PRESS RELEASE: Hidden Mickey novels were named Top Selling novels at Disney’s D23 Expo
also one of the Top Selling novels at the L A Times Festival of Books.
2 Days - Saturday, March 10th, 2012, 9:30am-5:30pm - Sunday, March 11th, 2012 - 9am-5pm both daysTweet Nancy Temple Rodrigue will be at the "Tucson Festival of Books" at University of Arizona Campus in Tucson, Arizona. This is the first time Arizona Fans will have a chance to meet the author and get autographed copies of the Hidden Mickey novels. It would be best to arrive early to get Signed copies, since there will only be a limited supply on hand.
The Hidden Mickey novels were submitted to the League of Utah Writer's annual "Round up" held in Logan, Utah. "Hidden Mickey 2: It All Started..." was submitted to the Adult Fiction category and received 3rd place! Dave submitted 3 chapters of his new book to the Novel Manuscript category and he received 2nd place! Congrats to the authors!!!
Listen to Kristen and Aljon hosts on 'Sorceror Radio' as they Interview Nancy and Dave at Disney's D23 Expo, just scroll down to the player and click on "Hidden Mickey Authors D23".
Read the 'OCShowbiz' Interview with Dave Smith as host Art Kirsch asks about the Hidden Mickey novels.
Read the Modern Mom Magazine Interview with Nancy Temple Rodrigue as the magazine hosts Brooke Burke and Lisa Rosenblat ask about the Hidden Mickey novels.
Listen as Al and Joyce Kessel of 'Tales from the Mouse House' conduct a half hour Podcast Interview with Nancy Temple Rodrigue as she speaks about the Hidden Mickey novels.
Get a mysterious 'Hidden Mickey Heart Pendant' in 14 karat Gold Vermeil, as seen in "HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started...", "HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island." and "HIDDEN MICKEY 4 Wolf!: Happily Ever After?", only 25 left in our limited supply, so grab one while you still can.
Friday, January 27th thru Sunday, January 29th, 2012 Nancy was visiting the "Disneyland Resort" in Anaheim, California. Friday was a trip to the Disney Studios with Adventures By Disney, where she was able to go behind the scenes on an exclusive tour of The Walt Disney Studios — which is both a working studio and the headquarters of The Walt Disney Company. Saturday she was invited to assist the Mice Chat group in the celebration of their 7th Anniversary. This was held inside the ESPN Zone in Downtown Disney, Anaheim, from 9am till 11am, with a Breakfast with Disney Legends Bob Gurr, Susan Egan (Broadway's Bell and the voice of Meg from Hercules), Margaret "Tinkerbell" Kerry, and hosted by Disney author Sam Gennawey. Afterward Bob Gurr, Susan Egan, Margaret Kerry, and Nancy Temple Rodrigue held a small Book Signing for Mice Chat Fans. Then on Sunday, at 2:45pm inside the Disneyland at Magnolia Park (in front of the Frontierland Train Station) Mice Chat's Dusty Sage started the meet off with a Trivia contest, and the Mice Chat winners were Mel (gullywumper), and Mandy (msmandy) each winning a copy of Hidden Mickey book 1, and the grand prize winner was Roger (dragonrose) winning a set of 4 of the Hidden Mickey novels! Nancy then lead the group onto the newly reopened Haunted Mansion utilizing a Fast Pass for the entire group. Hopefully you were there joining her in the Fun at Disneyland, if not maybe you can join her next time!
Monday, January 16th thru Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 Nancy took an 8 day trip to "Walt Disney World" in Florida. This was an exploration trip for a new book she will be working on, as well as a fun trip. A special Fan Club Newsletter will be sent to Members in February, it will be a full rundown of her WDW adventure, along with photos of course.
November 30th thru December 3rd, 2011 Nancy and Dave were at The Dickens Festival in the Dixie Convention Center in St. George Utah. This 4 day event was very sucessful with Dave and Nancy dress to fit the Olde London Dickens theme and have a blast meeting Fans and signing copies of HIDDEN MICKEY novels. This year they Signed and sold 415 books.
Monday, November 28th, 2011 Nancy and Dave had another Great Event! They were at Barnes and Noble, in the City of St. George, Utah. Fans lined up to get their copies of the newest release... and books were literally flying out the door. There were so many fans awaiting the arrival of these new novels, if you didn't get your copy please be sure to check back with this store in a week when their re-order arrives.
Saturday, November 26th, 2011 Nancy and Dave had a SELLOUT Appearance at the Barnes and Noble store, in the La Mesa (San Diego), California. They autographed so many copies for Fans that they SOLD OUT of book 1! This event was the Official Release in that store of the newest novel in the series... HIDDEN MICKEY 4 Wolf!: Happily Ever After? Several Gift Sets were purchased and were shipped to the troops in Afghanistan!
Black Friday, November 25th, 2011 Nancy and Dave had a hugely successful day at Barnes and Noble , in the City of Orange, California. This was the Official Release of the newest novel in the series... "HIDDEN MICKEY 4 Wolf!: Happily Ever After?". As they Autographed Copies for Fans, the store manager came to check on their progress and saw they wewre literally slammed with Fans buying the books! The last time Nancy and Dave were at this store it too was a huge success, so they were not surprized to see this time was no exception. There was one couple that came all the way from Minnisota, just to get their Autographed copies. Several of the Fans came in just to get complete sets to give to friends for the upcoming holiday.
Saturday, November 19th, 2011 Nancy had a wildly successful Book Signing at The Book Store in her hometown, Lompoc, CA. Fans turned out to get their copies of her new release "HIDDEN MICKEY 4 Wolf: Happily Ever After?". After the event, the store owner happily told Nancy that out of the many Local Authors she invites to do signings in her store, that Nancy was the "Top Selling Author" in her store... to quote her, she stated... "Your book is selling itself these days... You are making quite a name for yourself and I'm thrilled with your success."
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 HIDDEN MICKEY 4 Wolf!: Happily Ever After? was Released in paperback - get yours at Barnes & Noble!November 11th, 2011 HIDDEN MICKEY 4 Wolf!: Happily Ever After? was Released in the Kindle eBook format - get your copy on Amazon.com!
2 Days - Saturday, November 5th, 2011 - Sunday Nov. 6th, 2011 Nancy and Dave attended the "Vegas Valley Book Festival" at the 5th Street School in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was a 2 day event. As it turned out, Sunday was rained out, but overall it was still a good event in support of literacy, and good to be there to support that effort.
