Richard Lee Byers's Blog, page 19

An in-depth review of BLACKGUARDS

An in-depth review of BLACKGUARDS (in which I have a story):

http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2015/05/blackguards-tales-of-assassins.html

Project Radio interviewed me

Project Radio interviewed me at the World Horror Convention. Check it out:

http://www.projectiradio.com/richard-lee-byers-interview-world-horror-con-2015/

Check out the Gen Con 2015 Writer's Symposium schedule

The preliminary Gen Con Event Schedule is now available for our perusal, although we won't actually be able to buy tickets until next week.
The schedule includes our Gen Con Writer's Symposium​ seminars. These are free, and we won't boot you out if you don't have a ticket...unless the people who do have tickets take up all the available seating. If that should happen, non-ticket holders are out of luck, so it really is a good idea to sign up.
Besides, the tickets we collect are turned in to Gen Con​ and demonstrate that our seminars are popular and deserve a place in con programming next year. So if you like the seminars and want to make sure they continue, please take the time to get tickets.
You can check out the list of Symposium seminars and add them to your Wish List here:
https://www.gencon.com/events/search?utf8=✓&event_type=SEM+-+Seminar&commit=Search&game_code=&keyword=Writer%27s+Symposium&title=&game_system=&wed=true&thur=true&fri=true&sat=true&sun=true&hour=

The World Horror Convention/Bram Stoker Awards weekend was great!

Thanks to everyone involved in putting on the World Horror Convention/Bram Stoker Awards weekend. I had a wonderful time.

Thank you, Oasis 27

Thanks to Oasis 27 for having me as a guest this weekend. It was a lot of fun.

BLACKGUARDS now available for Kindle

BLACKGUARDS (in which I have a story) now available for Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WQJOCX4

Cover and table of contents for CTHULHU FHTAGN!

Via Laird Barron​, here is a link to the cover and table of content for the forthcoming anthology CTHULHU FHTAGN!, edited by Ross E. Lockhart​, in which, I am proud to say, I will have a story.
https://lairdbarron.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/dont-make-me-assume-my-ultimate-form/

My schedule for Oasis 27

Here is my schedule for Oasis 27 May 1-3 in Orlando.
Saturday 11:00 AM Are We Taking Over TV? From The Big Bang Theory to The Walking Dead, science fiction and fantasy shows are hot. Can these shows last? Are "we" here to stay? (Panel with Hinman, Morris, Ness.)
Saturday 01:00 PM Marvel vs. DC. Marvel has movies planned through 2019, and DC's TV shows are popular and multiplying. Will superheroes wear out their welcome? (Panel with Castro, Castro, Ness.)
Saturday 03:00 PM Charity Auction.
Bid on special items from our guests, OASFiS members, and
others. The proceeds help support the Andre Norton Scholarship at Valencia
College. (I am the auctioneer.)

Saturday 05:00 PM State of Horror. Where is Horror going?
 (Panel with Boyes, Castro(m), Goingback.)
Saturday 08:00 PM Zombie Tango. The dead have staying power, with The Walking Dead, iZombie, and Pride, Prejudice and Zombies. How has this genre eaten so deeply into everybody's brains?
 (Panel with Boyes, Bradford, Castro.)

Sunday 10:00 AM Evil, Bloodthirsty Villain or Just Misunderstood? Maleficient, Dracula, Gru - what makes us want to rehabilitate the bad guys (and girls)? (Panel with Finklestein, McDevitt, Roen.)
Sunday 02:00 PM Fantastic Florida.
What makes Florida an interesting place to put into fantastic fiction? (Panel with Hatfield, Wilber.)

You can find information on Oasis here:
http://oasfis.org/oasis/index.php

My schedule for the World Horror Convention 2015

Here’s my programming schedule for the World Horror Convention May 7-10 in Atlanta.

Friday – 6:30-8 PM - Mass Signing. (I’m told the fine people at Eagle Eye Books will have copies of my novel BLIND GOD’S BLUFF available for sale. Of course, I’ll happily sign any of my stuff that you happen to have.)

Saturday – 9-10 AM – Technical Terrors: Writing Horror in an eBook Age. (Panel with Scott Woodward, Bruce Boston, Clint Collins, John Prescott, and C. R. Richards.)

Saturday – 5-6 PM – License to Scare: Writing Characters That You Don’t Own (panel with Tim Waggoner, Christopher Golden, James A. Moore, and Yvonne Navarro.)

For information on the World Horror Convention, go here:

http://www.whc2015.org


 

Oasis is next weekend, and I will be there

I will be at the Oasis SF convention next weekend in Orlando. So will a bunch of great guests including Julie Czerneda, Ben Bova​, Owl Goingback, Adam-Troy Castro​, and Rick Wilber​. Here's info on the event:
http://oasfis.org/oasis/online-registration.php?utm_content=bufferc5b2d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer