Posting on TikTok for over 200 consecutive days: built a sustainable habit of 30-second to 3-minute posts, how I reuse that material on other platforms through tools like Buffer, and why honest, emotionally grounded posts often land more.
Exploring voiceover: from old compliments about my voice to years of podcasting into deliberately building a better recording environment. That includes blanket forts that literally collapsed on camera, and eventually a more stable closet setup, plus early exploration of voiceover marketplaces and auditions.
Word Turtle Island, which finally reached 1.0 after four years of work and modest sales is having me explore a few things with the game, how I market it, and also ... Lexilotl, my next game: a cozy Axolotl-themed word puzzle co-designed with my wife, Kate, built on top of systems I created for Word Turtle Island. Also I'm inviting you to reach out in general and especially if you’re interested in testing Lexilotl on iOS at rob@shieldsstenzinger.com
I'm exploring this new (new to me!) place to offer merch, the features here at Fourthwall are intriguing. It's setup to offer audio, video, bundles, and even print on demand merch from places that do a good job that I've already researched in the past.
Having a public blog, public podcast and doing free micro workshops on my YouTube and TikTok profiles it's nice to have something like this also.
A place where you can find things you're into that I make whether it's:
- hand stuff I can send you
- on demand physical products Fourthwall will send you
- digital downloads like self paced workshops, audio, video, templates and printable for creativity and design
- private behind the scenes posts
And it helps me creatively. For my approach, a private blog is freeing as to process and expectations. Posting things I think matter in ways I think you may find helpful or entertaining is still important. What I'm not worrying about is refining, tons of editing, post images, detailed tagging, and other details I make sure I do with my public posts. It'll be more raw and truly behind the scenes which also means it's far easier for me to post here frequently. For some authors these things are part of how they post everywhere, perhaps with practice in this space I'll grow that way too. Perhaps not! I believe and practice growing and learning while also accepting I have quirks and challenges.
This is a place to see my work and thoughts more frequently. Also I'll sell stuff. The rest I'm figuring out.
Lots of features and I have only a sketch of an idea to start. Enough that it seems smart for me to get started to learn and evolve as I go. Developing through iterative research and design is something I've practiced for many years, why not here too?
