Good people…
If you watch the News at all you’ve noticed that most of
it’s about bad people doing bad things. Which is sad, since most people are
basically good.
I found out the other day I needed a video trailer for an
upcoming novel release. I’m pretty good on the computer, so I thought I’d take
a stab at making one myself.
Most novel trailers are composed from photos. Lots of
them. My generous model-friend Katie offered to pose gratis for the shots.
Good people.
But then another friend, a professional photographer
named Dona, heard about my project and without even being asked provided me
with a boatload of images. She and her model did the photo work outdoors in 105
degree weather, all for free.
Here’s a like to the result: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTmiXISuKnE
That’s what I’m talking about. Good people battling to
outdo one another in doing good.
But I also needed music. Yes, I’m a professional
songwriter, but various publishing companies hold the copyrights to my
tunes…meaning I can’t even use them myself without paying royalties. That’s OK,
but I still I couldn’t find anything appropriate in my catalogue.
So I started surfing around the Net, looking for a better
fit, and found a guy named Kevin who’d written the perfect melody. When I
clicked on the “download” link, I discovered that he didn’t charge
for the use of his music. His exact words were, “This material is free for
anyone to use for anything.”
See what I mean? Really good people, doing good things
all the time. And you know what? The whole world is full of folks like this.
They don’t make the News broadcasts here on Earth, but I’ll bet in Heaven,
little kindnesses like these are at the top of the Six-O’Clock Report.
At any rate, thanks to these good
peeps and others, that my new novel Hummingbird has
just been released.
The back-cover blurb goes like this:
“She feels like a misfit. Who is she? Where
does she belong? Is she Lexa, Alexandra, or someone else?
Forced to commit a crime, she flees south of the Border–and a vindictive bounty hunter follows her.
Will she escape? Find redemption? Learn who she really is and where she belongs?
The answer lies hidden in a tiny seaside village where wandering hummingbirds rest their wings.”
Forced to commit a crime, she flees south of the Border–and a vindictive bounty hunter follows her.
Will she escape? Find redemption? Learn who she really is and where she belongs?
The answer lies hidden in a tiny seaside village where wandering hummingbirds rest their wings.”
It’s a sometimes sweet, sometimes scary, always fun and
uplifting read I think you’ll enjoy. You can find it on Amazon, Barnes and
Noble, and iBooks etc.
Here’s the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Hummingbird-ebook/dp/B008QMSBW8
Thanks for checking it out!
David
Stearman
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