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Three launches in six days

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Wow.  What a week.

Launch #1: This website.

But of course, you knew that.  You probably read the front page article in the New York Times.  Or saw the special Collector’s Editions of People and Entertainment Weekly.  Or watched the five hours of simulcast live coverage on MTV, VH1, Disney XD, Nickelodeon, C-SPAN, E! and PBS.   So I don’t have to go on about it.

Launch #2:  Space Shuttle Atlantis

Thanks to my pal, astronaut Garrett Reisman, I and my family had VIP seats to the launch of space shuttle Atlantis in Florida last Friday.  What an incredible thing.  An amazing, unbelievable event.

There’s only two more shuttle launches after this and then… that’s it.  End of an era.  So if you are in any way able to get to Florida to see one, GO!  (Plus, I’d advise everyone to watch NASA TV this week to see Garrett’s spacewalks.)

Here’s a picture I took from my seat (which was as close as you could get):

Launch #3:  Belly Up.

My book came out yesterday.

I would have written this yesterday, but I was on a plane back from Florida.  And, to my surprise, although the official launch date was yesterday, the book actually showed up in bookstores over the weekend.  This was a surprise to me.  And thus, the first time I ever saw my book in a store was in a random Barnes & Noble in suburban Orlando.

Now, seeing your own book on the shelves of a store… That was just as awesome as seeing a space shuttle launch to me.   A very nice employee named Cory walked me through my first impromptu in-store signing.  So if anyone happens to be near the Plaza Venezia Barnes & Noble on Sand Lake Road relatively close to DisneyWorld… you can acquire one of the first signed copies of Belly Up there!

While I’m at it, I’d like to thank Barnes & Noble for their exceptionally fine placement of my book – in tandem with Carl Hiaasen’s new YA novel, which is an honor, as Hiaasen has been one of my favorite authors since I was a teenager.  (Cory was very impressed by this; in Florida, Carl Hiaasen is publishing royalty.)

If you don’t have your copy of Belly Up yet, call your local bookstore to see if they have it.  If they do… go get it.  And it they don’t… ask them why not.

Happy reading!

Stuart

Belly Up in stores!!!

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I’ve been writing ever since I was a kid.

When I was young – maybe just six or seven – I’d go into bookstores, find the alphabetical slot between ‘Gia’ and ‘Gic’ where my name would go and imagine a book written by me there.

I lost sight of that dream for a while.  I’ve still been writing – but for movies and TV.

And then, one day, about two years ago, this awesome agent named Jennifer Joel from the book department of my agency reached out to me and asked if I’d ever considered writing young adult fiction.

I jumped at the chance.

And now, I have in my hands the first copy of ‘Belly Up.’  It’s awesome.

I have to give props to my editor Courtney Bongiolatti and designer Lucy Cummins at Simon & Schuster.  They did an amazing job on this book.  It looks better than I’d ever imagined.

Of course, if you’d like the experience of holding your own copy of ‘Belly Up’ in your own hands, fear not… You can get it next Tuesday, May 18.

Assuming there isn’t a massive run on the bookstores and they all sell out.  If I were you, I’d get there early just to ensure I get a copy.

Or ten.