Memorial Day

Enjoy your Memorial Day. :)


And in case you've been living in a box and haven't seen or heard it, here's that video of 12 year old Greyson Chance singing Paparazzi by Lady Gaga.

Writer Routines & a Winner

IN THE NEWS: A Missouri third-grader got the chance to illustrate Google's website for the day. Read more HERE.

Well, I'm so excited, because next will begin a new special that I'm going to host every Wednesday called "Writer Routine Wednesday".

I have some super duper authors lined up who were gracious enough to share their writing routines (hence the name) with me (AKA you, too). There will also be prizes!

BONUS!

To give you all a heads up, here are the authors who will be stopping by in the month of June:

Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense author Stephanie Newton
Young Adult author Rhonda Stapleton
Avalon author Gina Ardito
Harlequin author Nicola Marsh
Inspirational Women's fiction author Patti Lacy

So stop by every Wednesday for the fun! :)

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Now for the other fun...

The winner of Julie Ferwerda's book is Laura Pauling! Congrats!! Shoot me an e-mail and let me know your mailing address!

That's all for now. I'm (this) close to finishing up a chapter and then I'll be chillin' for the weekend. Surprisingly enough, we have no real plans or obligations at this point, which is unusual. (Not that I'm complaining) No plans can sometimes be the best plans. :)

What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend?

One Million Arrows by Julie Ferwerda

Hi, all!

I'm so happy to be a part of the blog tour for One Million Arrows.

And what's especially wonderful is that the author, Julie Ferwerda, has a special place in her heart for orphans and has designated that all proceeds from the sale of One Million Arrows be used for international orphan ministry.
In addition, churches and ministries are able to bulk order books at cost to be used for promotional and awareness purposes or to raise funds for orphan ministry.

REVIEW: Julie's book made me really think long and hard about my life, what my God-given purpose is, how I'm raising my child and her purpose in life.
Truly inspiring as well as educational on how we as parents can guide our children into becoming lights for Christ. If you are Christian parent, please don't hesitate to pick up a copy.


And now may I present:

Julie Ferwerda

and the book:

One Million Arrows: Raising Your Children to Change the World

Winepress Publishing (September 1, 2009)

***Special thanks to Julie Ferwerda for sending me a review copy.***

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Julie Ferwerda is recognized for making the Bible exciting and relevant to everyday life through her writing and speaking. Her articles are featured in many Christian magazines and websites for both adults and teens, and she frequently volunteers her time and talents to international orphan ministry.

Visit the author's website.
Visit the book's website.




Product Details:

List Price: $13.95
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Winepress Publishing (September 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1606150111
ISBN-13: 978-1606150115

AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:

Chapter 1: Determine Your Course
And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children...Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:5–9

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Destiny is not a matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. –William Jennings Bryan1

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What were you doing on 9/11?

I’d just cranked up the tunes and hopped on my Nordic Track as part of my normal morning routine, when my husband called from work to tell me to turn on the TV. Watching the events unfold, I don’t think I’ve ever felt as helpless or as horrified as I did that day. The world no longer seemed like the safe, secure place I thought it was only one day before. In the worst way, I wanted to keep my two girls, ages seven and ten, out of school that day to protect them and reassure them until the danger had passed.

For the rest of that day, and many more to come, the surreal sights on TV haunted me. The planes striking the buildings; massive explosions; the sudden, momentary collapse—twice—of 110 floors of elaborately constructed concrete, steel, and glass that took years to erect; and the mountains of debris that smoked and smoldered for many days. But nothing shook me as much as the unforgettable images of human bodies spilling out of the buildings like grains of rice. Neither those who lived through it, nor those of us who watched the shocking events unfold on TV will ever forget.

One young man I read about, Cary Sheih, a technical consultant from New York, barely made it out alive. Working on a project for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at his 72nd floor desk, he’d just finished his usual mid-morning PB&J, when he heard an explosion, followed by tremendous building sways and vibrations. At first, he thought it might be an earthquake, so he dashed to the stairwell, where a quick, but calm, evacuation was underway. As people made their way down, some received messages on their cell phones that an airplane had accidentally crashed into the building, but there was no mention of a terrorist attack.

