Category Archives: Promoting

BayCon 2023: A Night at the Space Opera Is This Weekend!

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Margaret McGaffey Fisk

BayCon 2023: A Night at the Space Opera begins this Saturday and runs until Tuesday evening (July 1st-4th). This is what I consider my “home” convention, despite having moved to Reno, Nevada, over ten years before. I no longer remember … Continue reading →

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5 Interesting Links for 11-13-2020

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Margaret McGaffey Fisk

Note: Videos may auto start with sound so be prepared. History (Entertainment) Video, and now streaming, rental companies may have thought themselves innovators, but an examination of newspaper advertisements from the mid-to-late 1800s suggests an earlier incarnation. The video equivalent … Continue reading →

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5 Interesting Links for 10-30-2020

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Margaret McGaffey Fisk

Note: Videos may auto start with sound so be prepared. Artists (Interesting People) When I tripped over one of her pieces on Pinterest, I had a feeling Amy Flynn would have an interesting story. Took me a bit to find … Continue reading →

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Things That Make Me Smile No. 211: Cooking with Steampunk

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Margaret McGaffey Fisk

Another bit of fun creativity by author Laurel Anne Hill as she reveals the recipe for how she writes her steampunk stories. It seemed a good smile to choose seeing as she is a BayCon author. BayCon would normally be … Continue reading →

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5 Interesting Links for 09-20-2019

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Margaret McGaffey Fisk

Note: Videos may auto start with sound so be prepared. Psychology (Cats) The Citizens Advertising Takeover Service (or CATS) organized the advertising takeover of an underground station in London using crowdfunding. They replaced all the advertising with pictures of cats … Continue reading →

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