TAKE YOUR CHILD TO A BOOKSTORE DAY

Mark your calendar: Take Your Child To A Bookstore Day is Saturday, December 5th.

In honor of TYCTAB Day (created by children's author Jenny Milchman as an auspicious way to bring in the holidays and share her love for bookstores, and now in its 6th year), I will doing my first book-signing ever for The Astronaut Instruction Manual at Island Books in Key West. If you are in the area, by all means stop in and say hi. If you have a book I'll sign it and if you need a book Inkshares' Avalon Radys has made sure there are plenty on hand.

(And if you're not in Key West, then by all means be sure and take your child to a bookstore wherever you are. Bookstores literally made me the person I am today. I would not be here but for the mystery and wonder and science and fantastic adventure that bookstores (and libraries!!) enabled in my formative years and beyond.)

Feel free to spread the word about TYCTAB Day. Here is our Facebook post and here is the Twitter tweet. Share, like, and RT, my faithful reader allies. Let a million children's imagination be set free to soar with books and reading. After all, it worked for you and me!

Keep up the good work,
Mike Mongo
astronaut teacher

PS btw the breath-taking young reader pictured above is Sophie, daughter of Jed & Molly. And yes she is 104% as awesome a person as she looks. We are honored to count her as a fan, ally, and future space explorer.

Greetings wonderful people.

I have created a facebook page specifically for the Beyond the Code campaign. I'm going to be posting updates on the book, rough concept art, and polls. I'm hoping it will provide an open forum for opinions and feedback. So if you have any questions or comments about the book check it out. 

Also I'm on the Inkshares group on Goodreads so I'm looking forward to chatting with you and maybe giving some feedback of my own. 

Don't forget to Pre-Order Beyond the Code. 

Greetings wonderful people. 

Thank you so much for all your support. It's been a real coaster ride so far but I am working hard to spread the word and bring you a finished product. 

Two things. First of all I have another double tap in the chapter updates. Chapters 8 and 9 are now available for your reading pleasure. It has deep life changing decisions from our hero and ominous plotting from our villain. Give it a gander and tell me what you think. 

Second someone on Twitter is saying nice things. Elbot Carmen @Arctides has named Beyond the Code as a title worth backing on Inkshares. Thank you very much Elbot. 

Don't forget to pre-order if you want to help make this book a reality. Thank you all for continuing to support me and my dream and to those followers in the US Happy Thanksgiving.