T minus fifteen
February 14, 2011Speaking of days-since-or-until-whatever, in fifteen days our book comes out. Fifteen. Five. Plus teen. TWO WEEKS AND A DAY. I am both excited and also I feel like I might throw up, a lot, at any given moment. Which partially explains why I haven't been posting as regularly as I prefer. When I'm not fighting the throw-up urge I'm emailing people and shamelessly pimping out the book on Twitter. So far everyone's been exceedingly tolerant, but I expect they'll grow tired of me eventually.
So! Have you pre-ordered your copy? (That's an affiliate link, by the way. Which means I get, I don't know, .02 cents for every order? Unclear.) Of course you've pre-ordered! What a silly question. I can't believe I even asked. Please forgive me.
So we've been awfully busy doing I'm not sure what. Running in circles? Planning stuff? Fretting? At any rate, I am now, tonight, Valentine's Evening, so tired I could cry. And listen--I'm not going to lie to you, I've had some wine. I think this means I'm officially drunk-blogging. It's my first time! Okay, I'm not drunk. But definitely a little tipsy, whether from the half-glass of wine I had (Melissa is rolling her eyes so hard right now) or the possibly terminal exhaustion.
Have you seen what Scott did, to promote the book? He created this book trailer, is what. (Yes, writers have "book trailers," now. Like it's not enough we wrote a book. We also have to make a movie.) Scott's a film editor by trade, so it was very convenient that I married him. When Eden and I told him we wanted his help creating an educational filmstrip about the book, he was all, "Allow me." And we were like, "Do you want a script?" And he went, "No I do not. Do not worry your little heads over a script, for I have Ideas." Then he went ahead and did this. We had almost nothing to do with it. This, you guys, is a work of art. You can't imagine how much work went into it. Try and imagine it. WRONG. More.
Maybe I had an entire glass of wine? Anyway, here you go:
Pretty amazing, right?
Some people who watched it had questions. Like so:
Q.: Who did the narration?
A.: If you don't get it right away, then the photo at the very end should provide a really obvious clue. If you still don't get it, ask a friendly grown-up!
Q: Wow, who'd you get to do that impersonation?
A: That's not an impersonation. That's the real deal.
Q: Huh? But how...but...where did you find that audio clip?
A: There was no single audio clip, my adorable friend; there were countless clips, some of them one word long, which my husband manipulated expertly, as is his way.
Q: Why is Scott not a ridiculously famous film editor like that Thelma whatshername who edits all of Marty Scorcese's films? And by the way I call him Marty because we're close friends.
A: I ask myself that constantly, Friend of Marty. I believe it'll happen soon enough.
Reader Comments (54)
That trailer is amazing.
Brilliant. Hmm...I'm married to a recovering librarian, which means he could help me...catalog my book?
By the way, I thought I recognized myself as one of the blond kids in the opening frames.
Congratulations, and good luck!
Leanne (a.k.a. Ironic Mom)
Bravo! Bravo! Great stuff!
Holy cow. Now you all need to do a movie to go with the trailer to go with the book that goes with the blog.
(what are you doing still reading? get cracking!)
I am rubbing my hands together as we speak.
I can't wait to curl up on the sofa with this book, Alice Bradley!
I can-NOT wait!
That is brilliant.
And, seriously, is that Orson Welles? It can't be. Is it Scott? That can't be, either,
It's wonderfully narrated...
I'm reeling with the awesomeness of that. Truly. Reeling! Are you allowed to say such punny things in all seriousness with such an editor genius for a husband?
(By the way, I wasn't around to rise to the occasion when you asked every closeted lurker to show themselves as the lily-livered wannabe Finslippy-fans that we are, so do please pardon my lack of adulation at the appropriate moment. I'll try to reform, really I will.)
Just Brilliant! Marty should be calling Scott at any moment. He so should.
(And can't wait for the book!)
I normally hate the freaky fangirl "OMG I LOVE You But Not In The Weird Way" type of comments, but seriously, Alice. That was effing brilliant. Excuse me now, I must share this on my FB wall, because my non-bloggy type of friends (you know, the ones who have LIVES?) must see this immediately.
Also, I hope you gave your honey something special yesterday. If you know what I mean. *cough*
It's really one of the greatest things I've ever seen. And I'm speaking as a librarian AND a film nerd so I know what I'm talking about. Looking forward to reading the book!
How could I not get the book, especially after seeing that trailer? (Question: will the younger generation understand why the beeps are in it?) I have now officially pre-ordered.
Awesome! I particularly love the "wait, which frame am I supposed to be on" confusion near the end. Those of us who watched endless filmstrips in school (you know, back when we rode dinosaurs to school) remember that panic when you were the one in charge of turning on the beep.
I'm so impressed that you managed to hire Orson Welles for your book trailer. He's been increasingly difficult to work with since his death.
I thoroughly enjoyed your blog today, which more than makes up for your absence. I really liked the kickass trailer. Not only was it the antithesis of all of those mom-focused book trailers (okay, that *one* trailer by Katherine Center that I don't even think was for a book. Never mind.) that make me cry and want to be a better mother, but it also made me want to smell ditto sheets. Kudos!
Bravo! Of course now I'll hear Orson Welles's voice in my head when I read the book.
your husband is genius! that trailer was stellar! i'm new around here, but it seems as though you are genius as well. if you tell me your kids are adorable too, i might have to hate you. can't wait to check out your book!
Erin, I only have one, and I'm sorry to report that he IS pretty adorable. Usually.
I'm not sure that I'll be able to sleep tonight, due to that exceedingly disturbing image of the baby lying in the sand.
That is absolutely genius! Is he receiving awards? Because he should be - for everything.
So I'm 18 weeks knocked up - should I buy the book or will it terrify me into giving my child up for adoption? Should I wait to purchase it after I've already had the baby because at that point I will be smitten with the creature and won't be tempted to give it to unsuspecting idiots? Nevermind - I'm getting the book. I'll just tempt fate.
Orson Welles mashup. Nice. I think for the second edition of the book you need to put some of this as a blurb on the back cover "here is a book on the subject...by two very nice ladies...wait, what frame am I on?" -Orson Welles. Good idea huh? Yup.
I am 3 1/2 weeks from the birth of my second son...unless he decides to be early, which he won't because then he won't be able to pummel me from the inside anymore. In order to pummel him a little bit, I will watch this trailer daily and will laugh until my sides hurt (my back already hurts) and the up-and-down of my diaphragm will encourage him to come out now. Mama needs a glass of wine. Or eight. And she won't have one until her small man emerges.
Scott did an awesome job. This was hilarious.
That's awesome! Congrats on your book, I'll head over to your affiliate Amazon link and preorder stat. You have a very talented husband too.
That trailer is amazing! I can't wait to see the movie (but I'll read the book first, so I can annoy people who love the movie by saying, "Well, I read the book and it's SO much better.")
that was totally and completely awesome. I may even be dying of too much awesome right now.
Michele, I love that idea.
Stephanie, don't let that baby come out until you have a chance to read our book! This is very important. You'll have to be firm with him.
Andygirl, please don't die. We need you.