Book Signing Part 2

I will be preparing for my book signing this week and promoting my book Another Chance. The realization that when I left my job in February this year and the fact that now I'm doing book signings and I have been invited to discuss my book at an event in May, this is truly awesome. I feel that I can finally believe that this was meant to happen and the fact that I have been telling people that if you have faith that all things are possible. Whatever is meant for you IS for you. 

At church yesterday the sermon was titled "Go back and do it again". Basically, if you did something before and it didn't work it probably wasn't the time, but go and try it again, when GOD means for you to do it. The minister also spoke about how your blessings may be the beginning of someone else's blessing. I thought that he had to be speaking to me, as I published my book the first time in 2006 and it didn't do as well as it could have, due to the fact that I really didn't try to promote the book. It wasn't time for the book to take off. However nine years later, I had to go back and do it again as this was the time it was meant to be promoted and to be seen by all. 

Another Chance Trailer

Another Chance Trailer from Allen Gathers on Vimeo.

A "teaser" trailer for J.V. Boswell's romantic-suspense novel Another Chance.
I created the trailer in Photoshop and rendered it out in After Effects.

Music:
"Wounded" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Music of a Generation

I miss my music. I say my music as it is the music I grew up with. Those singers that made you sit and listen, to the entire album. When Otis was Sitting on the Dock of the Bay; Marvin Heard it through the Grapevine; When Lutha (not Luther) was the Superstar; Peabo wanted you to Feel the Fire; Barry said Practice what you Preach; and Teddy asked Can't We Try. Pardon me as I have my Quiet Storm moment. The solo artists of yesteryear always brought their "A" game with what ever they did; no need for the aid of the studio magic when they were in concert, it sounded the same.
   I remember hearing Marvin Gaye sing "Distant Lover" to the screams of his adoring fans. Even at the end of his life he was still making his fan base know that he was a true legend with his final song "Sexual Healing".
   My older brother introduced me to Peabo Bryson . He would play his "Crosswinds" album constantly. The one thing about Peabo, he was easy on the eyes as well as being able to sing a great love song.
   Teddy Pendergrass music was introduced to me by an older cousin. So was Barry White. I saw Luther Vandross in concert in 1984. He had the silky smooth voice. The unbelievable control he had of his voice.
   I really can not get into today's singers, as they really don't appeal to me at all. I've tried listen to Anthony Hamilton, on one of my cousin's insistence. Trey Songz, nothing. To Ne-Yo, I have to say oh no. I have been waiting for the next big solo artist for a while now and it doesn't seem like its ever going to happen, not in my life time anyway.
   I consider myself a music buff, as the 650 songs in my Itunes catalog, that I use when I have parties says, that I am. I try to listen with great discernment to all types of music. The conclusion that I come to each time is, there are no more great singers, in my honest opinion.
   So what's your opinion? Who is your favorite solo artist?
Next week I want to discuss great female artist.

Book Signing

I'm having my first book signing at the Richmond Public Main Library on April 20, 2015 @ 6:00 p.m. I am very happy that things are moving forward for me. At long last I am getting on the road to making "Another Chance" a success, finally! Meeting new people and getting my book in people's hands is what I have been working on for the longest time. Its probably not as exciting to seasoned writers as they have been there, done that.

As I have spent most of my life wondering what I was going to do when I grew up, now I am really looking forward to this phase in my life. Going from being on a job for over 14 years to finally doing something worthwhile. I look forward to the challenges that are ahead of me. 

Does wounded love deserve Another Chance?

How many of you have ever been in love and it ended and left you heartbroken and you thought you couldn't feel any worse? You thought  the pain would never go away. 

Love is a tricky thing. You give your love to someone, they take and they take and the next thing you know, they crush it like a bug and you are left trying to pick up the pieces of your broken heart and working desperately to get back to your "old" self. And wondering how to find happiness again. Sound familiar? But, it doesn't have to be like that.  

In Another Chance find out what happens when a broken heart, "empty-nest" syndrome and an airplane crash collide, literally.

TWITTER

I started a twitter account last week. During my continual research of all things on how to reach people through social media. I was a little apprehensive of jumping in to tweet something. Its like when you are merging onto the highway with all of these cars coming at once, the internet super highway, if you will. My first tweet was an introduction of my brand and I got to use # (hashtag). The next tweet was about my tagline "Does wounded love deserve #AnotherChance" and the beginning of my synopsis. I just did another tweet this morning, just to get in the habit of tweeting. This is very interesting to find out what is going on in the world. I look to see what everyone else is tweeting about and to see if I can find someone else I know on twitter. They tell you to "follow" other people, businesses, etc. and they even suggest who to follow based on who you are following. I am up to 90 who I am following. I see where other people are following thousands, but I can't say that I can to all of that. I would, however like for thousands to follow me. You  can even find out about things on twitter before you do on the news. This twitter thing may not be that bad after all.

Its your turn, what do you think about Twitter?

Someone to Love You

This was the song I listened to when I was writing my book Another Chance.