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Film crew is coming tomorrow to do a promotional video for SKIN TRADE, and for my books in general. It’s very flattering that my publisher wants to do it. It means I’m a big enough fish for them to fly out and do it. My editor, Susan, has flown in to supervise. We’re all going out to eat tonight, and Trinity is coming with us. I asked if that would be okay, and Susan said, "After all these years of hearing about Trinity, it will be great to finally meet her." So, my whole family is going out with my editor tonight for dinner.

I’m a little freaked about the video shoot tomorrow. First, I hate seeing myself on moving camera. It just looks weird, because I don’t normally get to see myself move like that. You know you watch your friends, but you don’t get the opportunity to watch yourself. Carri has been helping me set up different places in the house where the cameras can set up for flattering shots that don’t show any clues to where I’m located. Carri’s degree is in film production with an emphasis on cinameatography. Which means she has sticky notes on the floor where the camera should go, and is arranging things so it will look good on camera. I have no idea what looks good on camera, and I prove that every time I pick outfits or settings for things like this, I just don’t "see" in film.  I see in prose and will often find myself converting events or settings to prose in my head, but film is still mostly a mystery to me. I can "see" in comic book now, but Jon still does it faster and more naturally than I do. I’m hoping I will eventually be able to see in film, as well. Just another skill I never thought I’d need. Life is funny that way.