This will be a short post, as I am weary. I have just returned from a long weekend spent in a hotel near the Dallas/Fort Worth airport where I joined 500 or so like-minded individuals playing games. The North Texas RPG Con was my first gaming convention. I’m minded to return next year. I had… Continue reading North Texas RPG Con 2023. Plus Savage Journal Entry 46.
Category: Conventions
Howard Days 2023. Plus Savage Journal Entry 41.
I made the Hajj, the Pilgrimage, to Cross Plains, Texas this weekend to visit the Robert E. Howard museum. Not coincidentally, it was also the weekend of the 2023 edition of Howard Days. I am, to be blunt, tired. It is only a five hour drive from Casa Lizzi, which is why I had no… Continue reading Howard Days 2023. Plus Savage Journal Entry 41.
Extended D&D Hiatus. Plus Savage Journal Entry 38.
It has been some years since I’ve played a game of Dungeons and Dragons. The Wuhan Whammy is probably the primary culprit. For some reason, no one other than the DM was willing to meet for a game. The move last summer halfway across the country likely extended the interruption. In the grand scheme this… Continue reading Extended D&D Hiatus. Plus Savage Journal Entry 38.
Rose City Comic Con 2019. Resurrected Post.
September 15, 2019 Rose City Comic Con 2019 Some might consider that I wasted a three-day pass to Rose City Comic Con by only attending Friday night. But downtown Portland is a bit of a trek from my house, and I only needed to be there Friday for my panel. I took a few trips… Continue reading Rose City Comic Con 2019. Resurrected Post.
Publicity, Ugh. Resurrected Post.
September 8, 2019 Publicity, Ugh. It is self-evident, of course, that if no one hears of your work, no one will purchase it. I understand that, I acknowledge and accept it. That doesn’t mean I have to like the necessary corollary: publicity. But I’m doing it, with as much good grace as I can muster.… Continue reading Publicity, Ugh. Resurrected Post.
Post-Con Musings. Resurrected Post.
August 11, 2019 Post-Con Musings I finished my last panel for MALCon 2019. Here it is noon, Mountain Time, and I have ten hours until my flight home. So, I suppose I’ll sit here in the lobby, write up this week’s web log, and watch the usual colorful con suspects go by. The panels I… Continue reading Post-Con Musings. Resurrected Post.
For the Sake of Appearances. Resurrected Post.
July 21, 2019 For the Sake of Appearances Despite my turtlelike preferences, I do appear in public from time-to-time, in the hopes of shilling my wares. This year, it seems, I’ll be poking my head out at three conventions. The most recent, tentative invitation, is for the Rose City Comic Con. I’ve been asked to… Continue reading For the Sake of Appearances. Resurrected Post.
Pros and Cons. Resurrected Post.
June 2, 2019 Pros and Cons I received invitations recently to serve as a panelist on two conventions, MALCon in August and Orycon in November. I suppose I will accept and attend. However, I have been considering whether or not I should. For many of the fans of the sort of fiction involving spaceships… Continue reading Pros and Cons. Resurrected Post.
Orycon 40. Resurrected Post.
November 11, 2018 Orycon 40 Orycon winds down. My last panel is still a couple hours off, so I have a few moments to write this post in the Green Room, where the few remaining authors who haven’t yet taken off for home are congregating. Many look ridden hard and put away wet. A long… Continue reading Orycon 40. Resurrected Post.