On Saturday, I had my UK launch for Aberdeen in the Waterstones on Union Street. I’ve been very lucky in that I’ve been able to launch my book in both of my hometowns – in California in January (past posts here, here, and here), and now in Aberdeen, my new home town. Like last year’s Aberdeen launch, so many people came. This time there were a few more strangers, which was cool as well, and it was when the store was open so some more strangers ended up congregating too.
I babbled a bit about what’s happened with Pantomime over the past year, read the first chapter of Shadowplay, answered some questions, and then did the signing. Since Shadowplay was released, between my events so far this year I’ve now signed 195 copies of the second book. As I reached 500 signed copies of Pantomime and am no longer numbering copies, I’m not sure how many of those I signed – perhaps 40 or 50? Signing books is still such a surreal experience – people want me to scribble in books!
A huge thank you to Waterstones, who did an excellent job organising the launch. Everything went so smoothly and they were a pleasure to work with. And, of course, thank you so much to all of you that came. I moved to Aberdeen 4 and a half years ago, and the fact that 60ish people I knew would be willing to give up their Saturday afternoon to come see me launch my second book is really, really awesome. There were people from my current job, my past job, three of my writing groups, my family, and my friends. Some people even travelled from Glasgow (thank you Lisa, especially for the brownies!), Inverness (Emma & David), and Edinburgh (Elizabeth May). You are all wonderful, and I’m so thankful to have such a support group of friends and family and readers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Some photos: 
Laura Lam 
It was a fantastic turn out, and we had a great time! It even inspired Dave to start reading again, which is a strange and wonderful sight to behold (he hasn’t read books since he was in school!).
The crowd! Love the photos. Well done, Laura!