Sooo... Capclave 2025 was nearly 2 months ago, and I am clearly very late with this con report. Long story short: I was really busy the week after the event, and then the government shut down. The stress tried to eat me. It wasn't pretty. I did have amazing convention, with panels and a reading … Continue reading Con Report: Capclave 2025
Con Report: Rainbow Readers Cruise 2025
I set sail again last week on the second annual Rainbow Readers Cruise! After having so much fun the year before, I knew this was an event I didn't want to miss, despite my packed summer travel schedule. With my favorite emotional support human/road-trip adventure friend, Rory Maxwell, we flew down to Florida last Sunday … Continue reading Con Report: Rainbow Readers Cruise 2025
Con Report: RomantiConn 2025
After attending RomantiConn last year as Rory Maxwell's assistant, I was thrilled to be invited as an author in 2025! This event focuses on romance, but the organizers have done an amazing job of mixing various subgenres and gender pairings. Though we were only signing on Saturday, Rory and I made a weekend of this … Continue reading Con Report: RomantiConn 2025
Con Report: Pride Litcon 2025
A mere week after getting home from my epic West Coast adventure, I hit the road again! This time, for another new event a little closer to home. Pride Litcon was a single-day book signing in Richmond, Virginia, and yet another new event that I hope continues for years to come. I picked up fellow … Continue reading Con Report: Pride Litcon 2025
Con Report: Queers & Quills 2025
When this brand new event was announced in spring of 2024, I submitted an interest form simply because you miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take. I was both shocked and thrilled to be accepted as a signing author to the first Queers and Quills! I hadn't been back to the West Coast … Continue reading Con Report: Queers & Quills 2025
Con Report: Read the Rainbow 2025
A year or so ago, a queer romance book convention made a questionable decision to change the location of their annual event. In response, multiple new events celebrating queer fiction (romance or otherwise) have sprung up. As a fairly new author to this genre, I've been excited to take advantage of these opportunities. I recently … Continue reading Con Report: Read the Rainbow 2025
Con Report: Farpoint 2025
Last weekend I had a great, chill time at one of my favorite SF/F conventions, Farpoint! Since this is a local event for me, a mere 20 minutes from my house, I commuted instead of staying at the event hotel. I also had a relatively light schedule, compared to most cons where I'm a presenter … Continue reading Con Report: Farpoint 2025
Con Report: Northern Rainbow Romance Retreat 2024
To say the past 2 months have been rough for me is an understatement even before the U.S. election results this week. I'm slowly getting all of my projects back on schedule and catching up on the epic to-do list, and today's task is finally writing up my convention report for the first Northern Rainbow … Continue reading Con Report: Northern Rainbow Romance Retreat 2024
Con Report: Capclave 2024
When I posted my schedule for this event last week, I was shocked to realize that it had been five years since I last attended Capclave in person, between conflicting commitments and other "unprecedented events." Since I live between Baltimore and Washington DC, I consider this con my other "home" convention, and I was delighted … Continue reading Con Report: Capclave 2024
Con Report: Rainbow Readers Cruise 2024
You know I love cruises. You know I love conventions. You better believe that I was one of the first people signed up when this convention on a cruise was announced! Even more exciting (and possibly appropriate), the Rainbow Readers Cruise 2024 was also my first official appearance in my new romance author guise. Then … Continue reading Con Report: Rainbow Readers Cruise 2024
Con Report: RomantiConn 2024
Last weekend, I had a blast attending RomantiConn 2024 up in Connecticut as author Rory Maxwell's minion/emotional support human! I couldn't turn down the opportunity when she invited me to take her PA ticket to meet some of my favorite authors and get a crash course from the inside of how romance author events differ … Continue reading Con Report: RomantiConn 2024
December Wrap-Up & January Goals
Happy New Year, friends! I had an amazing holiday cruising in the Bahamas with my family, then visiting friends in Atlanta for my birthday. As with most of my vacations, I spent most of my time reading (and only snuck in a little bit of work, but I couldn't complain about the view). Now that … Continue reading December Wrap-Up & January Goals
Con Report: Indies Invade Philly 2023
I've never considered myself a "super fan" of anything. Even with my TARDIS and LEGO collections, I'm an average fan of the television show Doctor Who and I don't keep the boxes that the LEGO come in (considered blasphemy by hardcore builders). But two years ago, I discovered a certain author, binge-read the majority of … Continue reading Con Report: Indies Invade Philly 2023
July Wrap-Up & August Goals
While I had high hopes for finishing the first draft of Earth and Water in July, I'll admit my track record for the past 2 years hasn't been the best with these aspirations. Then the spouse went to Puerto Rico for work, and I decided last minute to take a week off and join him. … Continue reading July Wrap-Up & August Goals
Con Report: Confluence 2023
According to my records, I had not attended Confluence in 5 whole years! (Even though they have been kind enough to repeatedly invite me back.) This year, the stars aligned, and I finally was able to make the trip out to Pittsburg for this fantastic event. Friday Since I didn't have anything on my schedule … Continue reading Con Report: Confluence 2023
StokerCon 2023 Schedule
I was supposed to be at StokerCon in Denver in 2022, but unfortunately, it occurred less than 2 weeks after the only time I came down with a certain illness. Therefore, I'm thrilled to return this year for the first time since 2019 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I'm incredibly excited to see a lot of … Continue reading StokerCon 2023 Schedule
Con Report: Farpoint 2023
Last weekend I attended Farpoint, a pop culture convention local to the Baltimore area, as a panelist and presenter on the writing and fandom tracks! As I explained to a handful of authors that I met for the first time during the event, I don't generally attend conventions for the primary purpose of selling books. … Continue reading Con Report: Farpoint 2023
Destination Research: Israel
In the past few years, I have participated in virtual panels on multiple topics for Con-Tinual: The Con That Never Ends. Yesterday, I also contributed to their weekly #DestinationResearch about my visit to Israel in October 2022. The content of those posts is included below, but if you're interested in a great Facebook community with … Continue reading Destination Research: Israel
Holiday Letter 2022
Welcome to my final* post of 2022! The blog will be quiet for the rest of the year because the spouse and I are once again hitting the high seas for a tropical holiday cruise with my extended family. We're spending Christmas zip-lining in Honduras, and we'll return to Maryland in time to spend New … Continue reading Holiday Letter 2022
October Wrap-Up & November Goals
October vanished in a whirlwind of trying to get everything done before leaving for my 10-day trip to Israel, then the vacation itself. Did I get everything done? Of course not. But I had a fantastic time meeting many family members from around the world and checking items off the bucket list, so it was … Continue reading October Wrap-Up & November Goals