Con Report: ReConStruction 2010

It was the opposite of Dragon*Con. ReConStruction, the tenth occasional North American Science Fiction Convention held in Raleigh August 5-8, was the definition of low-key. Preliminary counts put attendance at only a little over six hundred. But that only meant a...

Remember that could news I couldn’t talk about?

I can now. The German and British rights to Jana Oliver’s Demontrappers series have been sold in what Publishers Marketplace likes to call good deals. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Book one is scheduled for a summer 2010 release, and it’s going to be fabulous. The...

The Infamous Strawberry Pic and More!

Three cons and two book signings in two weeks.  Yes, I’m crazy.  You had to ask?Not only that, I’m crazy enough to post about all three.  With pics!  (At last, you say.) Technically, RavenCon, Richmond VA’s very new science...

I saw VANYR at Borders today

This might not seem like a big deal, since With Nine You Get Vanyr has been in print since February, but actual bookstore sightings have been few and far between.  But the Pentagon Centre Borders persevered and, thanks to Samhain’s new relationship with...

Post RavenCon Hello

RavenCon was a wonderful, wonderful con.  Big thanks to Jana Oliver and Tee Morris for letting me play in their sandbox.  Ditto for the con organizers who did such a superb job.  RavenCon is turning into the little con that could, growing from 450 to...