4 Days - Saturday, October 29th, 2011 thru Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 Nancy was at the "Disneyland Resort" in Anaheim, California. This was another exploration trip for a new book she will be working on, as well as a fun trip. One excited Fan (Annabeth), and her family, came to meet up with Nancy at the Rainforest Cafe where she was able to get her books signed and have photos taken. Nancy had lunch at Club33 on Oct 30th and she said it was fantastic!
3 Days - Thursday, October 13th, 2011 thru Saturday, October 15th, 2011 Dave was visiting the "Disneyland Resort" in Anaheim, California with his family. This was another exploration trip for a new book he will be working on, as well as a fun trip.
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Dave had a signing event at the Ivins Arts and Craft Festival in Ivens Utah. He had fun talking with fans about the Hidden Mickey novels, and sharing some Disneyland insider secrets.Sunday, October 2nd, 2011 - 9:30am to 4:30pm
Nancy and Dave didn't make it to the Orange County Children's Book Festival at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road in the City of Costa Mesa, California. Hopefully next year.
September 15th, 2011 HIDDEN MICKEY 4 Wolf!: Happily Ever After? was Released for the Nook eReader - get your copy on BarnesandNoble.com!
Saturday, August 27th, 2011 Nancy brought her 1957 T-Bird to the Wheels and Windmills Car Show in Solvang, California. Her husband set-up a booth next to his 1923 T-Bucket Roadster and she was able to hold a small book signing event in the booth, right there among the cool cars. She was greeted by awaiting fans patiently waiting to get their Autographed Copies of her newest book, HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island. Others came by to see what it was all about, and they got copies of the original 2 books in the series HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! and the sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It all Started... as well as the new release. This Car Show supports the fight against Progeria (the disease that turns kids into old people that die by the time they turn 13), so it gave fans the opportunity to pick up signed copies of these great books, as well as supporting this great event.
Friday thru Sunday, August 19th, 20th, and 21st, 2011 - 3 days
Nancy and Dave were at Disney's D23 in Anaheim, California. This 3 day event was monumental in that a total of 972 books, several were pre-orders for Nancy's newest release "Hidden Mickey 4 Wolf!: Happily Ever After?". After the event verification came from the D23 organizers that the Hidden Mickey Novels were the TOP SELLING Novels at the D23 Expo! Click on the 25 minute You Tube Video Tour of D23 the Hidden Mickey Novels booth is almost near the end of the video at 23:47 & 23:48!
Wednesday, July 13th thru Saturday, July 16th 2011 - 3 days On Wednesday, July 13th, Nancy was an invited guest speaker at the Disneyana Fan Club DisneyanaMania Convention. She spoke about her newest novel HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf! : The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island as well as the other books in the Hidden Mickey series. Then on Saturday, July 16th, she was able to sign copies of her new book for Disney Fans at the "All Disneyana Show and Sale". She also gave Fans a sneak peek at her next book in the series and told fans how they could Pre-Order HIDDEN MICKEY 4 Wolf! : Happily Ever After? now on the Barnes & Noble website for just $8.76. That great offer will end in a month or two, so if you want one you too can grab your copy at this great price before it expires. The book releases in November 2011.
During the "All Disneyana Show and Sale", Nancy was interviewed by J.C for the Down the Road Show, with J.C and K.C. As soon as it broadcasts we will link to it at the top of this page.
Nancy had planned to be at Disneyland's 56th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday July 17th, but unfortunately was unable to attend this time, maybe next year.
Enjoy the following photos showing a little of the fun that was had by all at the Convention.
Saturday, June 4th, 2011 - 12 noon to 4pm Nancy and Dave were at the Barnes and Noble store closest to Disneyland, in the City of Orange, California, for the Official Release of Nancy's newest book in the series HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island. She was Autographing Copies of that book, and they both were signing the sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It all Started... and the original book that started it all... HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! Last time Nancy and Dave were at this store it was a huge success, this was no exception, it was GREAT!
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 - 4pm to 8pm Nancy and Dave were at the Barnes and Noble store in the City of La Mesa, California (San Diego area), for the first Official Release of Nancy's newest book in the series HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island. It was the first time Nancy and Dave were in the San Diego area, and it was Great! If you missed it, well... sorry to say, but you missed it!
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island was Released in paperback - get yours at Barnes & Noble!
Thursday, May 19th, 2011 - 5pm to 8pm
Nancy was at Nan's Books, in Grover Beach, CA, pre-releasing to fans the newest book in the series HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island. This was a special sneak preview since the book is not scheduled for Official Release until June 1, 2011!
Saturday, May 14th, 2011 Nancy was at The Bookstore, in Lompoc, CA, with her new book in the series HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island, scheduled for release June 1, 2011. This was be a Special Pre-Release Opportunity for Lompoc Hidden Mickey Fans to get their book Early!
Saturday, April 30th and May 1st, 2011 Nancy and Dave were two of the busiest authors at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC in Los Angeles, California. Nancy pre-released (a month early) her newest book in the series HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island. Here are a few photos of them in Booth 115 where they were jam packed with Fans getting books signed ALL DAY LONG, BOTH DAYS! Jodi Jill, a reporter with the Examiner came by to tell us the Hidden Mickey booth was the busiest one in the entire Festival, with the novels being a top seller at the event! On average, books signed for fans was 1 book every 5 minutes! Nancy and Dave hardly had time to breathe, let alone have a conversation with a Fan. Over 600 books were sold in this 2 day event. Would you say the Hidden Mickey series is gaining popularity? Obviously the answer is a huge Yes! Photos: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times
Saturday, April 16th, 2011 - 2pm Dave was at the Heritage Writer's Guild Spring Workshop held at the Comfort Inn, in Saint George, Utah. He gave an interesting speech to fellow authors about the development of the Hidden Mickey series.
March 4th, 2011 HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island was Released in the Kindle eBook format - get your copy on Amazon.com!
March 1st, 2011 HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island was Released for the Nook eReader - get your copy on BarnesandNoble.com!
Saturday, February 5th, 2011 Nancy and Dave - for the 1st time - were near Salt Lake City Utah, at the Barnes and Noble, in Sandy Utah, Signing Autographed Copies of the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It all Started... as well as the original book that started it all... HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! This event was also a reveal of the newest book in the series HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island, scheduled for release June 1, 2011. The Event was a huge success, thanks to all that came to support it!
