I’ve spent a fascinating couple of hours working with a professional to produce a book trailer, a mini video. https://vimeo.com/164040238 I tried to do it on my own and it was not particularly interesting or effective. This one is much better. It’s missing a comma,…
I realize all authors need a social media platform. Publishers look for it; readers look for it. No one yet has shown me how to communicate about the last book when my mind is on the one I’m presenting writing. I attended an instructional workshop (another one)…
This trailer is on a trial program. I would like comments on what would make it better. You can do that on my Facebook page if you like. http://ow.ly/4mK0Rm You can run the program with this address: Thicker Than Blood: ADptive Parenting in the Modern…
I wonder how writers would be described if they were listed in a book of pedigree like the American Kennel Club. Writer: generally self-absorbed, well-able to spend many hours alone so easy to leave while you go to work, comes in various colours, sizes…
Heart of a Champion by Ellen Schwartz (Middle grade) Set in Vancouver, BC in the 1940s in the Japanese community Heart of a Champion follows the experiences of a nine-year-old Kenny (Kenji) Sakamoto as his family is subjected to the racial prejudice of the times,…