The making of a book trailer ~ Guest post with Sydney Logan

Sydney Logan is a romance author, and she's here today sharing her experience with creating a book trailer for her upcoming release Mountain Charm.

SL: I love book trailers! With their pretty pictures and music, book trailers are a fantastic way to showcase your novel.

Both of my book trailers were created by one of my faithful readers, Rebekah Moss. She is a film & media student, so designing my book trailers gives her some editing experience and offers her the chance to beef up her resumé.

For us, the first step in creating the book trailer is me writing the script. I take snippets from the book blurb and create 15-20 PowerPoint slides with the text. Next come the images, which can sometimes be the toughest part. Typically, it takes weeks for me to find the perfect pictures to complement the text. Once I finally have the presentation ready, I ship it off to Rebekah for her to work her magic.

Then comes the music. :)

This is my favorite part, even if it’s time-consuming to find the perfect song. For my first novel, Lessons Learned, I purchased royalty free music from iTunes which worked great. For Mountain Charm, I asked my readers if any of them were musicians and might be interested in having their music featured in my book trailer. Sarah Cowart, a singer-songwriter from Louisiana, contacted me and pointed me toward her Soundcloud. I fell in love with her music, and we finally settled on an instrumental of her song “Charlotte.” You can listen to Sarah’s music here:http://www.reverbnation.com/sarahcowart

I’m so lucky to have such talented people willing to share their gifts with me and my stories.

Here is the finished product. We hope you enjoy it!

 

Mountain Charm will be released July 4. Pre-orders for the paperback go on sale June 3. For more information about Sydney and her books, visit www.sydneylogan.com.

          Mountain Charm

 

“True love and sweet whispers, till death do us part;
Send someone to love my Appalachian heart.”

At the age of thirteen, Angelina Clark followed in the footsteps of her ancestors by casting an Appalachian love spell, which promised she would blossom into a beautiful and gifted woman who would find her true love. A young Angelina had been thrilled to participate in the sacred ritual, but through the years, her father’s untimely death and her mother’s failing health have shaken Angelina’s magical faith to its core. As her twenty-first birthday approaches, she refuses to practice her supernatural gifts and no longer believes in the love charm.

That is, until Dylan Thomas arrives on her front porch.

Dylan, a Nashville writer, travels to the mountain town of Maple Ridge to unearth the family’s supernatural secrets. While her clairvoyant mother is convinced that Dylan is her daughter’s soul mate, Angelina refuses to see the nosy reporter as anything more than a nuisance.

Despite their constant bickering, sparks fly.

Dylan admits he feels strangely drawn to Angelina and is in no hurry to leave Maple Ridge or publish his magazine article. Fearful that his emotions are being influenced by the spell, a stubborn Angelina struggles to fight her own budding attraction to the reporter.

The two inevitably grow closer just as her mother’s health begins to deteriorate, and Angelina is faced with the possibility of selling the family’s music shop to pay the mounting medical expenses. Desperate to help the woman he loves, Dylan explores his own family tree and finds support from an unlikely source. Can he finally prove his love is real—spell or no spell?

A story filled with love, friendship, family, and just a hint of Appalachian magic, Mountain Charm will leave you spellbound.

 

About the Author: 

Sydney Logan is an Amazon bestselling author and holds a Master’s degree in Elementary Education. With the 2012 release of her first novel, Lessons Learned, she made the transition from bookworm to author. Sydney has a very unhealthy obsession with music, and her iPod is filled with everything from Johnny Cash to Eminem. She is also the author of two short stories: “Mistletoe Magic,” available exclusively on Amazon Kindle, and “Stupid Cupid,” which is featured in the Romantic Interludescompilation. When she isn't reading or writing, she enjoys playing piano and relaxing on her front porch at her home in East Tennessee with her wonderful husband and their very spoiled cat.

Her second novel, Mountain Charm, is slated for a summer 2013 release.

Links:

Website: http://www.sydneylogan.com

TWCS PH: http://ph.thewriterscoffeeshop.com/authors/detail/41

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5787300.Sydney_Logan

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SydneyLoganAuthor

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SydneyALogan