A BUSY MONTH

Or more correclty, an exciting 6 weeks.

August 22nd was the book launch for TAKE ME THERE at Alamosa Books. Over 80 people showed up for music, barbecue and books at Alamosa Books in Albuquerque, NM. Alamosa is a new independent bookstore for kids and teens and it's only three blocks from my house. Yay!

September 16th and 17th I was busy with author visits at two high schools in El Paso.

The morning of September 18th I spoke at a speech and debate conference for UIL students in El Paso and that afternoon I was at Barnes & Noble in Las Cruces.

Saturday, September 25th, we held a 12 author book event at Alamosa called THE GIFT OF READING. That's me in the photo above with best bud Kimberley Griffiths Little. THE GIFT OF READING is a collaboration between our local chapter of SCBWI and Alamosa. The bookstore is collecting new and slightly used books to be given to children at risk. Many of the children have parents who are incarcerated. This project is close to my heart because illiteracy and incarceration are two huge themes in my new book, TAKE ME THERE.

It's autumn in Albuquerque, so in between book events I've been attending soccer games, visiting the Dixon Apple Orchard, husking corn, baking pies and watching hot air balloons.