appearances

MisCon 2024

That's a wrap on another amazing MISCON (https://www.miscon.org/)! A huge thanks to Katie J Cross, the best friend and booth collaborator I could ask for, to Justin Barba for pulling off the herculean task of organizing a crazy, entertaining celebration, and to Robert Olson for keeping us all endlessly caffeinated and entertained. It was awesome to spend the weekend meeting readers, writers and fans of all things geeky, and hanging out with Kristine Endsley, Thomas Gondolfi, Hunter Cowles Wallace, Sanan Kolva, C E Chester, Grant Theron, and Peter Jones (I'm definitely forgetting some lovely people).

NOW, how about we do a "The Thief" launch this week?

(FYI: links are to Facebook profiles)

Northwest Indie Bookfest

I had a great time this Saturday at the Northwest Indie Bookfest. The wonderful Auntie’s Bookshop in downtown Spokane hosted the event, which included 5 regional writers’ groups and 20+ authors doing signings, readings and presentations. I got the total benefit of meeting new readers AND local authors (potential friends!). Props to Amber Laura for being an awesome table-mate and general collaborator. :)

I wish I could tell you what I was so, ah, enthusiastically describing in the second picture, lol.

Dragon Con Booth

Me at Dragon Con last week, doing Dragon Con things. All the thanks to Carole for the tremendous help setting up the booth, James Hunter and the guys at Shadow Alley Press for absolutely pwning a metric f*ckton of book boxes with brutal efficiency, Claire for holding down the fort like a pro when I had to act like a writer on panels, and of course Katie Cross for being a rockstar of a boothmate. It was a fantastic (and exhausting) four days of talking on panels, hanging out with author friends, and meeting so many awesome readers.

MisCon

I had a wonderful time at MisCon this weekend! Highlights include:

(1) the "Predictive Power of Sci-Fi" panel with sci-fi luminaries Robert J. Sawyer, CJ Cherryh, David Gerrold and James Glass, where we mused over the role of science fiction as prediction engine, research lab for ideas, and early warning system.

(2) the fact that I sold out of all the Aurora Rising novels and the Short Stories Collection. MisCon attendees *love* their sci-fi!

(3) all the lovely writers and aspiring writers I got to know, and hopefully helped them out a little on the road to achieving their dreams.

(4) such incredible cosplay! The costumes rivaled anything you might see at a much larger con.