Creating Your Own Promo Videos for Your Channel

Finding tools that will help you with your marketing as a writer can sometimes be quite daunting. But there are some tools out there that can help you create fun and informative videos to share on your website and social media platforms. Videos more than just plain photos seem to attract more people. However, a mixture of videos and graphics with you, your books, showcasing your hobbies and your pets can really grab peoples attention. Ultimately, we hope that this will also attract readers who are willing to purchase our books and perhaps write a review, share the book with friends, and ask for it at their local libraries and bookstores. 

Besides the social media apps themselves some other tools have been created to help you have a little bit of fun while you are creating these create pieces of content to share with your readers and future readers too. I like Canva.com and Capcut app Both can be used on your smartphone or even downloaded to your laptop or desktop to use as well. Of course, the really cool tools within each of these are within the PRO versions but they both have some nice beginners FREE stuff to get you started.

There is a newer tool by Adobe called Adobe Express you can also use for FREE. This one is a new tool that I haven't used but for a few things. It is a little bit harder to move around and they will keep popping up with the paid version but if you like Adobe products it might be worth your while to give it go. 

Using Every Free Tool in Your Toolbox

L J Green Author - New Story in the FCRW Anthology

My latest short story has been added to the First Coast Romance Writers latest anthology called "Romancing the Tropics 2". There are 5 stories within the anthology for you to read and enjoy. Mine is called "Where Trade Winds Meet" available for purchase beginning June 11, 2024. Escape to sun-drenched Key West, 1910, where defiance meets desire. Muriel, yearning for adventure, rejects a stifling future. William, a seafaring dreamer, craves a life beyond duty. A chance encounter sparks a forbidden connection, igniting a shared passion for exploration. Will they defy societal expectations and chase their dreams together? Dive into this captivating historical romance, where love and adventure set sail under the trade winds.

Writing a Different Sweet Romance Novella

I have submitted a new novella story to the First Coast Romance Writer's - Romancing the Tropics Year 2 that is currently in preorder. There are five sweet romance stories set somewhere in the tropics.  

Where Trade Winds Meet by L.J. Green. This story captures the blossoming connection between William and Muriel as they bond over their shared dreams of exploration and adventure, defying societal expectations and forging a deep, resolute bond in the vibrant setting of Key West, Florida in 1910.

The other stories

Not Another Jack by Leah Miles. Her final wedding gig takes an unexpected turn when a hunky Navy SEAL crashes the party, reigniting old flames and stirring new misunderstandings amidst the choppy seas of love.

The Gardener’s Secret by Sara J. Walker. In the tranquil beauty of the Keys, love and deception collide. Will their journey lead to healing or heartbreak?

Catch As Catch Can by Vanessa Victoria Kilmer. A private investigator is out to find an online hacker of billions of dollars. Will she catch the thief or find someone even more valuable on Grand Cayman Islands?

R&R, and a Rescue by Erika Kilmer Freidly. A couple of soulmates travel to St. Thomas for a much-needed vacation. They get caught up in the theft of Blackbeard’s coin.

L J Green Author - Update on The Series

I have decided to try another avenue for the Misadventures of Janie and Diane series. I have taken down Bloody Murder at the Blanche Hotel as well as Dastardly Deeds at the Dearborn Theater from Kindle Vella. 

Using AI can help you with your writing and your digital marketing. If nothing else it can be a way for us to find out what might or might not work when it comes to the business of writing. I use AI to help me outline some of my stories as I am a notorious pantser. Now creating the videos using an avatar that I create should help me with the marketing aspect. I am using a pen name to write fiction so why not have create an avatar for all the social media stuff.

Paperback Came in the Mail Today

 

The paperback for "A Widow's Dilemma in Cuba" a novella with the Misadventures of Janie and Diane characters are taking a vacation on the tropical island of Cuba.