"Scooby-Doo" makes me thing "gang of kids" and Sherlock makes me think MYSTERY. B&B's are typically old houses dolled up. The author could say something like, "His parents buy an old house in a new town to start a Bed and Breakfast. The house comes with a mysterious past and the ghost of Silas Manchester, that only [character] has seen." Part of the fun of a ghost story is figuring out the logical explanation behind the hauntings. Bringing up the librarian, realtor, et al has told me the list of suspects before I even read the story. All that to say, I would read this! I think what I've learned with your videos is writing a novel and writing a query or book blurb are two different skill sets. It's hard to boil it down to a synopsis when you're so close to it with 40K words.
P.S. I think it would be helpful to include the genre in your titles. It would help with the search function and recommending your videos to a wider audience. E.g. "Quelling Your Query Conundrums, Episode 15: Middle Grade Novel" For the thumbnails, you can create a template for each genre and then have a space for a subtitle. For this particular one, you could have a picture of Ann holding a magnifying glass with the subtitle of "Hijinks & Shenanigans" in it. So the title gives the genre, and the thumbnail illustrates it. Thumbnail templates are more work upfront, but once you have them, they're easy to edit. I'm imagining Lane would have fun with the Horror genre. Ha! You can go back to your previous videos and create new titles and thumbnails and that can help nudge the algorithm. Often YT creators will play with titles/thumbnails to compare stats for views, watch time, subs, etc.
"Scooby-Doo" makes me thing "gang of kids" and Sherlock makes me think MYSTERY. B&B's are typically old houses dolled up. The author could say something like, "His parents buy an old house in a new town to start a Bed and Breakfast. The house comes with a mysterious past and the ghost of Silas Manchester, that only [character] has seen." Part of the fun of a ghost story is figuring out the logical explanation behind the hauntings. Bringing up the librarian, realtor, et al has told me the list of suspects before I even read the story.
All that to say, I would read this! I think what I've learned with your videos is writing a novel and writing a query or book blurb are two different skill sets. It's hard to boil it down to a synopsis when you're so close to it with 40K words.
P.S. I think it would be helpful to include the genre in your titles. It would help with the search function and recommending your videos to a wider audience. E.g. "Quelling Your Query Conundrums, Episode 15: Middle Grade Novel"
For the thumbnails, you can create a template for each genre and then have a space for a subtitle. For this particular one, you could have a picture of Ann holding a magnifying glass with the subtitle of "Hijinks & Shenanigans" in it. So the title gives the genre, and the thumbnail illustrates it. Thumbnail templates are more work upfront, but once you have them, they're easy to edit. I'm imagining Lane would have fun with the Horror genre. Ha!
You can go back to your previous videos and create new titles and thumbnails and that can help nudge the algorithm. Often YT creators will play with titles/thumbnails to compare stats for views, watch time, subs, etc.
GREAT idea! Thanks!