Waitui Falls

I thought I'd post up some more pictures of a lazy weekend I had a few weeks ago. These photos were taken at Waitui Falls, about twenty minutes south and then 20 minutes inland. It's amazing the land west of the coast. I love fresh water and waterfalls. This one is not big at all but it's still a fall. :)

Don't you love nature. I do. It's so intriguing, peaceful and beautiful.

It was just nice to have a change of scenery again. lol...

Suzanne :)

Trailer, or the lack of one.

Usually a professional will have someone on hand to undertake their position if something goes wrong, emergencies etc. Usually an individual will let someone know if anything happens to them to take care of such and such. Usually a business will have some form of notification stating they have closed down, they have had a death in the family, something to let their customers have a fair and reasonable time to be informed of any unexpected circumstances.
I thought I'd take a little time out and let you know about my trailer, well my lack of a trailer.
I organized a trailer early January, well as soon as I heard I had the contract with Eternal Press for my novel Heat in the Outback.

I sent all the required information the synopsis, sunset pictures, outback pictures, blurb, and excerpts for the trailer to be created. At one stage I sent an email saying hold off as I thought perhaps I had time to do it myself. But the following day I realized that my time is taken by my writing and I said to go ahead. From January to April I emailed and after no replies, I emailed once more, well it wasn't once more it was like three times more and more. I was told that the music was a problem but not to stress my book trailer will be ready by April 1st. April 1st came around and I emailed. No reply. I emailed once again still no reply.

They still haven't contacted me. At one stage I was told that their web address, being book trailers is not current and that the emails I sent to them they didn't receive. But on the other hand I still sent numerous emails to the trailer email address.

Thus I have since asked them to trash my information and pictures etc. Let's hope they do. I am quite taken back that a company such as this can do this to a prospective client.

Please be careful anyone if your seeking someone to represent you to make a book trailer. I am disheartened that this has happened. I won't be trusting too many on the net much longer. It has saddened me to think there is no email from them as yet and saddened me to think some people do this deliberately.

I know I said earlier I'd have a trailer early April, I'm sorry to let you down. Perhaps I should have taken the time to make it myself. But alas, time is very very stretched at present.

I gave this lady ample to time to respond, and the few responses I did receive were positive only to turn to negative.

21st March The last email I had from them.
Hi, Suzanne.
I have narrowed the music down to two. I'm getting more frames put together and then I'm going to run each bit of music throughout what I have done so far to see how each works with it.
Do you by chance have any particular wording you'd like used at all? If so, let me know. That's the hard part most of the time, is getting it all to flow smoothly with wording and graphics. So if you want something specific, let me know.

14th March.
Hi, Suzanne.
It's only been about a week since we last spoke, I was still looking for music for the trailer. I've found a few that I'm thinking will work. It's a slow process when you have to listen to so many different clips!
Everything will be ready well before your release in a couple of months. What it was supposed to be ready April lst. I had a slight computer issue but I think that's been worked out. So it's work as usual. I'll send you something as soon as I can.

I have heaps more as I've kept everyone of them but don't want to bore you with my dramas. :) I feel better now that I have aired it for everyone to see and for those who are seeking trailers etc to tread carefully.

I have a trailer being made by another company and it will be here a few weeks before my release. Okay, off to walk in that sunshine, swim and then write. Have a nice day everyone. :)

Suzanne :)

The Easter Break and Flying

Imagine crash landing in that. Yikes. :)
Over the longweekend I went flying with my husband all in the name of research.  lol :)
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 I don't particularly like flying over mountains, whether it be in a large aircraft or a small one. I get the heebie jeebies....:)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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X is the text I had to delete realising that posting about a novel that is not published is not a good idea. Boo Hoo. But Kirsten Nelson's blog tells all. :)

What about you, do you fly much and if so large or small aircrafts?
Here are some photos of the local area I took a few months ago. I know they aren't very clear as the aircraft had a milky windscreen.

This photo is taken just off Port Macquarie. You can just see the Lighthouse.

 This one is just North from where I live. It's a lot greener now, thank heavens.

                                                                                     

Hangars are so large. I love the sound of the metal as the wind whips around it. It's kinda eerie, especially at night. 

This one is the mouth of the Hastings River, town beach and the breakwall that runs adjacent to the river.

I have more photos somewhere but with the ever increasing amount of photographs it takes a while to find them. Next time I go up I'll try to get better quality photographs and try to avoid that milky window.

Have a nice week. I'll be in writing land as I have about five thousand words to go to finish this novel. Yah!

Suzanne :)

A Lovely Surprise

I have been tagged by a lovely woman, a kind dear friend, Tami. Hi Tami.
http://tamis-ramblings.blogspot.com/

I’m supposed to answer five questions with five answers and tag 5 more bloggers.

Question 1: Where were you five years ago?

A. 2005. I was living 20 minutes north, and we were building the house I’m now living in. I was thinking about getting back into writing. :) Also in 2005 we flew to QLD for the day so I could visit a girlfriend. It was a lovely flight. I have complete confidence in hubby’s flying ability. :)

Question 2: What is (was) on your to-do list today?

1. Go for a power walk

2. Grocery shopping

3. Write

4. Write

5. Write

6. And write


Question 3: What five snacks do you enjoy?

1. Lollies lol

2. Occasionally a rum and raisin ice cream. Yum. 

3. I don’t snack that much. Hmm.

4. Dips, I love avocado dip

5. Crackers. Those pepper water ones.


Where did question 4 go? Hey Tami I think I can count. Lol :) Sucked into cyber perhaps.

Question 5: What five things would you do if you were a billionaire?

1. Write and keep writing

2. Travel more

3. Help others

4. Perhaps open a publishing company

5. Buy more investment properties

And 5 bloggers to pass it on to...in no particular order.

This is going out to:

1. Christina Phillips. http://christinaphillips.blogspot.com/ She is a talented, persistent author. Her novel Forbidden isn’t released until September but it’s available on Amazon right now. Woo Hoo!

2. Helene Young. http://www.heleneyoung.com/category/blog/ Helene’s first novel Border Watch has just been released.

3. Suzanne Jones. http://suzanne-sj.blogspot.com/ Suzanne is supportive of all writers. Her blog posts are from the heart and she always has something interesting to say.

4. Mel Teshco. http://melteshco.blogspot.com/ if you love vampires and loved twilight then pop on over. She has a great blog.

5. Karlene Blackemore. http://karlybm.blogspot.com/  Her next release is Operation Summer Storm. Don’t you just love that title. Her previous novel has a great cover as well. Fallout.