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Posts with videos, created or curated by Kaleb Nation.

VIP At The VMAs!

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Taco Bell invited me to the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and surprised me with the VIP treatment! Watch the story of my trip:

In case you missed it, here’s my blog about how Taco Bell asked me to the VMAs!

Make sure you’re following me @KalebNation to keep up with my adventures!

I’m Going To The VMAs

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It’s official… I’m going to the MTV VMA’s for Taco Bell!

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I’ve had such a ridiculously hard time keeping this secret. Every year, Taco Bell chooses Youtube Correspondents to visit the MTV Video Music Awards in New York and be their official eyes and ears online. This year they picked me!

I’ll see it all. Taco Bell is bringing me into the preparty, the prepreparty, the VMA’s, and even the afterparty (and maybe an afterafterparty?). I’ll be tweeting, Instagramming, and vlogging my trip from California to New York and back!

Follow the story at @KalebNation or on the new LIVE page!

Last year, the legendary Tyler Oakley was their ambassador. Since then I’ve dreamed of being chosen but figured it’d take me a few more years.

Then I got a text message.

From Taco Bell.

Asking ME.

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There were too many OMG’s in my reply text to show it without risking my reputation as an author.

I’m very excited to be a part! My live tweets begin Saturday August 24. Get ready for a big Internet party!

But Kaleb, How Did Taco Bell Notice You?

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If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably noticed a quickly-developing romance between me and Taco Bell. I’m obsessed with their tweets: anti-corporate, friendly and welcoming, quick wit dashed with sweet sarcasm. It’s not like talking to a restaurant — more like talking to your awesome cousin who just happens to have 700,000 fans.

Fast forward a few months of tweets. Taco Bell invited me to join their challenge for Youtubers to write, produce, and edit short videos announcing their new Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos… all in only 24 hours. With 10 minutes to spare, I narrowly managed to get my commercial in by the deadline:

Can you tell that I rewrote the script 4 times? Or that technical difficulties forced me to film everything a few hours before deadline? Apparently it turned out okay because Taco Bell put my video on the front page of Mashable!

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I’ve already had Fiery DLT’s twice this week… and the video challenge is over! I hope they have a bunch at the VMA’s 😀

Kaleb Nation Goes To The VMA's For Taco Bell

My First TV Interview!

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I just did my FIRST LIVE TV interview!

AXS invited me on their daily show AXS Live to talk about my videos, the fandoms I like, and my YA conspiracy novel HARKEN. Watch a video clip from my interview.

My hands weren’t shaking at all this time! And my hair certainly wasn’t shaking either thanks to the gallons of hairspray.

Buy HARKEN on Amazon for $0.99

New Haircut!

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So after all these years… I finally got a haircut!

Since I look almost completely different now, I figured the news merited a blog post. Bye bye Bieber hair!

If you aren’t already, make sure you’re following me on Twitter for more photos and videos every single hour of every single day of every single week and year and decade of my life. Okay not every hour but close.

-Kaleb

NEW EYES BY ADRIENNE FRAILEY

“New Eyes” – The Harken-Inspired Song

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Because I’m addicted to the Internet, I keep up with all of your HARKEN posts on Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, Facebook… Instagram… everywhere else. Some of your creations are so special that I have to share!

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My favorite new thing is Adrienne Frailey’s HARKEN-inspired song NEW EYES. It’s thrilling to see an artist read something I created and be inspired to create something new. You can get NEW EYES on iTunes or hear a preview in my new vlog:

Adrienne didn’t stop at NEW EYES! If you visit her website, you can listen to an entire soundtrack she created for the book.

Something special is on the way for February – you’ll hear about it first if you’re on the HARKEN email list. I’m so excited to share it with you soon!

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The HARKEN Midnight Release Party: You’re Invited!

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YOU'RE INVITED TO THE PARTY

You’re invited to the HARKEN midnight release party! RSVP HERE.

With less than 9 days until HARKEN will be released, the wait is almost over. On Saturday 1/12/13 at 8PM PT, I will host a LIVE release party at Youtube.com/KalebNation, counting down to 9PM PT (midnight east coast USA).

At exactly midnight, HARKEN will be available on Kindle for only $2.99. Even if you don’t own a Kindle, you can still read HARKEN using the free Kindle Reader.

