june 2009 roadhouse report

okay, what do YOU think is going to happen next to Kate Shugak?

What do you want to happen? What DON'T you want to happen?  You've been hanging with Kate for sixteen novels now, you've got ideas, and you know you've got opinions.

So, use your webcam to record a one-minute video telling everyone what you think.

Be serious, funny, smart, smart-assed, frightened, furious! Use props, recruit a cast, find a stand-in for the Roadhouse and use it for a backdrop!  Stare at the camera bug-eyed for sixty seconds! Everything goes here!

Then send me the clips, which will be edited together by a Certified Professional Filmmaker to make a  video, which I will post to YouTube prior to the publication of A Night Too Dark (February 2010).

Dana's Laws, Guidelines and Ukases:

1. There is no guarantee that all videos will be used.
2. There is no guarantee that more than a second or two of any video will be used. The full video will be about 4 minutes in length total, so there will be editing to fit.
3. Humor will be the guiding factor in the editing process.  See the "Kate Shugak series (abridged)" video as an example.
4. Please keep the videos to one minute in length.
5. Please send digital video clips to anighttoodarkvideo@live.com.
6. All videos must be received by September 1, 2009.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your webcams!  Make 'em laugh, cringe, weep, scream! Let's go viral!

iTunes and me

It is my great pleasure to announce that all three Star Svensdotter novels and all four Liam Campbell novels are now available for download on iPhone and iTouch.  Here are the buy links for all seven titles:

Star1 - Second Star

Star2 - A Handful of Stars

Star3 - Red Planet Run

Liam1 - Fire and Ice

Liam2 - So Sure of Death

Liam3 - Nothing Gold Can Stay

Liam4 - Better to Rest

There is also my writer's handbook for online promotion, Promoting Your Book Online.  Don’t hamstring your book’s sales performance by kidding yourself that an online presence isn’t essential in today’s publishing marketplace. It is.  With lots of hot links so you can click to learn more,  Promoting Your Book Online will save you sweat equity in building your own cyberspace presence.

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