Red Dragon Codex book release

We took the kids to a book release party this evening. It was for The Red Dragon Codex from Mirrorstone books. Howard and I had never met the author before, but we received an invite via a friend and decided to go. Part of our attendance was selfish. We wanted the chance to see how someone else ran a book release party. We’ve done three now and I was curious to see if our idea of a book release was at all traditional. Since this book is a Young Adult title the party was aimed for kids as well as adults. There were coloring pages and activities for all ages. Our kids had fun, though part of the fun they had was running around like hoodlums. Fortunately they fit right into the crowd of other kids, so I did not have to turn into mean mommy and make them stop.

The party was very enjoyable. We got to see some friends from the Salt Lake area that we don’t often run into. I wish we’d been more prepared though. We forgot to bring a book that we’d promised to one friend. We neglected to bring cash with which to buy a book. And mere hours before our departure we determined conclusively that Howard is completely out of business cards. Naturally all of the thing we did not bring would have been useful. Oh well. I guess I was thinking “family outing” rather than “business contacting opportunity.”

In the end it was a good event for all of us. Now I need to sit down and read the book we bought.