While the cat’s staring down a two-week deadline…

…the mouse will play with book trailers. Well, okay, that isn’t quite how the saying goes, but I’m cruising on three hours’ sleep, work with me here. Yes, yes, my revisions will be done on time. Pinky swear promise. In the meantime, Lovely Wicked is coming out in three weeks so I also need to think about promoting that bad boy.

Are book trailers worth the time, effort and expense? Who the hell knows. Not me. They’re awesome fun to make, though. And they don’t have to cost a fortune (or a farthing) if you know a teeny bit about royalty free stock photos (which I do thanks to my freelance graphic design work), free software (I’m using Windows Live Movie Maker), and royalty-free music (which I learned about through writerly compadres). Granted, the learning curve might be steeper for people who aren’t at least advanced computer users or don’t have the graphic design background, but I pulled together the trailer for Spoils of Wars yesterday and did the trailer for Lovely Wicked today. A one-day per book investment? Not bad. Free isn’t too shabby, either, though I admit I intend to send Kevin MacLeod some moulah when I upload the trailers to the net. Not because I have to send incompetech.com money — I don’t. I want to, though, because his music? Is every conceivable level of awesome!

I don’t expect the trailers to sell my books, but given how speedily, cheaply and un-effort-ly (LOL) it is for me to make trailers, I think they’re a good choice regardless. Nice break from my revisions of Vampyr Chronicles: What Rough Beast so I can go back to it fresh, a fun extra for readers and who knows, it might just get my Who the Hell is Kari Gregg? name out there. 😀

Alas, I still have to insert my book covers into both trailers so I haven’t uploaded them yet. Which is just about killing me. I am absurdly looking forward to taking these trailers for a test drive. But unfortunately, What Rough Beast isn’t going to revise itself.

Look for both trailers soon!