November 16, 2011

I thought that since I just finished  the improved version of my book trailer, that I should talk about what I used to put it together.  The main programs (Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere) should be no surprise.  The pictures were standard digital images I took with a simple digital camera.  I opened them up…

November 16, 2011

How about a miracle?  What if Sally just found herself knee deep in an overflowing toilet while the dog is barking crazily at something and is on the verge of being winded.  In ten minutes a young couple will be coming by to see her house, which she needs to sell in record time. What…

November 10, 2011

I have been working on making a book trailer for my novel In Times Passed. This has not been an easy process. I have pretty much everything I need to produce one except a clear idea of how to put across just the right amount of information to create interest in buying the book and…

November 9, 2011

Write in first person about the beginning of history for a species.  Find the voice of the tribe’s oral historian and have him or her share the tribe’s beginnings to either a formal or informal audience. Focus on establishing a voice for the speaker and putting across the mythology the group reveres.

November 3, 2011

I love to read.  I can do it anywhere.  Long ago,when my parents would get into an argument, I would pick up a book and start reading. The sound of them would just disappear.  I would dive into the story, think about the characters and what was happening to them, or read a really great…