Vote now! Which trailer do you prefer?

Last month, one of the trailers for The Blizzard was entered in an on-line competition and came in third. In my last post, I mentioned I’d be entering the other trailer in the contest in a few months. In the meantime, let’s see which one you like the best.

Both trailers are posted below; they’re each about one minute long. Take a look and vote in the poll below for your favorite. Please post a comment if you want to share what you liked or disliked about either.

Dramatic Trailer:

Romantic Trailer

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Thanks for your support in the trailer contest

After holding the lead for the first three days, the original trailer for The Blizzard finished in third place with a total of 96 votes in the You Gotta Read Videos book trailer contest. A big thank you to all those who took the time to vote.

The Blizzard trailer will be featured on Monday, March 28th, with the second and first place winners featured in that order the following two days. If you want to see them, go to http://yougottareadvideos.blogspot.com/.

This summer, I will enter the other trailer for The Blizzard in the contest. In a future blog post, I will tell you an interesting story about how the second trailer came to be.

Also, to all you self-publishing authors out there who haven’t considered using a trailer to promote your book, I hope you see from visiting You Gotta Read Videos, that book trailers are becoming a big part of the industry. As you can tell, if YGRV can get 20 entries a month in their contest, there are plenty of trailers being used as marketing tools. Trailers can be professionally made, and there are a number of reputable firms making them, or — if you are handy on the computer and especially if you have an artistic side and/or some Photoshop knowledge — you can make your own.

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Welcome to the Marty Martins’ website and blog

Other than an important request at the end of this post, there won’t be a lot of newsy stuff in this inaugural edition. I assume if you found the website, you know enough about me and my first novel, The Blizzard (or better yet, have already read it!) I just want to say “hello” and give a hint of items I intend to cover in coming months.

I’m a writer, not a blogger, so I will not be blogging every day but will commit, at this time, to at least once a week (more frequently if I’m in the mood or something interesting happens).

In future posts, I will “talk” about reading (writers need to be readers), writing, publishing, and book marketing. I will offer tips on self-publishing to hopefully help prevent future authors from repeating some of the same mistakes I made. Also, I will attempt to answer any questions on those subjects, starting with questions I have already received about whether there will be a sequel to The Blizzard.

Okay, here’s that important request (well, important to me, at least!) I mentioned earlier. There’s a contest over at You Gotta Read Videos for book trailers and one of the trailers for The Blizzard is entered. It is entry Number 14. The contest starts today (March 21st) and runs thru Saturday the 26th. So hustle on over there and vote. As they say in Chicago, vote early and vote often! Thank you for your support. Remember, Number 14!

Thanks for stopping by and keep checking in!

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