With the heavy, choking stench of jet fuel, descending the tower proved difficult. But if it was difficult for him, he couldn’t imagine how difficult it was for the rescue crews he passed, huffing their way up an endless corkscrew of stairs and then hurrying back down, carrying badly injured and burned victims. He recalls, “Sometime around the 30th or 40th floor, we passed the first firefighters coming up the stairs. They reassured people that we were safe and that we would all get out fine. By this point, they were absolutely breathless, but still pushing upward, slowly and unyieldingly, one step at a time. I could only imagine how tired they were, carrying their axes, hoses, and heavy outfits, climbing up all those stairs. Young men started offering [to help] the firemen to carry up their gear for a few flights, but they all refused. Each and every one of them.”2

As Cary neared the bottom, the building began to shake and sway again, the lights flickered out, and eerie sounds of buckling steel accompanied screams of people falling down the stairwell. After being assisted by firemen through darkness to a different stairwell, a panicked Cary somehow made it down the last few flights to safety, where his wildest imagination couldn’t have prepared him for what he encountered. The burning trees, wreckage, fireballs, and dust resembled a war zone.

While reading through this and other accounts concerning 9/11, I noticed an inspiring, recurrent theme. While there were many, many heroes and selfless individuals working tirelessly to assist throughout this tragic period, it was the firemen who undoubtedly made some of the greatest sacrifices of all, and whose ultimate acts of bravery impacted lives worldwide. While most everyone else scrambled for the exit signs to save themselves (which I’m positive I would have done, too), these rescue workers fearlessly headed up into the towering infernos that day, many likely aware that they might not make it out alive.

Most kids see firefighters as larger than life heroes, which is probably why many of them want to be one when they grow up. Who wouldn’t want to be thought of as a hero, especially one that saved lives? I came across a touching book report that was written about 9/11 by three kids: “The firefighters of 9/11 are heroes because they have saved the lives of hundreds of people, while they knew the building could collapse. While you go up a burning, 110-story building you would be very scared, because you’ll think of your own life. When you are a firefighter you mustn’t think too much about your own life or you may not be able to save lives. Being a hero means saving lives. That’s the difference between being a celebrity and being a hero. Why would a celebrity be important to you? It is just someone with a well-paying job. You’ll be someone’s hero if you help him with his or her life.”3

As I think about what these insightful kids have so magnificently articulated about the qualities of firemen, particularly the 9/11 firemen, I’m deeply moved with admiration and respect. In an emergency, firemen are:

First responders, well-trained, and ready to save lives, even at the expense of their own.
Purposeful and deliberate, aware that lives are at stake and time is short.
Doggedly determined, knowing that the more lives they can save the better.
Regarded in both life and death as the heroes of this world.
No one involved in 9/11 could disagree with this assessment. Remembering the expressions of both courage and fear etched on rescue workers’ faces as they spoke reassuringly to guide many people to safety, Cary Sheih said, “I am so grateful for the courage of the firemen and policemen who gave up their lives to help us down the burning tower. As I relive this moment over and over in my mind, I can’t help but think that these courageous firemen already knew in their minds that they would not make it out of the building alive, and that they didn’t want to endanger any more civilians or prevent one less person from making it to safety.”4

While they will undoubtedly go down in history as larger than life heroes, we can’t forget how human and vulnerable they were, too. I have looked through their pictures online. Most of them were young family men, with their whole lives ahead of them—men who kissed their own babies goodnight on Monday for the last time so that those they helped to safety could kiss their kids goodnight many more nights to come. They unknowingly said final goodbyes to their own families Tuesday morning so that many others could come home to their families that night.

In the moment of the realization of the grave danger, it had to be a dilemma for the firemen, choosing between lion-hearted courage and paralyzing, self-protective fear. How were they able to do it? Was it because it was their job? Because their buddies were doing it? Because their captain told them to do it? What exactly is it that leads a person to choose a profession where courage must prevail when all pretenses and rewards are stripped away in the face of death?

More than a job identity or a paycheck, more than an obligation or a hope of any kind of recognition, firemen are willing to risk their lives and to face their fears because they are motivated by something far greater than fear.

