Wednesday Whatever Day
Today's topic is book trailers.
Recently, I asked Steve Meltzer (editor at Dutton, and Dial) this question. If he received a query with a link to a book trailer would he take a look?
His answer--most definitely, yes!
Luckily, my husband is skilled in the use of computers, and made me a trailer for one of my projects. I've done major revisions on this story, changed the title, and character names but you still get the idea. He's going to revise and use some new fancy tools to make it even better.
Here is the old version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVlBjNFieTU
I'm wondering what book trailers you've seen and liked? Or trailers you've hated? And why?
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New resolution…
Okay, I know it's not New Year's Day but, with the help of a little nudge by Jill Corcoran, I am determined to blog regularly.
My schedule:
Monday: What am I reading?
Tuesday: Writing Challenges
Wednesday: Anything Day
Thursday: Industry news
Friday: Useful Information
Looks like today is "Useful Information Day"
Recently, I attended the NJ SCBWI Conference. We were given a sheet of paper with the names of the agents and editors in attendance and the genres that peek their interests. I'll share:
Editors:
Eve Adler-PB, Rhyming books, Easy Readers/Chapter Books, Middle Grade, YA, Nonfiction, Historical fiction, Fantasy, Edgy!
Michelle Burke-PB, Easy Readers/Chapter Books, Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Graphic Novels (MG only), Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Nancy Consecu-PB, Rhyming books, Board Books, Easy Reader/Chapter Books, Middle Grade, YA, Non fiction (very selective), Historical fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Margery Cuyler-PB, Rhyming books, Board Books, Easy Reader/Chapter Books, Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Graphic Novels, Historical fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Kristin Daly-PB, Rhyming books, Board, Books, Easy Reader/Chapter Books (selectively), Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
T.S. Ferguson-Middle Grade, YA, Graphic Novels (selectively), Fantasy, Edgy
Regina Griffin-Middle Grade, YA, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction,Fantasy, Edgy
Lauri Hornik-PB, Rhyming Books, Easy Reader/Chapter Books, Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Historical fiction, Edgy
Emily Lawrence-PB, Easy Reader/Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Graphic Novels, Historical fiction, Fantasy
Steve Meltzer-PB, Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction (only PB), Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Edgy
Catherine Onder-PB, Rhyming Books, Easy Reader/Chapter Books, Middle Grade, YA, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Michelle Poploff-Middle Grade, YA, Graphic Novels, Historical fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Tamara Tuller-PB, Middle Grade, YA, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Edgy
Caroline Yoder-PB, Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Historical Fiction
Lisa Yoskowitz-PB, Rhyming Books (selectively), Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction (selectively), Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Agents:
Jill Corcoran-Easy Reader/Chapter Books, Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction (very selectively), Fantasy, Edgy
Jenni Ferrari-Adler-Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Rachel Orr-PB (selectively), Rhyming Books, (Selectively), Board Books (selectively), Easy Reader/Chapter Books (selectively, Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction (selectively), Fantasy, Edgy
Scott Treimel-PB, Rhyming Books, Board Books, Easy Reader/Chapter Books, Middle grade, YA, Non Fiction, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Emily van Beek-PB, Rhyming Books, Board Books (Rarely), Easy Reader/Chapter Books (very selectively), Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Marietta Zacker-PB, Rhyming Books, Board Books, Easy reader/Chapter Books, Middle Grade, YA, Non Fiction, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Edgy
Hope the info is helpful!
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It’s May!
April is over. A bittersweet month. My birthday is in April--good. The slight from a friend ( or who I thought was a friend) in a past April, still makes me sad. But, the month is over so bring on May and all that it may have in store.Recently, a picture book I had written years ago, resurfaced in the form of an editor asking to review a dummy of the book. I took a break from my WIP to construct it.WIP going well. I'm meeting with a wonderful agent in June to review my first fifteen pages with her, I'd like to have the rough manuscript done by that time. I must resist the urge to send it out to early.Are you good at waiting or do you rush forward prematurely? I hope I've learned my lesson.
Jenn Hubbard’s wonderful idea
My friend, Jenn Hubbard, had a fantastic seed of an idea that grew and grew and grew... Wanting to give back to the libraries that have enriched our lives, Jen organized a blog donation rally. Some gave a set amount of money per comment within a certain time frame and others gave a flat donation. What a wonderful idea. I dropped off my donation today and it felt really good. Thanks Jenn. Coll
It’s been quite some time…
...but I intend to be more vigilent in tending to my blog. Now, if I could only make this promise to my garden. I've been working on three novels. Two are finished but not as polished as I would like them to be. Book 1 is being read by a new beta reader. Book 2 is being read by hubby. Book 3 is being developed using a method called the snowflake method. This method is very structured (so not me) and my husband (the engineer) loves it. He's walking me through so that I don't hop over the parts that bore me. We'll see how it works. So far, with his help, it seems to be going well.On Kristen Nelson's blog, she announced that vampires and werewolves are out. Boo, since Book 1 is a werewolf theme---hopefully it is different enough to garner attention.coll
