Category Archives: Conventions

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

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

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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BayCon 2019 Con Report, Part 2 – Behind My Scenes

To see the traditional report for 2019, go here. This year’s BayCon was a strange one for me, and my expanded con report below reflects this, which is why I’m prefacing it with why. There is some duplication where my … Continue reading

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BayCon 2019 Con Report (Part 1)

I started this post once already, but it was more about figuring out how to enjoy BayCon despite my limitations, a worthy topic in breaking down the invisibility aspects of disability, but not quite a con report. So, I’ll finish … Continue reading

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WorldCon 2018 Authors to Check Out and More

I haven’t yet posted the bookmarks and cards I picked up at WorldCon, so here they are in “annotated” form. I picked up quite a few, and given the size of my to-be-read pile, it’ll take time to get to … Continue reading

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