The Bible refers to this motivating force as love! Authentic, selfless love drives away fear (1 John 4:18). And it was the love—not the duty—of those firemen and emergency workers that truly made them heroes of the day, both the ones who died and the ones who worked doggedly through the wreckage, many suffering permanent damage to their lungs and bodies. And that kind of sacrifice, according to Jesus Christ, is love at its very best. “I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you. And here is how to measure it—the greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends” (John 15:12–13, emphasis mine).

Firemen of Life

So what does all this talk about 9/11 and firemen have to do with parenting? If you’re a follower of Christ and you want to raise children who are also followers of Christ, quite a lot. And if you want to entertain the possibility of raising children who will change the world around them, and even the world at large, everything!

It’s no secret that every day on this earth, countless lives are at stake. People are dying every day who do not know Jesus, and almost just as bad, people are living every day who do not know Jesus. I don’t know about you, but I cannot imagine struggling through the hardships, losses, disappointments, and sorrows of this world without the comfort and peace of knowing Jesus and His love. And we know that someday soon, this world, with all its carefully planned designs and elaborate structures, along with all the people who have not put their faith in Christ, will collapse in a catastrophic fire (Zephaniah 1:18).

In other words, time is running out.

The seriousness of that reality raises some questions: What is my family here for? As believers, is parenting a more significant and eternity-impacting role than we’ve given it credit for? Are we satisfied with happy, well-adjusted, even ambitious kids who happen to love God, or is there something more? When we consider the possibilities, we find that we’ve been given an invitation into a divine story—into His-story. As this story unfolds throughout the space of our lives, which role will our family accept in this cosmic emergency? Hopefully not the victims. Hopefully not the ones running scared to save ourselves (and I am absolutely not criticizing those who made it out on 9/11—this is for spiritual application only). Hopefully not uninvolved bystanders who are disinterested, unable, or ill equipped to do anything but watch.

I’ve realized that, in the grand scheme of life, more than just raising my kids to “keep the faith,” I want to raise my kids to save lives. I want to raise firemen. Not necessarily the earthly fire-fighting kind, but the heavenly fire-fighting kind. Kids who are well-trained and ready to help save as many lives as possible. Kids who grow up, remembering at the forefront of everything they do, that time is short and lives are at stake, and who will one day be seen as spiritual heroes for helping many to safety.

I want to raise kids who love like Jesus.

Just think what it would be like to have kids who grow up in this self-destructing world with brave faces and hope in their voices, carrying within their hearts the ambition of bringing as many people as possible safely into the Kingdom. I believe that this kind of holy ambition is the secret to life at its best, and I want my kids to experience this kind of life. Jesus said, “If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life” (Matthew 16:25). And therein, we hear the invitation: Will you raise your kids to be firemen? Will you be a fireman for God’s sake? We may never be called to die for Jesus like so many others in our world today, but we are still called to a holy rescue mission—to live sacrificially for God so that others will be led to safety through our loving assistance.

I recently met two brothers, both firemen of the Kingdom variety, who understand about saving lives by choosing to deliberately head into burning buildings. For them, the rescue mission all started with a small idea and a heart to snatch their fellow teens from a dangerous culture.

At age sixteen, twins Alex and Brett Harris decided to start a little blog in their spare time over the summer called TheRebelution.com, with the intent of starting a teenage rebellion. “The word ‘rebelution’ is a combination of the words ‘rebellion’ and ‘revolution,’” explains Brett. “So it carries a sense of an uprising against social norms. But in this case, it’s not a rebellion against God-established authority, but against the low expectations of our society. It’s a refusal to be defined by our ungodly, rebellious culture.” To their astonishment, within a couple years, their site had received over 14 million hits, becoming the most popular Christian teen blog on the web.

As a follow up, they decided to write a book for teens called Do Hard Things, exhorting young people not to take the easy way out, but to do those things that seem harder now but have a bigger payoff in the end (as in “delayed gratification”). Since then, God has opened doors for them to speak to thousands of teens nationwide through conferences that are planned, organized, and run primarily by youth.