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Nancy and Dave were at the Barnes and Noble store in St. George, Utah, Signing Autographed Copies of the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It all Started... as well as the original book that started it all... HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! Thanks to all who supported this event, it was the first reveal of the the newest book in the series HIDDEN MICKEY 3 Wolf!: The Legend of Tom Sawyer's Island, scheduled for release June 1, 2011.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Dave was invited to speak to the Heritage Writing Guild of St. George, at the St. George Public Library, 100 south and Main Street. He gave a unique talk about the process of how Hidden Mickey was developed, writen, and published; he gave writers insight into how they too can create electronic versions of their books, insights into the publishing process and marketing strategies; and the Disney history and trivia that went into creating the Hidden Mickey novels. Dave explained how his six-plus years working at Disneyland, and his unique history of writing two top-selling Tennis Instructional books, launched him into hundreds of published articles and now two novels about Disneyland and Walt Disney.
Tuesday & Wednesday, December 14 & 15, 2010 Dave gave Lectures on the making of Hidden Mickey, the series... Tuesday, Dec 14th was at Snow Canyon High School in St. George , UT, and then on Wednesday, Dec 15th, at Tonaquint Intermediate School in St. George , UT. Students got a first hand look at the secrets behind the novels, and the art of creative writing!
Sunday, December 11th, 2010 Dave was at the Barnes and Noble, in St. George, UT, Signing Autographed Copies of the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It all Started... as well as the original book that started it all... HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! It was hige success with around 60 books flying out the door!
Thursday, December 9, 2010 Dave gave a Lecture on the making of Hidden Mickey, the series at the Sunrise Ridge Intermediate School in St. George , UT. Students learned the art of creative writing, Hidden Mickey style!
Monday, December 6th, 2010 Nancy and Dave Lectured on the making of Hidden Mickey, the series, at the Tattered Book Club at Sun City, in Mesquite, NV. This group is comprised of Women that were reading Hidden Mickey: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! as their December group read. They just loved learning the secrets behind the novels, and they all asked Nancy and Dave to sign copies of the sequel that they had just purchased! They are now looking forward to the sequel being the group read maybe as early as next month.
Sunday, December 5th, 2010 Nancy and Dave were at one of the Barnes and Noble Bookstores in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It all Started... as well as the original book that started it all... HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! Right away a Fan arrived with a copy of the newspaper article, so things wereoff to a good start. The rest of the day went well, so they are looking forward to other Book Signings in the other 4 Las Vegas Barnes & Noble stores in the near future.
December 1st thru 4th, 2010 Nancy and Dave were at The Dickens Festival in the Dixie Convention Center in St. George Utah. This 4 day event was a huge success, Dave and Nancy were dressed to fit the Olde London Dickens theme and had a blast meeting Fans and signing about 400 autographed copies of HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! and the sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started...
We want to give a special Thank You to all Hidden Mickey Fans for helping us spread the word. It is so good to hear comments from Fans telling us that HIDDEN MICKEY novels are their all time favorite books.
Saturday, November 27th, 2010 Nancy and Dave were at the Barnes & Noble, in the City of Orange, CA the following day... this was the second Barnes & Noble booksigning in California. They saw 110 books fly off the shelves at Barnes & Noble, and they were happy to sign them all for Fans.
Friday, November 26th, 2010
Nancy and Dave were invited to the Barnes & Noble, in Tustin, CA... this is the first Barnes & Noble booksigning in California, so come visit them if you are nearby. Start a wild ride with the book that started it all... HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!, and they will be signing copies of the sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started... too.
Saturday, November 13, 2010 Nancy had a great Book Signing at The Book Store in Lompoc, CA. The last Hidden Mickey Book Signing event was tied in to The Book Store's Grand Opening, with Hidden Mickey as a featured book. This time Local Fans had the opportunity to get autographed copies of the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY: It All Started... and many new ones lined up to get the original novel, HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead men DO Tell Tales!, the book that started it all. Overall it turned out to be a great day.
Saturday, November 7th, 2010
Nancy brought her Classic 1957 T-Bird to the Nojoqui Falls Fun Run Car Show to enjoy a Fun Day with her husband Russ. She met several new Car Show enthusiasts from as far away as New York, and several were also Hidden Mickey Fans. All attending enjoyed a nice day full of good clean fun for the entire family. This is one of the last Free entry Car Shows in California, Free Car registration, Free Food, and Free Awards and Prizes. This was their 38th year of putting on this Car Show that's supported entirely on Donations. Here are photos of 220 very Cool cars that came.
Sunday, October 31st - Tuesday, Nov. 2nd, 2010 Nancy's Annual Anniversary visit with her husband, Russ, to Disneyland was not a speaking event, or a Book Signing event, just a Fun event. She first met with Hidden Mickey fan Barbara S. and her son James, and signed her books when visiting over breakfast at the Rainforest Cafe. Nancy and Russ stayed at the Grand Californian and had a wonderful room with a great view of the California Adventure Disney Park. After a wonderful meal at Ariels Grotto Restaurant, they were given special seating for the World of Color water/light show. It was Fantastic! The following day, inside Disneyland on the Jungle Cruise ride, Donnie was the Skipper, and he was the best Skip Nancy and Russ have ever experienced to date, so Nancy took a set of Hidden Mickey novels out and personalized them as a gift to Donnie. He was so moved it almost brought him to tears. If you ever have the privilege of getting in with Donnie as your Skip, you'll really enjoy the experience! As a different experience, when in the queue for the Indiana Jones ride, right where the movie is being played, just before the entry to the ride vehicles, the ride broke down. Rather than evacuate the people in line an enterprising castmember, Christy, realized the ride may be down only a few minutes, so she came forward to the movie screen and made the statement she was going to entertain us with a Disney Trivia Quest. Well, she started asking simple questions, like "What Year did Disneyland open?", "What day?", etc, and the questions progressed in difficulty. Well, no one knew any of the answers, so Russ started yelling out the correct answers, one after the other, but what no one else heard was Nancy telling him the answers... Christy could not believe he knew all the answers, and directed her attention to Russ. He then told the entire room full of people "The reason I know all the answers is because Nancy Temple Rodrigue, the author of Hidden Mickey: Sometimes Dead Men Do Tell Tales! and it's sequel, is right here next to me telling me the answers". Christy couldn't believe it, and had to come meet Nancy, and she was then given a copy of the novel, personalized of course. The entire room of people asked for a flyer on the books so they too could get in on the fun. It is so nice to see Disney castmembers putting their all into their jobs, just to entertain us while visiting the Parks, so Nancy enjoyed the opportunity to express her appreciation to a few.
