After the shootings in Aurora on opening night of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, I've been hesitant to blog about the VIP charity premiere we attended only a few miles away. But it was an excellent event for a good cause, and the charity and event organizers deserve our support and a round of applause. "A Premiere to Remember" was put on by Forte Events to support the charity organization, A Walk to Remember, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization "ensuring that bereaved families do not walk the journey alone by focusing on bereavement care resources and support for those touched by all...
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I am currently in Gunnison, Colorado, as a keynote speaker and guest instructor at Writing the Rockies, a special event put on by Western College.  This area of the state gives me opportunities to hike (as well as dictate some chapters in MENTATS OF DUNE—9 so far on this trip). I was glad to have a chance to get out in nature and recharge my batteries, because I am just beginning a long and exhausting sequence of appearances.  I'll be at a lot of conventions and workshops over the next two months.  I hope to see you at one of...
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What a great hike!  My brother-in-law Tim and I finished another section of the Colorado Trail yesterday, some of the most beautiful scenery we have seen in Colorado so far (and we’ve seen a lot of Colorado).  After that hike, we’ve now completed 380 miles (of 485) on the “CT.” We stayed in the small, quaint, and beautiful mining town of Creede—very out-of-the-way, rustic, at the end of a box canyon and filled with mining ruins.  We had hoped to come out earlier in the summer, but a Hollywood movie production team had descended upon the town for the filming...
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ECW Press and ShowTech have created two wonderful special editions for Clockwork Angels: The Novel, limited to a total of 600, every one numbered and autographed by Neil Peart and me.  The Gold and Silver editions go on sale THIS FRIDAY July 27 at 10 AM ET. Gold Edition—This is really one of the coolest limited editions I've ever seen.  The final manuscript for Clockwork Angels: The Novel was 302 pages long. Neil and I autographed every page of the manuscript. This signed manuscript page is matted and framed, and accompanied by a limited art print of one of the...
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