What a great weekend!!! We had a book signing at the Haunted Book Shop on Friday the 13th! We had about 50 people come out. Then on Sunday we gave a presentation on the good and bad of trying to find a publisher (our short answer- it is good!). There were about 20 people there. The main difference between the two was that on Friday night there were about 5 to 7 people there who weren't family or friends and on Sunday it was all people who we didn't know. It was really exciting because both experiences were very different. The first one included lots of personal stories. My mom, wife and children came, Karen our publisher and her husband and a lot of friends were there, and Clayton and his parents were there. We talked about how we grew to become writers, how we came together and how we wrote the book. We had lots and lots and lots of fun, and were told by the owner afterwards that she was so happy to hear so much laughter in her store. Afterwards we went out to dinner with Karen, her husband Phil, and some of their friends from Tipton. I had a great time and learned a lot, most importantly thatI need a favorite Axe and a few pygmaies. So, that was great! Sunday we shared less personal stories and really focused on the process of getting a book published. It was a very different message, but still a lot of fun. There was laughing, knowledged shared, and knowledge gained. We met some fantastic people and had a great time sharing our story. Thanks to those who came out and supported us. It was a great weekend!
This is us at the Haunted Book Shop! It was standing room only. This is after the reading was over and we were busy shamelessly selling copies of our books. We sold over 20 copies - thanks to those who bought one (or two!)
We met a great young author named Jenna who also bought a book. It was fun talking to her and encouraging her to keep writing. There is nothing more exciting in the world than giving advice to young writers! I hope she does well!
Proof that we were there. I wasn't able to get a picture, but they had one of these on the counter to order drinks and someone had put an I next to Jed. So, I was JedI Peterson - pretty cool!!!
This is Mike. I just wanted to take a picture showing how we are selling books out of the back of our car. As we were walking in, I asked if Stephen King ever did something like this, and Mike was pretty convinced that he had, so I felt cooler about what we were doing. What a fantastic weekend! The only thing that would have made it better would have been if Jaren was there, but we'll see him next month at Comicon!
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