Check out Koen’s book trailer!

I spent the last three days putting together a book trailer for Koen, and I’m pretty proud of it. You can find it here (give it a like and leave a comment). It’s not perfect, and if I had the time and resources, I could do better, but I created this one entirely from free, open-source tools and content. It takes more effort weeding through what’s free, but I’m doing this on a budget. Paying someone to make this ad for me (without being cheated) would have cost nearly a thousand dollars. If I used the paid subscription versions of the tools and bought licenses for the perfect pictures, art, videos, gifs, and sounds (including text-to-voice), it would cost more than that- I estimate about $1,200.

Sometimes, I wish I could just throw money at my books. It would certainly save me time. However, doing them on a budget has forced me to learn all sorts of new and exciting skills, and my products have become increasingly more professional. I am not an expert in any sense of the word, and the professionals can probably pick my work apart, but it gets the job done. Koen is available for preorder and will be released on September 22, 2024!

Cheers!

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Scott Austin Tirrell writes dark fantasy because apparently the real world doesn't contain enough dead people, ruined faiths, and gods with questionable motives. Most of his stories take place in Lucardia, a world with a long memory and a rather serious problem with its dead. Its people have been taught many comforting things about history, religion, power, and what happens when the reaper’s sickle swings. Unfortunately, much of it is wrong. Scott is less interested in heroes than in complicated people who stumble into mysteries they probably should have left alone—and then have to live with what they find. When he isn’t writing, Scott wanders old cemeteries in search of character names and thinks about fictional people as though they have personally inconvenienced him. He lives near Boston with his wife and maintains a healthy distrust of ravens. View more posts

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I’ve never made a book trailer, but like you, I would be using free resources. It’s true, we could throw so much money at our writing, but I think it’s important to be very choosey in that aspect of being an author. I look forward to seeing what the next couple of months hold for you and your book release!

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scottatirrell says:

August 16, 2024 at 3:21 pm

Thanks! If anything, it’s a fun exercise to try to visually match what you see in your mind.

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Excellent job!

Just think how many books you have to sell only to break even if you paid for this! I guess that’s everyone’s dilemma – go BIG on promo and hope to sell squillions if copies or take time and possibly a lot of grief and DIY.

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