While I wasn’t able to manage cosplaying at Baltimore Comic Con this year, I did sell every remaining copy of my novel. For the first time, I have to order more copies from the printer because I have completely run out! The exciting thing is, I have one (possibly two) more scheduled book events for 2018.

Baltimore Comic Con holds an especially significant place in my heart; it was my first convention. It was the first place that I cosplayed as Sethera, a lead character from Genre Wars – as in, I wore the costume we’d used for filming the web series, but beyond the set, beyond the safe, close-confined walls of our own universe. I’m not much of a comic book reader, but I have an affinity for the space comic book conventions allow, and even more now for the opportunity for me to share my work with attendees in a whole new way.

I was beyond nervous for this event. For MAGFest (the biggest convention at which I’d participated until Comic Con), I was surrounded by friends who were an unbelievable help in finding and setting up my table, giving me chances to get food, and – most important – calming my nerves. This time, though, I was on my own. Thankfully, I got amazingly lucky with great neighbors and we looked out for one another’s tables when we stepped away.

I rearranged my display and actually got both posters on the table – a first!

What does this mean? Well, after reviewing my sales and orders through the publisher, I’ve calculated that 115-120 copies of Resistance Rising are out in the world. This includes the copies purchased through the crowdfunding on Indiegogo, the paperbacks living on local library shelves, and those I have sold since at various events, including MAGFest 2018, the Rukundo Wine Tasting fundraising event, local coffee shop signings, the Maryland Renaissance Festival, the Greencastle Fall Seasonal Marketplace and, finally, Baltimore Comic Con.

So…what’s next? For the immediate future, I’m going to catch up on my rest. Again, my disappointment was not being able to cosplay (just too much to take on while also selling the book), but with October finally arrived, I can now shift focus to rocking multiple Halloween costumes.