For my second annual trip to western Pennsylvania this summer, I'll be headed for Confluence, the speculative fiction literary convention hosted by Parsec, Pittsburgh's science-fiction and fantasy society. I have a great time there every year, and I'm excited to head back this upcoming weekend. Due to miscommunications in a few different fronts, my schedule … Continue reading Confluence 2018 Schedule
Build Report: Hans Christian Andersen
The first step to admitting you have a problem is to buy more LEGOs. That's how it works, right? Regardless, I'm officially buying LEGO sets faster than I can build them, but the LEGO sets I buy are expensive enough that they keep coming with awesome freebies to tide me over until my next major … Continue reading Build Report: Hans Christian Andersen
Con Report: Balticon 52
If you're here for a copy of my alternate history presentation, read on! I consider Balticon my "local" con for many reasons -- it was the first SF/F convention I attended as an adult (back in college), it's currently located a few blocks from where I worked for almost a decade, and Baltimore is the … Continue reading Con Report: Balticon 52
Balticon 52 Schedule
Here's my schedule for Balticon 52, taking place over Memorial Day weekend at Baltimore's Renaissance Harborplace hotel! Friday The Blurring of Genre Borders (panel) at 4 pm Saturday Broad Universe Rapid-Fire Reading at 1 pm Slash of Our Ancestors: A History of Fanfic (panel) at 2 pm Autograph session with J.L. Gribble & Jay Smith … Continue reading Balticon 52 Schedule
January Wrap-Up & February Goals
Wow, is the first month of 2018 done already? Seems like it flew by in a whirlwind of writing and reading and LEGO. Oh wait -- because that's basically all I did this month. January Wrap-Up First of all, the good news: The first draft of Steel Empires #5: Steel Shadows is DONE! Final word … Continue reading January Wrap-Up & February Goals
August Wrap-Up & September Goals
Ack, I've been productive again! Met all my goals for August and everything. August Wrap-Up I completed another 15k words in Steel Shadows, bringing me to 30k done! That's definitely over one-third of the book, and while I often have trouble slogging through the middle, this story has been a hell of a roller coaster … Continue reading August Wrap-Up & September Goals
Updated schedule of events!
I have my panel schedules for my next two events, Balticon and In Your Write Mind! You can check out the details here, along with my full schedule of upcoming events. Come see me geek out about world-building, female characters, and genre blending. Or pick my brain about writing groups, editing issues, and life as … Continue reading Updated schedule of events!
Author Interview with Lew McIntyre
Today I'm happy to feature an interview with debut novelist Lew McIntyre. Besides my usual desire to support indie writers, I was intrigued by the unique premise of this historical novel and had to know more. ABOUT THE BOOK The Eagle and the Dragon takes the reader on an epic journey of thousands of miles … Continue reading Author Interview with Lew McIntyre