The title of today’s post is a little bit of a misnomer, as it’s going live on Sunday which would, in fact, be the last day of ConFusion 2024 and I’m drafting this post on Friday afternoon, some few hour before any actual programming begins. I’m doing this for two reasons: The First, is because …
This time last week, I was at Balticon and it would have been the penultimate day of the con, and my busiest of the weekend. I may have been a bit ambitious about my schedule. Or, now that I’m thinking about it, maybe it was that I thought that I could just jump back into …
In just under a week, I’ll be at Balticon 2023. This will be my first In-Person con for a number of years, and I’m pretty excited about it. It’ll be good to see my people again. I hope to see you there. Here’s my panel schedule for the weekend. Fri 5:30 PM – Pirates in …
Happy Sunday, Everyone! I hope you and yours are all safe and well out there. This year, in light of current events, the usual Balticon 54 has been replaced by… Virtual Balticon 54!!! The virtual con is free to attend, so you can all gather around (virtually) and hand out with your favorite creative folk …
Hey Everyone! This Weekend, I’m at ConFusion! Here’s my Schedule for Sunday: Laser Guns and Gravity Canons: War in Deep Space Sunday 1:00PM PetoskeyWe’ve come a long way from Flash Gordon’s pew-pew laser effects. From Ninefox Gambit’s eldritch special attacks to The Expanse’s inventive use of real-world physics, what does warfare look like in modern …
Hey Everyone! This Weekend, I’m at ConFusion! Here’s my Schedule for Saturday: Effective Training Sequences in Prose Fiction: Saturday 1:00PM InterlochenIn movies such as How To Train Your Dragon, the sequence in which our dashing hero bumbles through training and eventually triumphs usually has a stirring score and a lot of quick transitions to back …
Hey Everyone! This Weekend, I’m at ConFusion! Here’s my Schedule for Friday: Managing and Overcoming Professional Burnout: Friday 1:00PM CharlevoixThe Mayo Clinic defines burnout as “a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity.” It can affect people of all professions, but it presents …
This time last weekend, I was at Balticon. I had the entire day, more or less to myself, programming for me having ended with a great panel discussion (I was the moderator – so my opinions on how it went are my own, but I think it went well) about the past 25 years of …
Happy Sunday Everyone. As you’re reading this, I am beginning the penultimate day at Balticon. Next week, I’ll post a complete recap of the weekend. In the mean time, please enjoy a view from my breakfast table this morning. See you on Thursday! ### Be sure to stop by the Freebies page for story Excerpts. …
Hi there Everybody! Here is a quick post to let you know about my ConFusion panel schedule. For those of you that don’t know, ConFusion is a Fan-run Science Fiction/Fantasy convention held in Novi, Michigan on the weekend of January 18th through the 21st. This year, the Con will be at the Novi Sheraton. If you’re …