This is the biggest live show I have ever done. 

There will be prizes, games, Q&A, and special surprises you will never see again. Be sure to RSVP here. One person who RSVP’s will win prizes during the show!

Lauren DeStefano, the New York Times bestselling author of WITHER, said HARKEN is “Whip-smart, charming, and irresistible.” Read her full review…

I recently answered your most-asked questions… Where can you buy HARKEN? Is HARKEN a series? Why is HARKEN on Kindle first? My answers are here…


Get ready. Don’t Trust Anyone.

Kaleb Nation

Read 3 Chapters Of HARKEN Now

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The preview chapters of HARKEN are finally up! You can now read the first 3 chapters of my next book for free at ReadHarken.com.

It’s really exciting to share the preview with all of you. HARKEN is a project I’ve been working on for almost 3 years now, and to finally reveal some of it means we’re that much closer to 1/13/13. Less than a month until you can read it!

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While you’re waiting, how about a contest? I’ll be receiving a ton of HARKEN merch soon and I want to give it to you! I’d show you a photo but the mail is moving slowly around the holidays and the packages haven’t arrived, but imagine: a gigantic poster, a glow-in-the-dark wristband, a ring from the book, a postcard, and anything else I can stuff in.

It’s easy to enter! All you have to do is download the free preview of HARKEN, then post your favorite quotes or parts of the book to Twitter with the #HARKEN so I see it. Or leave a comment on my new video to be entered too.

Let me know what you think of the preview. 1/13/13 will be here in less than a month!

Kaleb Nation

HARKEN Cover Art Is Finally Here!

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The cover for HARKEN is finally here!

I’m so excited about it. It’s exactly the type of cover I wanted for this book: mysterious, iconic, not begging for attention but catching eyes all on its own. When you read HARKEN, you’ll understand just how well this cover fits.

I think fans who’ve been following along these past two years will be ESPECIALLY happy over the design, since a LOT of you have been parodying it without even knowing!

There are plenty of clues to the story in the cover art and I’m sure you’ll be digging around between now and January 13, when you can finally read it. Very soon, you’ll be able to enjoy the first 3 chapters in a free preview, sent to everyone who signs up at ReadHarken.com.

If you want your hands or eyes used in my videos, be sure to send your HARKEN photos in! Just take a photo and post it to Twitter with the hashtag #HARKEN. I usually RT it and some even go on the website and in my videos!

I can’t wait to share HARKEN with you! Get ready, it’ll be here soon.

Kaleb

HARKEN: My Next Book

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The secret is out. Watch the video announcement for the title of the #SecretKalebBook, available worldwide on 1/13/13.

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Join me for a special LIVE stream TONIGHT (11/24/12) at 6PM US Pacific Time. I’ll finally be able to answer some questions about the-book-formerly-known-as The #SecretKalebBook. Watch the live stream at Youtube.com/KalebNation. The live stream is over but you can watch a recording of the entire show here!

Get ready. Don’t Trust Anyone

Kaleb Nation

P.S. Don’t forget to add the book on Goodreads!

Get Ready For The #SecretKalebBook Title!

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I attended the red carpet of the Breaking Dawn movie premiere last night! It was such an awesome close to the Saga that has been a big part of my life for the past four years, ever since I wrote that first post on TwilightGuy.com. When I started blogging about the series four years ago, I never would have imagined I’d end up at the premiere, get to interview the stars, and even get a mention in the New York Times!

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New York Times advertisement today… New York Times Bestseller List tomorrow? Speaking of books, there was even some buzz for the #SecretKalebBook on the red carpet! Watch what happened:

Word about the #SecretKalebBook is spreading! Thanks to everyone who sent in hand photos — I try to fit as many as I can into the ending of my new videos. Keep sending them to me on Twitter!

In less than two weeks, the real title of the #SecretKalebBook will be revealed. Make sure you are subscribed to Youtube.com/KalebNation for the special video! I’ll be telling more about the book than I’ve ever said before. If you put your info in at SecretKalebBook.com, you’ll be the first to know! I can’t wait to share it with you.

To see some photos of me at The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 movie premiere, click on the gallery below:

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