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Category Archives: Conventions
Friends
My neighbor squinted at me the other day and said “I imagine you’re the kind of guy that has a surprisingly diverse range of friends.” I had never thought about it, but it turns out he’s right. I count among … Continue reading
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Tagged Carter Reid, Craig Nybo, Friends, Ghosts, Guitar, Kelli Reid, Paracon West, Psychics, Rock Opera, Russ Cook, S.A. Butler, Zombies
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Zombie Enfranchisement
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
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Tagged ComicCon, Court Battles, Craig Nybo, FanX, Michaelbrent Collings, Right to Vote, Zombies
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What Is Steampunk? (Storymakers)
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
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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
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Convention Highlights: FanX 2014
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
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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
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Fan-X Schedule
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
Life, the Universe, and Everything 2014
The organizers heavy-loaded me up front. Here’s my schedule: Thursday: 11:00 am Pen Names, with Mikey Brooks and others 1:00 pm Writing from an Outline, with Rob Wells and others 2:00 pm Modern Fantasy and its Relation to Folklore, with Mikey … Continue reading
SLC Comic Con
I’ll be appearing on various panels at Salt Lake City Comic Con next weekend. Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Here’s my schedule: Thursday, September 5th, 2013 4:00 – 4:50 p.m. J.R.R Tolkien to “The Ballad … Continue reading
Life, the Universe, and Everything 31
There really is no substitute for awesome, and I just had a three-day dose. I’m not even sure I can remember the whirlwind of activity that washed over me this weekend, much less synthesize it and report, but let me … Continue reading
Life, the Universe, & Everything 31
LTUE is Utah’s premier sci-fi and fantasy convention. I remember going as a kid, and being in awe of Orson Scott Card’s beard. Now I’m a novelist myself, and I have my own mustachios. Here’s my schedule for the con.
What Is Steampunk? (Sherlock Holmes Cosplay)
Apparently a village in Switzerland has an annual re-enactment festival of the showdown at Reichenbach Falls. “Holmes’s enduring popularity is also something to do with London…” Too right.
