Back In NY

12 Oct ’08 By 4 Comments

Jennifer and I just arrived back in NY after many hours aloft. It feels good to be back on the east coast, although we have many new and wonderful memories forged out of an incredibly unique tour down the west coast. Things finished off with much hooting and hollering at Barnes & Noble in San Diego around 4:01pm PT. From there we had a group meal at Islands (Yaki Tacos are num nums!) and reminisced about the week. There was much laughter had by all.

The following few hours were a slew of hugs and even some tears as we all said goodbye, a divine melancholy falling over everyone. Although each one of us was eager to get back to family and routine, it dawned on me that we had done the very thing we all write about: join together on an epic adventure to bring Truth and advance God’s Kingdom. And what a tale it is…

We’ll be working on the remaining few days of Video Journals this week and post them shortly. Between the succession of bad internet connections and little time to edit video, we have been behind on production.

A big thank you to Pam Schwagerl at Tsaba House for her amazing dedication to this tour and putting the schedule together, as well as to Gregg Wooding for his amazing talents in promoting us. Also to my tour mates: Donita K. Paul, Eric Reinhold, Jonthan Rogers, L.B. Graham, and the originals, Wayne Thomas Batson, Bryan Davis and Sharon Hinck. I consider them all family…adventure-mates of the grandest sort. And a big shout out to Amanda and Penny who went above and beyond the call of duty when it came to “the miscellaneous” tasks of the tour. I’d also like to thank all of the publishers that we represent who so generously invested into the financial backing and promotion of this tour, as well as our amazing sponsors, RealArmorofGod.com, Hotel Burgess, and Character 4 Kids. 

I’ll be posting more pictures as we process them; Jennifer shot well over 1,000 with some spectacular scenes of God’s creation I can’t wait for you to see. 

Last, but certainly not least, I must thank all of you who came out and supported us on the road. The fans! Where would we be without you? Books are meant to be read, so if you weren’t reading them, not only would we not have had anyone at our events, but we wouldn’t even be writing. So thank you, thank you, thank you. The countless words of encouragement I received from teens who were inspired, moms who were grateful, dads who were provoked to talk to their sons, children who were awed…these are what we live for. You are why we write. That Christ might live in you, the Hope of Glory.

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Video Journal – Day 2 – 10.05.08 – Portland, Oregon

8 Oct ’08 By 5 Comments

On our Oregon stop, we started off with a rainy, impromptu gathering under a gazebo in Portland and finished with a bang at Medford’s mall. A huge crowd gathered for the signing put on by Evangel Family Bookstore and were treated to, among other things, a reading by Jonathan Rogers and a humorous dual between myself & Sir Wayne! Enjoy!

(The fun and funky Portuguese/Brazilian music is in honor of Nathan Reimer).

CH

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Central Valley Today NBC 24 Interview

8 Oct ’08 By 4 Comments

We’re in Reedley, CA today, doing some events at the high school here and preparing for a huge event on G Street tonight. In the mean time, here is a link to the interview Wayne and I did on Central Valley Today, Fresno’s NBC Affiliate KSEE 24. Let me know what you think!

CH

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Treasure Hunt!

9 Jul ’08 By 4 Comments

Well, my good friend Wayne Thomas Batson is at it again! In preparing to launch his newest release, Isle of Fire (out nationwide this fall), he’s come up with an outlandish and ingenious way of involving people with the promotion of his books: a Treasure Hunt. And only one words comes to mind: Fun.

From snapping pics in book stores to making posters, scouring other peoples’ blogs for clues, posting videos on YouTube, writing reviews on your own blog, even inviting friends on the West Coast to the Fantasy Fiction Tour 2008, this is one exciting rip-roaring adventure!

I know many of you may not have time for such “absurdities,” but I can honestly say that if I didn’t already own his books, or have a relationship with him, (or was involved with the plans of Treasure Hunt myself! Shhhh!), I would be doing all of this, earning as many points as I could! I give him mad props for creating a fantastic adventure for his fans.

Now, knowing me like I do, I can’t help but get in on the action. So, I’m going offer 10 CH Bonus Points to anyone that tells a friend about the Treasure Hunt through my blog (Yes, Sir Wayne just OK’d the idea and will credit them to your account when you sign up for the contest! See his site for details).

To qualify, you must first email your friend about the contest. It can’t be a mass mail. It must be individual emails and your friend must respond, like “thanks, will check it out,” or “sweet! I just joined!” (yes, this is the honor system). Then write a comment here on this post telling me which friend(s) you successfully contacted (first name and last initial, ex: Lisa K.). You will get 10 points for every friend you refer!

Well done, Wayne! Happy hunting all! Arrrrrrgh!

CH

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Fantasy Fiction Tour hits the WEST COAST in 2008

11 Jun ’08 By 14 Comments

Hey’a gang!

It is with great pleasure that I get to announce the long-awaited sequel to last year’s ground-breaking Fantasy Fiction Tour, this year hitting the West Coast October 4th thru 12th.

Most of my readers will remember last year’s exciting journey starting in Atlanta and ending in Manhattan. Well, it made such a stir in the industry that we decided to do it all again…but bigger!

Four additional authors have been added to last year’s lineup: Donita K. Paul, L.B. Graham, Jonathan Rogers and Eric Reinhold. You can read all about them on our Meet The Authors page, and peruse their wide selection of Books.

The FFT website just got a massive overhaul thanks to Jason Clement, and we’ll be issuing HTML banner ads very soon for you to put up on your websites and blogs to help us promote the tour.

And like last year, we’ll be doing the Daily Video Journal during the tour itself where you can follow along with us. And if you missed last year’s Video Journals-–no worries-–you can watch the entire collection in the 2007 Video Journal Library.

I suggest you read the entire Press Release, too, as it has a good accounting of last year’s success and what to look forward to this year.

To all those out on the West Coast, I look forward to meeting you!

Thanks for reading,

CH

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