March 3 - UND Bookstore (Grand Forks, ND) - 11:00 am

March 6 - Barnes & Noble (Fargo, ND) - 4:30 pm

March 30 - Barnes & Noble (Bismarck, ND) - 5:00 pm

April TBD - Barnes & Noble (Minot, ND) Time TBD 

So, it's been a really long time.  And I'm not really sorry about that, because instead of blogging I've been busy playing Madden 2012, er, uh, I mean, writing, I've been busy writing.  Yeah.

Anyway, the point is I'm here now.  And I have some events and news to share:

1.  THE FOURTH STALL PART II releases in just six days!  (February 7, 2012)  Please go buy as many copies as you can possibly afford.  Sell your parents' cars if you have to.  Tell them to take out a second mortgage so you can buy a whole box of Fourth Stall Part II. 

2.  I was featured recently on Scholastic Book Clubs Arrow Book Box video:  http://bookboxdaily.scholastic.com/category/arrow/  So cool!

3.  I have some upcoming signings if you're in the area:

February 11 - Main Street Books (Minot, ND) 4 pm to 6 pm

March 30 - Barnes & Noble (Bismarck, ND) 5 pm to 6 pm

April TBD - Barnes & Noble (Minot, ND) Time TBD

4. Thanks to an awesome fan for sending me a picture of their book report, such a cool idea:
 

Hey, it's been a long time since I posted.  I'll try to get better about that.

But in the meantime, a new interview with me was posted recently at a really cool site:
http://middlegrademafioso.blogspot.com/2011/08/marvelous-middle-grade-monday-fourth.html

The Fourth Stall Blog Tour – Week 2 Stops

Monday 4/11 – Review and Giveaway at A Reader’s Ramblings

Monday 4/11 – Review and Giveaway at Kid Lit Frenzy

Tuesday 4/12 – Guest post at Milk and Cookies: Comfort Reading

Tuesday 4/12 – Giveaway at Alison’s Bookmarks

Wednesday 4/13 – Interview at Alison’s Bookmarks

Thursday, 4/14 – Interview and Review at Eve’s Fan Garden

Friday 4/15 – Review and Contest at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers

Friday 4/15 – Interview at A Reader’s Ramblings

Saturday 4/16 – Interview at Teach 8 YA book Blog

Saturday 4/16 – Review and Giveaway at Tracey Edward Wymer’s Blog

Sunday 4/17 – Interview at Kid Lit Frenzy

Monday 4/18 – Review and Giveaway at Read Now Sleep Later

I'll be speaking at (and hosting) an upcoming SCBWI conference on May 14, 2011 in Sioux Falls, SD.  If you live in the Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, or Iowa areas, please check it out!  (Or even if you'd like to come from further away, we'd of course be glad to have you!)

This year's list of conference speakers is outstanding, and even includes a NYT Bestselling author!

Jacqueline West - NYT Bestselling Author 
Kerry Sparks - Associate Agent (Levine-Greenberg Agency) 
Emilia Rhodes - Assistant Editor (Simon & Schuster) 
Nathan Gassman - Art Director (Capstone Publishing) 

Also, one on one manuscript and portfolio critiques with the conference faculty are available.  

For more information or to register, check out the SCBWI Dakotas website:http://www.dakotas-scbwi.org/Spring_Conference.html

!!!!!!!!  !  !     !!!!!!!! !!        ! 

The wonderful and amazing Kellie at Walden Pond Press has put together an outstanding blog tour in support of THE FOURTH STALL.  Please feel free to check it out:

• Monday 4/4 – Interview at Cynsations
• Tuesday 4/5 – Guest post at My Friend Amy
• Wednesday 4/6 – Review at There’s a Book
• Thursday 4/7 – Review/Giveaway at 5 Minutes for Books
• Thursday 4/7 – Interview at Anita Laydon Miller’s Middle Grade Blog
• Friday 4/8 – The Fourth Stall editor Jordan Brown interviews author Chris Rylander at Alice Pope’s SCBWI Children’s Market Blog
• Saturday 4/9 – Review at Bri Meets Books
• Sunday 4/10 – Guest Post at 5 Minutes for Books
• Sunday 4/10 – Review at Alison’s Bookmarks

I want to thank Horizon and Sunrise Middle Schools in Kearney, Nebraska for hosting me last week.  The kids were a great audience.  And the teachers were, too, except that they didn't seem to appreciate the part where I handed out steak knives to all the kids. (Just kidding, the teachers thought that part was pretty cool, too.)  So thanks again, I had a lot of fun!

Here's a few pictures of me speaking at Horizon Middle School.

Some upcoming events:

Book Signing
February 19 (1:00 pm to 2:00 pm)
UND Bookstore
Grand Forks, ND


Guest Speaker - Nebraska State Reading Conference
February 24 - February 26
Ramada Inn
Kearney, NE


Some recent interviews I did:

Matt Cunningham - Fun interview and very cool guy: http://literaryasylum.blogspot.com/2011/02/finding-chris-rylander-in-4th-stall.html


http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-stores-this-week-with-interviews.html 




 

So, THE FOURTH STALL officially releases tomorrow in bookstores everywhere. 

Which is pretty exciting, I guess.

In preparation of the release, feel free to check out some recent interviews with me:

Murphblog: http://paulmichaelmurphy.blogspot.com/2011/02/chris-rylander-author-of-fourth-stall.html


Adventures in Childrens Publishing: http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2011/02/in-stores-this-week-with-interviews.html

The awesome folks at Walden Pond Press are hosting a giveaway of signed copies of THE FOURTH STALL over at Goodreads.  Head on over for your chance to win!

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/7903-the-fourth-stall

It's as good as winning a brick of gold!!!!!*   And as fun to enter as watching four bears in a Battle Royale cage match versus three hand-crafted robots from the future!!!!!!*









*author has been known to exaggerate**





**(but this isn't one of those times)