How to Create a Great Book Trailer

How to Create a Great Book Trailer

A few months ago, while awaiting the publication of Blood Red, I decided to create a book trailer to coincide with the launch. Trailers seemed to be a suddenly hot marketing tool, even though their overall effect on sales remains impossible to determine. But I...
an interview with emily m. danforth

an interview with emily m. danforth

One of the more satisfying and rich teen breakouts this year has been emily m. danforth’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post, a sprawling coming-of-age novel about the struggles of a gay preteen/teen growing up in the disapproving and conservative/religious atmosphere...
Hitchcock Conversations: “Family Plot” (1976)

Hitchcock Conversations: “Family Plot” (1976)

The Hitchcock Conversations is an ongoing project between me and James W. Powell, in which we study Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography in chronological order. I’ve published one conversation per week, and this is the final edition. (By necessity, spoilers ahead!)...
Hitchcock Conversations: “Frenzy” (1972)

Hitchcock Conversations: “Frenzy” (1972)

The Hitchcock Conversations is an ongoing project between me and James W. Powell, in which we study Alfred Hitchcock’s filmography in chronological order. I’ll be publishing one conversation per week. (By necessity, spoilers ahead!) Synopsis: London is terrorized by a...