My Powell’s Moment

So… I had my book signing at Powell’s last night. This was, co-incidentally, my last book event, wrapping up two weeks of intense promotions. And it was pretty dang cool.

One of the best things (from a geeky standpoint) about author events at Powell’s is this freaking amazing podium. I’ve wanted to stand behind that bad-boy for years. (Those are real old-book spines mounted on the front, by the way.)

I’d also like to point out that I was standing on a giant wooden book. Heh. I love that.

Anyway, I managed to say everything I came prepared to say, and then K. passed out fabric squares to everyone and I led the group through folding a couple petals.

…Which they all caught onto very quickly. It’s always fun to watch people realize that this craft is nowhere near as difficult as it may look from the finished flowers.

(You can kind of see Susan, Lee, and Caitlin in this photo. Thank you so much for coming, Ladies!)

Then I signed some books, plus a big pile of stock for Powell’s. (So, locals, if you’re so inclined, you can head to the downtown store for a signed copy. Signed, I might add, with the special pens Rachel gave me.)

Mom helped a ton with setting up and tearing down. And, I had the all-too-rare opportunity to ask a room full of people to give her some applause for her amazing how-to photos.

(She says I owe her big time for that. Heh.)

There’s a small Flickr set if you’d like to see.

…And that concludes the acute phase of my book launch. Thank you for coming along! And I promise, we’ll resume regular crafty programming this week. Right after I spend the rest of today sleeping.

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