Cozy Reading Sprints Tonight
Spooktacular is kicking off early this year, and I’m so excited to spend some extra time with all of you this month. Tonight is our first official event with some cozy reading sprints on Twitch and YouTube at 8PM Eastern.
I know the time is not ideal for those of you in the UK and Europe (it’s 1AM start time, I think!), but the replay will be up if you want to watch and read tomorrow or in the future! We will try to squeeze some reading sprints in before the end again before Spooktacular is over if we can!
What Are Reading Sprints?
If you haven’t done reading sprints with us before, it’s really fun! Basically a “sprint” is just a segment of time where you set a timer for something like 25 minutes and then focus ONLY on your task. No interruptions or distractions. No phone scrolling. No chatting. Just reading, writing, or crafting. Whatever task you want to use this time for, this is your focus time!
So often, when we sit down to read, there are a million distractions that keep us from it. Kids, pets, notifications. Well, not tonight! This is YOUR time to just relax!
The timer will get set by me for 25 minutes, and then I’ll play some soft music and mute my microphone for the duration of the sprint. If you don’t like the music, you can also just mute the video while you focus. I’ll have some tea and a cozy blanket, and I’ll be reading the final edit version of The Disappearance of Vanessa Shaw!!! I’m so excited!
When the timer goes off, we’ll all take a break together! These are usually 5 minutes long, where we’ll chat and stretch our legs. I may read a few snippets of my favorite scenes from the book. It will be super fun!
I’m planning to be live for about 3 hours. Drop in or stay for the whole time. Watch the replay. Either way, I can’t wait to see you there!
How To Watch
I’ll be live on both my YouTube channel, which you can find here, AND my Twitch channel, which is here. Twitch is typically more of a gaming app/website, but I also do my Friday coffee chats there, as well as some Thursday night gaming from time to time. For most of the rest of October, I’ll be live on Twitch to play through the rerelease of Silent Hill 2, a horror game for PS5. I’m so excited!!
TODAY’S GIVEAWAY: 3 Months OF BROKEN CHAPTER SOCIETY
Spooktacular wouldn’t be complete without our amazing giveaways. At the heart of it, Spooktacular is my love letter to all of you – the fans who have supported me and loved my stories for so many years. I want to celebrate you this month, so remember to keep checking back here on the blog for giveaways, events, and free party favors all month long!
3 Month Broken Chapter Society MembershipThe Broken Chapter Society is my brand new community membership on YouTube. Interested in knowing more? You can watch this previous livestream where I talk about everything we’re planning to do as part of this membership! Founding members are anyone who joins BEFORE October 31. As a founding member, you’ll receive an exclusive gift and exclusive goodies and surprises for the lifetime of your membership. There are 3 tiers, but today our giveaway is for 3 months of the highest tier – the Curator of Secrets.
This tier includes exclusive live streams and perks like occasional signed paperbacks and free audiobooks!
Read more about the membership and join us here., or enter to win today’s prize.
**I cannot gift a membership to someone who is already a member, so if you’re a current member, feel free to still enter. If you win, we’ll work out an alternate gift like a signed paperback or a tshirt!
TODAY’S PARTY FAVORS
Whenever we have an event on the calendar for Spooktacular, come back to the blog here for both a giveaway AND a free party favor for everyone! Yay!
Today, I have a set of beautiful moon-inspired phone wallpapers for you! I have two that are specifically Broken Chapter Society themed, for those of you who are members!!! Download now by clicking on the image or holding down and selecting “Save Image”. Then you should be able to save it to your phone and then add it as your wallpaper in settings!
Coming Up Tomorrow:
Tomorrow, we’ll have our weekly Friday Coffee Chat over on YouTube, and I’ll be sharing the release date for The Disappearance of Vanessa Shaw!! Come celebrate this exciting news with me.
But first, see you tonight on YouTube or Twitch for those reading sprints. Links at the top of the post!
Spooktacular is always so much fun! Those wallpapers are beautiful.. Thank you!
Very pretty. Thank you for the party favors.
So happy to be here 🙂
The wallpapers are so pretty!!! I’m just excited over the community of BCS. The vibes already so so positive, witchy, and fun. And of course the release of your new story!! That’s going to be epic!
I love the wallpapers!
These wallpapers are so beautiful! Thank you! I especially love the BCS ones!! Yay! Looking forward to tonight and the rest of the month with you all!
Yay!! Perfect timing for the sprints, as I’m just finishing two of my current reads. 🙂
I love reading sprints! I’m so glad you are doing them again this year.
I’ve never done a reading sprint before and I hope tonight will be my first!
Wish I could make the reading! Stuck at work tonight. Have fun everyone!
I’m so happy to be a part of The Broken Chapter Society. What a great great group of people!
I love the wallpapers, BCS, and Spooktacular! This community is the best!!
book info
I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us for this Spooktacular! You always make it so fun and entertaining! And I’m so happy to be part of The Broken Chapters Society!
