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acebook share to pinterest labels dungeon master s block dungeons and dragons fantasy games fantasy sports hnefatafl role playing games thrones and bones wednesday may 24 2017 the 3d printing professor and son today i was interviewed by the 3d printing professor and his son it came about like this the 3d printing professor who has a channel on youtube where he dispenses wisdom about what else 3d printing has a son and the son is a big fan of my thrones bones series each book of which has a playable board game designed by me in the appendices so the son makes a 3d printed version of my game thrones bones and it is awesome i see said game online we chat it comes out i m a very enthusiastic newbie to the 3d printing world and we decide to do an interview so we chat about my books my games gaming in general board games and rpgs we argue about dice verses coin tosses we talk about 3d printing we talk about doctor who and then i play a game across the interwebs of thrones bones with his son it was a blast and you should check it out posted by lou anders at 5 24 2017 06 39 00 pm 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 3d printer 3d printing professor board games thrones and bones youtube friday march 03 2017 reflections from the road mountain brook writers festival this week was the mountain brook writers festival this was a three day event from february 28th to march 2nd along with myself it featured susan carothers henry cole margaret peterson haddix and lori nichols we each visited one school a day in my case in conjunction with picture book author susan carothers twas the night before game day sec first up was mountain brook elementary where i spoke in the afternoon to the 4th to 6th grade to an audience that included several long time fans as well as the children of a couple friends that evening there was a reception at someone s home for the authors librarians and festival chairpersons this was wonderful because were kept the same author pairing all week so susan and i had a chance to meet the other guests i got to spend some time getting to know margaret peterson haddix who is as wonderful as she is talented and i overindulged on baby bites wednesday i went to cherokee bend elementary again for an afternoon presentation to their 4th to 6th grades i also got to meet first grader wyatt who was acting principal for the day and he and i had a fun discussion of the lego batman movie and overindulged in brownies thursday was a full day from 8 30 am to 3 15pm at brookwood forest elementary where i gave two presentations first to the 4th grade and then to the 5th and 6th with two separate signings i met several existing fans re met some others and had a great day and in case you haven t yet spotted the running theme i overindulged on magic muffins the entire 3 day festival was fantastic a great time connecting with old fans and making new ones and i got to meet so many wonderful students dedicated librarians and fabulous authors sincere thanks to librarians margaret hudson beth shea and cleo lackey to little professor book center for facilitating booksales to the mitchell s for opening their home and to everyone else who helped make this a great event posted by lou anders at 3 03 2017 02 54 00 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby bites brookwood forest elementary cherokee bend elementary magic muffins margaret peterson haddix mountain brook elementary reflections from the road skyborn tour writers festival wednesday november 30 2016 i m in portuguese i m in portuguese thanks to editora jangada i am now in brazil i m thrilled to be published there and i can t wait to get my hands on copies it looks like frostborn has been retitled journey on ice cool posted by lou anders at 11 30 2016 10 14 00 am 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels brazil editora jangada frostborn journey on ice portuguese thrones and bones friday november 18 2016 reflections from the road highlands school and cliff valley school i ve hit two schools in the last two weeks last week on thursday the 10th i visited highlands school in birmingham alabama where i spoke to the 4th 8th grades about 121 kids in total afterwards i went to the library where a smaller group of kids some of whom had brought books to sign and some of whom had questions got to talk with me in a more intimate setting for a bit it was a great visit and the students had some fantastic questions also originally i was slated to speak to only the 5th 8th grades but it turns out i had a lot of fans in the 4th so they let them join was that nice to hear yes it was thanks very much to lisa lorenz middle school english elise blackery director of curriculum and instruction and kavita vasil head of school for making this happen then yesterday thursday the 17th i drove 2 hours and 20 minutes to atlanta georgia to speak to cliff valley school i got into town in time to grab a very quick bite to eat at desta ethiopian kitchen where i had the chicken with injera bread and it was excellent spicy and tangy and just the right amount then it was on to the school where i gave two talks one to the 3rd and 4th grades and one to the 5th and 6th grades i had a fantastic time the kids were really engaged and we signed a ton of books after each talk thanks to little shop of stories for facilitating booksales and to librarian rose garrett for arranging my visit two great schools in two weeks posted by lou anders at 11 18 2016 01 49 00 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels cliff valley school highlands school reflections from the road skyborn skyborn tour thrones and bones tuesday november 01 2016 reflections from the road a week in san antonio the last week plus has been an amazing time i spent monday to monday in san antonio visiting three schools as part of the skyborn tour speaking to a literary council and participating in a writing workshop and comic convention i flew in monday night where my dear friend john picacio picked me up and we went out for pizza and beer at barbaro we both had a big week ahead and this was a great way to take a moment to spend time together as well as to prepare for the days ahead then tuesday morning bright and early off to hector p garcia middle school where i presented to the 170 or so students of their sixth through eight grade all at once they were a great group of kids and