Month: October 2012

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Trailer

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Trailer

One of my awesome followers, Jenna Cooper, mentioned this trailer. I take back what I said about live action…if they can be done like this, I’m in. We all know the pros to signing with the Big Six. One of them is having a great marketing team who can out together an awesome book trailer. […]

Posted October 23, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 4 Comments
Book Trailers

Book Trailers

I’ve been watching a lot of book trailers, lately, trying to figure out what makes a good one. So far, I know what I don’t like. Live action. Even the big publisher ones remind me of a B rated movie or worse–LARP (live action roleplaying—not knocking it, but it is pretty funny). The other day […]

Posted October 20, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 4 Comments
YA Book Covers

YA Book Covers

It’s no surprise that a vast majority of YA book covers consist of a pretty girl in a pretty dress. Some readers are tired of this trend, but yet, the covers continue. Mixed in with all the pretty girls, are beautiful artistic covers. I went to school for graphic design and the one thing I […]

Posted October 18, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 2 Comments

Amazon Used books

I’m not sure when this change happened, but now if you go onto Amazon and click on a book, in some instances you can buy used. While I think this is a great for all us broke folk, I’m worried what it will do to the authors… From what I know, and correct me if […]

Posted October 16, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 12 Comments

Aubrey Rose

She’s finally here! A little earlier than expected, but that’s okay by me : ) Delivery went smoothly. My husband said if labor was a profession, I’d be a pro, lol. I’ll be taking some time away to enjoy this little treasure–I say that now, but we all know how tempting the internet is ; […]

Posted October 2, 2012 by elizatilton in Uncategorized / 9 Comments