Friday, October 29th, 2010 Nancy gave several Lectures to High School Students at Lompoc High School. These Lectures were about HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! and the sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started... explaining the ideas behind the books, the writing process, and encouraging students to take advantage of every course offered that may help further their writing talents. This was an all day process where she will spoke to 4 different classrooms of students. Afterward she donated a set of her novels to the school library. Last month she donated 2 copies of Hidden Mickey and Hidden Mickey 2 to The Lompoc Public Library, Vandenberg Village Public Library, and the Buellton Public Library, so her hometown will now be fully stocked within the local Libraries.
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 Hidden Mickey co-Author David W. Smith, had a book signing at the 5th Annual St. George Book Fair. Hidden Mickey was the top selling book at the event last year, and with the release of the sequel he was hoping the trend would be even better this year, but the event was rained out! When there was a break in the rain, around 10 fans came to get their signed copy of Hidden Mickey.
Saturday, October 16th, 2010 Dave Lectured at Barnes and Noble, in St. George, UT. This was in conjunction with Educator's Appreciation Week that took place on the last Saturday of the Senior Games. (the games have attracted over 10,000 participants and over 20,000 people in town for the event.)
October 1st, 2010 HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! and the sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started... were Released for the Nook eReader - get your copies on BarnesandNoble.com!
Friday and Saturday, September 24 & 25, 2010 Dave was signing copies of the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started... as well as copies of HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!, the book that started it all last year! Those who attended these signings were treated to Dave playing Bass Guitar for Carlie Wall and The Carlie Wall Band, at the Santa Clara Swiss Days Festival (All Day both days). Dave sold over 80 copies of the now famous Hidden Mickey books in just 2 days!
Friday, September 17th and Saturday, September 18th, 2010 Nancy released the sequel, 'HIDDEN MICKEY: It All Started...' in The Walt Disney Hometown Museum in Marceline, Missouri. The Release/Book Signing at Toonfest was a huge success!
If you've never been to Toonfest you really need to come next year, the entire town shuts down to support it, and where Kansas Ave turns into "Main Street USA" the fun begins. Read Nancy's Blog on this Toonfest event... There were parades, kids activities, and lectures from Nancy and several Cartoon Annimators.
Did you know that Walt personally gave the kids of Marceline Disneyland's Midget Autopia in 1966? The bad thing is that theweather and other elements have taken their toll, and the Autopia has fallen into disrepair. We now have the opportunity to make history again, by restoring and making the Midget Autopia ride a major Museum attraction once again! Please help us with your generous donation so the Marceline Volunteers can upgrade and re-install the ride to it's former glory, right next to the Walt Disney Hometown Museum in Marceline, for info just click the Midget Autopia image. Here is another interesting article on the Midget Autopia you may enjoy.
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Dave was invited to the Barnes and Noble, in St. George, UT to Officially Release the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It all Started... this was the first opportunity for the public to purchase the sequel at Barnes and Noble Bookstores. Dave was there for just a few hours, and for most of that time fans lined up (out the door) happily and patiently to get their copy. Several new ones came to start their wild ride with the book that started it all... HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!, as well as a copy of the sequel.
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Dave officially released the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started... Those who attend the signing were treated to Dave playing Bass Guitar for Carlie Wall and The Carlie Wall Band, at the Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City!
Saturday, September 11th, 2010 This event was a Luncheon and Lecture called 'LUNCH with a BUNCH of AUTHORS' held in the Grossman Gallery inside the Lompoc Public Library in Lompoc, California. The first photo is of all 4 authors... from left to right is and Jeri Westerson, author of the Historical Mystery 'Veil of Lies'; Leslie S. Klinger, editor of the three-volume collection of the new annotated 'Sherlock Holmes', and 'Dracula'; Bonnie Hearn-Hill, author of six thrillers; and Nancy Temple Rodrigue, co-author of the Hidden Mickey series. Nancy spoke to the audience about the differences normally percieved in Mystery writing vs: the Mystery style in the Hidden Mickey novel series. Books were available by The Book Store, and after the speaking event the authors were available to answer questions as well as sign copies of their books. Nancy signed lots of copies of the new sequel, 'HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started...' as well as the book that started it all, 'HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!'
September 7th, 2010 The sequel, HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started..., was Released in the Kindle eBook format - get your copy on Amazon.com!
Saturday, September 4th, 2010 Nancy brought her Classic 1957 T-Bird to the Special Olympics Car Show inside Ryon Park in Lompoc
CA. Last year this Car Show was the first location Nancy selected to make HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! available. The actor from the TV show '77 Sunset Strip' and the movie 'Grease', "Ed Byrnes", was present as the Special Guest Star. Hopefully you were able to come and enjoy the day with us, we enjoyed great Tri-Tip BBQ, Silent Auction (with copies of 'Hidden Mickey' and 'Hidden Mickey 2' in the Auction), and great family fun. Several fans came to get their pre-release copies of 'HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started...'.
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started... was Released in paperback - get yours at Barnes & Noble!
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Nancy brought her Classic 1957 T-Bird to the 6th Annual Solvang Wheels and Windmills Car Show where she was having a Book Signing in addition to showing her beautiful ThunderBird. The Car Show was located in the heart of Downtown Solvang, near the The Book Loft at 1680 Mission
Drive, a bookstore that carries 'HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!'
Nancy had pre-release copies of the new sequel, 'HIDDEN MICKEY: It All Started...' at this Car Show and was happy to sign copies during the Car Show. The event was a huge success, followed by great shopping in that quaint little Danish town.
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Dave was on hand with a limited number of pre-release copies of the sequel, HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started... Those who attend the signings were treated to Dave playing Bass Guitar for Carlie Wall and The Carlie Wall Band, at the Cedar City Summer Jam Festival, Main Street Park in Cedar City, Utah.
