Quoth Og Mandino

"Sound character provides the power by which a person may ride the emergencies of life without being overwhelmed by them."

My Authorial Debut

The Thrilling Sequel

2012! (Jeez, finally …)

I’m kind of embarrassed that this is my first post of 2012. So let’s see what been going on so far this year, and what there is to look forward to …

I finally got a new camera! Remember how I’m always bitching about how crappy my phone camera is? Well, I broke down [...]

Orycon 33 Schedule

Orycon 33 is about six weeks away, apparently, and I have already received my programming schedule. Please find it reproduced it below for your viewing pleasure (and for my own reference.) Moderators are underlined. More info to come, surely.

Writers’ Meet & Greet Party Sample cheese and wine and mingle with fellow [...]

Worldcon & Me

1) I am going to Worldcon, yay!

2) I will be at the con all day Friday (arriving early Friday morning), all day Saturday, and a bit of Sunday (leaving just before lunchtime, IIRC).

3) I will be staffing the SFWA table on Saturday from 4-5 p.m. I will also be attending the Louise [...]

PDX GearCon: Friday

Well, the first day of PDX GearCon was pretty fun. If all the maiden-voyage kinks are worked out (and I have no doubt they will be) this con bids fair to be Portland’s premiere Steampunk gathering in the years to come. I left work around 3:30 to make a 5 p.m. panel on “Budget Steampunk [...]

My apocalypse hat!

So as has been mentioned elsewhere (repeatedly), Nebula weekend coincides with some  prediction of global doom.  But the good news is that I am prepared! Behold, my apocalypse hat!

(Actually, its the hat that goes with my Nebula dress, but it is awesome enough in its own right to merit its own name.)

The base was [...]