So many riverboat stories talk about life from the passengers’ point of view, where the river looks safe – or at least relatively placid. Well, rivers aren’t tame, as this spring’s floods reminded us. I visited the Missouri River after the great 1995 floods swept through. Those scenes haunted me while I wrote THE RIVER DEVIL
When the time came to think about a book trailer, I wanted one which would convey the danger facing the riverboats’ crews. Men who could only travel the Missouri River by daylight because every shadow could conceal a deadly enemy. Men who balanced on drowned trees to cut them apart with axes so boats could pass, carrying desperately needed food. Boats whose round-trip voyage from St. Louis to Montana occurred only once a year and but whose lifespan was probably only 2 or 3 years before its bottom was ripped out by a drowned tree or its boiler blew up. And a river that runs so fast Lewis & Clark clocked it at a whirlpool’s pace and it’s now 500 miles shorter from the Rockies to the ocean than it was in their day…
I hope you enjoy the book trailer created by Circle of Seven Productions! I sure did.
Diane
11:14 pm |
Hi, friends!
Patricia’s Vampire Notes is interviewing me today about BOND OF DARKNESS. Please drop by and ask us both some followup questions.
Diane
6:00 am |
Come enjoy the wonderfully, shivery trailer for BOND OF DARKNESS with me!
Diane, who admits to updating her website gradually
10:25 pm |
How about listening to a scene from BOND OF DARKNESS?
One hot summer night along San Antonio’s Riverwalk, Steve practices going undercover with Ethan and his men as backup. But matters don’t proceed quite the way she expected…
Many thanks to COS Productions!
Diane, who adores the music
11:04 pm |
Wow! 200 good friends, books, good talk, feathered masks, PJs and the electric chacha, all within sight of beautiful mountains and a lovely river? Who knew a September weekend could pack so much fun into two short days? RAW 2008 was fabulous.
Now I know why all my friends have been singing Lora Leigh’s praises for so many years. Her reader community is amazingly warm and knowledgeable. (Although she does seem to recruit a lot of wonderful women whose name begins with J… LOL) All of the interaction was very open and friendly, just a delight to be around. I’ve already promised to come back next year.
Besides, how could I miss another chance to attend the pajama party and dance? Or the masquerade with those lovely costumes, including all the wonderful feathered masks? (Where was my camera???) Huntington, our West Virginia host city, even provided their annual Chilifest, complete with a band and the winning Hillbilly Chili.
And the squirrel, who was the hit of the entire convention. Yes, I will always remember the squirrel.
10:18 pm |
I’m currently buried trying to finish Brian & Meredith’s story in time to get it out to you. (And if one more member of my family has a major illness, I may just shoot them myself. LOL)
Anyway, if you want to chat with me, here are a couple of chances.
On the Radio – Friday, August 15th at 8:30 PM Eastern
Today’s Author, COSP Radio (Circle of Seven Productions on Radio)
The live show begins at 8:30PM Eastern and runs 15 minutes. You can call in to talk to me on the show by dialing 646-200-4071.
We’ll also be airing a dramatized scene from BOND OF DARKNESS.
The show is aired LIVE at COSP Radio and an active chat session is online.
After the show is aired, it is available for download at COSP Radio See to learn more about COSP Radio
Saturday, August 16th
Blogging at Yankee Romance Readers
I’ll be giving away an autographed, uncorrected ARC of BOND OF DARKNESS.
Happy reading, everyone!
Diane
11:41 pm |
Whoohooo! Circle of Seven Productions is creating a new way to enjoy a bit of BOND OF DARKNESS, called a sound scene. It’s a single scene, complete with narration, sound effects (!), and music.
We chose a scene where Steve goes undercover with Ethan to catch the serial killer, with lots of Texas flavor. Boy, did we have fun tossing around ideas to ratchet up the tension!
Even better, COS can write special music for a sound scene. So I asked for something reminiscent of a Sergio Leone western, like THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY’s theme. There’s just something about that guitar which sings to me of danger approaching from Texas’s loneliest countryside.
Tonight COS is adding the narration and I’m pacing the floor, waiting to hear the final result. I really need to go to bed because I have to go to work tomorrow. But there’s a guitar singing to me and it won’t let me sleep…
11:53 pm |