we had a wonderful time thanks to stacie tharp library media specialists for reaching out and making this happen afterwards i discovered my hotel was located half a block from one of my favorite restaurants acenar then i roamed the riverwalk for a bit though not enough to walk off the delicious baskets of chips then that afternoon carolyn denny of the keystone school picked me up and took me to speak to the alamo city reading council a group of educators and others interested in promoting children s literacy i gave a talk to the council followed by a book signing with cookies and lemon squares and then the council board took me out for a fabulous dinner at mi tierra restaurant bakery which is open 24 7 covered in christmas lights year round and full of roving mariachi bands it was a really fun evening with fun people wednesday i went to san antonio academy a private military school for boys i gave three presentations to their sixth fourth and fifth grades respectively interrupted by a lunch with a select group of students the school previously held an auction and my new friend thomas parents won so he and 11 of his friends joined me for pizza and mexican food in the library thomas very cool mother even brought a thrones bones themed cookie cake from great american cookies i think next time i revise louanders com i need to add a page just for cakes this was my longest day from 9am to 3pm but a very fun and rewarding time thanks to librarian elizabeth snow for making it happen wednesday night john picacio and i went to dinner at hot joy and indian thai fusion restaurant where we had edamame spicy hot wings and something called a chicken tikka masala taco which wasn t really anything like chicken tikka masala or tacos but was absolutely delicious then we hit bar 1919 for a quick drink it was there that i discovered the pleasure of prairie artisan ales bomb an imperial stout aged on coffee chocolate vanilla beans and ancho chili peppers and named a ratebeer top 100 beer in the world for three consecutive years but no rest for the wicked or the good or the tipsy because we were off to the henry b gonzales convention center to load in the first of the supplies for the incredible worlds beyond gallery that john was helming we worked for several hours loading in then one of us at least called it a night thursday john got me early we ate breakfast burritos on the move and then we spent the morning hanging about half of his gallery space then we rushed to the keystone school which john himself attended from 1st to 3rd grade for two presentations to their third and fourth and then fifth and sixth grades respectively it was so great that john got to see my presentation in a school that was formative for his own journey as a creator and artist and in between presentations library carolyn denny and jeanette vilagi head of lower school treated me to a fabulous lunch at la fonda thank you thursday night was preview night for alamo city comic con where i helped john in his booth then it was back to the con hotel hotel indigo san antonio riverwalk where i had a drink with bruce coville one of the six authors myself including coming in for the young adventurers programming bruce is the author of over 100 books i kept saying over 60 books but you know what that s true too 100 is more than 60 he s also a charming witty funny interesting guy and great writer friday was the day long young adventurers writing workshop from 10 30 am to 8pm featuring writing instruction from in order matthew cody myself melissa marr bruce coville holly black and david liss i sat in on everyone else s workshop as did most of us and it was a fantastic day bruce blew us all away both with his performance based presentation and with his ability to remember every single attendees name instantly but everyone in that group is talented funny smart and really cool and i am so grateful for a weekend spent hanging out with them friends all old and new overall it was a long day for authors and audience but i think everyone came away feeling it had been a rewarding experience then that night the young adventurers headed out to acenar again for a wonderful end of evening wind down with guacamole saturday was the first of the open to all fan days two days of programming featuring all the authors above in celebration of middle grade fiction we had some great panels one of the highlights being writing process and writing schemes how to write one million words in your sleep as well as melissa marr s weapons demonstrations the day ended with a private party hosted by john picacio and sara felix president of asfa for all the worlds beyond artists and young adventurers authors so so glad john and sara put our two groups together and glad we got to hang with john todd lockwood ruth sanderson brom jeffrey alan love and peter mohrbacher amazing artists all sunday was another day of young adventurers fan day programming after which we were all well and truly exhausted i was in bed early and out even earlier but what a convention what a group of talented folks and what a week tremendous gratitude to alfredo apple de la fuente wes hartman austin rogers and everyone who made alamo city comic con the amazing event that it was you took great care of us and we really appreciated it also a huge huge huge thank you to andrew torres the community relations manager at the barnes noble booksellers located at the shops at la cantera for facilitating book sales at every one of these events for me for the week at the schools and reading council visits and for all of us at alamo city comic con and finally thank you to all the librarians students and fans who made this a phenomenal unforgettable visit to a fantastic city posted by lou anders at 11 01 2016 11 31 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels alamo city comic con hector p garcia middle school keystone school san antonio san antonio academy skyborn skyborn tour thrones and bones older posts home subscribe to comments atom skyborn out now skyborn buy this book choose a retailer amazon barnes noble books a million indiebound select another retailer nightborn thrones and bones nightborn buy this book choose a retailer amazon barnes noble books a million indiebound select another retailer frostborn thrones and bones frostborn buy this book choose a retailer amazon barnes noble books a million 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