White Cat by Holly Black book trailer IS HERE!

I am beyond thrilled to unveil this book trailer!! But before I do that a little bit of a sappy, but quick, THANK YOU!

I want to thank KG who got things going, so to say! HA!

But most of all to Chrissy and Holly for being so sweet, patient and great to work with! To Theo for being AH-mazing on so many levels and it wasn't even his trailer! Well, kinda.... And to everyone who had a say, had seen it early, and loved it!

It will come as no surprise that I loved this book so to celebrate the book & trailer I am giving away a copy of WHITE CAT to one US citizen. (Deadline's April 20.) Just leave a comment with your name/email.

**Edit: If you don't have an account to enter you can send me an email at vandsmedia[at]gmail.com.

But show Holly some love and comment, star, or favorite the trailer! For more info and to Pre-Order see Simon & Schuster's site!

White Cat by Holly Black book trailer... SNEAK PEAK

No book trailer, yet, but Holly's given me permission to share with you a sneak peak of sorts. A photo from the trailer that will be unveiled just around the corner!

So here's one of Holly's favorite photos and while you wait go check out her site, read an excerpt and Pre-Order White Cat!

VLC + Etsy = AWESOME!

I am happy to announce that I have my Etsy up and running again and updated with new pictures from THE BODY FINDER Book Trailer.

The cool thing is that through the end of the month of MARCH for every photo you buy you'll get another one of your choice FREE! (Gosh, I love freebies!)

All you'll have to do is after you purchase the photo is email me at vandsmedia[at]gmail.com and let me know what second photo you want!

I hoe you check it out, and if you've seen anything from my Flickr you'd want up on Etsy let me know.

Testimonials

When I first started doing book trailers 8 months ago, I would have never thought I would be where I am right now and MAN it's a great place to be. But in all honesty, I have been blessed through and through with some of the most amazing clients ever! And when I get these kinds of kind words from my favorite people, and now friends, I tend to blush, hide, and do a happy dance.

Thank you, guys, for making my job not only fun and easy but over all just wonderful!

Here's some of what my wonderful clients had to say:


Using original photography and live-action footage, Vania took all of my needs and wants into consideration to create a trailer that is perfectly suited for my book. She is not only incredibly talented and professional, but was an absolute pleasure to work with. I hope to work with her again soon, and would recommend her to anyone!
~Kimberly Derting, author of The Body Finder


Vania is the only person in the entire industry I would ever have work on any of my projects. Period. When we go on school visits, the students are more interested in her trailer than anything else. She has a great eye and a huge talent. I'm only worried that she is too famous to work on my projects anymore.
~Margaret Stohl, co-author of Beautiful Creatures



The first time I watched Vania's trailer for our novel, it gave me chills.
She captured the world of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES exactly as I imagined it. Her photos are haunting, and her images stay with you long after you watch the last frame.
~Kami Garcia, co-author of Beautiful Creatures


Vania put so much heart, soul and beauty into my trailer for Sea. I love it so much that it's probably illegal in some states. (Okay, that was a joke, but you get my point.) So easy to work with and open to suggestions, I felt entirely comfortable throughout the entire process. The music she chose is breathtaking. I love how I was involved in every step of the process from showing me the pictures as they came in, to bits of the trailer as it was spun. VLC is one of the best talents working in our field today and she has my highest recommendation and I will use her for all of my book trailers, if she'll have me.
~Heidi R Kling, author of Sea

GOOD TIMES in LA

I have a soft spot for all thing CUTE! And this trip to LA was full of fun, sweet, and lots of cute!

I can't say enough how much fun I had and I think this mini post kind of sums up the funness!













And one cute friend of mine to wrap this cute post up...

Author Photos Take 1

I had the wonderful pleasure of hanging out with Kate Hegarty and doing her author photos this last week while in LA.

She drove a LOT from the Bay Area to come meet me to do this shoot and what a good time we had. We went up to the Santa Monica Pier and shot a lot of fun head-shots!

WINNER WINNER

A few weeks ago I ran this really fun contest (at least, for me) and although some of the people know who the winner is....

I wanted to post the winners once again and freak out a little bit because the winners have some KILLER scenes!!!

SO the runners-up are...

Dawn Metcalf and Leah Clifford

WINNER IS.....

*drumroll*

Karen Mahoney!!!!!


Karen's teaser was sent privately but I will tell you this much... there's a boy and a girl and a sexy situation. :D

BUT Dawn's and Leah's teasers are awesome, too!
The secret that I am keeping is that I am keeping them as backups/ inspiration! So gals, you might get your own photo sooner or later...

I am soooo excited! This summer, when I have nothing to do with myself (or, hopefully not!) I will have these wonderful teasers to keep me company and best of all I am looking forward to reading your books, ladies!


I was so thrilled that I got so many people entering and it was the hardest decision! And thank yo to EVERY SINGLE ONE of you who twittered, shouted, posted and got so many people to follow me!

I am just now worried I won't have enough material to entertain you, all!

Because YOU Rock... I give you a freebie!

FREEBIES!!!!


Because I have gotten great news, have met awesome people and am gearing up to release one of my favorite trailers yet... I am giving you guys a freebie!!!

The next person to book a full trailer with me gets a teaser trailer based on the full trailer. It is something new I will be incorporating later, so here's a chance for one lucky author (or publisher) to get.

To book, or to ask questions you can reach me at vandsmedia[at]gmail.com

And... so.... I will be updating much much more next week. Maybe even a behind the scenes vlog of an author's shoot. :D

Snowy Fun- AGAIN!

Last time it snowed in this rarely cold state of mine it was too cold to drive out so I resorted to photographing my backyard. This time I conned some friends to meet me at one of my fave spots to shoot some cute pics in the snow.

What do you think?