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Friday, Rebecca and I had lunch at the Colorado Springs Challenger Center with “second-generation” astronaut and computer game pioneer Richard Garriott, as well as several representatives from the Austin (TX) school district.  Richard has long been a supporter of the Challenger Learning Centers, and was one of the original designers.  (He’s mentioned in the acknowledgments […]

During the previous Superstars Writing Seminar in Pasadena, one of our attendees—Moses Sirigar—interviewed a few of his classmates about their experience.  We’ve put up the first four of those brief interviews/testimonials on YouTube.  You can watch them at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsVaO_h26As http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8BxkjG7f3s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKMufISLIUU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zDAC92MGJI Remember, the next Superstars Writing Seminar will be held in Salt Lake City, […]

On Saturday, November 13, the Challenger Learning Center of Colorado Springs, CO, held a special event:  A moonbase simulation adventure open to the public (all available slots sold out a few days in advance), coupled with a book signing for the new Star Challengers novel, Moonbase Crisis.  June Scobee Rodgers, co-creator of the series and […]

There’s always a price tag on a trip. After returning from our 7-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and the Sharjah Book Fair, we had to make up for the lost work time.  We had delivered the manuscript for Star Challengers: Space Station Crisis from the hotel room in Sharjah, but now we had […]