Quoth Og Mandino

"You have unlimited potential."

My Authorial Debut

The Thrilling Sequel

Orycon 33 – Post Con Wrapup

I think the big takeaway from Orycon 33 is that I NEED A NEW CAMERA. Or wait, let me correct that. I need a camera, period. The camera on my stupid Droid X is not a camera at all, it is an evil demon that lives only to lull you into the false security [...]

Why is it always my butt?

So I blogged last week about this charity drive thing my work is having, and part of that whole deal is a team-based exercise challenge, where the company matches additional money for every excruciating hour you spend sweating, or some crap like that. I don’t pay attention to details, the upshot is just, “from [...]

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 [...]

My wallet is thirty bucks lighter …

Well, I received a grand total of 28 comments to my post “A Buck For Your Best Sentence” and even though not all of the comments were sentences, and not all of the sentences were by Clarion West Writeathon participants, I am still going to contribute a buck for each one. And what the [...]

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 [...]