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How to make a book trailer
Posted on October 11, 2014 1 Comment
The Birth Of a Book Trailer I knew I needed a book trailer to help promote my debut YA novel Winnemucca. First of all, I love movies. Heck, I live in Los Angeles. And, I worked in the entertainment industry. I knew the power of the trailer. Plus, how much fun would making my own […]
When you see the Southern Cross for the first time…
Posted on June 2, 2014 6 Comments
Where have I been? Around the world, in ninety days. A research trip for a screenplay that was supposed to be five weeks long where I traveled to Australia and Indonesia turned into so much more. Thanks for your patience while I was away. I’m in the process of understanding all the changes that I’ve […]
Trailer park Thursdays — What I learned making 13 on Halloween’s book trailer
Posted on October 10, 2013 1 Comment
The trailer for 13 on Halloween was the second trailer I produced. I learned a lot when I produced my first book trailer for Winnemucca, a small-town fairy tale. Winnemucca’s trailer was a bit long. The standard seems to be right around a minute and a half at the most. It’s crazy how long two […]
Monday Muse: The Sea Otter Classic––Redefine your limits
Posted on April 22, 2013 Leave a Comment
This Monday I’m inspired by the Sea Otter Classic bicycle races I went to over the weekend at Laguna Seca. There’s a motto FOX, a bicycle shock manufacturer, has––Redefine your limits it’s a fabulous way to start this week. Thinking about what’s beyond our limits. It’s something I like to write about. My characters try to […]
Monday Muse: Oscars, pretty dresses & finding your voice
Posted on February 25, 2013 2 Comments
So yesterday was the big night. I love movies. I love popcorn. We went to an oscar party last night.
The great escape, measuring time & The San Francisco Book Review
Posted on July 9, 2012 5 Comments
I’m back home after unplugging for a five day vacation with the family up to a lake in the Sierras. We had a blast. It’s so good to travel up to the mountains again. That lake is like a second home to us and a place my hubby’s family has been going to for generations. […]
YA Indie Carnival: A recipe for Nasty YA Characters
Posted on June 22, 2012 6 Comments
Whew, I’m a little late with my post this Friday. Hope you all are having a fantastic beginning to your weekend. I love Friday afternoons at home with a good book 🙂 They are so rare! Today we get nasty at the carnival and I have to say that I love nasties in YA fiction. […]
The inspirations & challenges behind TRANSFER STUDENT, an intergalactic tale of beauty & the geek
Posted on June 12, 2012 Leave a Comment
I wrote the first draft of TRANSFER STUDENT in 2006 after my father-in-law died. It was a crazy, sad time. I was working at the Los Angeles Times on the re-opening of the Griffith Observatory [it had been closed for five years for renovations] and we were back-and-forth between LA and Fresno [a four hour […]
YA Indie Carnival: Location, location, location–where we like to go in books
Posted on May 25, 2012 2 Comments
Today the carnis are blogging about where we love to go in books. Like most readers, I love to go to places I don’t expect. I love to see regular places in new ways and feel transformed. Setting is powerful and I like when it’s used like a character. I try to do this in […]
Transfer Student Book Trailer!
Posted on April 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
I hope you enjoy the TRANSFER STUDENT book trailer! I’m learning a little bit with every trailer I make. Producing book trailers is part of my writing process and I really enjoy creating them because I get to see my stories in new ways.
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