Monthly Archives: September 2011

Creating a Book Trailer – Newbie Attempt

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I’ve seen so many lovely book trailers out there and so decided I would try my hand at creating one for my novella, A Day in April, 1944. With absolutely no experience in this area, I stumbled onto the site of One True Media. It looked so simple I thought I’d experiment with creating a trailer using the photos I had from my last trip to France. The places I visited inspired the story for A Day in April, 1944.

Be forewarned, I know nothing about photo quality and resolution and I don’t even know what it will look like when I attempt to embed the video on this page. I’m also not sure about where or how I would obtain stock photos for some of my other works if I decide to create trailers for them as well.

The simplicity of the walk through instructions on the site convinced me that I might have a shot at creating something worthwhile. It’s free to experiment but if your trailer is longer than 30 seconds, (which after playing around my trailer grew to almost three minutes), or you want to download and share your creation, there is a charge. You can opt for a year’s subscription at $39.99 or pay a monthly fee of $3.99. I suppose I could have created a trailer on my Mac using iPhoto or iMovie but at the time I became so caught up in what I’d begun that I decided to continue on with One True Media. I did peek into the above programs but they seemed too complicated for one feeling impatient. I’m sure I’m just being lazy and one day soon I’ll look into what it takes to create a trailer on my Mac.

Without further ado, let’s see if I can embed the video for you to see. Let me know what you think, but don’t be too hard on me folks, it’s my first time;-)

It looks a little grainy to me, but after trying to connect to youtube via One True Media (kept receiving a message telling me to try back later), I went directly to youtube and uploaded the trailer. Also, WordPress gave me some grief when I tried to upload the embedded link onto the page. There’s a fee for uploading videos so I just went directly to youtube and it happened to work. So, after the past few hours of trying to make this happen, I’m going to grab a cool drink and relax. Maybe I should leave the next trailer in the capable hands of someone who knows what they’re doing:-)

Update: After my trailer mysteriously disappeared, went back to One True Media, was able to access youtube and upload the video via their site. The finished product now looks much better to me.

Six Sunday – I’ll give it a go…

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Since I can’t officially participate in Six Sunday, (something about the inability to support WordPress blogs ~ if I’m wrong someone please correct me!), I thought I’d share six sentences from my latest WIP. I haven’t yet decided on a title…for now, let’s say this snippet is from, The Good Doctor. Another erotic historical romance, (currently novella length with the possibility of becoming a novel), featuring a captivating heroine with a memory loss, and a doctor who isn’t sure he believes her. Comments welcome. Enjoy!

Lily, as she had most recently taken to calling herself, pushed aside the curtain of the carriage and peered out onto one of the most prestigious streets of the district. It made little sense to seek treasure in the bowels of poverty. The darkened paths of her past held no attraction. She knew only too well what manner of villain lay in wait in the alleys and byways. The street to which the coachman had brought her stood lined with dignified homes and majestic trees. With disdain, she imagined the pompous fools who resided within their walls. 

A Night Owl Reviews Book Review for Adelaide’s Adventure

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Thanks to Erona Diane Hill at Night Owl Reviews for her review of Adelaide’s Adventure! Ms. Hill rated this saucy erotic historical romance novella 4.25 and here’s a excerpt from her review:

“I’m not usually a fan of the historical genre but this little love nip intrigued me. Not only was the writing superb, but the characters had depth for such a short tale. At first, I was outright enraged by what was happening to our heroine, Adelaide. I wanted to smack the cocky smile from Mr. Winters face with a two-by-four.” To read the entire review, click here.

Now it’s back to work on my latest WIP. I’m hoping to finish revisions by October 1st. Look for a Six Sentence Sunday snippet soon!