After all the planning and prepping, the big day is here at last: Wander the Rainbow‘s inaugural book reading & signing event right here in San Francisco.

It’s been quite a road to get here, obviously… culminating, last night, in a jam session with my intrepid publicity “maven,” Angela. She came over to my place to decide on after-party details, run through typical questions, and help me pick out which salient, colorful, emotionally impactful, or otherwise juicy portions to read. I can promise it’ll be interesting stuff!

Perhaps the biggest learning curve — for me at least — was grasping the at-times bewildering vagaries of the public stage, and what’s expected of a speaker, writer, public figure, or anyone who gets up there and communicates. I give points to President Obama and any other public figure for having mastered this communications forum — it’s tough up there!

I look forward to seeing you San Francisco Bay Area denizens tonight, and sharing my stories and insights (and assorted bits of debauchery) from my journey and my book… as the Beatles once put it, “a splendid time is guaranteed for all!”

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