More than just a website, The Rebelution is both a mindset and a movement. “Our goal,” according to the brothers, “is to create a community of young people where thinking deeply is the norm, and where achieving excellence is ‘cool.’ History says young people can be doing big things right now! Don’t let the culture’s expectations toward teenagers dictate what you think is possible. The teen years are not a vacation from responsibility. They are the training ground of future leaders who dare to be responsible now.”5

Whether from media, parents, authority figures, or peers, low expectations have become the rule for this generation, rather than the exception. Not only are kids expected not to possess admirable character or useful competence, but also they are expected to do the opposite. The Rebelution defies this kind of thinking by calling out youth to return to biblical and historical levels of character and competence as exhorted by Paul in 1 Timothy 4:12: “Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you teach, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.”

Their message, based on their belief that God is raising up their generation for global change, is a passionate call back to excellence, purpose, and significance for young people. It’s not about doing more things, or inflicting oneself with toilsome chores; it’s about lifestyle choices that will often take you out of your comfort zone and into places where you are focused on using your abilities and resources to encourage and benefit others…ultimately to save lives.

“Brett and I firmly believe we are living in historic times,” Alex says. “We further believe that God is raising up a generation of young people who will one day assume positions of leadership in all spheres of life: social, political, and spiritual. This is not a call for the complacent or the lackadaisical. This is not a call to those who are willing to lower their standards to meet the expectations of their culture. This is a call to the rebelutionary.”

Initially I wondered how two kids could possibly have achieved so many bold and bright accomplishments, not to mention how they’ve acquired more wisdom than many adults. Was it handed to them? Do they harbor a special gene pool (their parents might agree with that notion)? Did they turn out like this by chance?

Actually, Alex and Brett would probably be ordinary kids, except for one thing. They had parents who believed in making the sacrifices necessary to raise their kids to make a difference. Kids who, in turn, learned to make sacrifices in order to serve others. They had parents who devoted themselves to raising firemen. Keeping this at the forefront of their parenting strategy, Mom and Dad Harris raised kids who understood and accepted the fact that it was going to take a lot of hard work for everyone in order to succeed in this goal. As a result of this mentality, these young men have literally started a Rebelution across our nation…and our world.

There are actually two other grown children from the Harris home. One of them, Joshua, became a best-selling author at the age of twenty, with the book I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Multnomah 1997). He went on to write more bestsellers, developed purity seminars for young people, and toured as a national conference speaker in front of hundreds of thousands of young people, calling them out of their culture to a lifestyle of purity. At age twenty-seven, he became the senior pastor of a large church, where he still serves today.

In 2002, another brother, Joel, launched the Northwest Academy of Worship Music to help raise up worship leaders and worship teams for local churches in the Portland area, where over 150 students of all ages have been successfully trained. Since 2007, he’s also been using his music skills to lead worship for The Rebelution Tour.

As I got to know the Harris family, I saw that “chance” and “opportunity” had nothing to do with their parenting success. “If our teen years have been different than most,” says Alex, “it’s not because we are somehow better than other teens, but because we’ve been motivated by that simple but very big idea filtering down from our parents’ example and training: Do hard things.”

With four out of four grown children serving the Lord and significantly impacting their world, it’s obvious that the Harrises are doing something right. And I’ve discovered that this “something” is available to all parents. Throughout this book, we’re going to visit with more parents like these to find out exactly what they are doing to shape godly kids who are ready and able to help save lives, no matter what their limitations or circumstances. Turning out kids like these is not just possible—it’s possible for you and your family with just a few moderate but important lifestyle changes.

Parenting is, really, at the heart of Jesus’ command for discipleship. It’s teaching our kids to live with Jesus and to love like Jesus. It does require a cost, as anything worthwhile does, but that cost will be far outweighed by the benefits and rewards. God has created our kids with unique abilities, gifts, and desires for a very special purpose. All they need now is to be trained and ready, available for divinely appointed opportunities.

So now it’s time to ask: Do we truly want to give our kids the best of everything we have to offer in the short time we have to impact their lives? Do we want our kids to live—and someday die—the spiritual heroes of this world? If we have answered “yes,” then it’s time to learn about a vision for our families that’s so amazing; it will change the course of history.

My discovery all started on a little trip I took to northwest India.

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Misc Monday

MOOD STATUS: "Unsure". Got my hair colored--DARK--and I'm not sure I like it. I feel very...goth. But I was assured it would lighten up.

I'm back!

And I only cheated and went to a social networking site once. Okay, twice. But it was really really quick, so it hardly counts. :)

So there.

