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TGWW Radio: Animal Communication & a Mad Scientist

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(graphic by Tui Snider)
(graphic by Tui Snider)

What is Teal Gray Worldwide Radio?

Join me and co-hosts Teal Gray, and Jonathan Emmett each and every Thursday for Teal Gray Worldwide Radio when the three of us and our special guests have lively discussions about offbeat, unusual, and downright strange places and events around the world.

TGWW Radio’s Special Guests for July 16th:

Kara Rojek: Medium, Animal Communicator & Akashic Record Reader

Kara Rojek’s bio: Kara is a medium and healer who also has a deep connection with animals. She has always been interested and fascinated with metaphysics and energy work and has spent the last 8 years developing her gifts and expanding her knowledge.

Kara loves using her gifts, knowledge, and experiences to help bring healing and peace into the lives of those she works with, including animals. She also loves empowering people through teaching.

She is a Usui Reiki Master Teacher and Practitioner, Access Bars™ Teacher and practitioner, Certified Small Animal Acupressure Practitioner, and New Paradigm MDT™ practitioner. She also Reads the Akashic Records. In addition , she is a Medium, Animal Communicator, and a gemstone jewelry designer. For more information you can go to www.animalhealthandharmony.com and  www.silverlotuscenter.com

Larry Snider: Mad Scientist & Open-Minded Skeptic

Larry Snider’s bio: Ever since getting hold of his first chemistry set as a little boy, Larry Snider has enjoyed exploring the world in a hands on way, with the occasional explosion thrown in for good measure.

Larry describes himself as a “maker and doer,“ with a passion for making things, learning, and traveling the world. He is a lifelong technologist, artist, designer, machinist, inventor, and all-round Renaissance man. Over the years, Larry has worked as a tech manager, art teacher, wedding photographer, TV repairman, bird shop owner, boat builder, custom carpenter, and most recently, as a high school chemistry teacher.

Larry Snider joins the second half of Teal Gray Worldwide Radio to discuss some exciting recent developments in science, including the Hadron Super Collidor, NASA’s Pluto fly by, and also to share his thoughts on how to study the paranormal in a scientific manner.

How to Listen to Teal Gray Worldwide Radio:

Click here to Listen *live* or catch the replay: TGWW Radio show

Join us in the TGWW Pre-show Chat Room: TGWW Chat Room

Call in number for the show: 618-421-4522

Tweet TGWW Radio: @TGWWradio

We hope you join us on Teal Gray Worldwide Radio whether you listen *live* or catch the replay!

WIN Tickets to the Supernatural Expo & a Signed Copy of Paranormal Texas

Feeling lucky? By either leaving a comment on this blog post or entering the Rafflecopter below, you gain a chance to win FREE tickets to the Supernatural Expo on July 18th and/or signed copies of Paranormal Texas, my bestselling travel guide to paranormal hot spots in the Dallas – Fort Worth region. .

The contest ends at midnight Central Time after Thursday night’s show, and winners will be announced shortly thereafter. In the meantime, you may enter once a day until the contest is over!

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Want to read more?

To read about more weird, offbeat, and overlooked places, check out my best selling travel guide: Unexpected Texas. For ghost hunting hot spots, check out my best selling travel guide to haunted places: Paranormal Texas. For a strange-but-true tale of Texas history, check out: The Lynching of the Santa Claus Bank Robber. Happy travels!

Hey, you! Want to come along for the ride?

For updates on my offbeat travels, books, & other fun stuff (such as postcards from the road!) subscribe to my author newsletter using the form below:

Tui Snider having fun on a Texas road trip!
Tui Snider having fun on a Texas road trip!

 

This Week on TGWW Radio: 24 Hour Paranormal, Selena Roane & a Contest Giveaway!

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Tune in each Thursday for Teal Gray Worldwide Radio

Join me and my co-hosts hosts Teal Gray, and Jonathan Emmett, each and every Thursday for Teal Gray Worldwide Radio . Each week the three of us and our special guests have a lively discussion about offbeat, unusual, and downright strange places and events around the world.

Whether you listen *live* or catch the replay, we invite you to be a part of it!

First half guest: 24 Hour Paranormal

24hr-expo-poster-blog-header-smallerTGWW Radio’s first-hour guests this week are the folks from 24 Hour Paranormal: Shannon Houk, Lynette Conkle, Mike Smith, Korina Magness, and Sophia Saad. 24 Hour Paranormal is a north Texas ghost hunting group that team uses investigative, scientific, and spiritual techniques to better understand the unknown. To read more about the team, its members, and their backgrounds, visit: About 24 Hour Paranormal.

