Going to RavenCon

My 2009 conference season starts off with a bang this Friday at Richmond’s RavenCon. If you’re in the neighborhood of the Crowne Plaza West, drop by and say hello–and hang around for the festivities. Mary Shelley’s going to be making a return engagement, and...

You can’t make this stuff up

Nobody would believe you.  Editors would eviscerate you for even suggesting the idea.  And it’s all true. The Department of Homeland Security has decided on the perfect place for its headquarters: St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, the District of Columbia’s...

High Noon…in Calgary?

My trip to Calgary last fall for the World Fantasy Con coincided with a photo shoot for a Lifetime Nora Roberts movie. The question was, which one?  None of the titles listed on her web site took place in Baltimore (which is where a production assistant said the movie...

Too many farewells: Andy Hallett

I didn’t realize 2009 was going to be about good-byes, and I certainly didn’t think one of those farewells would be to 33-year-old Andy Hallett, who played Lorne on the TV show Angel. Sorry as I was to see a nice guy die so young, I didn’t plan on...

Too many farewells: Andy Hallett

I didn’t realize 2009 was going to be about good-byes, and I certainly didn’t think one of those farewells would be to 33-year-old Andy Hallett, who played Lorne on the TV show Angel.  Sorry as I was to see a nice guy die so young, I didn’t plan on...