Friday, August 27, 2010 Dave was on hand with a limited number of pre-release 1st Edition copies of HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started... Dave was playing Bass Guitar in The Carlie Wall Band at the Electric Theater in St. George, Utah. This was a fund raiser for the Doctor’s Free Clinic and a portion of all books sold were contributed to this charitable organization.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 Nancy Temple Rodrigue was invited to speak to the Studio Chapter of the NFFC Disneyana Fan Club in Norwalk, California. She gave a great lecture on the making of the Hidden Mickey novels, and took questions from chapter members. Following this, she signed and sold several copies of 'HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!', as well as pre-release copies of the new sequel, 'HIDDEN MICKEY: It All Started...'. Those Studio Chapter members were some of the first to get the sequel before it is available in bookstores! lf you are not a member of the Disneyana Fan Club Studio Chapter, you can join them at the National Disneyana Fan Club and the Studio Chapter and get in on the fun!
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 Dave was on hand with a limited number of pre-release 1st Edition copies of HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started... as well as copies of Hidden Mickey: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!, the book that started it all last year! At this event Dave was playing Bass Guitar with The Carlie Wall Band, and those attending were treated to a sensational young singer, song-writer, Carlie Wall, who is only 14 years old yet has already been awarded several awards and has been featured in a number of Utah newspapers and radio stations. Dave enjoyed personalizing copies of Hidden Mickey books for fans there in Utah County Fairgrounds in Spanish Fork Utah. You can catch Dave at other venues like this...
Friday, August 27th: Electric Theater in St. George, Utah
(7pm) (This was a fund raiser for the Doctor’s Free Clinic)
Saturday, August 28th: Cedar City Summer Jam Festival, Main Street Park in Cedar City, Utah. (1pm – 5pm)
Sunday, September 19th: Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City (2:30pm – 7pm)
Friday and Saturday, September 24th & 25th: Santa Clara Swiss Days Festival (All Day both days)
Saturday, October 9th: Washington City Car Show, St. George (1pm – 7pm)
Sunday, August 15th, 2010 Nancy was invited to attend an authors Book Signing at the Lompoc Public Library. This event was called "Jazz at the Library, Season Four" and held on the lawn of the Library. Besides the Musicians, there were several other Local Authors, as well as Artists were present. There were tables set-up with nice Arts - Crafts - and even hot freshly made BBQ Tri-Tip Sandwiches to eat while the crowd listened to great Jazz by local Musicians. Nancy gave Lompoc residents the first opportunity to purchase signed copies of the new sequel 'HIDDEN MICKEY 2: It All Started...' so as you can imagine she was super busy, but what an enjoyable afternoon... Jazz and HIDDEN MICKEY... it just goes together.
Sunday, August 1st, 2010 Nancy held a small Book Signing at the Lompoc Public Library, where Fans were able to purchase a copy of HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! while they watched "Jazz at the Library, Season Four" held on the lawn of the Library, with music - food - and Jazz by local Musicians. it was great fun with several other local Authors present too. Here are some photos...
Wednesday, July 14th thru Sunday, July 18th, 2010 On Thursday, July 15th, Nancy and Dave were the invited guest speakers at the Disneyana Fan Club DisneyanaMania Convention. They shared some of the secrets behind the HIDDEN MICKEY series of novels. Both Nancy and Dave share with the NFFC the common goal of keeping Walt’s legacy alive. Then on Saturday, July 17th, they were in on the festivities of the 55th Anniversary of DISNEYLAND. The following day, Sunday, July 18th, from 9am until 5pm they were given a complimentary Book Signing Table at the "All Disneyana Show and Sale" where they were Signing and Personalizing books for Disney Fans, young and old alike. They gave a sneak peek at the new sequel HIDDEN MICKEY: It All Started... but these were not available yet.
Here's Nancy's take on the event... with photos... and a clip of Disney Legend Bill Farmer (the voice of Goofy).
Dave and I are back from the annual NFFC Disneyana Convention that was held in Anaheim. Thursday, July 15th, we had been invited to speak on their Author's Panel along with Tom Sito and Pam Burns, daughter to Harriet Burns - the first woman Imagineer. It was such an honor for us to be invited to attend, let alone speak! Dave and I were the last to talk about Hidden Mickey and the next book in the series: Hidden Mickey 2: It All Started.... This was my first Author's Panel and my first public speech. (Sorry, the book presentation I did to Erik Estrada doesn't count! lol)
If you missed our Lecture, here it is on YouTube from the Disneyana Convention Author's Panel.
A funny note: I was nervous, as you might expect, to have to speak in front of so many people--and all of them Disney fans. We arrived about 2 hours early and were able to listen to Disney Legend Willie Ito speak about his experiences over the years. I checked my watch and saw it was 3:30, so I had a little over an hour before I would go on. I went and sat with Dave's mom and relaxed as we listened to the speaker who was right before our part, Matt McKim of the McKim family. Sam McKim, his father, is another Disney Legend who is well known for his wonderful animation. I was familiar with his name from the large Disneyland maps that he designed years ago and that are still updated every so many years. As this speech progressed, I glanced at my watch and saw I still had an hour before I was to go on and wondered why Matt was seemingly finishing up so early....After all, it was only 3:30. Then the convention manager came up to me and said, "You're on next." I know--after Matt. I still have an hour to go... Okay, that is when I saw my watch had stopped at 3:30. So, I didn't have much time to be nervous, which is a good thing when you stop to think about it.
Dave and I did well together with our first lecture. No one threw anything at us, so it was a good day!
My husband Russ and I attended the Fantasia-Mania Celebration Banquet honoring Bill Farmer - the voice of Goofy! He was a wonderful speaker and lead us through many great years with Disney and a plethora of voices that he does. I was able to meet him later and could tell what a warm, caring person he is.
Friday was a full day of presentations from animator Rick Farmiloe, Imagineers Tony Baxter, Kim Irvine, Josh Shipley, and character voice actor June Foray. Rick's recent work includes the MetLife commercials with Snoopy - my favorite being the one with Snoopy on a Jungle Cruise-like boat going through the jungle. Tony, Kim, and Josh spoke about bringing back the Mr. Lincoln presentation to Main Street, the relocation and work done to the beautiful Disney Gallery, and the upgrades done to Tom Sawyer's Island and the Rivers of America in Frontierland. Russ had a nice chat with Tony Baxter afterwards and was able to tell him about the third Hidden Mickey book which deals specifically with Tom Sawyer's Island and present him with my book.
