The Andrew news

Things Andrew has been up to lately:

(That last one is a lie. It has been a CRAZY summer. I am exhausted just posting all those links. Also, I am forgetting half of it and Andrew probably has also.)Speaking of those Rabbit Room Live festivities—you are invited! It's happening in Franklin, TN on October 5, and you can get tickets here or you can attend via live stream. Just follow the Rabbit Room Facebook page for details and notifications. :-)

A war story

Here is a review I read months ago, but with one thing and another am only now getting around to sharing with you. It's by Sara Masarik at Plumfield and Paideia. I discovered Sara through her enthusiastic support of last year's Kickstarter, and since then she and her book community have been great allies for Andrew and the other Rabbit Room authors. Here is a little snippet of her review. She says,

This is a war story. A compelling, intriguing, sometimes quirky but deeply moral war story. ... What I found particularly rewarding about this text is that is does not hold back on the need for people to behave in heroic ways even when it may cost them everything. There aren’t many cheap saves or easy outs. This is a dark and dangerous culture war and it requires character, love, faith and hope if one is to survive.

Thank you, Sara. Readers, you can find the rest of her review (and her very pretty book-quote-memes) here.

The Crossing of the Mighty Blapp

Here is a colorful and heartfelt depiction of a certain scene from North! Or Be Eaten. A young reader named Kaleb drew this a few years back when he was six (he's nearly twice that now). This was one of his favorite scenes from their family's Wingfeather readalouds.The wicked grin on the Fang in contrast to the others' sorrow is well-executed, and I appreciate Leeli's tears adding to the salt of the sea.Thank you, Kaleb.

A Colorado Bomnubble by Mr. Jay Myers

Dear Featherheads, today's post is a little bit late, but I have a good excuse and two interesting things to show you.Do you remember Mr. Jay Myers, the artist drawing our Florid Sword comic book? He and his family are moving cross-country this week, and they just happened to be driving right past the town where Professor Sidler and I live—so we got to have a playdate, and he drew me a picture. :-) We really enjoyed hanging out with the Myers family. Jay and Raynna and their six kids are super cool. We all had a lot to talk about, and we got to spend a couple of hours with them and look at mountains and find pine cones and see some wildlife (including a tiny but alarming spider that their youngest dispatched to save me from it. Brave and clever!).So I promised you two interesting things, and here is the first one. Jay and Andrew know each other through their art. The Myers family appreciated Andrew's music, so once when Raynna and the kids went to a concert Jay sent along a drawing to thank him. Andrew then tracked Jay down to thank him, and now he is going to be drawing The Florid Sword and Shadowblade. You want to see that picture, the one that started it all?https://instagram.com/p/BYWCxUJAwqL/The Klausen story is interesting and I for one am eager to read it. Check out Jay's website or Instagram and you might catch a few glimpses.And speaking of catching glimpses, here is the other interesting thing: the picture Jay drew for me today while we were hanging out looking at mountains. Jay knows everything there is to know about Bigfoot,¹ and he says that every state has their own name for this mysterious creature. In Colorado, he says, Bigfoot is called a Rock Ape. So that's what he drew me.  At least, that's what he says he drew me. But it looks an awful lot like the pictures in a certain  scarytale I used to read as a little girl in Ban Rona!

1. Bigfoot! Woe!

Some sweet fan art

Andrew received a little bundle of sweet drawings earlier this summer, and we would like to share them with you. They were drawn by a reader named Addy. A couple of them are a bit spoilery, so I will put just the non-spoilery ones here in this post, and then you can click links to the others if you'd like to see them.Here's Artham: Just look at those eyes! I am also very impressed with his nose—noses are hard to draw, or at least they are for me. But his eyes are my favorite part. I love his brave, sad face.Now, if you have already read through book 3, it is safe to click here. (Then click again to zoom in.)And if you have finished the whole series, you can safely click this one too.Thanks so much for sharing your art with us, Addy! So glad you loved the books. :-)

Online concert tonight!

Team Peterson dropped Aedan off at college last week!https://www.instagram.com/p/BXvoK_MDvUfSo what with this big change around the Warren and having a few new songs to share, Andrew decided to host an online concert tonight. Bonus: Your ticket price helps pay for Aedan's tuition. ;-)The show is tonight at 8:00 pm Central. Click here to buy a $5 ticket!

Speaking of concerts: Andrew's Behold the Lamb of God tour dates are now on his music site! Click here for dates and ticket info.

The stories are true.