The Angelfire Launch Party!

Wow. People are amazing. There really is no way to articulate how incredible yesterday was. So many people came out, bloggers, authors, friends, family - even old friends from high school! A few people told me they saw my interview on the Michael Patrick Shiels show and brought their kids in. The book store that hosted me, Schuler Books and Music in Lansing, ordered 95 books.

Every. Single. Book. Sold.

They sold out the entire stock. I'm so bewildered and humbled that so many people came out to support my book and me. My mom, aunt, and grandmother flew up from Texas to help out and they passed out cookies and root beer floats to guests. I was asked questions including, how I came up with the characters, tips for NaNoWriMo, and who my favorite uncle is (this was asked by my uncles.)

I read the scene from Chapter 8, where Will and Ellie are training. It's a fun but really cool, action-packed scene that's one of my favorites! I was a little nervous reading but everyone was a great sport!

I must have signed 100 books! I only messed up the personalizations and notes a few times, and I used two copper metallic markers up dry. I gave away five Angelfire totes each filled with a signed copy of Angelfire, two more books, an Angelfire shirt, tons of bookmarks, stickers, buttons, glo sticks, SillyBandz.... Wow there were tons of goodies in them! AND! Harper was awesome and sent a bag of goodies to give away too! It included all of the Dark Days of Summer books, and even DIVERGENT and STARCROSSED! I almost stole it and ran, but I was a good author and gave it away.... *pouts* ;-)

Before the launch, a bunch of authors and bloggers, including really good friends Leah Clifford and Scott Tracey, met up for lunch. We took over the restaurant and were pretty loud and obnoxious, but that's okay because we were excited! I also met some new bloggers and authors and have made some new friends! I'm so grateful they came out to meet me!

At the end of the day, we were all exhausted, but the awesome employees at Schuler made sure things ran smoothly and nothing went wrong - well, besides running out of books!

There's just a few more weeks until the Dark Days of Winter Tour begins and I'll be on the road with Kimberly Derting, Claudia Gray, and Ellen Shrieber! Check out my Events page for exact tour dates and locations. If you weren't able to win any Angelfire swag, we've got tons of shirts, hoodies, totes, and more in the Angelfire Shop!

Not to mention, The Book Vlogger paid a visit and made a really awesome video from my launch, including my reading from Chapter Eight! Thank you so much for making this video!