What’s it like to be a nerd?
Harry Potter Panel – That’s me on the end pretending to be Lucius Malfoy. Next to me is Frank L. Cole, Lynette White, September C. Fawkes, Cheree Alsop, and J. Scott Savage.
Join me on a journey to embrace your inner unicorn.
Visit a magical place called Comic Con, where nerds are applauded for their indiscretionary spending and celebrated for their refusal to get real jobs. By the end, you’ll desperately wish you were one of them.
The Journey to UT
Flying from Pennsylvania wasn’t too bad. As you can see we kept the kids occupied in the airport.
Then on to…. UNDILUTED NERDERY!!
Here’s my wife and cousin (glasses). She was the angel that watched our kids while we played at the convention center.
An old mission buddy served as my guide for my Comic Con baptism.
Awesome, amazing, photogenic authors
Frank L. Cole wrote a bunch of books. I’m currently reading The Afterlife Academy to my kids and it’s awesome.
Fellow Cedar Fort author, Tony Kibbie wrote that pretty green book about trolls. I can’t wait to read it.
Richard Paul Evans, author of the Michael Vey novels was one of the nicest guys I’ve met. After I gave him a copy of my book, he offered to pay for it. When I refused, he bought ANOTHER copy! What a lovely bloke. Maybe I should read his books. haha
Most of the authors at the Cedar Fort booth. From left to right: Cindy, Alysson, Emily, Tony, a mysterious stranger, Lauren.
Andrienne, from the Typeractives (My AZ writing group) with Alyson Peterson. (Both their books are visible.)
CELEBS!!!
Don’t be jealous of my photography skillz. There was security there making sure I didn’t get a picture of the Weasley twins. HA! I showed them. I think that second blob from the left is Fred.
And finally, Making a fool of myself in public
This was my first panel. HARRY POTTER IN YOUR HEAD: (IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.)
I took this selfie between questions, but then Frank Cole started to talk and I felt bad for distracting the audience
"Who would you pair in the HP novels?" My answer: "McGonagal & Hagrid."
The Lasting Power Of Potter Panel – From left to right, you can see September C. Fawke’s red coat, then Jonathan Kroupa, Sara B. Larson, and Tyson Huber (moderator.)
Now you can see Renee Collins on the right.
Introducing my fellow panel members (Don’t ask me why the photos are wonky, I’m a beginning blogger!)
Lynette White – Fantasy Author
Renee Collins – Author
Jonathan Kroupa – Author, Comic Artist
September C Fawkes – Writer, Blogger
Tyson Huber – Journalist, blogger (http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/)
Still haven’t had enough? I also played with live animals.
And met some old friends from AZ.
Congratulations on scrolling all the way to the end of this post! You must either really want to go to comic con yourself, or you find me strangely attractive…
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