I've got some crazy cool news for you next week, but for now, here's something to tide you over.....
I just posted another chapter of Life's a Witch on wattpad. For all of you who've been keeping up, please check it out--this is where you'll finally find out who the traitor is! And you'll never have guessed it!
So log on and then let me know what you think. Were you shocked? Surprised? Or did you kinda see it coming. Leave your comments below and then weigh in on Wattpad with my other fans!
So, this past weekend, Matt and I headed off to Salem, MA to film my book trailer for Life's a Witch. We'd taken a look at a few other author's book trailers (check out one of Meg Cabot's below) and sat down to try and brainstorm what we wanted to accomplish with mine. Being that Matt's expertise is video, I left a lot of the planning up to him in terms of exactly how he wanted to execute the video. But we talked out the general storyline for the trailer and then planned our trip.
Like I mentioned in a past blog, I knew I was using my friend, Alicia Chouinard, as Hadley in the trailer. She's been offering to star in the movie or TV show of one of my books for years and since she's an actress/model/all-around cool chick, I knew if anyone was going to play Hadley, it'd be her. And I've gotta say...the girl didn't disappoint!
So we went up to stay with Alicia and her family for the weekend, since they live less than a half hour away from Salem (Alicia's dad even grew up in Danvers, the actual town where a lot of the trials happened), and then woke up early Saturday morning to go shopping! I had to buy a wig...one that would help transform cute, caramel colored Alicia into the brunette bombshell that Hadley is (check out a pic of Alicia trying on wigs; this isn't the one we ended up going with since it was more Betty Boop than Hadley Bishop, but it was fun trying them on!). I also had to pick out an outfit that was fitting of Hadley's personal style. And of course, we had to find the right shoes. We settled on a fierce pair of bright red patent leather stilettos. Seriously hot.
Anyways, once we had the whole outfit together, we traveled to Salem and went to our first location. We'd decided that our first shot would be at The Witch House, which was the house that Judge Jonathan Corwin, the man who sentenced Bridget Bishop (and over a dozen others) to death because of witchcraft, used to live. The house itself is now a museum with guided tours and is painted a creepy gray/black color. As soon as we saw it, we knew it would make the perfect backdrop for the trailer. And the owners were so nice to let us film in front of it!
Our next location was the Salem Witch Trials Memorial Cemetery. Now, Saturday was drizzly and gray out—the perfect setting for the filming we wanted to do. And when we were all set up at the cemetery, among the headstones, we were able to get a few shots that were nothing short of incredible. We even found a stone bench that paid its respects to Bridget Bishop.
While we were at the graveyard, Alicia's mom, Sue (who should get some serious stylist and momager credits...we never would've found Hadley's outfit if it wasn't for her! Thanks Sue! Your 10% is coming!) got to talking to a few other people who were walking around the graves and made friends with a girl who said she was a practicing witch! We almost asked if we could interview her, but we were losing light and didn't want to stay too long in the cemetery with all our camera equipment (did I mention it was raining and pretty chilly?). Alas, we decided interviews would have to be left for another trip.
All in all, the shoot went awesome and I can't wait to see the finished product! I just hope you all like it as much as I had fun making it!
Hey everyone! In Salem, MA right now, filming my book trailer for Life's a Witch! It was drizzly and overcast today...the absolute perfect vibe for the backdrop of this shoot! My dear friend Alicia Chouinard is starring as Hadley Bishop, and she's doing an amazing job so far. And did I mention that my totally awesome boyfriend is helping me shoot the trailer? He's genius, so I just know it's going to turn out looking incredible! Anyway, I'll be able to give you more details of the shoot on Monday.
But for now, I'll leave you with this, my latest chapter in Life's a Witch. Hope you like it!
My totally awesome boyfriend took me away to Ocean City this past weekend to celebrate my upcoming 32nd birthday. I know...32 years old, crazy huh? Sometimes I forget that I'm that old. But still, no stress this year about getting older, because life's pretty good. Living with a guy who's really super, job's going pretty well, I've had more than 1.8 million reads of Life's a Witch so far and have decided to publish it myself in the next couple of months. So as far as where I am at this point in my life....well, I'm pretty darn happy.
And speaking of Life's a Witch...be sure to check out my latest chapter! Things are really heating up in Hadley's life. You won't believe what's going to happen next!
I just uploaded my latest chapter in Life's a Witch and I've gotta tell you...I'm so excited at how popular it's getting! I'm up to 830,000 reads! Can you believe it?!?!?!
So, if you haven't already, please go to Wattpad.com and check it out. Help support an aspiring author!
I hope you're having an incredible weekend so far. But if not, here's the latest chapter in my book Life's a Witch! I promise it'll clear up some of the cliffhangers from last week's chapter as well as leave you guessing what's going to happen next!
Happy Saturday everyone! I woke up this morning to a bright, sunny day (albeit probably a bit cold) day, a difference from the last couple of days for sure. So, to start your weekend off right, here's another chapter in my book, Life's a Witch! Check it out and let me know what you think!
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