our gratitude to writing (which gives us an excuse to avoid people), to cliches and passive voice (which help … Continue reading

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New Video: M. B. Weston’s Corner: Show, Don’t Tell Using Dialogue

Today we’re talking about how to Show, Don’t Tell in your writing using dialogue, and what better way to illustrate the importance of dialogue than to bring on the character Wilson from Cast Away as a special guest. In this video, I’m … Continue reading

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M. B Weston’s Corner: Show, Don’t Tell – Part 1

I’m not an actress. I’m just an idiot with an iPad being goofy and having fun talking about writing. In my first real “M. B. Weston’s Corner” video, I discuss “Show, Don’t Tell” for writers. This week’s focus is on … Continue reading

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Introducing M.B. Weston’s Corner in YouTube

I’m starting a weekly video blog on my YouTube channel, YouTube.com/TheMBWeston.  This is official Introduction video to M. B. Weston’s Corner. I plan to discuss writing: the technical stuff we all need to know as well as the trials and … Continue reading

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Video: M. B. Weston Interviews D. Alan Lewis – The Lightning Bolts of Zeus

I was able to sit down for a short interview with D. Alan Lewis and chat with him about his new steampunk adventure, The Lightning Bolts of Zeus!   Click here for more information about the Lightning Bolts of Zeus! See the interview … Continue reading

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Video: M. B. Weston & Other Authors Present “Retro Radio”

Join with M. B. Weston, other Dark Oak authors, the Expedition Unknown team, and a few other crazy people as they perform a hilarious cold read of an early radio drama at one of the Alabama Phoenix Festival‘s evening panels. Each person … Continue reading

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Video: M. B. Weston Interviews J. L. Mulvihill – The Lost Daughter of Easa

I was able to sit down with author J. L. Mulvihill and discuss her young adult fantasy novel, The Lost Daughter of Easa, a story about a young girl who falls through a portal into another world and wakes up with no … Continue reading

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M. B. Weston in a *Mock* Short Film, Attack of the Killer Beignets! (…and its mocumentary.)

In case you missed in on the Dark Oak Press & Media Blog, some of the Dark Oak authors got access to a video camera at a convention and created a really, really bad Indiana Jones spoof short film called, Attack of … Continue reading

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Video: M. B. Weston Interviews D. Alan Lewis – Blood in Snowflake Garden

I got a chance to interview  D. Alan Lewis about his novel, Blood in Snowflake Garden, a murder mystery that takes place at the North Pole in Santa’s City. See the interview below: Click here for more information about The Blood in Snowflake … Continue reading

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