K.T. Pinto's Blog, page 55

Key lime cupcakes with lemon frosting! Yummy!

Key lime cupcakes with lemon frosting! Yummy!

Spider Crescent Club?Maybe a little too small… but you...

Spider Crescent Club?

Maybe a little too small… but you never know with Fae magik…

Nom nom dinner time! Finally pulled myself away from rewriting...

Nom nom dinner time! Finally pulled myself away from rewriting to eat.

Hi.

Hi.

See why I am happy that I get a second chance at writing the...

See why I am happy that I get a second chance at writing the second book in my vampyre series?

Can I be sheeple?

Have you ever wished you were ordinary? That whatever makes you unique: your intelligence, your talents, your sense of style, your personality… and just get rid of it and be mundane?

I’m sure life would be much easier if I could just cry drama, have others do for me, and not have to think ever…

Watch as 1000 years of European borders change (timelapse map)...

Watch as 1000 years of European borders change (timelapse map) from Nick Mironenko on Vimeo.

Watch as 1000 years of European borders change (timelapse map)

An incredible timelapse look at how drastically European borders have changed over the last 1000 years

TransferWise – money without borders

(video from the “Centennia Historical Atlas” by Frank E.Reed)

My Ravencon Schedule

Up next on my convention calendar: Ravencon !

I’m a little busy this con: 14 Hours of programming!

Friday, April 25th

8 pm - From Geek To Chic

As Felicia Day and The Guild sing, “I’m the one that’s Cool” Geeks have transitioned from being marginalized to being in the center. What are the driving forces behind this change? And what group is now on the margin? 

KT Pinto, Grig Larson, Angela Pritchett, Nathan Skreslet, Ly Cao

9 pm - Epic Fail

Failure is not always bad. It can be instructive. Panelists discuss great ideas that on further reflection were not so great and what they learned from the experience.

KT Pinto, T. Eric Bakutis, Dan Hoyt, Doc Coleman

10 pm - The Books They Carry

Panelists talk about books they loved or influenced them when they were young.

Elizabeth Bear, Edward Fortner, KT Pinto, Bill Blume, Kate Paulk

midnight - The Eye of Argon

The worst science fiction story ever written gets a reading by our brave panel as they compete to go the longest without tripping over a misspelled word or laughing uncontrollably. Audience members are also encouraged to take a chance. Can you keep a straight face, especially when the panel begins acting out the story?

Michael Ventrella (M), Tee Morris, Gail Martin, KT Pinto, Philippa Ballantine

Saturday, April 26th

9 am - Can Fandom Break Free of the Geek Social Fallacies

Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory), Tony Stark (Iron Man), Abby (NCIS), Penny in Big Bang (geek groupie), Melody in Green’s Ghost Finders series (smart girl geek/nympho), Velma (smart, glasses, social loser) vs. Xena (uber warrior) or the ever present witchy-bitch. Geeks are becoming popular heroes to society at large. Are these good representations of geekdom, or just Hollywood stereotyping?

KT Pinto, Grig Larson, The Bruce, Kara Dennison

4 pm - Reading with KT Pinto

From YA lit to erotica, KT Pinto has it all! (And chocolate. You can’t have a KT meet and greet/reading/get together without chocolate!) Come visit with the… quirky… author and find out both what’s up with her these days and what she has planned in the upcoming months. Oh, and did we mention chocolate?

8 -10 pm Allen Wold’s Writer Workshop

Participants do a small writing exercise, which is then evaluated by the panel, discussing where they have done well and where they can improve

Allen Wold, Darcy Wold, KT Pinto, Michael Ventrella

11 pm - The Shrinking of American Heroes

Greek heroes had flaws, such as hubris. American heroes are not allowed to have flaws. To have flaws is not to be a hero. Panelists discuss the reasons that heroes seem to have fallen out of favor. Do we want to look down on our heroes instead of looking up to them?

Gail Z. Martin, Gregory Smith, Kate Paulk, KT Pinto

midnight - Hauntingly Yours

Panelists tell ghost stories. Panelists also discuss our fascination with the ghost story and why we tell ourselves ghost stories.

Rich Groller, KT Pinto, Pamela K. Kinney, Tim Burke

Sunday, April 27th

10 am - Seriously inventive ways of killing people

No description needed!

Pamela K. Kinney, Michael Z. Williamson, KT Pinto, Grig Larson

11 am - Signing

1 pm -Self-censorship

Panelists discuss different scenarios involving creative people censoring themselves and if the self-censorship is a beneficial or an unconstructive reaction.

KT Pinto, Gail Z. Martin, Barb Fischer, Tee Morris

2 pm - Allen Wold’s Writer Workshop, Part 2

Allen Wold, Darcy Wold, Michael Ventrella, KT Pinto

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Yes, I will need copious amounts of coffee (and alcohol!). Feel free to bring me some throughout the weekend!

Spinach cheese squares… they taste better than they look!

Spinach cheese squares… they taste better than they look!

The best cure for depression! Well, maybe not the BEST, but...

The best cure for depression! Well, maybe not the BEST, but darn tootin’ good!