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My first original video

My first original video

What more auspicious day to post my first original video on my own YouTube channel, than on Star Wars Day?  What’s my first original video about? It’s a reading, of the kind I love to do–and attend–at science fiction conventions (Ah! Remember back when it was safe to hold science fiction conventions in person?). The video is about 27 minutes long. It features me, reading Chapter One of The Other Side of Fear. I owe Virtual DemiCon, and the amazing Joe Struss, a lot of thanks. They premiered this video during their event.  They also…

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One among the panels and readings at SpikeCon, this is a photo of the "Write what you don't know" panel.
Panels and readings at SpikeCon

Panels and readings at SpikeCon

Panels and readings are among my favorite things to do at science fiction conventions.  Yes, I know this makes me “sercon” (oldstyle fan-speak for “too serious to be any fun”). But I’ve decided I’m just gonna have to “own it.” Diss me if you must, but I like going to panels and readings where I can get new ideas and listen to interesting stories more than I like going to parties where I can’t hear what anyone is saying and most of the people are drunk. I’m…

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A cartoon-style rendering by Matt Frank of a person in fantasy armor, or possibly an anime-style mecha is part of the SoonerCon 28 header image used to promote the June 2019 science fiction convention.
Other readings at SoonerCon 28

Other readings at SoonerCon 28

Authors, Reading–Part Three In the last two weeks I’ve published photos and information about readings I attended at SoonerCon 28. Part One profiled science fiction, alternate history, and fantasy readings. Part Two spotlighted two fantasy and two alternate history writers. Today’s authors include one each who write fantasy, science fiction, and middle-grade whimsical “creepy stories.” Since each brought a physical copy of their book and was kind enough to hold it up for me, I did composites of each person….

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A cartoon-style rendering by Matt Frank of a person in fantasy armor, or possibly an anime-style mecha is part of the SoonerCon 28 header image used to promote the June 2019 science fiction convention.
More readings at SoonerCon 28

More readings at SoonerCon 28

Authors, Reading–Part Two Last week I posted about several authors whose readings I attended and enjoyed at SoonerCon 28. But wait! There are more! I hope you enjoy this series of posts. Wherever I could, I’ve linked the authors’ names to their websites and/or books, so you can learn more about any who interest you. I have one more “Authors, Reading” collection to share next week. I hope you’re enjoying this series. IMAGE CREDITS Many thanks to SoonerCon 28, and artist Matt Frank, for…

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Some characters and character-creators of Capricon 39

Some characters and character-creators of Capricon 39

When you talk about science fiction and fantasy, you’re going to meet a lot of memorable characters. And that’s just the people who write it. Beguiling as the fictional characters might be, they have to be dreamed up and written about, by someone. And a science fiction convention such as Capricon 39 is a great place to meet writers. Meeting a writer is sometimes as startling as meeting your first radio personality, but the wit, the knowledge, the humor and the perceptiveness you enjoy in their fiction didn’t come by…

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