With a host of books coming out all at once, I’ve been going to a lot of large pop-culture shows so I can meet the fans all at once. Since March,  my releases include the New York Times bestseller MENTATS OF DUNE with Brian Herbert (Tor), the humorous fantasy THE DRAGON BUSINESS (47North), the trade paperback reissue of New York Times bestseller and award-winner CLOCKWORK ANGELS, with Neil Peart based on the Rush album and the 25th anniversary special edition of my first novel RESURRECTION, INC (both from ECW), and the new Tor  hardcover of THE DARK BETWEEN THE STARS, first book in The Saga of Shadows…and there have also been some WordFire Press reissues of my earlier novels.

So, yeah, a lot of reasons to hit the road, and Tor Books has been a great sponsor of my “Running Man” tour!

I started May  at Denver StarFest, where the WordFire Press team helped set up and run a great table. I appeared on several panels and signed autographs.

Behind the Denver StarFest table with two other WordFire Press authors
Peter J. Wacks and Mark J. Ryan

Then it was off to Texas for two weekends in a row, first the Dallas Comic Con and then ComicPalooza in Houston. WordFire Press managing editor Peter J. Wacks and his coauthor Mark Ryan drove the big SUV crammed with books and our table setup from Colorado to Dallas, and set up and ran a spectacular booth with our crew of volunteers including Jason Macer, Heidi Berthiaume, Keisha McDaniel, and Superstars alumni Nathan Dodge, Gama Martinez,  Stone Sanchez, Diann T. Read, and John D. Payne (also a WordFire author). All autographs are always free, and we also set up a new camera in front of our book banners to take photos with the fans; all copies are posted on my Official Kevin J. Anderson Page on Facebook as well as on my dedicated Events webpage.

At the end of the weekend, Dallas Comic Con was our best show ever, and we had a terrific time.

Dallas Comic Con was such a successful show, in fact, that it caused problems. When Peter and Mark loaded the truck with books, that was supposed to be enough for two shows—and we sold 70% of our books in the first weekend!  I flew home in the interim (since my wife Rebecca is recovering from back surgery and I needed to take care of her!), and we rush shipped more boxes to Houston while Peter and Mark drove from Dallas to Houston. I flew back to Texas a few days later, this time with three large suitcases loaded with 70 pounds each of books (the max I’m allowed even as a high-level frequent flyer!)

Houston was a smash as well. Rebecca and I had gone to ComicPalooza the year before and knew we liked the con and the people. We had an amazing dinner hosted by fan and friend Howard Hayes where we got to hang out with four former Doctors, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Peter Davidson, and Colin Baker, as well as comics writer Tony Lee, voice artist Claire Hamilton, and actor Glenn Morshower. We also got to meet filmmaker George Giordano, Miltos Yerolemeu (Master Silvio from GAME OF THRONES, and fight choreographer for the series), and  writer friends John Scalzi and Peter S. Beagle.

Yeah, it was a lot of fun!

with John Scalzi (who is impressed with our booth)

fans can’t stop reading

A dinner with four Doctors! Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Peter Davidson

With actor Glenn Morshower

Paul McGann shows Kevin the proper respect due to an author

Miltos Yerolemeu demonstrates a proper Game of Thrones death scene

Back home from Texas now for a week and a half, but not much rest.  I have just arrived in the beautiful mountain town of Crested Butte, Colorado, where I am a guest instructor at the Crested Butte Writers Conference, and then next weekend we’ll be exhibiting at the Denver Comic Con—come and see us!