Tonight I was privileged to participate in the Portland launch of Footprints from Hadley Rille Books, along with my co-authors bjcooperand C.E.Grayson. It was held at the Beaverton branch of the iconic Powell's Bookstore. Peter Honigstock, the SF section head of the Cedar Hill's Powells, provided a well-organized and author friendly venue. Peter's dedication and passion for the genre is obvious, and the reason why so many fine SF related events take place at this location.

The three of us each read a portion of our stories, leaving the rest for the readers to discover, followed by a wide-ranging Q and A. We covered the visceral thrill of watching the moon landing to concepts in creating non-human characters to the beginnings of commercial spacecraft. The audience appeared to enjoy themselves, and there were many copies of Footprints in hand for us to sign at the end.

All in all a great evening, and now we pass the baton to the folks in S.F. for the next Footprints opening event!