After the seminars, Russ and I were invited to join the group for the Legends Dinner in the banquet room. Oh my! We were seated front and center at the same table with Dave Smith - the long-time Disney historian (who is also currently reading my book!), Imagineer Kim Irvine (who showed her dining companion her copy of my book!), and Tom Nabbe who was the first person hired by Walt Disney to work at Disneyland. Tom was the first Tom Sawyer there at Disneyland! If I had thrown a breadstick, I could have hit Legend Bob Gurr at the next table over. At other tables were costumer/designer Alice Davis, choreographer Miriam Nelson, Bill Farmer, Tony Baxter, Imagineer Floyd Norman, animator Mark Henn, Carolyn Carroll - the wife of the late Eddie Carrol who was the voice of Jiminy Cricket. The dinner was wonderful with tributes to those who were no longer with us and four who were honored for their continuing work with Disney.
Saturday was Disneyland's 55th anniversary and Russ and I joined the festivities. There was a special road rally/quest that was designed just for us Disneyana Fan Club members and it was a lot of fun. Some answers I knew right away, both from the research I did on Hidden Mickey and from past visits to the Park. Did I mention it was 101 degrees that day?
Sunday was the all-day Disneyana sale. The most popular table was the Imagineering sale going on in the main lobby. People had to get FastPasses just to get in line. And, yes, I did.... There were three huge rooms filled with Disney merchandise of all kinds for sale. Dave and I had our table right next to David Koenig who writes the wonderful Mouse Tales books full of stories and remembrances from Disneyland cast members over the years. After it was all over, I was able to meet Robert Olszewski who creates those stunningly beautiful buildings of Disneyland. His attention to detail is amazing! All the buildings light up. Some of the ride buildings like Alice and Peter Pan open up so you can see inside the ride just as it looks in the Parks. He even has a miniature crystal-studded Main Street Electrical Parade to go down his Main Street!
The whole convention was a wonderful experience for me and I am very grateful to have been invited to participate in it. Dave and I did a podcast for MousePlanet that will be run at a later date on their website. To say I was star-struck is putting it mildly. The people I was able to meet have been legends and inspirations for multitudes of people over literally decades. And they were the nicest, friendliest people you could ever talk to.
If any of you have not attended the NFFC Disneyana Fan Club DisneyanaMania Conventions, do it! You won't be disappointed. There are many local chapters of the Club, so check the area in which you live. Dave and I have been invited to speak at the Disneyana Studio Chapter in Burbank, on August 22nd at 1pm, so if you are in that chapter we'll see you then.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Nancy Temple Rodrigue, author of the popular Walt Disney action-adventure mystery novel "HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales!" was invited to drive her car in the Lompoc Flower Festival Parade. Flower Festival Chairman, Darril Shiflet, was the riding guest in her Classic 1957 Ford Thunderbird, along with Mickey Mouse riding shotgun. If you missed the live streaming video... Watch the clip
The novel is available at Barnes and Noble Bookstores, as well as on Amazon.com in paperback and eBook.
The sequel "HIDDEN MICKEY: It All Started..." is scheduled for release in mid-September.
May 21st, 2010 HIDDEN MICKEY: Sometimes Dead Men DO Tell Tales! was Released in the Kindle eBook format - get your copy on Amazon.com!
Saturday, May 1st, 2010 - 1 - 3pm Nancy and Dave were invited to do a HIDDEN MICKEY
Book Signing at the
Barnes and Noble, in St. George, UT.
This was the 1st B&N event they have been invited to! If you have a local B&N and would like us to come, contact your store manager and ask him to schedule us in!
Saturday, April 24th, 2010 - 10am till 3pm Nancy took her Classic 1957 T-Bird featured in "HIDDEN MICKEY" to another Author's Book Signing event at a Car Show in her Hometown, Lompoc CA.
This Book Signing was held at the 1st Annual Lompoc High School Car Show inside Ryon Park in Lompoc
CA.
The Car Show started at 9am and lasted till 3pm. It was a terrific day, 72o with just a slight breeze, perfect weather! There was a terrific
showing of really nice cars. From street rods, to classic cars, to antiques, over 100 in all. The event was in conjunction with the Lompoc Spring Arts Festival, so there was plenty of fun for all.
Saturday, April 17th, 2010 - 10am till 9pm Nancy and Dave were invited to join the
Annual Dixie Escalante Kite Festival
on the Sun River Golf Course in St. George, UT. It was a huge event,
entire families showed up and had lots of fun! They also scooped up copies of Hidden Mickey with BOTH Authors
personalizing and Signing their books! It was here that they announced
they were writing a sequel to Hidden Mickey, to be released September 2010.
Friday, April 16th, 2010 - 10am till 4pm The previous day Nancy and Dave were at Arte' Gallery
Festival, 451 Dixie Drive, St. George, UT
meeting Fans as well as Signing Books. Dave's Indoor Pickelball facility
is right next door, so if the like to play tennis, and want to play indoors
where it's always cool and comfortable, join Dave for some great fun and
exercise in this wonderful indoor facility where you can really enjoy this great
new sport!
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 Here's what the newspaper 'The Lompoc Record' had to say about HIDDEN MICKEY on February 26th. The following day, Nancy had a very successful Book Signing at
The Book Store.
The Book Store is located at 1137 N. H Street, Lompoc, CA. The Book
Store just doubled the size of their store, and the Hidden Mickey Book Signing event
was tied in to The Book Store's Grand Opening, with Hidden Mickey as a featured book. Local Fans finally
had the opportunity to buy a copy of Hidden Mickey, and Nancy was there to greet
fans as well as Autograph books. If you didn't have the opportunity to come by
and see the newly expanded and remodeled store, as well as get your signed copy of Hidden Mickey,
you still can. Nancy left a few signed copies in the store.
Thursday, December 24, 2009 Christmas Eve day Dave was meeting Fans and Signing Books at the
The Little Professor Bookstore.
The Little Professor Bookstore is located at 15 N. Main Street, St. George, Utah. If
you were in the neighborhood and stopped in to say hello, Dave appreciated
it. This Book Signing was the very last opportunity to
get a signed copy before Christmas.
Saturday, December 19, 2009 Dave Smith was greeting Fans and signing books at The Book Arbor on Saturday, December 19th, from 11am until 2pm.
The Book Arbor is located at 21 E. State Street, Hurricane, Utah.
If you didn't have the time to drop by to get a copy of Hidden Mickey for
that special someone on
your list that you think may enjoy our great Action-Adventure, you can
still get a copy at The Book Arbor.
Thursday, December 10, 2009 Here's what 'The
Garden Grove Journal' had to say about HIDDEN MICKEY on December 10th.
