Author's Blog of COMING EVENTS
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Friday, September 17th and Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Breaking News!!! Our publisher, Double-R Books, just announced
the RELEASE of our new sequel for September 15, 2010... Look in your Newsletters for 'Publisher's Teasers' of what you can expect in the newest sequel... ONLY Fan Club members will get
in on this
Early Release opportunity, so if you are not yet a member, join now to get in on this... Sometime fairly soon
(exact days and times TBD)
PAST EVENTS Wednesday, July 14th thru Sunday, July 18th, 2010 On Thursday, July 15th, at 4:45pm, Nancy and Dave were the invited guest speakers at the Disneyana Fan Club DisneyanaMania Convention. They shared some of the secrets behind the HIDDEN MICKEY series of novels. Both Nancy and Dave share with the NFFC the common goal of keeping Walt’s legacy alive. Then on Saturday, July 17th, they were in on the festivities of the 55th Anniversary of DISNEYLAND. The following day, Sunday, July 18th, from 9am until 5pm they were given a complimentary Book Signing Table at the "All Disneyana Show and Sale" where they were Signing and Personalizing books for Disney Fans, young and old alike. They gave a sneak peek at the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY: It All Started... but these were not available yet. Nancy's take on the event, with photos and a clip of the Lecture will be in the next fan Club Newsletter... Saturday, June 26, 2010 Friday, May 21st, 2010 HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! was Released in the Kindle eBook format - get yours on Amazon! Saturday, May 1st, 2010 - 1 - 3pm
Nancy and Dave were invited to do a HIDDEN MICKEY
Book Signing at the
Barnes and Noble,
in St. George, UT. Saturday, April 24th, 2010 - 10am till 3pm
Nancy took her Classic 1957 T-Bird featured in "HIDDEN MICKEY" to another Author's Book Signing event at a Car Show in her Hometown, Lompoc CA.
This Book Signing was held at the 1st Annual Lompoc High School Car Show inside Ryon Park in Lompoc
CA.
The Car Show started at 9am and lasted till 3pm. It was a terrific day,
72o with just a slight breeze, perfect weather! There was a terrific
showing of really nice cars. From street rods, to classic cars, to
antiques, over 100 in all. The event was in conjunction with the Lompoc Spring Arts Festival, so there was plenty of fun for all.
Saturday, April 17th, 2010 - 10am till 9pm Nancy and Dave were invited to join the Annual Dixie Escalante Kite Festival on the Sun River Golf Course in St. George, UT. It was a huge event, entire families showed up and had lots of fun! They also scooped up copies of Hidden Mickey with BOTH Authors personalizing and Signing their books! It was here that they announced they were writing a sequel to Hidden Mickey, to be released September 2010.
Friday, April 16th, 2010 - 10am till 4pm The previous day Nancy and Dave were at Arte' Gallery Festival, 451 Dixie Drive, St. George, UT meeting Fans as well as Signing Books. Dave's Indoor Pickelball facility is right next door, so if the like to play tennis, and want to play indoors where it's always cool and comfortable, join Dave for some great fun and exercise in this wonderful indoor facility where you can really enjoy this great new sport!
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
The following day, Nancy had a very successful Book Signing at The Book Store. The Book Store is located at 1137 N. H Street, Lompoc, CA. The Book Store just doubled the size of their store, and the Hidden Mickey Book Signing event was tied in to The Book Store's Grand Opening, with Hidden Mickey as a featured book. Local Fans finally had the opportunity to buy a copy of Hidden Mickey, and Nancy was there to greet fans as well as Autograph books. If you didn't have the opportunity to come by and see the newly expanded and remodeled store, as well as get your signed copy of Hidden Mickey, you still can. Nancy left a few signed copies in the store. First come, first served. Or. you can still order it online or on Amazon.com or Alibris.com or any of the bookstores listed below.
