Yesterday, author Maureen Johnson had a great idea. She tweeted “I do wish I had a dime for every email I get that says, “Please put a non-girly cover on your book so I can read it.

This is what close to eight hundred signed Dan Brown books look like. 

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NOS4A2 on Flickr.

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A license plate of a car parked outside Water Street Bookstore on April 30th 2013 for the release of Joe Hill’s newest novel: NOS4A2. Coincidence? I think not.

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NOS4A2 on Flickr.

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A license plate of a car parked outside Water Street Bookstore on April 30th 2013 for the release of Joe Hill’s newest novel: NOS4A2. Coincidence? I think not.

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GUYS.

One time we had a hawk come to the bookstore and I thought that was the best thing ever. I was wrong. Flying a hawk at a castle in Ireland is the best thing ever. 

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joe answers questions on Flickr.

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Joe Hill answers questions at the launch party for NOS4A2 at Water Street Bookstore. Joe was eloquent, thoughtful, and funny, but one of my personal favorite moments was when he mentioned how he really wanted to write a book with a strong, central female character and that Vic McQueen was the result in NOS4A2.

He also continually touched on how crucial characters are to him as a reader and a writer. He noted that he could write for a few days based off a good idea, but that he couldn’t write a a novel, a comic book, or a short story without a character he didn’t care about. In that same vein, he believes (and I have to agree) that horror can only be truly terrifying if the reader has an emotional attachment to the characters and genuinely cares about what happens to them in the book. 

I also really liked what Joe said about wanting to make his new book have a female main character. Especially the part where he characterized his previous published work as “kind of a sausage fest.” That was the best.

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sinister UP on Flickr.

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Me and the sinister balloons used for the launch party of Joe Hill’s NOS4A2.

I took this picture! Boy, that one red balloon looks VERY sinister.

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q&a on Flickr.

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Joe Hill answers questions at the launch party for NOS4A2 at Water Street Bookstore.

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post-its on Flickr.

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Joe Hill, covered in post-its, after finishing signing books at Water Street Bookstore.

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Joe Hill and the staff at Water Street Bookstore. on Flickr.

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Joe Hill with staff at Water Street Bookstore at the end of the NOS4A2 launch party.