The wallpapers are great
I just realized today that you have a blog, and it’s where you post Spooktacular stuff. XD
Those wallpapers are gorgeous!
I am looking forward to seeing Sarra vlogs and goodies with the Broken Chapter Society. I am also looking forward to listening to the new Mirror of Shadows. I really enjoyed when you did The Witch’s Key on UTube.
This is just the best way to end the day. 🙂
Beautiful wallpapers. I’m so happy to be joining this year’s Spooktacular.
Planning on reading The Witch’s Key during these sprints 🙂
I’m loving the reading sprints. Working on Zinetober zines. The in between chats are so good.
I’m loving the wallpaper designs! Also, I’m digging the Live Reading Sprints right now. It’s so helpful!
Soooo pretty!
This is awesome! I’m attending the sprints right now, reading Inner Demons. Love it!
Love the wallpapers! Finished reading Quicksilver by Callie Hart during the the reading sprints tonight!
I’m excited to be a part of BCS and Spooktacular. I also can’t wait to get a copy of DoVS. This encourages me to finish my own books.
So beautiful! And so happy for Spooktacular!! Thank you for everything!
This is a great start to the Halloween season.
I look forward to the reading and giveaways!!!
Caught the end of the stream tonight. I forget how fun they are!
Loved the reading sprints!!!
I’m looking forward to the readings and the extras.
Looking forward to connecting with others who really enjoy reading and hearing about all the great things Sarra is doing or planning. Love her books and excited for the books and various fun things that are planned. Also who doesn’t love getting fun things in the mail ever now and then!
Watching the replays and writing while doing so! Thank you so much for this super fun month!
Wallpaper is awesome
Already a member! I really love the BTS stuff. I joined so I could watch your writing journey.
I’m so pumped for the Broken Chapeter Society! I just have to convince my husband that we can fit it into the budget. I’m looking forward to seeing extra content
Looking forward to the reading of A Mirror of Shadows!
Spooktacular is one of my favorite holidays of the year!! Love, love, love those wallpapers and I’m so excited for TDVS!!! Congrats for the launch announcement, Sarra!
Everything! You’re the only author I pay to subscribe to.
Looking forward to watching this on replay
All of it! I am just super excited to support Sarra and this wonderful community.
I live for these wallpapers lol I leave them on my phone all year lol
I can’t wait!!!!
I had so much fun and got a lot of reading done.
I had such a great time at the reading sprint! Thank you.
I’m so excited to join Sarra’s new BC community
Hello, Sarra!
I couldn’t make it to the live sprints but I hope you had tons of fun reading!
Happy Spooktacular! ✨
This inspires me to much! I love the wall papers!
Loved the livestream!
I loveeee reading sprints thank you for the party favors! So pretty!
I’m rewatching the reading sprint right now while I’m working. It definitely helps keep me productive!
I’ve never actually done any reading sprints, so I’m excited to join (in the recordings)! :))
Enjoyed tonight. Was able to write a chapter, drink some hot chocolate and cuddles with my cats.
I’m sure you will surprise and delight us, but I joined BCS mostly to support you and thank you for all you contribute.
So excited for the community of BCS!
Love the wallpapers
I’m loving the members only videos.
Been having so much fun writing and crafting, while watching the coffee chats
I can’t do the daily Facebook check ins. The link will not allow me to enter my Facebook login
So excited for all the goodness that is broken chapers society!
I am excited about all the things with Broken Chapter Society! I can’t wait for the live streams, and to listen to you read a AMOS when it is ready!
Ahhh! So excited for spooktacular this year!!
It’s the best time of the year and the best community to get excited about writing, and Halloween is this time of year as well.
Used the sprints to get my Halloween decor up! 😀
Excited to be a part of the BCS! I am especially excited for the live sprints, honestly ^_^
Now using the broken chapter wallpaper ❤️
I’m just looking forward to some awesome stories from the Broken Chapter society.
Thanks of the wallpapers.
Love the BCS logo you came up with and also this cover for TDOVS is very different but I’m starting to like it very nice!
Thank you for all that you do!
I can’t wait. I hope that spreading it out during the entire month is less stressful for you
Love this time of year! 😀
This all has an amazing setup. You and and TeamSarra came up with so many special features. I can hardly wait for October 25th!
Best time of the year
The wallpapers are so pretty! This is perfect timing for me because I’ve been wanting to change my phone background!
Watching you put together your planner was fun!!
I’ve already put those wallpapers on my phone! They’re so pretty!
I’m looking forward to everything about the BCS – the story, the goodies, the vlogs – so exciting!
Looking forward to the community with BCS
Loving on the fun content, giveaways and group time happening this spooktacular!
I was looking most forward to the community and besides I’ve always wanted to be a part of a secret society
Playing catch up some more this evening… Love the wallpapers! Thank you Sarra
I can’t remember the last time I had a day with the hubby just us relaxing and enjoying each other. Reading, watching movies and the game. Love days like this.
Congratulations Melissa G. on winning the Day 2 giveaway!!!