I just got back from Dragon*Con a couple of days ago, and it was crazy awesome! Yes, I'm a convention co-founder and a con-runner and I've been to a fair few cons over the last 6-7 years in one capacity or another, but never one quite like this (since I haven't yet been able to make it to SDCC, which has some similarities). Dragon*Con spans 5 ( Read more... )

• Tue, 14:06: .@ terryandrob, @ EmWatson, and @ stephenfry honored by the British Scout Association: http://bit.ly/pm2H30 #Pratchett #Discworld
• Tue, 14:09: #Pratchett poem published as part of Bovington Middle School charity book (students wrote the other poems): http://bit.ly/pk8knG
• Tue, 14:20: The Bear in Wincanton (home of the @ DiscworldShoppe) ( Read more... )

Despite my being super-busy working during NADWCon, I still had a lot of fun; and one thing I had fun with (both before, in putting things together, and at the con itself) was the costuming. Now, I'm not a "costumer," in the sense of the amazing people I know who sit down and make a whole intricate Victorian walking suit out of bolts of cloth, ( Read more... )

I emailed this out to the NADWCon2011 Committee yesterday, and then realized that really, I should post it up publicly so everyone can see just a few of the things the hardworking committee folks did for this con. So, here, in its entirety for all to see, is a message from me to the NADWCon2011 Committee ( Read more... )

"The time has come," the Chair then said ( Read more... )

Guys, I love the idea that anyone can comment here, even if they are not yet my LJ-friends, but I can't deal with the ridiculous amounts of spam comments anymore (they just get worse and worse! What is UP, LJ? Fix this!). Therefore, I've changed my settings to only allow comments from friends. Sorry!*

More substantive entries to come!

*If anyone ( Read more... )

You ever have one of those times when you'd really, really love to take some time and chronicle what's going on, but if you take literally five minutes out of your day to do so, you feel like the entire world will fall on you? Yeah, that's how I feel right now ( Read more... )

Now that the excitement of voting for me in the Neil Gaiman Audio Contest is over (thank you! still waiting for the final winner!!), I'd like to ask people to turn their attention to another thing they can help with - donating time, money, items, or even just spreading the word to help with relief efforts in the South after the devastation caused ( Read more... )

HOORAY!! I ended up as #14! Thanks to everyone who voted!! :D [ETA: Actually in the final vote I ended up as #11 ( Read more... )

Hey everyone!! Today is the LAST DAY of voting for the Neil Gaiman Audio Contest, and I really need your help to stay in the Top 20 until the contest closes at 5pm EST!! I'm in 17th place right now, but faaallllliiiinngggg, so I need lots of votes to stay in the game until 5! It takes literally one minute to vote ( Read more... )