Thursday, December 24, 2009 Christmas Eve day Dave was meeting Fans and Signing Books at the The Little Professor Bookstore. The Little Professor Bookstore is located at 15 N. Main Street, St. George, Utah. If you were in the neighborhood and stopped in to say hello, Dave appreciated it. This Book Signing was the very last opportunity to get a signed copy before Christmas. Saturday, December 19, 2009 Dave Smith was greeting Fans and signing books at The Book Arbor on Saturday, December 19th, from 11am until 2pm. The Book Arbor is located at 21 E. State Street, Hurricane, Utah. If you didn't have the time to drop by to get a copy of Hidden Mickey for that special someone on your list that you think may enjoy our great Action-Adventure, you can still get a copy at The Book Arbor.
Thursday, December 10, 2009 
Here's what 'The Garden Grove Journal' had to say about HIDDEN MICKEY on December 10th.
Wednesday thru Saturday, December 2 - 5, 2009
We had a great time at "The Dickens Festival" in the Dixie Convention Center
in St. George Utah. This event was from Wednesday, December 2nd, until Saturday December 5th. Nancy
and I, as well as our agent Russ, were dressed to fit the Olde London Dickens theme.
We met with Fans and sold almost 400 autographed copies of HIDDEN MICKEY
in just 4 days!
Here's a few photos of us at the booth, check out Dave and Russ' Top Hats with
Mickey ears! In addition to our book signing, Dave was performing
magic tricks for Fans, where participants were able to win Authentic Disneyland
"A-E" Tickets from our Disney collections, as well as many other Disney
Collectibles and Disney prototype Toys.
Hidden Mickey is doing very well, it was Officially Released September 1st,
2009, and so far, in just 3-1/2 months, we have sold over half of the First
Edition printing! We Thank all Hidden Mickey Fans for spreading the word.
We are constantly stopped on the street and told how great the book is, and how
much everyone is enjoying it. One Fan from Hurricane, Utah, stopped by
when we were in St. George last week, just to tell us that she gave the book to
her daughter, and her daughter
thoroughly enjoyed it, saying she just couldn't put it down, she read all 482
pages in just one night! This Fan is now reading it herself, and also
highly recommending it to her friends! Another teen Fan stopped to tell us
he recommended it to his entire class, and many of these teens put down Harry
Potter and Twilight, and are reading and enjoying Hidden Mickey in favor of
those best sellers!
We would like to Thank each and every one of you for your support! Please
keep telling others what you thought of Hidden Mickey!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Nancy and Dave were the 'First' Authors privileged to have been invited to hold our Book Signing at the Disneyland Resort , in Downtown Disney, Anaheim, in front of Compass Books & Cafe'
Both Authors (Nancy and Dave) were there signing copies of Hidden Mickey as well as meeting and greeting Fans. During the day Dave performed Magic Tricks, and winners received rare collectible Disneyland "A-E" Tickets.
An afternoon of fun was had by all, thanks for the support! Compass Books sold a lot of books, and ordered more to restock their shelves, so
if you need copies for Family and Friends, get it there or order it online.
Nancy's wore her Disney
"Jungle Book" jacket"! It is an autographed and numbered Original by 'Jeanette Platinum'!! Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday, November 1, 2 & 3, 2009 This trip to Disneyland was an Anniversary present to Nancy's husband Russ. They stayed at the new Disney Vacation Club resort that just opened at the Grand Californian Hotel in Anaheim, and it was indeed a wonderful accommodation, check out the view! Arrival was Sunday when they met with Todd Regan and the rest of the MiceChat group. Nancy presented Todd a gift copy of Hidden Mickey. 'Pirates' was next on the agenda, then over to DCA to taste some Wine! The day was off to a great start! Russ and Nancy took off on their own and did Screamin', Toy Story, and Soarin' before returning back to Disneyland to go on a few more rides. All along Russ was busy handing out Hidden Mickey flyers, and talking to everyone he could about the book. Monday started with breakfast at Rainforest Cafe, then they checked in with Compass Books and Cafe, in Downtown Disney, to see how Hidden Mickey book sales are doing, and we were pleased to find that it was selling very well indeed! On to Disneyland, where they were joined by Russ' sister Anita, so they spent the day with her having plenty of Disney Fun! At 1pm on to the 'Billy Hill and the Hillbillies' show at the Golden Horseshoe, where after the show Nancy presented Kirk and Anders (2 of the Billys) each a copy of Hidden Mickey, they had fun taking pictures with all the Billy's. Tuesday Russ and Nancy started the day at Disneyland where they ran into Mickey, just then a Hidden Mickey Fan found them and wanted Nancy to Autograph her copy of the book she had just purchased at Compass Books. On to the Jungle Cruise and Indiana Jones, and a few other rides, and between DCA and Disneyland they once again had a great time doing their favorite things, having Fun! Russ also met with Disney execs to set-up a book signing event on Disney Avenue in Downtown Disney, and as you can read in these blogs it was a huge success. Will keep you all posted!
