Exclusive Trailer Coupon

This year has been such a whirlwind and each month just gets better and better and I owe a lot of that to my blog and Twitter subscribers who put up with me after all this time and for spreading the love when trailers goes up, or photos are put up, or any of my nonsense goes around...

So to thank you all, especially my lovely authors, I am offering a HUGE bundle of awesome.
Here's what you get:
* A trailer for your book with 20% discount from the concept
*A swag design package of bookmarks and bookplates (or a poster)
*A strategy for best way to utilize your trailer so we get those hits hits hits!
*$50 off the total if you refer a friend.

Easy peasy, no? So this is a very limited time offer and only will go to the first two willing victims! :D

I love BLUE! ie Christine Johnson's Designs

Recently I did some fun designs for Christine Johnson's book, CLAIRE de LUNE, and thought it's time I share them.

Bookplate Design

Bookmark Back

Bookmark Front

What you think? I personally can't wait to have one for myself!

Smart Chicks Kick it Tour

First off, I'd like to apologize for not posting much updates. For anything more up to date follow #SmartChicks hashtag on Twitter or me as @ReverieBR for pics, gossip and just fun nonesense.

Secondly, HOLY MOLY how tired I am but yet am having such a blast meeting everyone and hanging with the chicks. I am surprised they haven't kicked my crazy ass out by now so at least for that I am indebted!

I was a bit awestruck on Monday as I made my way into the Austin secret signing/press area and introduced myself to Melissa. But behind all the awesome is by far the most talented and sweet and caring person I've met. ALL the chicks have been so great and HILARIOUS! I wish I can share half the jokes that happened while out with the likes of Sarah Rees Brennan, who I found out is a master story-teller. Or that Rachel Vincent is so cute and adorable, but don't ever mention that to her face. Or that Kimberly Derting wanted to be a trucker chick....

I would share all those jokes, but I am bad joke teller. All I can say is if you can make ANY of the final stops (see below) you HAVE to! These girls are beyond awesome and funny and worth the drive, or wait or weight of carrying all those books!

Here's some pics of who I've met and why I am still jumping up and down with excitement that I am even here!















AND... I got to meet most of my book trailer authors!


Lisa Desrochers and Kimberly Derting WHO I ADORE!!!! Love you girls!


And then Heidi Kling showed up and surprised me! I miss you already, hon!


And these two go without saying since they are like m family!

Stay tuned for more pics and a big post on where the chicks have been and done while on tour!

For more pics of the tour check out MY FLICKR.

For more info on the Smart Chicks Kick It Tour.

Remaining stops:

September 20th, 2010 6 PM @ VROMAN'S, Pasadena, CA
Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, Melissa de la Cruz, Rachel Vincent, Margaret Stohl & Mary Pearson

September 21st, 2010 6 PM @ Encinitas County Library, hosted by MYSTERIOUS GALAXY, San Diego, CA
Melissa Marr, Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Mary Pearson, Rachel Caine, Rachel Vincent, Carrie Ryan, Margaret Stohl & Kami Garcia.

September 22nd, 2010 7 PM @ Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College, Hosted by ANDERSON'S Naperville, IL
Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Jackson Pearce, Jennifer Barnes & Carrie Ryan
NOTE: for this event, it is free with the purchase on one book by a featured author or $5 without purchase.

September 23rd, 2010 7 PM @ BOOKS & CO AT THE GREENE, Dayton, OH
Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Jackson Pearce, Jennifer Lynn Barnes & Kami Garcia.

September 24th, 2010 7 PM @ JOSEPH BETH Cincinnati, OH
Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Jeri Smith-Ready, & Margaret Stohl

September 25th, 2010 2 PM @ CHAPTERS BRAMPTON (52 Quarry Edge Drive) Brampton, ON
Alyson Noel, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa Marr, Melissa de la Cruz, Jeri Smith-Ready, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

The punk Princess!

Many of you online know that I have been dying to go shoot something fun and different that isn't work.

Now, that isn't to say I don't enjoy my work, not at all, I love it, but I miss doing easy one person shoots where I get to tell my story.

Today I kidnapped my friend, Sarah, put her in something fun and crazy, went to the nearest kids park and did this:

And it goes on and on. See the rest of the pics HERE

Personal Demons Trifecta

I am so happy to say that with a week away (or less) all of the Personal Demons goodness is out! The hot boys of Lisa Desrochers' debut novel will make you swoon for sure! And poor Frannie is in such a pinch with having to pick between TWO boys!

But I digress. Because you will be able to get to know these characters just as well as I have VERY soon! In fact, the book's already been spotted in stores!

But have you seen the trailers? Yes, all three!

