I am excited to share a book trailer for my novel, Hunting Mariah, made by Chris Graham aka thestoryreadingape.com who does trailers and book covers too. He is a multi-talented blogger ape. Lol!
Please check this out. Chris did an amazing job. He has a wonderful blog with information and support for authors. If you haven’t check his site out you must today. Thank you, Chris!!
Janice is an multi-award-winning author with 37 books: 18 children's books for PS-Gr 4, 12 middle-grade/preteen, one young adult book, written under Janice Spina, and 5 novels, and a short story collection written under J.E. Spina. She is also a writer of poetry, blogger, avid reader, reviewer and a copy editor. Janice has always loved writing and started very young writing poetry, then stories.
Her books have received 28 Book Awards and a few Finalists in contests.
AWARDS:
4 MOM'S CHOICE AWARDS - SILVER MEDAL - Lamby the Lonely Lamby, Ricky the Rambunctious Raccoon, Louey the Lazy Elephant, Jesse the Precocious Polar Bear
11 PINNACLE BOOK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Davey & Derek Junior Detectives, Books 1, 2, 3, 5, & 6. Abby & Holly Series, Books 1-6
READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS - HONORABLE MENTION - Davey & Derek Book 1,
READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS - SILVER MEDAL - Davey & Derek Junior Detectives Series, Book 3
READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS - BRONZE MEDAL - Abby & Holly Book 1
READERS’ FAVORITE AWARDS - HONORABLE MENTION — Abby & Holly Book 2
READERS’ FAVORITE AWARDS - FINALIST - Davey & Derek Book 6
5 PINNACLE BOOK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Jerry the Crabby Crayfish, Broose the Moose on the loose, Colby the Courageous Cat, Jeffrey the Jittery Giraffe, Sebastian Meets Marvin the Monkey
BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD - FINALIST - Davey & Derek Book 6
Authorsdb Cover Contest Silver Medal - Davey & Derek Book 5
FINALISTS:
Authorsdb First Lines Contest, - Hunting Mariah and Mariah's Revenge were Finalists
Red City Review Awards - Finalist - Davey & Derek Book 4
READERS’ FAVORITE BOOK AWARDS - 5-STAR REVIEW - Davey & Derek Book 4
All Janice's books are available on Amazon.com, Kindle, B&N and other online book sites.
One of her sports' poems was published in The Lawrence Eagle Tribune in October of 2008. She is currently working on book 1 of a YA fantasy series. There will be six books in all in this series. She hopes to work on a series of four books in a crime/mystery genre that will be offsprings of her thriller, Hunting Mariah.
Her hobbies are crocheting, walking to keep fit, hula hooping, tap dancing, going to the movies with her husband, and spending time with her five grandchildren.
Janice loves to hear from readers and appreciates reviews. Sign up on her blog http://jemsbooks.blog for a copy of her newsletters under Contact Me. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband who is her illustrator and cover creator.
Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
Janice Spina has a new book trailer for Hunting Mariah made by Chris The Story Reading Ape… great piece of promotion..
Thank you, Sally, for your kind reblog and for stopping by. I just want to thank your husband for all the info he gave about ebooks. I learned some valuable information that I did not know. There is a lot I do not know. Lol! Does he review and format books for ebooks?
Yes, he is! He is an author’s best friend and resource. You should check him out for your books too! He is a great guy (ape) too! Lol! Thanks fore stopping by, Patrick!
I thank everyone who left such nice comments about the trailer 😀
Janice provided a great synopsis that helped me envision the potential script, plus, great character descriptions I could use to create the animated visuals.
And I’m glad it did it’s job in catching your attention Kim, your comment is like giving an author a 5 star review 😀
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
Janice Spina has a new book trailer for Hunting Mariah made by Chris The Story Reading Ape… great piece of promotion..
Thank you, Sally! I am very excited to have one. Chris did a wonderful job and he is a joy to work with! He is a very kind ape! Lol!
Thank you, Sally, for your kind reblog and for stopping by. I just want to thank your husband for all the info he gave about ebooks. I learned some valuable information that I did not know. There is a lot I do not know. Lol! Does he review and format books for ebooks?
Congratulations, Janice!
Thank you Deanie! Chris is great!
Nice to see it on your post AND in a widget – WELL DONE JANICE 😀
Thanks to you, my ape friend! I feel so happy to be able to do this now! You are the best!
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog….. An Author Promotions Enterprise! and commented:
My thanks to Janice for giving me the honour and pleasure to work on this Trailer for her 😀
Thank you, Chris! You are the best! xo
😀 XO
Very nice Janice.
Thank you, Tony! Nice to see you here.
Reblogged this on Legends of Windemere.
Thank you, Charles, for the reblog. It is very kind of you. Thanks for stopping by. Nice to see you.
F.a.n.t.a.b.u.l.o.u.s. 😀
Thanks, Tess! Chris did a great job, didn’t he?
Indeed, he did. 🙂
Great images. Loved this trailer as it certainly caught my attention!
Thank you, KCG, for your kind words and for stopping by. Chris is a wonder. He is multi-talented doing book covers and trailers at affordable prices.
Loved it!!!
Very nice! I’m duly impressed!
Thank you, Nicholas. Chris did a great job on this trailer. He is so talented!
Fantastic Trailer!! Chris The Story Reading Ape is so talented! What a great author promotion site! Great job!
Yes, he is! He is an author’s best friend and resource. You should check him out for your books too! He is a great guy (ape) too! Lol! Thanks fore stopping by, Patrick!
I thank everyone who left such nice comments about the trailer 😀
Janice provided a great synopsis that helped me envision the potential script, plus, great character descriptions I could use to create the animated visuals.
And I’m glad it did it’s job in catching your attention Kim, your comment is like giving an author a 5 star review 😀
Thank you to the genius that is The Story Reading Ape aka Chris Graham! Xo
Congratulations, Janice. Chris did a great job. 🙂
Thank you, Suzanne! He certainly did! Thanks for stopping by!
Congratulations, Janice. What a wonderful trailer! I’m going to have to check out Chris Graham’s blog too. Have a fantastic night. Hugs. Eva
Thanks, Eva. He is wonderful and so is his site. He is the best friend of authors. You will love him! Hugs back! Janice
Reblogged this on Jo Robinson and commented:
Another awesome trailer from Chris Graham for Hunting Mariah!
Thank, Jo. Chris did an amazing job. He brought my book to life!! Scary dude there!
Cool trailer Janice, very unique. My Nan likes murder mysteries I’m going to download it on her kindle when I get down this weekend.
Thank you, Charlotte! Hope she likes it!
Brilliant Chris… I love the 3D rendering you do. Music is really good too… you just get better and better at this. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Kev. Chris is brilliant!!!
You’re most welcome. 🙂
Awesome work from Chris. Wishing you the best of luck, Janice. Cheers! 😀
Thank you, Teagan!