Wednesday thru Saturday, December 2 - 5, 2009 We had a great time at "The Dickens Festival" in the Dixie Convention Center in St. George Utah. This event was from Wednesday, December 2nd, until Saturday December 5th. Nancy and Dave were dressed to fit the Olde London Dickens theme. We met with Fans and sold almost 400 autographed copies of HIDDEN MICKEY in just 4 days!
Here's a few photos of us at the booth, check out Dave and Russ' Top Hats with
Mickey ears! In addition to our book signing, Dave was performing
magic tricks for Fans, where participants were able to win Authentic Disneyland
"A-E" Tickets from our Disney collections, as well as many other Disney
Collectibles and Disney prototype Toys.
Hidden Mickey is doing very well, it was Officially Released September 1st,
2009, and so far, in just 3-1/2 months, we have sold over half of the First
Edition printing! We Thank all Hidden Mickey Fans for spreading the word.
We are constantly stopped on the street and told how great the book is, and how
much everyone is enjoying it. One Fan from Hurricane, Utah, stopped by
when we were in St. George last week, just to tell us that she gave the book to
her daughter, and her daughter thoroughly enjoyed it, saying she just couldn't put it down, she read all 482 pages in just one night! This Fan is now reading it herself, and also
highly recommending it to her friends! Another teen Fan stopped to tell us
he recommended it to his entire class, and many of these teens put down Harry
Potter and Twilight, and are reading and enjoying Hidden Mickey in favor of
those best sellers!
We would like to Thank each and every one of you for your support! Please
keep telling others what you thought of Hidden Mickey!
Saturday, November 28, 2009 Nancy and Dave were the 'First' Authors privileged to have been invited to hold our Book Signing at the Disneyland Resort, in Downtown Disney, Anaheim, in
front of Compass Books & Cafe'
Both Authors (Nancy and Dave) were there signing copies of Hidden Mickey as well as meeting and greeting Fans.
Compass Books is directly across from ESPN Zone and Rainforest Cafe, and next to AMC Theatre, or directly in front of the Disneyland Hotel entrance.
Nancy's Classic '57 T-Bird that is pictured on the back of the book was parked next to the table, with Mickey and Minnie behind the wheel. It was a great attention-getter.
During the day Dave gave away rare collectible Disneyland "A-E" Tickets.
An afternoon of fun was had by all, thanks for the support! Compass Books sold a lot of books, and ordered more to restock their shelves, so if you need copies for Family and Friends, get it there or order it online.
Nancy's wore her Disney
"Jungle Book" jacket"! It is an autographed and numbered Original by 'Jeanette Platinum'!!
Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday, November 1, 2 & 3, 2009 This trip to Disneyland was an Anniversary present to Nancy's husband Russ. They stayed at the new Disney Vacation Club resort that just opened at the Grand Californian Hotel in Anaheim, and it was indeed a wonderful accommodation, check out the view! Arrival was Sunday when they met with Todd Regan and the rest of the MiceChat group.
Nancy presented Todd a gift copy of Hidden Mickey. 'Pirates' was next on the agenda, then over to DCA to taste some Wine! The day was off to a great start! Russ and Nancy took off on their own and did Screamin', Toy Story, and Soarin' before returning back to Disneyland to go on a few more rides. All along Russ was busy handing out Hidden Mickey flyers, and talking to everyone he could about the book. Monday started with breakfast at Rainforest Cafe, then they checked in with Compass Books and Cafe, in Downtown Disney, to see how Hidden Mickey book sales are doing, and we were pleased to find that it was selling very well indeed! On to Disneyland, where they were joined by Russ' sister Anita, so they spent the day with her having plenty of Disney Fun! At 1pm on to the 'Billy Hill and the Hillbillies' show at the Golden Horseshoe, where after the show Nancy presented Kirk and Anders (2 of the Billys) each a copy of Hidden Mickey, they had fun taking pictures with all the Billy's. Tuesday Russ and Nancy started the day at Disneyland where they ran into Mickey, just then a Hidden Mickey Fan found them and wanted Nancy to Autograph her copy of the book she had just purchased at Compass Books. On to the Jungle Cruise and Indiana Jones, and a few other rides, and between DCA and Disneyland they once again had a great time doing their favorite things, having Fun! Russ also met with Disney execs to set-up a book signing event on Disney Avenue in Downtown Disney, and as you can read in these blogs it was a huge success. Will keep you all posted!
Saturday, October 24, 2009 On October 24th, Hidden Mickey Co-Author David W. Smith, did a book signing at the 4th Annual St. George Book Fair. Hidden Mickey was the top selling book at the event and was a popular booth among visitors. In addition to the signing, a few lucky participants walked away with Authentic Disneyland "E" Tickets! A drawing was held each hour and Dave donated a number of his collectable E tickets from his collection to celebrate the publishing of this novel. Also, the Book Arbor in Hurricane, Utah, sold out of its first cache of books, ordering a case of Hidden Mickey books. The owner, Margaret, was so impressed with the book, she recommends it to all her customers. And, Compass Books at Downtown Disney in DLR, Anaheim, also sold out of their first cache of books, within a day we had cases of Hidden Mickey books for their store. People there have been caught in the act of having someone take their photo while holding a copy of Hidden Mickey up, saying things like "I finally get my copy, Woot Woot!"
Monday, October 19, 2009 Dave and Nancy had two great signings on Friday, October 16th, held at the Sun River Community in St. George, UT, then on Saturday, October 17th, at the Little Professor Book Center in St. George, UT. These signings were tied in with the Huntsman World Senior Tennis Games that are held there every year in St. George. Nancy and Dave were happy to meet many Fans and sign their books. If you have not yet visited and read any HIDDEN MICKEY Book Reviews, please feel free to do so.
Saturday, September 26, 2009 Dave and Nancy were at the
Cruzin' for Life Car Show inside the Santa Barbara County Fairpark in the City of Santa Maria, CA. There were fans that came to have their books signed, and quite a few books were sold to the large crown present at the Car Show. At 2pm there was a parade and cruise that went down Broadway Avenue in Santa Maria. Nancy drove her T-Bird with Dave riding shotgun, and the Grand Marshall of the car show,
Mendy Fry, also known as "Nitro Kitty", was riding as their guest of honor. Mendy was showing her Funny Car dragster on Saturday, then on Sunday she did 2 fantastic burnouts as the grand finale to the Burnout Competition. It was a great show. Lots of other cool cars were cruzin' with Cancer Survivors, so we all had a great time. Just before Saturday's Cruzin' parade, Dave and Nancy presented a "Hidden Mickey" book to Mendy Fry, and also one to the Cruzin' for Life Committee Chairman, Bob Labastida, along with a check from part of the proceeds of that day's sales of "Hidden Mickey" in benefit of the American Cancer Society to help in the fight against Cancer.
