Hello all! It’s been a huge year for me, publication-wise. I’ve completed all the writing I’m going to do in 2014 and can now tackle what I really love: making movies. People have asked me, “Who does your videos? They’re really good.”
Lil ol’ me, myself, and I, on Animoto. I learned to use Animoto years ago. They deliver incredible quality and I can DO them. I load my images on the Animoto site, select the video style I want from Animoto’s menu, pick music from their library, add text, and push a button. Animoto’s clever computers do the rest. If I don’t like what I get, I push the button again. Voila! Instant genius that even an almost-seventy-year-old grandmother can master.
My Thanksgiving gift to you is a recap of my writing of 2014. You may not know about what all I did this year. The books are interconnected. Free-standing, so you can read just one and get the story, but they are a family. Grab some popcorn and enjoy the show.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! For your support and patronage in 2014. I appreciate it with all my heart. Much more is in the pipeline for you in 2015 and future years.
Lots of hugs,
The only problem with Animoto on my computer is that sometimes it’s balky replaying. You have to let it play through once to buffer. That might be because we live out in the country, where ground squirrels carry the images across the fields in their mouths. They are a little slow, especially after large meals. My Computer Guy said to counter this by using Vimeo. (This is my Vimeo account. See ALL my vids!) I’ll attach the Vimeo version, in addition to the Animoto . Thing is, sometimes it’s balky, too, and it stutters. It’s right below, followed by the Animoto version. The combined show is probably enough to make the ordinary computer explode with excitement. You, too, I hope.
There’s another problem with sharing videos: Even though I proofread the **** thing far into the night, when I had it made the video high resolution and played it full screen, I found typos. Argh! Count ‘em if you want. I’m done.
I LOVE TO SEE YOU SMILE––A THANKSGIVING GIFT FOR MY READERS from Sandy Nathan on Vimeo.
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From Sandy Nathan on Animoto .
Happy Thanksgiving! This is a day for gratitude–and for telling people how much they mean to you. Readers, you mean a very great deal to me.
I love to see you smile and I’ll do my darndest to see you keep on smilin’