I’m back in the real world, having left Balticon in my rear view mirror far sooner than I would have wished. Here are somme random thoughts I jotted down about the con, which easily ranks up there with GenCon in[…]
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How the internet helps small presses publish books
3 p.m.: How the internet helps small presses publish books / Derby / Scott Edelman(M), Mike Walsh, Elaine Corvidae, M.T. Reiten Scott Edelman: Is it helpful? It’s actually damaged one aspect of small press magazine publishing because it’s replaced the[…]
Read morePanel: “Why Writing Can’t Be Taught And How To Teach It”
“Why Writing Can’t Be Taught And How To Teach It”: Jim Kelly(M), Mur Lafferty, David Moldawer, Lee C. Hillman What can’t you teach? David Moldawer: A writer’s “voice” isn’t something that can be taught, it can only be built up[…]
Read moreCrowd Sourcing
10 p.m.: Crowd Sourcing / Belmont /Mur Lafferty(M), JC Hutchins, Chris Lester Turning Fans into Minions! JC Hutchins, 7th Son Trilogy, got two book deals from St. Martins Press for 2009 releaase. Chris Lester, Metamorph City. Mur of … Murverse[…]
Read moreVideo Podcasting 101
2 p.m.: Video Podcasting 101 / Belmont / Working with the basics: Earl Newton(M), Brand Gambin, Tee Morris, Chris Condayan, Jason Adams, Jon Stallard Video Podcasting 101 featured Earl Newton (Video Podcasting for Dummies) as the moderator (strangerthings.tv), Chris Condayan,[…]
Read moreLive Takeover! at Balticon 42
1 p.m. Live! Takeover! (Audio Drama) / Belmont / Mur Lafferty(M), Jason Adams, JR Blackwell, Christiana Ellis, JC Hutchins, John Cmar, Laura Burns Mur Lafferty and Jason Adams began The Take Over as a video project at LuLu, but then[…]
Read moreArrival at Balticon 42
After staying up too late playing Savage Worlds (and then, admittedly, a little Grand Theft Auto) I managed to haul my ass out of bed and hit the roud, finally arriving at Balticon around 10:30. Now I’m hanging out in[…]
Read moreMy tentative schedule at Balticon 42
I’m going to my first-ever science fiction convention this weekend as a travel south to Baltimore for Balticon 42. It seems strange that I could be as into scifi as I am, particularly books and novels, and never gone to[…]
Read moreRadio Active #67: The Origin of Ummm
In this edition of Nuketown Radio Active, my toddler discovers the word that all podcasters hate, we spend a day at the Land of Make Believe, and I prepare to head to Balticon. In Netheads I check out the Digital[…]
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