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Steve’s Update

Whew, came off of one busy week at work. So of course I did a bunch of website work. Yeah, I know.

So what’s goingon here is I moved all my MuseHack blogging (and Informotron) blogging over here. Informotron is purely press work now, and judging by people’s response you prefer it that way.

Now as for what’s up here, my Activities for The Civic geek is going on – that’s an experiment in writing a free ebook a piece at a time. In this case an ebook that gives you ideas to be a civic geek! I als...

A Quick Update – And Welcome!

Hey gang, you probably saw some changes over at the InformoTron, my press site. I’ve decided to move my blogging completely to my personal site here. InformoTron will remain my press site and a roundup of my free resources.

Really, I was just splitting my effort, and judging by people’s reactions it really wasn’t doing it for them. They didn’t need one big blog to find my books, and they want to come here to find out about me. So, there you go.

Now that also means it won’t just be updates and...

Activities For The Civic Geek: Start A Group

Want to do something for your community? Found a group, club, or organization for people like you and bring folks together.

Communities are made up of smaller communities, or make up larger communities. If you want to do something to be a civic geek, then go and found your own community. Find something that shouldexist and found a group, club, or organization.

Try “scratching your own itch” and ask yourself what should exist. Does your area need a writer’s group? Does your area need a gatheri...

Activities For The Civic Geek: Adopt A Charity

Pick a charity and have you and your group/convention do events to support it.

This is probably the simplest thing you can do, but it’s also effective. Almost any major geeky con has an associated charity or two, raising money for them with sales, donations, auctions, and so forth. It’s almost an afterthought.

Of course it shouldn’t be an afterthought – clubs and cons and the like can do a lot of good. It doesn’t even have to be raising money – maybe you rally your group to work phones, or ga...

Activities For The Civic Geek: Marathons

Turn your hobby or geekery into a marathon and use it as a charity drive.

You remember those six hours you spent on a computer game. Or that marathon RPG session. OK, actually in a few cases you don’t, but either way what you did for fun was to endure a kind of mental gauntlet.

What if you did this to raise money?

Marathons, especially in Video Game communities, are a popular way to raise money for a good cause. People band together and play games for ridiculously long times – and often play...

Book Sale – At An End!

Thanks gang for participating in the book sale! Sadly, Fanart, Fanartists, and Careers and Cosplay, Costuming, and Careers are now back to normal price. But look for more sales in the future!

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Activities For The Civic Geek: Cosplay For Good

If you can make costumes, if you can cosplay, if you can slip into a role, wouldn’t it be great to use those skills to do good.

Lots of cosplayers already do. They attend events in character, provide skills, raise money, and even visit children in full costume. So why not you and your friends?

It could be something as simple as holding a charity drive or selling off old costumes. It could be as complex as having a group of “superheroes” (played by you and your friends) visit children in need....

Update 8/30/2015

Quick note – I won’t be speaking at Kraken-Con. They’ve got limited space – butthis September they actually landedZach Callison. Yes, Steven Universe. As a Steven, I recommend you go see him. I may not be there (September is very crazy anyway) but trust me these cons are fantastic – and they do themtwice a year.

Way With Worlds

Almost done with my latest editing sweep. I’m doing one more in September, then it goes to my pre-readers for awhile. I can say there’s a lot of good advice, but damn...

Steve’s Update 8/30/2015

So a lot’s going on, and here’s what’s up!

First, sadly, I won’t be speaking at Kraken-Con. They’ve got anincredible slate of people there and limited room, so there wasn’t space – I’d normally be disappointed, but this September is pretty insane. They do it twice a year and I say go to both if you can because they’re aswesome– this September they actually landedZach Callison. Yes, Steven Universe. As a Steven, I recommend you go see him.

All my schedule still up to date.

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Activities For The Civic Geek: Promote Literacy With Comics

If comics are your thing, why not specifically promote literacy with your favorite medium.

Comic books were probably one of the first forms of literature many of us picked up. From newspapers to comic books to manga, it’s one of the earliest experience many of us have of reading. It’s still a favorite of many – and a way to teach literacy because they’re so beloved and accessible.

It wouldn’t be too hard to rally your fellow comic fans, clubs, groups, and stores to organize to donate comics,...