Post Convention Recovery

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 …

Balticon 2023

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 …

Sunday’s ConFusion Schedule:

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 …

Saturday’s ConFusion Schedule

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 …

Friday’s ConFusion Schedule!

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 …

A View from the Breakfast Table

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. …

ConFusion Panel Schedule

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 …