Well, okay, that was a bit of an overstatement. Â I can say that over a period of a couple of months I was in eight states, flew over countless others, had a last minute trip to New York City where my very good and dedicated friend, Matt Rogers drove with me about twenty hours (round trip) in about thirty-eight hours. Â Thanks also to Todd Hiestand who was a guide who delivered us to the Fox studios with plenty of time to spare. I was on , which is filmed just outside of Dallas TX, LIVE and has a regular viewership of over 200 million people! Â Here are some pics from my makeup process, 
which yes, did include my bald dome. Â Also they had a KICKING green room!
It is the first one that I have been in that was actually green too. Â So, bonus there. Â The last pic is of my wonderful publicist, Jodi Phillip. 
I know it is a terrible one, alas, I was distracted.  A highlight of the Dallas trip was getting to meet her and the team at in person.  So, let’s count that a double bonus. I was able to interviewed on the at FoxNews.com.  I literally locked in the decision to DRIVE up to NYC the day before!  graciously agreed to hop in my car and off we went.  The  60 minute interview ended up being a panel discussion about a number of topics and it was abundantly clear that I was the only one who didn’t know what those topics were! 🙂  I literally realized with about a minute before the show went live what was happening.  So, if you saw the interview and at first I looked a bit surprised, my wheels were spinning!  But at least we got to discuss low-key issues like the Catholic pedophillia scandals, what God really is and isn’t and issues of homosexuality.  So, you know, fluffy stuff. 🙂 
I only managed to take one pic in the studio as we were about to go live.  But, I got to become MUCH cooler to my 13 year old son, Noah.  Toby Mac, a very popular Christian rapper/singer was in the studio and I got a pic with he and my intrepid NYC guide .  By the way, Todd is more than a guide, he is a pastor and a kicking web designer.  Look him up!  A particular high point of this trip was my ability to meet in person for the first time Michelle Rapkin.  Michelle was the person who kicked this whole book thing off when she saw me interviewed on CNN just after the shootings while she was in an airport in Sicily.  Michelle, it was a true joy to 
meet you face to face, and the fact
that you took Matt, Todd and I out to lunch at the cafe looking out onto the ice rink at 30 Rockefeller Plaza… icing on the cake. I have been privileged to speak in two large churches in Minneapolis (below is a pic of the banner one made) and be interviewed in every city that my plane landed in.  While in Chicago to record the audio version of the book I was able to meet my agent for the first time in person as well. I even was able to take an interview with a regional early morning news program called ‘.  That pic is on the right.
Things are still going strong. Â I have potentially three book signings 
that are in the works, with the next one being in Richmond VA on Wednesday night.
More details to come, on the blog as well as Facebook. I feel so blessed to have been able to experience everything that I have been able to experience.  I have been able to write a book, get it published, and go all over the place to promote it.  It has been a completely new world and as much chaos as it has caused, I wouldn’t have missed it for anything.
Cox said...
1wait… as in tonight? or next Wednesday (the 19th).
05/12/10 11:10 AM | Comment Link
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2Outstanding quest there. What happened after? Good luck!
11/13/11 6:26 AM | Comment Link