2010.07.11 Setting Music to the Trailer
Today I had a meeting with the composer for the music to THE QUEEN OF CROWS promotional trailer. The first thing we did was listen to various sounds and whatnot to decide what the feel of the music should be. Did I want the composition to be dramatic and tense or smooth and understated? Did [...]
Design Notes for THE QUEEN OF CROWS at FlamesRising.com
FlamesRising.com posted my design notes for THE QUEEN OF CROWS today. I’m sure you’ve all heard me talk about how important the creation process is before; this diatribe delves into the collaboration and the reason why I offered this e-book to you.
Here’s a quote from my notes:
One of the primary goals I have for the [...]
2010.07.05 Frickin-Frackin Technological Snafus
Finished making the trailer and finding the sound effects for the music today. I decided to go with that “old film” feel as much as I could. Initially, I was going to do a black-and-white silent movie with scrollwork on black panels as the promotional text. It ended up being too hard to see the [...]
Back from GenCon
Hi my readers,
I have not forgotten about you! I just got back from GenCon: Indy where I spoke on several panels and had a great time.
GenCon this year was a world of difference from last year, partially because instead of running a booth I was on several panels at the Writer’s Symposium. This selection [...]
Like My Work? Here’s Some Other Published Stories.
If you follow @mlvalentine on Twitter, you probably know I’ve been published before. This past week, a horror short story I’ve written was published in an anthology for Pinebox, Texas. Pinebox is kind of a weird place, it’s a little bit like the X-Files meets Twin Peaks.
My store is entitled “Pie,” and it’s [...]
