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Hi there
Hello and welcome, everyone. This is my little corner of LJ where I blog about bug-eyed monsters, dragons and other imaginary critters, rocket ships, time travel, gaming, attending conventions, Southern fandom, zine-writing, editing, etc ( Read more... ) -
Baen group in the DragonCon parade, Baen Books launch party on Thursday night
DragonCon 2014 coincides with Baen's 30th anniversary, so we've got a ton of fun in store this year ( Read more... ) -
Dragon Con prep, ahoy
Just two weeks, more or less, to the big Dragon.
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New Kickstarter: Monster Hunter International Hero System Rulebook
If you like Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International books, and you like role-playing games, check out this awesome Kickstarter -- you got MHI in my Hero System! No, *you* got Hero System in my Monster Hunters! Mmmm... tasty:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/herogames/the-monster-hunter-international-employees-handbooFrom the Kickstarter ( Read more... ) -
In two days, the madness begins (Dragon*Con)
In a little less than 48 hours, we'll be on the road for Dragon*Con, and by "we" I mean myself, paulcory, two of my cow-irkers (in a van together for the 6-hour haul to Atlanta), and about 60,000 of our closest friends ( Read more... ) -
Con in Review: ConTemporal
This past weekend, paulcory and I attended ConTemporal, a new, local to us sf-steampunk convention ( Read more... ) -
Announcing Nerdiquette 101
After having one too many "that guy"* encounters at sf conventions, friends and I have banded together and created a NERDIQUETTE 101 page on FaceBook.
I'm also moderating the Nerdiquette 101 panel at RavenCon in Richmond, VA this weekend.
We've likewise proposed Nerdiquette panels to ConTemporal and ConCarolinasAnother friend has told us that we ( Read more... ) -
Hero System Kickstarter: Mythic Hero
Longtime game writer and Hero Games developer Steve Long is doing a Kickstarter to fund a new Hero supplement book on world mythologies; it's called MYTHIC HERO. It looks like it'll be a great book -- if it gets funded. He has a little less than 10 days to go. Check it out here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144376073/mythic-heroAnd hey, I ( Read more... ) -
Honor Harrington fans: e-ARC of A Rising Thunder now available
(crossposted, forgive the duplication)
Baen's Webscrption has posted the e-ARC for A Rising Thunder:
http://bit.ly/vKYSxb
Please spread the word.
Sorry there's no commenting on this post; it's public and the spam-bots are finding it and trying to post to it.
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When Fandoms Collide (or, ARGH)
So, the UNC men's basketball team plays Duke, at home, in the final game of the regular season, at 8pm on March 5th. During StellarCon.
*headdesk*
Note: to get a good idea of the depth of feeling between these two schools, read Will Blythe's To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and ( Read more... )