FRIENDSWOOD LAUNCH PARTY!
Tully Harper would NOT have enjoyed the rain and cold, but we packed Dunn Brothers anyway to celebrate the release of The Conspiracy Game. It was an amazingly diverse crowd, as the photos suggest. (More posted on https://www.facebook.com/theconspiracygame)
He may be a bit young for the book, but the world's cutest astronaut showed up anyway...--is he more of a Commander Harper, Buckshot Lewis, or Redshirt Anderson? You make the call.
Reading aloud was tough because of the size of the crowd and space of the room. Probably should have read a bit less and done more Q&A, but hey, this was my first rodeo. It was nice to have home field advantage.
It was amazing to see so many people who influenced me in one room. My 6th grade English teacher was there (bless her saintly heart!), as were my parents, cousins, and family friends. Some of my Kickstarters were there as well.
A number of high school students showed up: free Dunn Bros. coffee and extra credit for attending an author reading proved too tempting, I guess. I talked to one of them for quite some time about having the guts to take oneself seriously as a writer early in life. Hopefully that encouraged him to "Go, and do not delay," as someone once whispered into Tully Harper's life.
So many things I wanted to say but didn't at the time. Most importantly, I hope this book inspires a new generation to explore the solar system in ways that amaze us all. It's so easy for these "digital natives"--and the "digital immigrants" like my generation--to live in the confines of a 3-inch wide iPhone screen when above us hang the unexplored territories, the handiwork of God.
But I will let The Conspiracy Game speak those hopes for me. Because a novel speaks our language more beautifully than a blog ever can.
Grace and peace, Adam
He may be a bit young for the book, but the world's cutest astronaut showed up anyway...--is he more of a Commander Harper, Buckshot Lewis, or Redshirt Anderson? You make the call. 
Reading aloud was tough because of the size of the crowd and space of the room. Probably should have read a bit less and done more Q&A, but hey, this was my first rodeo. It was nice to have home field advantage.
It was amazing to see so many people who influenced me in one room. My 6th grade English teacher was there (bless her saintly heart!), as were my parents, cousins, and family friends. Some of my Kickstarters were there as well.
A number of high school students showed up: free Dunn Bros. coffee and extra credit for attending an author reading proved too tempting, I guess. I talked to one of them for quite some time about having the guts to take oneself seriously as a writer early in life. Hopefully that encouraged him to "Go, and do not delay," as someone once whispered into Tully Harper's life.
So many things I wanted to say but didn't at the time. Most importantly, I hope this book inspires a new generation to explore the solar system in ways that amaze us all. It's so easy for these "digital natives"--and the "digital immigrants" like my generation--to live in the confines of a 3-inch wide iPhone screen when above us hang the unexplored territories, the handiwork of God.
But I will let The Conspiracy Game speak those hopes for me. Because a novel speaks our language more beautifully than a blog ever can.
Grace and peace, Adam
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