Lisa and I worked together to come up with a cool way to showcase the characters and get to tease you all at the same time! And I think we did just that!

Check it out!

So question now is, Team Heaven or Hell?

Nostalgia

There's few things that being an immigrant mean. One is that you're far from home. You get homesick. You feel lonely. You hang onto memories like they will disappear. Like those flowers your husband gave you for your anniversary that are still sitting on the table in your favorite vase. Wilting. But there. A reminder of the lovely moments you treasured.

This morning I woke up to two emails. One from the wonderful publisher in Bulgaria who had interviewed me. Me in English, she in Bulgarian. Saying that there's some article up online. Needless to say it wasn't just up at one place (their blog) but everywhere and quite embarrassingly says some "funny" things. Things get lost in translation, I guess. But, it was still amazing to see. But that same email said that the interview will be in the Bulgarian newspaper. THE Bulgarian newspaper.

That same newspaper I stole from my grandpa after breakfast only to sit and pretend to read it. That same newspaper that I would see in newsstands lining the bazaar streets. The bazaar that my grandpa sold his few vegetables. That same newspaper we used to wrap our fragile belonging when we moved here to the states.

The other email was from a nice lady from the national Bulgarian radio. That one got a face like this ... 0_o .....

I am torn and broken over this one. It's sad to me to be on the same radio that I woke up to each morning in my grandparents' apartment. The apartment that I shared with my family, grandparents and cousin. And cousins sometimes. That same radio I remember as being loud and important but boring at the same time. (What 6 year old would want to listen to the news?) But that same radio played the few children's songs and I valued it for the few moments of childhood I can coax out of the box on the wall. But it's even sadder that my Bulgarian has been SO lost and broken that, although I can understand, I'll need a translator or else I might fumble through words. Just words. It will be a puzzle that needs to be put together and one with missing pieces.

But as these emails came and went and as I emailed my Dad who's currently there I realized that I miss it terribly. It's been 4 years since I've been there. And as my Dad emailed back saying "Just DO IT! I'm so proud of you!" I couldn't help breaking out the waterworks. Despite his small reminder to "not forget who taught you!"

Two sides of ONE shoot - Vania Stoyanova

So yesterday the LOVELY Elizabeth May guest posted yesterday about her take on our shooting day mayhem. I gotta say tho in the short 30 minutes we accomplished AWESOMESAUCE!

Here's my take on the day.

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The Day:

This is gonna be a huge fangirly post. Goodness me, when Elizabeth asked if I want to come shoot with her. I thought, “Sure I’d just site and watch.” But nah, I got to SHOOT! Ok let me back up a bit.

So yeah, Elizabeth was running late that day after already having rescheduled which was fine since well all of you know I DON’T sleep! So, I kinda got to sleep in…kind of.

But alas, we got in the car. I had NO idea what we were doing, where we were going…. Just went with it. She could have kidnapped me and I wouldn’t have cared. ESPECIALLY after I met Karen. Who was SO sweet, and had the coolest clothes and costumes.

The Clothes:

I agree with Elizabeth, Karen Deputy is so damn talented at what she does. I was in HEAVEN, guys! HEAVEN when she opened the trailer full of clothes. So many unique things and she literally had everything. Hats, belts, feathers, dresses, suspenders, shoes, period style stuff. DRESSES! And you know how much I LOVE dresses. So as you can imagine, Karen and I bonded deeply, as only a stylist and photographer can.

Oh! And not to forget the incredibly gorgeous models, Andrea and Justen who were so adorable, fun and easy to shoot. (Can I please borrow them, Karen?) I was stunned at how AAMZING they were! And my camera loved them just as much!

The Shoot:

I think at one point I happened to glance back and see Elizabeth hanging back… I got to excited I started hogging the shoot. We moved around shooting different variations of scenes and Justen and Andrea were such sports with whatever we asked them to do. There was a lot of “Andrea, wait! Don’t kiss him yet! Not YET!” It was fun bringing our story –a wealthy Victorian lady meeting up with her poor, but totally hot lover!

The Editing:

Unlike Elizabeth, editing doesn’t take that long. I use a few actions, or rather bits and pieces of actions. I let the photos tell me what to do. What kind of mood I want to portray. Sometimes it’s just black and white, sometimes it screams “summer” and sometimes it wants to pop (like her eyes). I love color and I like softness. (Most of the time.) So my images 9 times out of 10 will have a soft romantic look to them. This was especially true with this set. What I LOVE about Elizabeth’s editing is the consistency and the details she retains. I am too impatient to keep just ONE look. Hahaha

SO here are my photos from the session. I will post our two variations of the same scenario tomorrow so you can see her side and my side next to each other.