Evolution of a Book Trailer Pt 2
Yesterday I covered what I did to make the trailer below for How to Promote Your Children’s Book: Tips, Tricks, and Secrets to Create a Bestseller . Today I’ll go…
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Happy World Read Aloud Day!
I’m at the Highlights Foundation Founders Workshop and who is here but Jules Danielson, of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, and who happens to know American Sign Language? Jules does!…
Tomorrow is World Read Aloud Day!
From LitWorld: Your Top 7 Actions for an Incredible WRAD! 1. Host a Book Swap Bash with your friends and bring short pieces to read that make people laugh. 2.…
Evolution of a Book Trailer – Pt 1
I’m at the Highlights Foundation Founders Workshop this week as faculty in their Making the Web Work for You week. One of the things I’m teaching is all about book…
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
To celebrate, here is a very weird Seussian video for your enjoyment! Also, today is my last day on my blog tour. Thank you to all my hosts! If you…
I'm Behind!
As I worked toward my Sunday to leave town for the Highlights Foundation Founders Workshop, I have found myself terribly behind in my blogging. I hate that. And it gives…
A New Book Trailer!
Ever since I interviewed Darcy Pattison for my blog tour week and learned about archive.org and being able to buy music on istockphoto.com (duh, me!) I’ve been working on this…
3 Questions Answered
UPDATED WITH AN EMMA DRYDEN RESPONSE! Thanks for the great questions, Zach! And for allowing my readers to benefit from the answers. Hope these clear some things up for you!…
What is Best for a Character?
Writing and Craft Recently I got a question emailed to me from a reader named Anthony that I thought might help my readers, too. And I’m including the compliment at…
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