Officially Unofficial

Yes, kids, I’m going to be at Millennicon this weekend. March 20-23, Cincinnati, OhioGoH: John Scalzialso starring: Tobias Buckell, Tim Waggoner, and Apex Books! **********************************************************************************************And your Dr. Gnome for the day: Original art by J.K. LeePurchase the pieces here. Follow "Diary of a Mad Scientist Garden Gnome" here.

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Genre Chick Interview: Ken Scholes

I met Ken Scholes in 2006 at the World Fantasy Convention in Austin, Texas. My first impression was that of a pleasant man in an elbow-patched corduroy jacket; turns out he’s a great singer, storyteller, and someone I’ve since been honored to call friend. One year later, at the same convention in Saratoga Springs, we celebrated his rare and…

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Around The US In 323 Days (roughly)

I was gazing out the airplane window at this view over the Rockies and thinking: Gee, this looks familiar. Once upon a time, I had never been west of the Mississippi River. This year, I’ve been in the Denver airport (to change planes AND as a destination) so many times I’ve lost count. Now that I’m done traveling for…

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Out of Context

Kudos to Nancy "Cutie Pie" Frank for coming up with such a great blog post title. However, I do not want to blog about Context. I feel like if I do, I’ll have to admit it’s over, and I don’t wanna. But you can check out the bazillion pics I took of the awesomeness. It’s amazing how great people…

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Dragon Princess

For the last few years, I’ve been asked the question: “Was this the best Dragon*Con ever?” My response was usually a shrug. It’s always difficult to top the first of course, back in 1996…or the one in 2003 when–after a 5 year hiatus–Kit and I dropped everything and decided two days before to get tickets and a hotel room…

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Calling All Vampires!

Sherrilyn Kenyon Dark-Hunter Fans, UNITE! Dragon*Con Parade InfoWhere: Marriott Hotel water fountainWhen: Saturday, 9amWhat do I wear?: Goth Gear, sunglasses, comfortable shoes! (Wings and horns optional) Come one, come all, come kick some Daimon ass! (okay, and if you’re just friends of mine you better be walking with us too. All warm bodies accepted.)

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Dragon*Con Schedule

Barring any other unforseen changes, here is my schedule for Dragon*Con: Saturday 10:00 am — Parade (walking with Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Vampire Brigade) 2:30 pm — Autographing 4:00pm — Panel: Sherrilyn Kenyon: Year of Acheron…and Beyond Description: An hour with best-selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon, author of the “Dark-Hunter” series.Length: 1 Hour Moderator / MC for panel Sunday 5:30pm — Reading…

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Whirrled-Con 2008

It’s an amazing feeling. You know, that feeling you get when you discover a new author. You put down the brilliant novel you’ve just finished, completely enraptured, and you hope this person has a ton of backlist that you can go straight to the nearest B&N and fill your shopping cart with. You can’t get enough of them. You’re…

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Assassin Recall

The price of being a princess: a disturbing number of people took Fred’s letter seriously (including my mother!), so Fred posted this comment on my blog. Per request, I’ve recalled my flying monkey assassins. ********************************* You see, Alethea? I told you some people wouldn’t realize it was a joke. Now Kontisphile assassins are on the way to my house…

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