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Angels & Heroes Comicon

 The inaugural Angels & Heroes Comicon took place on April 28, 2018 in Greenbrier, Arkansas. I was their Author Guest and Tonya was a featured cosplayer and author. They have one of the best taglines for a charity-based con: I fight cancer. What’s your superpower? The charity had many events lined up during Cosplay Con […]

WhimsyCon 2018

 Updated schedule for WhimsyCon on March 2-4. Should be a lot of fun and I hope to see you there in Denver, Colorado! Creativity Roundtable Fri Mar 2 8:00:pm – 8:50:pm What drives creative people, inspires us, keeps us going when the muse has gone out for pizza and left us sitting at our desks…alone…in […]

ArchonSTL 41

 Archon St. Louis is a speculative fiction genre convention based in…wait for it…Collinsville, IL. It’s just over the border from St. Louis, Missouri. The con is typically held at the Gateway Convention Center and the Doubletree Hotel. I just arrived home from ArchonSTL a few days ago. This is the 41st year of the convention, […]

Ghost Town Writers Retreat

I will be a guest instructor at the upcoming Ghost Town Writers Retreat in Georgetown, Colorado in August. There’s a lot of fantastic folks who can help you with your writing, plus Georgetown is an actual ghost town in the Rocky Mountains. I hope to see you there! Visit their website for more information. I’ve […]

Convention Power

 Most of my author friends go to conventions to be on panels and to sell books to people they meet. Some sell books using a cash-only approach, while others use phone-based credit and debit card devices to accept payments. Getting 120v power to your booth can range from free to twenty bucks for the con […]

To Con or Not to Con: The Write Question

For years, I’ve gone to conventions all over the continental United States. Some were genre conventions such as MileHiCon, Radcon, and Archon. Others were more media-centric, such as Denver Comic Con and Salt Lake Comic Con. Toss in a World Horror and a few writing conventions such as Superstars Writing Seminars and you’re looking at […]

Interview up on SF Signal

 The Hugo-winning website SF Signal, which happens to host some of the best articles on what is happening in science fiction every day, posted podcast number 302 earlier this month. As part of their series of folks attending MileHiCon from October 23-25, 2015, Patrick Hester conducted an interview with little old me. I had a […]

Malcon Denver 2015 Schedule

 Malcon Denver Schedule August 14-16, 2015 Friday 10:00 – 10:50pm in Room One:  Is It True You Always Have Story Ideas? Saturday 11:00 – 11:50am in Room One: Violence and Horror 2:00 – 2:50pm in Room Two: Sympathetic Villains 7:00 – 7:50pm in Room Three: NanoWriMo 9:00 – 9:50pm in Room One: Steampunk in Fiction: Is London […]

Denver Comic Con Schedule

 Here’s my DCC schedule (so far) for panels. Remember, Denver Comic Con opens on Friday, but takes place on Saturday through Monday this year during Memorial Day. Make sure you stop by and say hello! Saturday: Guy: 2:30 – 3:20 The Better Half: Sidekicks in Fiction ROOM: 203 (With Tonya) Films and literature and full […]

AnomalyCon 2015 Panel Schedule

 My final panel schedule is listed below, for those folks who will be traveling to Denver for AnomalyCon. Please stop by and say hello after the panels! You’ll have an even dozen to choose from. Friday: Time Travel And The World of Tomorrow Is Time Travel possible? Discuss ideas about time travel from various fictional […]