Supernatural Expo July 18, 2015

24 Hour Paranormal has exciting news to share! On July 18, 24 Hour Paranormal is hosting a Supernatural Expo from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Premier Event Center at Lakeland Plaza (1165 S. Stemmons Freeway) in Lewisville, Texas.  This exciting event includes paranormal investigators, mediums, psychics, authors, metaphysical items, cryptid investigators, UFO researchers, paranormal merchandise, and much, much more!

Charity Raffle & Prizes Galore

The folks at 24 Hour Paranormal have arranged for their Supernatural Expo to include a charity raffle. For $2 per ticket (or 3 tickets for $5) you become eligible for all sorts of prizes, including dowsing rods, psychic readings, massages, and more! You do not have to be present in order to win, and all proceeds for the raffle go to the Russ Martin Foundation, which supports the families of fallen police officers and firefighters.

Win Free Admission & a Signed Copy of Paranormal Texas

Enter *here* to win tickets to the Supernatural Expo & a signed copy of Paranormal Texas!
Enter *here* to win tickets to the Supernatural Expo & a signed copy of Paranormal Texas!

Feeling lucky? Entering the Rafflecopter near the end of this post gives you the chance to win free tickets to the Supernatural Expo and/or a signed copies of Paranormal Texas, my bestselling travel guide to paranormal hot spots in the Dallas – Fort Worth region. The Rafflecopter offers several different ways to enter the contest, such as by leaving a comment on this blog post, visiting certain Facebook pages, and even sending out tweets about the Supernatural Expo.

The contest ends on July 17th, and winners will be announced shortly thereafter. In the meantime, you may enter once a day until the contest is over!

More about the Supernatural Expo

For a full list of speakers and vendors, visit: Supernatural Expo Speakers & Vendors.  

For more info, including discounted lodging, visit: Supernatural Expo Lodging Discount

 

Second half guest: Selena Roane

In the second half of this week’s TGWW Radio show, Selena Roane joins the fun! As a result of her own strange experiences, Selena Roane founded an investigative group called FEAR Paranormal

Selena Roane will tell listeners more about her show Spirit Quest, which is a show about learning from those we come in contact with, being living or in spirit… searching for those answers.
Here is her full bio:

Selena Roane is the founder of FEAR Paranormal Society, a paranormal investigation team. She is also the host of Close to Death, an internet show about virtually anything paranormal.

In addition to her paranormal team and show, she is an empath and is currently working on developing and enhancing that ability. Selena attends and speaks at various conferences and has led numerous investigations. She was included as an investigator on the “Shadows of 66” documentary with Chip Coffey, Brad and Barry Klinge in 2013.

The paranormal is Selena’s passion. She is continuously researching and learning in an effort to deepen her knowledge and enthusiasm for the field.

We hope you join us on Teal Gray Worldwide Radio whether you listen *live* or catch the replay!

You can listen to Close to Death every Tuesday at 6pm CT - 7pm ET
You can listen to Close to Death every Tuesday at 6pm CT – 7pm ET

Join us in the TGWW Pre-show Chat Room:

The fun starts an hour *before* the radio show! How? By joining us in the Teal Gray Worldwide Radio chat room: TGWW Chat Room

Tui and the gang will be in the TGWW Radio Chat Room at this time:
6pm Eastern
5pm Central
4pm Mountain
3pm Pacific

Listen *live* or catch the replay:

Here’s the link if you want to listen to the *live* show and/or the replay: TGWW Radio show

Call into the TGWW Radio show:

If you have a question or comment during the show,
pick up your phone and call us at
618-421-4522

Tweet TGWW Radio!

Teal Gray Worldwide Radio has a Twitter account now! It’s a little over a week old, but we’ve got nearly 1000 followers. Follow us & we will follow you back: @TGWWradio.

You can also follow each Teal Gray Worldwide Radio host individually:

Teal Gray – @Teal_Gray
Tui Snider = @TuiSnider
Jonathan Emmett = @WalktheMist

Enter to Win Prizes with the Rafflecopter below:

To enter, follow the directions on the Rafflecopter below. Some options allow you to enter once a day! The grand prize is 2 Free Admission Tickets to the Supernation Expo, plus a signed copy of Paranormal Texas.
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Want to read more?

To read about more weird, offbeat, and overlooked places, check out my best selling travel guide: Unexpected Texas. For ghost hunting hot spots, check out my best selling travel guide to haunted places: Paranormal Texas. For a strange-but-true tale of Texas history, check out: The Lynching of the Santa Claus Bank Robber. Happy travels!

Hey, you! Want to come along for the ride?