But while I was away, I got some blog awards.
Why does that happen whenever I'm not around?

Anyhew...here's my blog bling:

I got the "Lovely Blog" award from my new bloggy friend Annie at her blog Dutch Hill News






And my writer friend, Diane Craver was so kind to extend the "Creative Writer" award to me, too!



(I know, I need follow up on the rules with these awards, but give me a break, I just got back online! And I'm a little frazzled about my hair.)




But thank you both so much!!


Today I'm playing catch-up with all my networking buds (that's you), but I wanted to pass along this YouTube video on BOOK SIGNINGS that is hilarious (and true).
(Unless you're Stephen King or Meg Cabot or Mary Higgins Clark, of course.) :)


Check it out!

An Unplug and some thoughts

IN THE NEWS: Vet says NY dog needs Viagra for heart condition. Read more here.

Well, it's that time of the month... to UNPLUG from all Internet distractions and get some serious writing done.

I won't even be on Facebook or Twitter this week, which will be almost painful. But it needs to be done. I will, however, be checking e-mail and into my critique forum.

BUT THAT'S IT!!!!!!!!!

So if you see me in cyberland, you have permission to slap my hand or yell at me. (Or just nicely remind me to get off the Internet)

I'll leave you with a few thoughts though since it's 12:45 AM, I'm not asleep, and I'm feeling chatty:

** My jeans are loose on me. I think it's those spin classes.

**The kidlet went to a birthday party at a bakery and got to make her own doughnuts. She brought home three just for ME.
Uh, thanks?

**It really stinks to not be able to go to sleep

**Watched Extreme Home Makeover tonight and cried. Big surprise, right? Do they ever make a dry eye episode?

**Thinking about breaking down and buying "Telephone" by Lady Gaga for my Ipod.

I could go on, but I think it's the lack of sleep that's making me extra punchy. :)

Have a great week and see you next Monday!

Happy Place Books

MOOD STATUS: "Thoughtful". A lot of things on my mind.
RECENT IPOD DOWNLOAD: "You only get what you give" by Free Radicals

I'll be honest and say that I've had some depressing news as of late. Nothing writing related. I've just been dealing with a lot of illnesses and death in my little social circle, and it's been wearing on me a bit.

Usually when I'm down or want to relax, I like to escape with a good book at night. I'm reading a pretty good one right now, but I wasn't in the mood for its tone. I needed a more happy or lighthearted book. One that I know would put a smile on my face before I went to sleep. You know the ones. Those are the kind of books you re-read, so you probably have them tucked away on some bookshelf in your home.

The book I automatically went in search of was on a shelf in my den. (I really should keep it in my bedroom for just such an emergency.) But anyway, it's one of my favorites because it's fun and inspirational. The book is called "Catch a Rising Star" by Tracey Bateman.

Here's the blurb:


When thirty-something Tabby Brockman has the opportunity to reclaim her role as a killed-off character on the nation's #1 daytime soap opera, she figures this must be God's reward. But back on the set, she's faced with the same hateful head writer who killed off her character in the first place, kids who drive her crazy, a stage dad who rubs her completely wrong, and and an unwanted boyfriend who can't seem to get the message. Faced with this dizzying rollercoaster of challenges, Tabby has to wonder: is she finally a star on the rise or just on the brink of another spectacular fall?

It's sooooooooooooo cute, and after the first three pages I was already mentally in a better place. It was as if I was wrapped in a Snuggie eating ice cream.


If reading isn't therapeutic, I don't know what is. :)

Have a great weekend!


Do you have a book (or books) that automatically put you in your "happy place" too?

Wed Work in Progress #9

IN THE NEWS: Fla. teen bets to wear same shoes until graduation. Read more HERE.

RECENT IPOD DOWNLOAD: "I can only imagine" by Mercy Me.

Slow and steady wins the race. That's my motto.
(Slow and steady seems to be my writing style, too!) *sigh* But it's getting there.

I'm working myself up into a little bit of a panic now because summer is approaching fast and that means my writing time gets squeezed. But that's okay. Not complaining--much. I just need to start getting creative. Or waking up earlier. (Eew)

Anyhew... here's my progress thus far: (That's me running on the beach) :)

Anyhew... in other news, I still haven't received my cover art yet for my new book. Not that I'm complaining again--much.

