Dragon*Con 2012: Booksignings, Parsecs, and Unabashed Geekgasms
by Tee Morris on August 29, 2012
Yep. It’s here. Dragon*Con.
Tomorrow morning, Pip and I hit the Interstate system of the Mid-Atlantic, heading to the grand event where tens of thousands of geeks of movies, television, books, costuming, and just about anything else you can think of descend on the unsuspecting city of Atlanta. We’re facing our busiest Dragon*Con ever (see what happens when you go a few years without hitting an event like this — they make you work!), and the breakdown is here:
Thursday
- We check in. We see whatever we can. We party a bit with Alex White.
Friday
- The Retro-Cast: Steampunk Podcasting & More – 8:30pm in Westin Int’l BC (Main Room)
Saturday
- The Parsec Awards — Saturday, 4:30pm in the Regency V Ballroom — Hyatt
- The Tech Stuff (hosted by Steve Riekeberg) — Saturday, 8pm in Hilton 204
Sunday
- Steampunk Author Roundtable (Part 1) – Sunday 1oam in Westin Int’l A (Roundtable Room)
- Book Signing, Larry Smith Books, Sunday 12:00-1:00 in Marriott Booth 309
- Book Signing, The Missing Volume, Sunday 1:30-2:30 in Marriott Booth 614
Monday
- Social Steam: Steampunk, Social Media, and Making It Work – Monday 10am in Westin Int’l A (Roundtable Room)
- Steampunk 101 — Monday, 11:30 a.m. at Hyatt Embassy D-F
- How Do You Take Your Steampunk — Light or Dark? – Monday 1pm in Westin Int’l A (Roundtable Room)
Once more unto the breach, dear friends.
Let’s see exactly what kind of trouble the two of us can get into this weekend. Pictures to come…
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From Rock Star to Ronin: The “True Dat” of This Writer’s Life
by Tee Morris on August 20, 2012
Closing in on the end of the summer, I’m looking back at the year with a cockeyed perspective. First, I’m trying to figure out what happened to the summer. Second, I’m trying to gauge how this year will come to an end. You would think with the launch of my second steampunk novel, The Janus Affair, I would think this was the banner year, especially with the showing Tales from the Archives is having at this year’s Parsecs.
It’s been a ride, safe to say.
For those of you following us on Facebook, you know that Pip and I returned from New Orleans just last week. What brought us to The Big Easy was an unexpected invitation to an unlikely match for the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. We promised ourselves a priority of 2012 would be to make each appearance count, attempting to reach more steampunk-centric events like the Steampunk World’s Fair, a nice introduction to our target audience. [click to continue…]
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