For updates on my offbeat travels, books, & other fun stuff (such as postcards from the road!) subscribe to my author newsletter using the form below:

Tui Snider having fun on a Texas road trip!
Tui Snider having fun on a Texas road trip!

 

How to Create Quick & Easy Book Trailers with PowerPoint

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Did you know you can use PowerPoint to create videos?

I’m sure I’m not the only indie author with a rollicking to-do list, a list so long that a few things rattling around the bottom are gathering dust! One such item on my to-list is: “make a promotional book trailer.”

Frankly, I find the idea intimidating! I don’t own fancy video editing software, and I’m nervous about the learning curve because I’m a hands on learner who absolutely hates reading directions.

While soaking in the tub the other morning, it dawned on me that since I already use PowerPoint to create photo presentations for my speaking gigs, it might be possible to use it to make a promotional video. Just maybe…

As soon as I got out, I checked with the search engine deities, and sure enough – PowerPoint presentations can easily be turned into videos! Why did I suddenly think of this in the bathtub? I really don’t know, but like Archimedes, I get some of my best ideas there. All I can really do is exclaim Eureka! Or as we say here in Texas, Yee haw!

Of course, since it was my first time out of the gate, it took me all day to create the promo video. I’m sure it will go more quickly next time, just like any task. I don’t mind that it took all day, though, because it was fun to do! Also, I must confess that “create book trailer” is *still* on my to-do list! The promo I ended up making is actually for the weekly radio show I co-host, but it could just as easily be for one of my books. (I simply didn’t have any music on hand that worked with my books. Soon, though, I promise!)

So, if you’ve been wanting to make a book trailer for yourself, but the idea of using fancy video editing software has held you back, here is one easy-peasy way to get you going.

Follow these simple steps to create your *own* promo trailer:

1. Figure out what you want to say in the promo. In my case, I thought about the the who, what, when, where and how for listening to the Teal Gray Worldwide Radio show. (If you haven’t yet heard of the 5 W’s, now is the time to brush up!)

2. Create a slide presentation in PowerPoint. As someone who hates reading directions and learns by doing, I can attest to the fact that PowerPoint is an easy program to use. So, I’m not going to delve into the nitty gritty of creating a basic slide presentation here.

3. Find background music for the promo. I’m a musician, so I used a snippet from one of my own songs. (To hear the full song, click here: “Islands.”) I clipped out a one-minute segment of my song using the program called Audacity. This is an extremely easy to use sound program. It’s also free! Of course, if you have some other sound program that you are already familiar with – fine. Be that way. See if I care!  I just happen to love Audacity.

4. Import the sound clip of your choice into PowerPoint. OK, at this point, I had to hit up Google and YouTube. By then, I was ready to force myself to read directions. Luckily, I found this wonderful YouTube video explaining how to import audio into PowerPoint. It was painless!

5. Go into slideshow mode to see how your music fits with the slides. (The YouTube video I linked to above explains how to do this.) You will need to adjust how long the slideshow lingers on each slide before moving to the next one. This takes time, but it’s fun. Simply choose “Transitions,” then where it says “Advance Slides,” choose “After” and adjust the time to however many seconds you want to remain on each slide. (This could take a while, so you might need a snack or a coffee break at this point.)

6. Click “save as” and save the Powerpoint presentation as a Windows Media file. It took my PC 5 full minutes to convert the ppt file to a wm file, so be patient! (My little netbook is getting up there, so your mileage may vary!)

7. Upload to your YouTube channel and enjoy!

Check out the finished product:

So, are you wondering what I ended up with? You can see the finished product below (make sure your speakers are on!) Also, if you like the promo trailer, please “like” it on YouTube by visiting our YouTube Channel. You’d really make my day! :)

Have you ever made a book trailer?

Have you ever made a book trailer or other promo video for you and your books? How did you do it? Any suggestions? Feel free to leave the link to your promo video in the comments section below. I am eager to learn more. Playing around with music and visuals is a nice break from writing!

As I mentioned earlier, the reason I didn’t make a book trailer for myself is that I don’t have a song that goes with my books … yet. Guess I need to add “record more music” to my to-do list!

Want to read more?

To read about more weird, offbeat, and overlooked places, check out my best selling travel guide: Unexpected Texas.
For ghost hunting hot spots, check out my best selling travel guide to haunted places: Paranormal Texas.
For a strange-but-true tale of Texas history, check out: The Lynching of the Santa Claus Bank Robber. Happy travels!

Hey, you! Want to come along for the ride?

For updates on my offbeat travels, books, & other fun stuff (such as postcards from the road!) subscribe to my author newsletter using the form below:

Tui Snider having fun on a Texas road trip!
Tui Snider having fun on a Texas road trip!