I am dipping my toes into the vast swirling eddies of video promo. My first attempt stars the hippo painted on the wall of my home office, where I do a lot of my writing. If this looks homemade to you, well, I prefer the term “handcrafted.”

In Hippo Promo 1, my hippo shows off the prizes up for grabs at this Saturday’s author party at my town’s oldest local bookstore, Jerrol’s. If you’re from these parts, show up. If not, let me know if you’d like to see my hippo in other starring roles.