{"id":459,"date":"2009-10-01T20:56:39","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T00:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/?p=459"},"modified":"2009-10-01T20:56:39","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T00:56:39","slug":"launch-party-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megancrewe.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/01\/launch-party-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Party Post!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Saturday, I got to celebrate the launch of GIVE UP THE GHOST with family, friends, and colleagues at Bakka-Phoenix Books. For those of you who couldn’t make it, let me recreate the experience for you…<\/p>\n

First, approaching the store, I was greeted by this lovely display advertising the launch:<\/p>\n

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Inside there was a table set up with stacks of books (and bookmarks and buttons that I brought with me), and a few others with snacks and drinks that I didn’t get much of a chance to partake of. \ud83d\ude42 People gradually made their way into the store, and then to the back where I was hanging out, and once we had a fair crowd, I gave a short talk about the book:<\/p>\n

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Some of the attendants, listening to the talk:<\/p>\n

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I read a short section (the same section you can hear for yourself here<\/a>), and then got down to signing:<\/p>\n

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And in a brief lull in the midst of this, a family friend took a picture of me with my parents and younger brother: a very happy family portrait!<\/p>\n

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It was a wonderful two hours spent with friends from all the areas of my life, and catching up with former teachers and writers group members I hadn’t seen in years. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with me, and to my dad for taking the pictures!<\/p>\n

If you wish you could have been there, take note — next week, I expect to be announcing a few more upcoming appearances, including one in the US!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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