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FenCon VIII: Where I'll Be

As mentioned on The Shared Desk, Pip and I are heading to the Lone Star State for FenCon VIII (also the host of DeepSouthCon 49). We're looking forward to it as the guest list and programming promises to be a fun time. If you are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area between September 23-25, you will be able to find me at FenCon taking part in the following…

Welcome to Global Dynamics
Friday  4:00 PM  - 5:00 PM Addison Lecture HallGoggles, Gears, and Gadgets: The World of Steampunk
Saturday  10:00...

The New Venture: A Friday Addendum

So, this eBook thing. It's been a trip.

We've not been at it for very long, but Pip and I have learned a lot. The biggest thing is that Smashwords' "Meat Grinder" (the one-stop online application that creates a multitude of formats) can be a fussy, fickled wench. And sure, it's great to handle all the other formats, but imagine our surprise when we were being asked by Nook users "Why are you using Smashwords? Why not use PubIt?"

And we responded with "Yeah, why not?"
Now, after a whopping...

A New Look and a New Venture

As you may have noticed, in the midst of edits for Of Cogs & Corsets, planning the trip to FenCon in September, and launching a brand new podcast (more on that later), I have decided to finally upgrade my blog to Thesis. So please, mind the dust and ever-growing changes as I try to get this site into some kind of order.

A lot is going on with me right now, hence the lack of blogposts here. Right now, one of the biggest developments for me as a writer (and now, I guess, independent publisher?) ...

Worldcon — Where I'll Be

 

Next week, at this time, I will be kicking off a few days of panel appearances at Renovation: the 69th Annual World Science Fiction Convention in lovely Reno, Nevada. If you are out west for the extended weekend, here is where I will be appearing during the weekend:

Social Media for Writers (moderating), Fri 11:00 – 12:00, A03 (RSCC)Introduction to Steampunk: What Is Steampunk and Why Is it so Popular? (moderating), Fri 13:00 – 14:00, A13 (RSCC)Writers Collaboration Panel, Sat 11:00 – 12:00...

The Ministry MAY-hem Wrap-up at Balticon 45!

So, I'm all rested up and recovered from an amazing weekend at the Steampunk World's Fair (review in the works). What's next?

Why, another con appearance, of course…

Concluding The Ministry MAY-hem Tour (at least, this part of it) is an old favorite of mine — BALTICON. It was nearly ten years ago when I first arrived at this event with Morevi.  I looked something like this back then…

This was before the time of facial hair, before the days of podcasting, before the days of Facebook, Twitter...

Counting down to one wild weekend ahead…

Yes, it has been a little quiet on my blog…but that doesn't mean I've been standing still.

Our first steampunk exposition, The Steampunk World's Fair in Somerset, New Jersey, is happening this week; and they are making us feel welcome! The guest list is mind-blowing, and yet we — the steampunk rookies — make their Lovecraftian promotional poster.

I think this is a sign of a FUN weekend ahead!

Both Pip and I will be there as part of "Ministry MAY-hem" and there are more details about the weekend ...

The Big Question: What Is Steampunk?

While putting together The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences blog and hopping around from steampunk site to steampunk site, I noticed a similar page at current online resources that Pip and I needed for our own. I also thought this would be a nice kick-off for the blog tour that we will be undertaking between now and May to promote Phoenix Rising, a post that begins with the basics: What is Steampunk?

Depending on which website you visit, be it the Wikipedia entry (featuring our good friend...

Sucker Punch: The Title Says It All

Director and Writer Zack Snyder can really make a beautiful movie. Snyder set his own style with films like 300 and Watchmen, but has also come under fire for making movies that lack depth or are very "comic book" in their almost balletic approach to graphic violence. When you consider his last two films were pulling from (wait for it!) graphic novels, it makes you want to bitch slap critics. Perhaps this is why critics (and perhaps, some moviegoers) have been overly critical of Snyder's...

I Remember Joe: 2011

Pranks. Rope-a-Dope Tweets. Misinformation. I'm not the biggest fan of April Fool's Day. Never have been. I don't like practical joke played upon me and playing them on others I'm not too crazy about. (One of many reasons a particular joke a few years back pulled on me jumped the shark. Seriously. They aren't my thing.) Yes, I hate April Fool's Day.

I hate April 1 even more as one of my best friends, Joe Murphy, passed away on this day in 2007.

For those of you new to podcasting, you...

A Steamy Treat for Tuesday…

Hey, everyone!

Just in case you missed the big launch last week, Pip and I premiered Tales from the Archives,  a collection of short stories from the Victorian England of The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. With original theme music composed and created by Alex White, we are featuring original steampunk short stories from…

P.C. Haring of CybrosisStarla Huchton of The Dreamer's ThreadHelen H. Madden of Heat Flash Phil Rossi of Eden and HarveyChooch Schubert of Chronicles of the Order:"The...