I’m delighted to be able to share the book trailer for BLUE VOYAGE at last! Young Adult Books Center premiered it last week, and they are running a giveaway for three more weeks. (If you go to their site, you can enter to win a signed copy!)

Before you view the trailer here, though, I’d like to introduce you to the talented person who put it together! Her name is Yoshi Makishima, and she’s a Boston-based filmmaker, animator and writer. She’s also our Visuals Editor over at YARN (Young Adult Review Network). You can see some of her work across genres at her online portfolio, and, of course, on YARN — pretty much every image you see there was selected or in some cases created by Yoshi.

So you may be wondering (whether you’re a reader or a writer) — why hire someone to do a book trailer? There are lots of tutorials out there for creating a trailer, and even some snazzy trailer templates available on the Mac. If you’re savvy about finding (legal) stock photos and visuals, or talented enough to create your own, you can create a trailer for next to nothing or even free. (more…)