Video

Finally, here are short videos of the authors reading their work.


Paul L. Bates



Alex Dally MacFarlane



E. C. Myers



Adam Nakama



Stephen D. Rogers



Todd Wheeler

The Big Event

To quote an audience member, the East Coast Launch rocked. People attended, were entertained, showered with gifts, and fed. The writers had some fun as well.


Photo by Haz Harrower
We had a great turnout of attentive listeners.


Paul L. Bates took the lead-off spot, first reading a piece he wrote for another anthology, and then his Sporty Spec story.


E. C. Myers followed with tales of chess and pie holes, the latter gaining him a new fan.


Todd Wheeler first read Robert Frazier's poem, "Stealing for the Record", and then his own story, getting through both without losing his place, much.


Adam Nakama entertained with clockwork dragons and a lively rendition of Richard Pitaniello's "Librarian Gladiators".


Stephen D. Rogers read two pieces, but all agreed he was upstaged by his protege.


Rounding out the group, Alex Dally MacFarlane read. No crockery was harmed in the telling of the tale.


Photo by Haz Harrower
But wait, there's more! Winners were selected from the special Sporty Raffle Container by the Raffle Queen.


This gentleman won the snuggly bear ...


... and how slick is this stylin' messenger bag?

After the event people ate cookies and Mexican sandwich wraps, and there was much rejoicing.

Many, many, many thanks to the audience, to Pandemonium Books, to Karen A. Romanko, and not least, to the authors, without whom none of this would have happened.

Sporty Spec East Coast Launch

When: Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Time: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Where: Pandemonium Books, Central Square, Cambridge, MA

Click here for directions to the bookstore.

Click here for a map of the area with parking locations.

Click here to buy the book!

Author Spotlight: Stephen D. Rogers

Stephen D. Rogers may be the most prolific of all the writers appearing at the Sporty Spec book launch. With more than five hundred stories and poems appearing in over a hundred publications, his work has covered multiple genres, including fantasy, horror, literary, mystery, personal essays, romance, and science fiction.

A full list of all his publications can be found on his website. Also, each month a reprint of one of his works appears there as well. A recent story, "Daddy's Girl", appears online in Demolition.

More Promotion

The store manager at Pandemonium has posted the event on some local calendars, such as this item through Boston.com.

I put up a notice as well in the National Novel Writing Month forums.

Finally, there are now some fliers in Central Square coffee shops for our event.

I think that should about do it for promotional efforts. ;-)

Author Spotlight: Adam Nakama

Adam Nakama is currently a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, due to graduate next year.

According to his livejournal profile, he studies many things outside of school, among them the tango and cooking.

Adam's recent fiction credits include an appearance in Scifaikuest as well as the forthcoming Field Guide to Surreal Botany.

Parking

Below is a link to a Google map with the location of the bookstore. The little arrows on the streets indicate the direction of the one-way street, essential to be aware of in order to navigate in Cambridge.

The markers show different parking lot options. One free lot is a chilly walk away from the bookstore, pay lots are closer.

However ...

There are metered parking spaces on Pleasant Street as well as the surrounding streets. As far as I can tell from the Cambridge Traffic, Parking, and Transportation website (and the Pandemonium store manager seemed to think this is correct), if the sign indicates an exception for Sunday (e.g. "8am - 6pm, ex. Sunday") then the meters are NOT in effect. That is to say, free parking.

Disclaimer: This is as far as I can tell. If you get a parking ticket, you're on your own. :-)


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