And in more upbeat FUN news, I'm planning a new Wednesday blog series for the summer. So stayed tuned for more info on that coming up.

That's it for me. Going to write all morning (after spin class) and then if I meet my goal, I'm actually going to whip out the last manuscript I had started earlier this year and see if I can apply some plotting techniques to it that I learned in my writing class. Whew!

What's on your writing agenda today?

Enjoying extra Mother's Day time

HAPPY BELATED MOTHER' S DAY!!!

I had a great one!
(In fact, it was so great (and busy) and I'm so tired, that I've decided to sleep in and milk it for as long as my family allows)

I'm betting that will be 7:30 AM. But I'll take what I can get. :)

I just love Mother's Day... Hope you had a great one too!


See you Wednesday!

New Car!

IN THE NEWS: Ohio police warn of mysterious pair of peacocks. Read more HERE.

Exciting news!! As of yesterday, I have a new car!

And when I say new car, I mean used new car. :)

But I love it!

The past few years I've been driving around in a Volvo sedan and always felt too low to the ground. So I've been looking for something that would get me back "up" in the driver's seat--a small SUV.

When I saw the Jeep Sahara four door on the roads, I knew that was the car. Have you seen them around? I just love the fun look of them. My hubby put in a call to our "car guy", but he had a hard time finding one for me. Apparently they're a hot car right now. Figures.

But then after two weeks of waiting, I got the call--ha! no pun intended--that he found a used Jeep 2009 for me. I took it for a test drive and that was that.

And now I have this:




What do you think?

(This car is SO me) :)



Do you drive a car or SUV?
Do you find you like driving high up, too?

Twitter R

MOOD STATUS: "Excited". Going on a field trip with the kiddo's class today!
Recent IPod download: "If I Were a Boy" by Beyonce Knowles

I'm going to keep this blog post brief because I'm leaving early this morning (see above).
I thought it would be interesting to discuss something that surprised me when I first found out about it.

Many of my friends and critique partners are in the stages of querying agents now. They're even following the agents' twitter posts, which is how they saw that one of the agents sent out a collective rejection notice out on twitter. Not a personal message--just a "tweet".

Is that where we're heading now in this stage of social networking? No more e-mails or snail mail letters. Just collective cattle call tweets with a "I'm passing on everything that was sent to me if you submitted on such and such a date".

How do you feel about that?

I guess what bothers me is what if you're NOT on Twitter...or missed that post somehow...or just NOT following that agent? How would you know you're even rejected?


Maybe with the growth of technology and social networking this is where communication with agents is heading. I don't know. But it just seems a little...bleh to me. But maybe I'm being too sensitive.


What do you think of agents using twitter to alert writers that they're being rejected? Do you think it's just as impersonal as a e-mail form rejection and therefore no big deal? Or do you think it's lazy?

You Have a Book Trailer. Now What?

IN THE NEWS: Frail boy-king Tut died from malaria, broken leg. Read more HERE.

Happy Monday!


You're probably all wondering--(or maybe not)--after my previous posts on "Why do a book trailer" and "How to do a book trailer", "Now what do I do with my book trailer?"

First and foremost, you tell your mom. (Unless your mom is like my mom and has dial-up internet connection, because then it'll take forever for her to see the video)

Then all your friends.
Some co-workers, neighbors, your enemies--basically, anyone who'll listen. :)

But if you don't have anyone's ear at the moment of unveiling,
you can upload online to these places:

your Facebook page

your Web site

your Blog

Create an author page on Amazon and upload it there.

YouTube.

Yahoo Video

Google Video

Link to it on AuthorsDen.com

mySpaceTV

The Romance Studio (must be a member)

Manic Readers (create an author page and put it there)


Announce it on any writer's forums you belong to, too. If someone is excited about their video and announces it for me to watch, I WILL check it out. (But maybe that's just me) :)


There are a few other places to put your trailer, too. All the ones listed below are free.

Trailer Spy
Book Trailers.net
Daily Motion
New Covey Trailer Awards
Backspace the Writer's Place

Whew!

Have you used any of those sites for your book trailer?
Did I miss a site?