Saturday, October 24, 2009 On October 24th, Hidden Mickey Co-Author David W. Smith, did a book signing at the 4th Annual St. George Book Fair. Hidden Mickey was the top selling book at the event and was a popular booth among visitors. In addition to the signing, a few lucky participants walked away with Authentic Disneyland "E" Tickets! A drawing was held each hour and Dave donated a number of his collectable E tickets from his collection to celebrate the publishing of his and Nancy's novel.
Also, the Book Arbor in Hurricane, Utah,
sold out of its first cache of books, ordering a case of Hidden Mickey books.
The owner, Margaret, was so impressed with the book, she recommends it to all
her customers. And, Compass Books at
Downtown Disney in DLR, Anaheim, also sold out of their first cache of
books, within a day we had cases of Hidden Mickey books for their store.
People there have been caught in the act of having someone take their photo
while holding a copy of Hidden Mickey up, saying things like "I finally get my
copy, Woot Woot!"
Monday, October 19, 2009
Dave and Nancy had two great author-signings on Friday October 16th
held at the Sun River Community in St. George, UT, then on Saturday, October 17th
at the Little Professor Book Center in St. George, UT.
These signings were tied in with the Huntsman World Senior
Tennis Games that are held there every year in St. George. (Be sure to congratulate Dave.
He won a Silver Medal!) We were happy to meet many Fans and
sign their books, as well as provide dual signed books to new Fans.
If you have not yet visited and read any HIDDEN MICKEY Book Reviews, please feel free to do so.
Saturday, September 26, 2009 Hi, everyone! If you didn't make it to the car show/book signing, please be sure to watch
this blog page for future book signing events.
Thursday, September 24, 2009 David W. Smith, co-author of "Hidden Mickey" was at the local High School in St. George, UT. He spoke to the Creative Writing class sharing information on the process of writing, as well as sharing a few Insider Secrets about Walt Disney and Disneyland. This was very encouraging to the class, many there were our future authors! Dave was an accredited Instructor in Garden Grove, CA as well as Phoenix, AZ, teaching Science classes as well as his Coaching Career in Tennis.
Saturday, September 12, 2009 David W. Smith, co-author of "Hidden Mickey" held his first Author's Book Signing event September 12th in the Little Professor Bookstore located at 15 N. Main Street, St. George UT. Dave was able to Sign Books and share a few Insider Secrets about Walt Disney and Disneyland.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Since Nancy owns a Classic 1957 T-Bird, and
featured it in "HIDDEN MICKEY", She felt it fitting to hold her first Author's Book Signing event at a Car Show in my Hometown, Lompoc CA. This Book Signing was held on September 5th at the Special Olympics Car Show inside Ryon Park in Lompoc
CA.
The Car Show started at 9am and lasted till 3pm. It was a terrific day,
72o with just a slight breeze, perfect weather! There was a terrific
showing of really nice cars. From street rods, to classic cars, to
antiques, about 250 in all. When the Award Ceremony began, as the Author
of Hidden Mickey, Nancy was called to the stage and presented a copy
of HIDDEN MICKEY to the Car Show Organizer, Harry Heidt, Retired Investigator on the Lompoc Police Dept., and then
gave a copy to Guest Star Eric Estrada, from the TV series 'CHiPS'. Next
was the Car Show Awards, and the next person called to the stage was her husband, Russ Rodrigue, with his 1923 T-Bucket.
He won The Best in Class for 'Open Street Rods to 1927', so Eric Estrada presented him with that Award. The other Awards went
to the owners of those gorgeous cars, and the day was over. Nancy was then able to present a check from the proceeds of that days sales of
Hidden Mickey, to Harry Heidt to go toward the Special Olympics.
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