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Dave Casler is the creator of the flying broomstick series and organized Mt. Sneffels Press, a Colorado Micropress that offers local authors a platform for publication. Dave Casler went into engineering because he loved math and science from the time he was in elementary school in Glendale, California. His Bachelor of Science in Mathematics came from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and his Master of Science in [Electrical] Engineering came from the California State University at Northridge. Dave is a ham radio operator, callsign KEØOG. He holds the highest class of ham license available, Amateur Extra. His mind wanders frequently and he thinks of unusual ways to accomplish ordinary things. He has one patent and another pending and loves to invent, whether it’s real or not. The Flying Broomstick series grew out of a daydream during a long and boring meeting. And Dave really does work for IBM. He and his wife Loretta live just north of Ridgway, Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. Dave loves writing, motorcycling, ham radio, photography, and genealogy. As part of his genealogy work, Dave encourages you to go to www.familysearchindexing.org and help digitize old records.
Selling Books at the Mensa Convention July 8th, 2008 Randy Cassingham, whom many of you know via This Is True, was slated to speak at the July 2008 Mensa annual convention in Denver, and he suggested I do likewise. (No, it was more like there was no option.) I had no idea what to expect. I asked for a “small” room (seats 40) and dithered for weeks about what to say. After all, the Mensans, by definition, are the brightest people around! Finally, I just decided to be myself. I said I wasn’t there to tell them about creative writing or read a bunch of excerpts (although I read a few). I just started by telling them how a broom worked, along with all the engineering pitfalls. The crowd caught every one of my jokes and soon we were just all swept along having a wonderful time. Oh, the crowd? Well, it was standing room only. I sold books (both Broom 1 and Broom 2) immediately after and signed them as fast as I could. After our allotted time was up, I moved to a table in “author’s row” and sat there for several hours, selling books continually. All told, I sold 88 books, which for an event like this, is phenomenal! As a matter of fact, I sold out of Broom 1 completely. I got an Internet order yesterday, so my wife is retrieving one from her art gallery so I can fulfill the order. And I called the printer today and ordered more – they should be here July 17th. And so my special thanks to Randy Cassingham for twisting my arm. What a blast! (And thanks to Randy for the photo.) |
