Monthly Archives: April 2014

Zombie Enfranchisement

Posted on April 29, 2014 by David

At Salt Lake City ComicCon’s recent FanExperience convention, Craig Nybo, Michaelbrent Collings, and I staged a mock trial. Craig’s an audio engineer and producer (he has lots of talents), and on the day he miked us. Here’s the audio. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Conventions | Tagged ComicCon, Court Battles, Craig Nybo, FanX, Michaelbrent Collings, Right to Vote, Zombies | Comments Off

What Is Steampunk? (Storymakers)

Posted on April 27, 2014 by David

This weekend I taught at LDS Storymakers, an annual writing conference held in Utah. I taught on the subject of Steampunk, and I won’t share all my slides, in case I get invited to teach the same material again, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Conventions, Steampunk | Tagged Hayao Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle, K.W. Jeter, LDS Storymakers, Neal Stephenson, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Steampunk Scholar, The Wild Wild West, Tim Powers | Comments Off

Bookshelf: Lights in the Deep

Posted on April 22, 2014 by David

The “R” stands for Real. Brad Torgersen has been a friend for a few years, a guy I’ve seen around conventions several times a year and on social media more frequently. I’ve known him as something of a dork (that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Apocalyptic Fiction, Brad Torgersen, Lights in the Deep, Religion, Science Fiction | 2 Comments

Convention Highlights: FanX 2014

Posted on April 20, 2014 by David

I admit I entered into my first panel with some trepidation: the idea of litigating zombie civil rights is hilarious, but I greatly feared that I was going to do a bad job. And, as it turned out, I lost. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conventions | Tagged Aliens, Blake Casselman, Bob Defendi, Brad Torgersen, C.S. Lewis, Carter Reid, ComicCon, Craig Nybo, Dan Willis, Dystopian Fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, FanX, H.P. Lovecraft, Hero's Journey, Howard Tayler, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jaleta Clegg, John Steiner, Joseph Campbell, Kevin Anderson, Larry Correia, Lisa Mangum, Michael Collings, Michaelbrent Collings, Nathan Shumate, Orson Scott Card, Paul Anderson, Peter Wacks, Robison Wells, Robots, S.A. Butler, Sarah E. Seeley, Scott Taylor, Steampunk, Stephen King, Steven L. Peck, Zombies | Comments Off

Themes

Posted on April 12, 2014 by David

I’ve been reflecting on this more than will be apparent from the post, but in connection with the many changes in my personal and professional life in recent months, I’ve come to see that I have several go-to themes. I … Continue reading →

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Fan-X Schedule

Posted on April 7, 2014 by David

Fan-X is coming to Salt Lake City in a week and a half. Here’s my schedule (and look for me at all other times in the dealer room): 4/17 1:00 pm: Zombie Enfranchisement: The Court Battle 4/17 2:00 pm: Religion … Continue reading →

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Sold!

Posted on April 3, 2014 by David

Thanks and congratulations to Deborah at East/West Literary (my agent) and Michelle Frey at Knopf… my editor! Deborah and I have accepted a three book offer from Knopf for The Kidnap Plot and two sequels. I look forward to polishing … Continue reading →