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March-April 2017 Recap
March and April 2017 Recaps
The last two months have been particurlly busy for me in writing/getting things accomplished.
The biggest accomplishment, of course, was executing and then presenting at the inaugural Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference that was part of StokerCon this year. We had 14 presenteners (including myself and co-chair/co-founder Michele) across 5 panels on Friday, April 28th on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. The feedback we received was that it was extremely successful. We had a wonderful crowd, juggling 19 – 25 folks per panel. I did a presentation on the Re-Animator comics, which I would love to dive even more into and perhaps submit as a paper somewhere. We now need to plan to do the conference again for StokerCon next year, which will be in March in Providence Rhode Island.
For my Neo-Peplum book, I am in the final stretches. I am almost done editing/formatting the essays in the book, so the last two hurdles is to finish writing the introduction and the aknowledgements. I am hoping to have the book done early! There’s lots more essays on the horizon, plus my publisher already wants to work with me on another book. I’m feel optimistic about my writing.
Over the past two month, I had lots of articles published across both Heathen Harvest and Fanbase Press.
Heathen Harvest
I did a review of This Means War by the synthwave project Volkor X: https://heathenharvest.org/2017/03/30...
I also attended the Vogel/Dance with the Dead/Carpenter Brut concert in March and submitted a concert review. It should be published shortly.
Fanbase Press
Since Wondercon happened in early April, I had TONS of content published since I was there reporting.
The panel I was most happy to attend and report on was the history of Q*Bert by the co-creator and original developer of the game, Warren Stevens. It was a fantastic history. He autographed my videogame!
http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
I also did a write up on the panel on how to make a nerdy living:
http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
And on a panel with pinup artist Olivia!
http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
At the end of April, on the 26th, folks celebrate LV-426 or Aliens day. I did my contribution to celebrate the series by doing a retrospective on the video game Aliens: Thanatos Encounter:
http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
The to do list now, is to finish the neo-peplum book, which is due at the end of May. After that, I have a synthwave-Stranger Things essay to start on, as well as some book proposals and other essays in the brainstorming session.
It’s getting busy for me!
The last two months have been particurlly busy for me in writing/getting things accomplished.
The biggest accomplishment, of course, was executing and then presenting at the inaugural Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference that was part of StokerCon this year. We had 14 presenteners (including myself and co-chair/co-founder Michele) across 5 panels on Friday, April 28th on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. The feedback we received was that it was extremely successful. We had a wonderful crowd, juggling 19 – 25 folks per panel. I did a presentation on the Re-Animator comics, which I would love to dive even more into and perhaps submit as a paper somewhere. We now need to plan to do the conference again for StokerCon next year, which will be in March in Providence Rhode Island.
For my Neo-Peplum book, I am in the final stretches. I am almost done editing/formatting the essays in the book, so the last two hurdles is to finish writing the introduction and the aknowledgements. I am hoping to have the book done early! There’s lots more essays on the horizon, plus my publisher already wants to work with me on another book. I’m feel optimistic about my writing.
Over the past two month, I had lots of articles published across both Heathen Harvest and Fanbase Press.
Heathen Harvest
I did a review of This Means War by the synthwave project Volkor X: https://heathenharvest.org/2017/03/30...
I also attended the Vogel/Dance with the Dead/Carpenter Brut concert in March and submitted a concert review. It should be published shortly.
Fanbase Press
Since Wondercon happened in early April, I had TONS of content published since I was there reporting.
The panel I was most happy to attend and report on was the history of Q*Bert by the co-creator and original developer of the game, Warren Stevens. It was a fantastic history. He autographed my videogame!
http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
I also did a write up on the panel on how to make a nerdy living:
http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
And on a panel with pinup artist Olivia!
http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
At the end of April, on the 26th, folks celebrate LV-426 or Aliens day. I did my contribution to celebrate the series by doing a retrospective on the video game Aliens: Thanatos Encounter:
http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
The to do list now, is to finish the neo-peplum book, which is due at the end of May. After that, I have a synthwave-Stranger Things essay to start on, as well as some book proposals and other essays in the brainstorming session.
