Local Authors Help Shape Riveter Studio's "Author's Video Field Guide"
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Local Authors Help Shape Riveter Studio’s Author’s Video Field Guide
An 80-page printed resource helps authors prepare for the camera and put their videos to work.
PORTLAND, Ore., September 17, 2026 — The problem facing many authors isn’t the quality of the work. It’s getting anyone to stop long enough to notice it.
Riveter Studio’s The Author’s Video Field Guide addresses one part of that challenge: helping authors create videos that give readers a reason to become interested in the person behind the book.
Drawing on conversations with local authors and the team’s decades of experience in film, interviewing, literature, and communications, the Guide helps authors prepare for video, feel natural on camera, and plan how each recording can serve multiple purposes.
That planning extends beyond posting a video once. The Guide explores uses across author websites, social channels, events, and outreach, helping authors get more lasting value from the time and effort they invest.
The Guide brings together the expertise of award-winning author Shelah Johnson, feature-film director of photography Christopher Stephens, and Emmy-winning collaborator Erich Lyttle. Together, their experience spans both sides of the camera, the stage, and the printed page.
The Author’s Video Field Guide is available as an 80-page printed book for $40 through riveterstudio.com.
About Riveter Studio
Riveter Studio is a Portland/Vancouver-area CineLit studio bringing cinema and literature together through Authors in Focus, its author interview series; Stories in Motion, its selected cinematic story films; and The Author’s Video Field Guide. Its work helps readers discover authors and their stories.
View local author interviews on YouTube.
Media inquiries and review copies
Shelah A. Johnson
Co-founder & CEO, Riveter Studio
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