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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I have no idea what this is but it’s friggin hilarious!
We could all learn a little something from Carlton. Happy Friday!
We could all learn a little something from Carlton. Happy Friday!
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 ; […]
Over the past few weeks, there has been a ton of agent contests. I, of course, I have been reading and following every one like a hawk and here’s one thing I noticed. It’s all all about YA Spec fiction. Almost all of the entries picked are either fantasy and SF with a few thrillers […]
It’s no secret that great books get turned into movies and these days it’s all about YA. But what about books being made into video games? If you think about video games that are based off books (Harry Potter, LOTR) they all came out after the movies. Out of all the games I’ve played there’s […]