If you didn't make it to the car show/book signing, please be sure to watch this blog page for future book signing events.
Thursday, September 24, 2009 David W. Smith, co-author of "Hidden Mickey" was at the local High School in St. George, UT. He spoke to the Creative Writing class sharing information on the process of writing, as well as sharing a few Insider Secrets about Walt Disney and Disneyland. This was very encouraging to the class, many there were our future authors! Dave was an accredited Instructor in Garden Grove, CA as well as Phoenix, AZ, teaching Science classes as well as his Coaching Career in Tennis.
Saturday, September 12, 2009 David W. Smith, co-author of "Hidden Mickey" held his first Author's Book Signing event September 12th in the Little Professor Bookstore located at 15 N. Main Street, St. George UT. Dave was able to Sign Books and share a few Insider Secrets about Walt Disney and Disneyland.
Saturday, September 5, 2009 Since Nancy owns a Classic 1957 T-Bird, and
featured it in "HIDDEN MICKEY", She felt it fitting to hold her first Author's Book Signing event at a Car Show in my Hometown, Lompoc CA. This Book Signing was held on September 5th at the Special Olympics Car Show inside Ryon Park in Lompoc
CA.
The Car Show started at 9am and lasted till 3pm. It was a terrific day, 72o with just a slight breeze, perfect weather! There was a terrific showing of really nice cars. From street rods, to classic cars, to antiques, about 250 in all. When the Award Ceremony began, as the Author of Hidden Mickey, Nancy was called to the stage and presented a copy of HIDDEN MICKEY to the Car Show Organizer, Harry Heidt, Retired Investigator on the Lompoc Police Dept., and then gave a copy to Guest Star Eric Estrada, from the TV series 'CHiPS'. Next was the Car Show Awards, and the next person called to the stage was her husband, Russ Rodrigue, with his 1923 T-Bucket. He won The Best in Class for 'Open Street Rods to 1927', so Eric Estrada presented him with that Award. The other Awards went to the owners of those gorgeous cars, and the day was over.
Nancy was then able to present Harry Heidt, the organizer of Special Olympics car Show, with a check from the proceeds of that days sales of Hidden Mickey.
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Nancy was visiting the "Disneyland Resort" in Anaheim, California. Friday was a trip to the Disney Studios with Adventures By Disney, where she was able to go behind the scenes on an exclusive tour of The Walt Disney Studios — which is both a working studio and the headquarters of The Walt Disney Company. Saturday she was invited to assist the Mice Chat group in the celebration of their 7th Anniversary. This was held inside the ESPN Zone in Downtown Disney, Anaheim, from 9am till 11am, with a Breakfast with Disney Legends Bob Gurr, Susan Egan (Broadway's Bell and the voice of Meg from Hercules), Margaret "Tinkerbell" Kerry, and hosted by Disney author Sam Gennawey. Afterward Bob Gurr, Susan Egan, Margaret Kerry, and Nancy Temple Rodrigue held a small Book Signing for Mice Chat Fans. Then on Sunday, at 2:45pm inside the Disneyland at Magnolia Park (in front of the Frontierland Train Station) Mice Chat's Dusty Sage started the meet off with a Trivia contest, and the Mice Chat winners were Mel (gullywumper), and Mandy (msmandy) each winning a copy of Hidden Mickey book 1, and the grand prize winner was Roger (dragonrose) winning a set of 4 of the Hidden Mickey novels! Nancy then lead the group onto the newly reopened Haunted Mansion utilizing a Fast Pass for the entire group. Hopefully you were there joining her in the Fun at Disneyland, if not maybe you can join her next time!
Nancy took an 8 day trip to "Walt Disney World" in Florida. This was an exploration trip for a new book she will be working on, as well as a fun trip. A special Fan Club Newsletter will be sent to Members in February, it will be a full rundown of her WDW adventure, along with photos of course.
Nancy and Dave were at The Dickens Festival in the Dixie Convention Center in St. George Utah. This 4 day event was very sucessful with Dave and Nancy dress to fit the Olde London Dickens theme and have a blast meeting Fans and signing copies of HIDDEN MICKEY novels. This year they Signed and sold 415 books.
Nancy and Dave had a SELLOUT Appearance at the Barnes and Noble store, in the La Mesa (San Diego), California. They autographed so many copies for Fans that they SOLD OUT of book 1! This event was the Official Release in that store of the newest novel in the series... HIDDEN MICKEY 4 Wolf!: Happily Ever After? Several Gift Sets were purchased and were shipped to the troops in Afghanistan!
Nancy and Dave attended the "Vegas Valley Book Festival" at the 5th Street School in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was a 2 day event. As it turned out, Sunday was rained out, but overall it was still a good event in support of literacy, and good to be there to support that effort.
Nancy and Dave didn't make it to the Orange County Children's Book Festival at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road in the City of Costa Mesa, California. Hopefully next year.
David W. Smith, co-author of "Hidden Mickey" was at the local High School in St. George, UT. He spoke to the Creative Writing class sharing information on the process of writing, as well as sharing a few Insider Secrets about Walt Disney and Disneyland. This was very encouraging to the class, many there were our future authors! Dave was an accredited Instructor in Garden Grove, CA as well as Phoenix, AZ, teaching Science classes as well as his Coaching Career in Tennis.
David W. Smith, co-author of "Hidden Mickey" held his first Author's Book Signing event September 12th in the Little Professor Bookstore located at 15 N. Main Street, St. George UT. Dave was able to Sign Books and share a few Insider Secrets about Walt Disney and Disneyland.
Since Nancy owns a Classic 1957 T-Bird, and
featured it in "HIDDEN MICKEY", She felt it fitting to hold her first Author's Book Signing event at a Car Show in my Hometown, Lompoc CA. This Book Signing was held on September 5th at the Special Olympics Car Show inside Ryon Park in Lompoc
CA.
Nancy brought her Classic 1957 T-Bird to the 
