Learning. When I was setting up this blog as a self-hosted WordPress site, I found a number of WordPress tutorials on YouTube that were easier to follow than the written instructions in the help sections of hosting company and WordPress sites. Sometimes, I had to try several different combinations of search words to find what I needed. For writing resources, I searched “writing” and found a number of entries. Changing the search a bit helps you find more. For example, I searched “Christian writing,” “American Christian Writers,” and others to find the following.

• Writer’s Digest Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/WritersDigest
• American Christian Writers faculty panel: http://youtu.be/K37yD6tfuzw
• Dr. Dennis Hensley on “Honing Your Writing”: http://youtu.be/gEyYv4AB0GY
• Steve Laube on having an agent: http://youtu.be/Gg_MrToKtVE
• Cecil Murphey, several posts: see search results here.

Marketing. Search “marketing for writers,” and you’ll find a number of posts that might help you. Also, many publishing companies are putting book trailers on YouTube now. If you’re writing a book, perhaps you should browse the book trailers for marketing ideas. I searched the names of a couple of my favorite authors and found more than just trailers.

• Marketing for writers search results here.
• Because You Care by Cecil Murphey and Twila Belk: http://youtu.be/6opXG0luNmk
• Dangerous Reunion by Sandra Robbins: http://youtu.be/n9EqqrpO31E

Inspiration and/or Humor. Sometimes you need inspiration for your writing. Other times, you just need to take a break and have a laugh or two. Youtube might have just what you need. Be creative in choosing your search words. If you know of a Christian speaker, search his or her name. You’ll probably find some clips. Look what I found for my favorites.

• Billy Graham search results here.
• Chonda Pierce search results here.
• Atheists Don’t Have No Songs, Steve Martin (I had bookmarked this one).
• Search results for “Christian humor” here.

Subscribers, if you know of other sites like Youtube that you can recommend, please comment on this post and provide a link.