Book Trailers....... Hmmm......

There's a writer's website, called Wattpad. I've joined it, posted some stories, found some good stories, it's all good. Now, there's a little thing on it called Book Trailers.

Book trailers are pretty much movie trailers - just for books. A little taste of what the book's about, in trailer fashion. Sounds cool, right? It is. And, being fascinated with film as I am, I tried to make one for my friend Jacey's book Forever Desires. I'd say I succeeded pretty well. To make it I had to tear a lot of footage off of Youtube that technically doesn't belong to me, but it's not like I'm the only one. I don't mean to sound cocky, but I think that trailer is one of the better ones out there.

And I was looking on the discussions in the "Clubs" on Wattpad - basically forums - and I was looking at the book trailer one, looking at all these people advertising their book trailers. Saying things like "I'll make you a book trailer if you fan me" and things like that. And I looked at some of their examples on Youtube and some of them, compared to mine, weren't so great. Like, they were basically a slideshow of pictures with words on them. I could make that on Animoto. Do you know how long it took to make mine? A WHILE.

So I've been wondering if I should maybe open my own thread and start making trailers for people on Wattpad...... I think I could.

And because I know you all long for me to show you:

Here's the trailer I made for Jacey.

Enjoy.

Long Time No Post

Hey guys! I know it's been a while since I last posted, so shall I fill you in on what's been going on?

The horror movie me and Jacey were making is in fact a go. It's called Nightmare, and we've begun filming it. Don't look like we're going to stop till we're done. Which is just the way, uh huh uh huh, I likes it. Want a sneak peek? Check it out here.

Secondly, the book I finished. Started editing it, finished three times already. But I've got to edit it until I find nothing left that needs editing - that's what Raold Dahl says. Paraphrased, but to that effect. I'm also working on a couple other projects. Wanna read? Check my stories out here.

Besides that, life has been uneventful. Well, not really, but the events I have mentioned will have to be in another post. It'll take too long to say it all here. But one major thing has happened; I have recently become obsessed with a stroke of genius of Joss Whedon, and that little stroke of genius is called Firefly. Too bad it was cancelled. That damn Alliance at Fox wouldn't know a good show if it jumped off a caravan and told them "I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you." Sigh. Curse their sudden but inevitable betrayal. If only they knew I can kill them with my brain.

Peace out, Homers.

Just call me Jade.

Mission Accomplished!

Guess what? Can you guess? Can you guess? No? Well I'll TELL you!

I finally finished the book I was writing!

Thirty six chapters. Been writing for over a year now. No big deal.

Except I was kind of rushing the last chapter, so it's not that good at all. I could definitely make it better. But that's okay, because that is what editing is FOR.

Do you want a sneak peek? I thought you would. I'll let you in on a little taste of the writing of my amazingness. So do not fret. Are you ready? The readers of my blog shall be the first ever public to read even part of the most amazing book ever written. So as soon as I find the right part of the book to keep you hooked, keep looking out for that sneak peek!

My New Story

I'm writing a new story! I know this is like my third already, but whatever. It's set in ancient greek times, and I'm going to incorporate all the gods and goddesses into the book. It's basically about this girl named Cassandra who is so beautiful that all the gods fall in love with her. Her family doesn't know though, 'cause they were one of those people who didn't believe in the gods anymore. Her dad wants her to marry some jerk guy, and she can't do anything about it, because she's just a girl, and if anyone knows anything about ancient greece, girls didn't carry a lot of weight in the community. Oh, you know what! Scratch what I said about them not believing in the gods anymore. 'Cause right at the start, her dad wants to have a sacrifice to Hera, so yeah. Anyways, all the goddesses tell her something or other, either threatening or advice, and all the gods try to impress her or..... get her in other ways. It's gonna be fun to write. That's all. Okay. Bye.

Did I Mention I'm A Published Author Now?

THAT'S RIGHT!!!! I got published!!!! Unfortunately it's not what you think. Or what I hope you think. I haven't published a novel. BUT..... I AM a published writer now. See, there's this journal of writing that circulates the whole district and I got published in it. And best of all, it was a story I wrote for school that I absolutely adore of myself! I'm so proud of it! Sure, the story's in french, but that's not the point! The point is that I have a resume now. For when I get a BOOK published, you know? And besides, what do you expect from a french immersion student? I mean seriously!

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O O yeah, see that's supposed to be a music note, whatever. I GOT PUBLISHED!!!

Writing Update: Randy

Chapter sixteen!!!!! I wrote it on my hand to show everyone, and they were like "What? You writing a book or something?" I was like "YEAH!" Then I show them it, and they're like "Whoa, that's big. Probably bigger than the Goblet of Fire." "In my dreams," I would reply. CHAPTER SIXTEEN!!!!!!!!

Makin' A Movie

And not no ten minute one either. I'm talkin' a real movie, probably around an hour long. It's based on Trenton Lee Stewart's The Mysterious Benedict Society. I'm director, of course. I have about eight people willing to act in it. I need five more and a bunch of extras. Like I said, this is a serious operation and should be treated like so. More info once things get moving.

Writing Update: Randy

Again, I know, but guess what? CHAPTER FIFTEEN!!!!! WHOOHOOOO! I'M SO EXCITED!!! I DON'T CARE WHO THINKS MY STORY IS STUPID!!! CHAPTER FIFTEEN!!! YYYYEEEESSSS!!!!

Writing Update: Randy

Hello, peoples! I'm back!
Okay, well first of all, you don't know what the stories are about. I don't have titles for any of them so for now I just call them by the main character's name. You'll notice the title says Randy. That's because in one of my stories the main character's name is Randy. It's a fantasy book. The main plot is that this guy, Randy, skips school. He's sort of a rebel. Anyway, he goes to the forest so that no one will find him there. He finds a cave. He goes into it. On the other side of the cave, it's sort of a parallel universe. He has two friends back in his realm. Margie and Crystal. Margie is just his friend who happens to be a girl, and Crystal is his actual girlfriend. But he doesn't like her that much as a girlfriend. Anyways, in the parallel universe, there are two more girls. Juniper and Tempera. Juniper is a water nymph/ tree nymph. She looks exactly like Crystal. Tempera is a young storm goddess, in the loosest sense of the word "goddess". It simply means that she can control rain, thunder, lightning, wind etc. As you may have guessed, Tempera looks exactly like Margie. There's also Dizzy, who is a pixie. She only talks to Juniper, for reasons unknown..... even to me. It sounded good though, so I kept it. Anyways, he finds them and hangs with them for about a day. Then they find out that Dizzy is the one who opens and closes the cave every year. I haven't explained this part have I? No. Okay, well the cave that Randy came through, it opens only like once a year, for like three minutes. So they find out that Dizzy is the one that opens the cave every year and that if she saves her energy enough, she can open it without the schedgule....... again, in the loosest sense of the word. So she opens it, Randy sort of reluctantly goes through and comes out the other side. His mom freaks out at him and grounds him for like a month. Thus ended chapter eleven, and part one. Now I am officially on PART TWO!!!! I finished chapter twelve and now I'm on chapter THIRTEEN!!!!!!! EXCITEMENT!!!! And there was over a hundred pages in part one. And now I'm on PART TWO!! I'VE SAID THIS ALREADY BUT I CAN'T STOP!!!! PART TWO!!! CHAPTER THIRTEEN!!!!!! WHOOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!