I had been warned, by more than one person, that bookstore appearances by first-time authors don’t tend to draw a crowd. Consequently, advance estimates in my household of the total number of people who would show up for yesterday’s appearance at the awesome Words bookstore in Maplewood, NJ were not high (my wife figured three; I was slightly less optimistic).
Very pleasantly surprised to discover those estimates were on the low side. Many, many thanks to everyone who showed up, and to Words owner Jonah Zimilies for hosting the event. Pictures below are courtesy of Michael Keane and Words.
Here’s me pontificating on the difference between writing movies and books. Or it might have been me complaining about the way The X-Files TV series ended. Hard to tell without the audio.
Signing books. This reminds me that I need to change my Facebook status from “balding” to “bald.”
Thanks again, Jonah!
My son came home soooo excited to have met you. And yes, he took his notebook to school today to prove ge’d been there…. And he located your book on his bed, inside his pillowcase….along with a headlamp at bedtime last night. Thanks again!
That was Sam, right? Please tell him I enjoyed meeting him, too… Thanks for coming!
My son, Noah, was also super excited to meet you. He talked about you all weekend and Friday’s movie night viewing was Daddy Daycare in honor of you :)
I was thrilled to meet Noah, too! So glad he liked the book as much as he did. Hope the movie went over well. (Apologies if it didn’t. Tonally, it doesn’t have a whole lot in common with Deadweather…)