It’s getting busy for me!
May - June 2017 Writing/Projects Recap
Good evening everyone! Time for a little recap of accomplishments and projects for these past two months.
June was also my birthday month, so happy Birthday to me! It was also a month I has a surgery in (boo!) but I’m doing perfect now.
Writing News
The biggest of all big news was the submission of my mansucrupt to my publisher on my neo-peplum book at the end of May. Over a year of hard work went into editing and compiling that anthology and it’s out the door and out of my hands. The book has a new title now: The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs Since the 1990s.
Next, my essay "Meteor Madness: Lovecraftian Horror and Consumerism in the Battle of Small Town USA” is set to be published in the book Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre. You can see the Goodreads entry for it here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Academic News
Michele Brittany and I co-chaired the very first Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference (which we both co-created) at StokerCon in April on the Queen Mary. The conference was extremely successful as we had 14 scholarly presentations across different horror subject matters. The presentstions were well attended. We will be holding the conference again next year, and the CFP is online here: http://stokercon2018.org/the-conventi...
Fanbase Press News
My review of the trade paperback of Disney/Marvel’s Enchanted Tiki Room was published at Fanbase Press. As yall may know, I love tiki culture, so this was fun to dive into: http://fanbasepress.com/index.php/pre...
Next, I also reviewed the movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (in anticipation of my neo-peplum book) and that review can be read here: http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
Heathen Harvest
The biggest accomplishment for Heathen Harvest was the publication of my Vogel / Dance with the Dead / Carpenter Brut concert I covered way back in March. There was a delay on the publisher’s end getting it up, but it’s up and it’s fantastic:
https://heathenharvest.org/2017/06/18...
Current Projects
I’m working on a vinyl single review for Heathen Harvest and an interview with a steampunk author for Fanbase Press.
Personal projects, trying to work on my Stranger Things/Synthwave essay, but also get my Re-Animator presentation for the Ann Radcliffe Conference into proper essay format for publication.
I’m also working on a Cthulhu-tiki short story.
June was also my birthday month, so happy Birthday to me! It was also a month I has a surgery in (boo!) but I’m doing perfect now.
Writing News
The biggest of all big news was the submission of my mansucrupt to my publisher on my neo-peplum book at the end of May. Over a year of hard work went into editing and compiling that anthology and it’s out the door and out of my hands. The book has a new title now: The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs Since the 1990s.
Next, my essay "Meteor Madness: Lovecraftian Horror and Consumerism in the Battle of Small Town USA” is set to be published in the book Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre. You can see the Goodreads entry for it here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Academic News
Michele Brittany and I co-chaired the very first Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference (which we both co-created) at StokerCon in April on the Queen Mary. The conference was extremely successful as we had 14 scholarly presentations across different horror subject matters. The presentstions were well attended. We will be holding the conference again next year, and the CFP is online here: http://stokercon2018.org/the-conventi...
Fanbase Press News
My review of the trade paperback of Disney/Marvel’s Enchanted Tiki Room was published at Fanbase Press. As yall may know, I love tiki culture, so this was fun to dive into: http://fanbasepress.com/index.php/pre...
Next, I also reviewed the movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (in anticipation of my neo-peplum book) and that review can be read here: http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php...
Heathen Harvest
The biggest accomplishment for Heathen Harvest was the publication of my Vogel / Dance with the Dead / Carpenter Brut concert I covered way back in March. There was a delay on the publisher’s end getting it up, but it’s up and it’s fantastic:
https://heathenharvest.org/2017/06/18...
Current Projects
I’m working on a vinyl single review for Heathen Harvest and an interview with a steampunk author for Fanbase Press.
Personal projects, trying to work on my Stranger Things/Synthwave essay, but also get my Re-Animator presentation for the Ann Radcliffe Conference into proper essay format for publication.
I’m also working on a Cthulhu-tiki short story.
