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Getting My Writing Game On: GenCon 2019
Remember when I said I was going to get better at blogging? Yeah. Good times. It’s been an incredible few months, and a summer of change, of ideas, and of opportunities. I’m working now on two...
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Are You Paying Attention to Your Social Media?
It’s a good idea, if you have a Twitter account, to pay attention to it. While the much-maligned platform seems to be dominated by cyberbullies — some of whom occupy large white houses in historic...
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Kia Ora from the Future!
Hi, everyone! Itâ€s been a week and what a week it has been. Sonic Boom, fresh off her first-ever plane ride, walked the now-working set of Hobbiton, settled in Rotorua for the night, got up close and...
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It’s been a while, but as I step back into the arena of promotion (alongside Philippa Ballantine), I am planning to get back into the habit of letting people know where I’ll be. This weekend it is...
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The Price of Publicity
I promised myself to work on my blogging skills. Itâ€s a bit like getting back into shape, you know? Iâ€m struggling to get back into a routine, and everyone around me is telling to cut myself a break...
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The Price of Publicity: Part II — The Call between WorldCon and Dragon*Con
In another posting on being business savvy when it comes to a writing career, I wanted to talk a bit about a con-related chat that came up between Jean Orrico and myself. Jean, as you might know, is my...
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Losing Your Heart (and Your Preconceptions) in San Francisco
You might have seen last week on my Facebook or Twitter stream a series of check-inâ€s from San Francisco. If it looked like I was having fun, I was. I caught up with my best friend from high school,...
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“You Can’t Give Up. You’re Not Allowed.”
I never like seeing friends stressed out. Whether it is intensely stressed out or just out of their groove, it just kills me. It is amplified more when I feel the bumpy ride of Lifeâ€s rougher patches....
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A little something for #SteamTuesday
Hey, everyone! You might have heard about this on Twitter last week when Pip and I premiered the first episode of our anthology podcast (more on that in a moment), there is a pretty strong showing of...
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A Steamy Treat for Tuesday…
Hey, everyone! Just in case you missed the big launch last week, Pip and I premiered Tales from the Archives, a collection of short stories from the Victorian England of The Ministry of Peculiar...
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Counting down to one wild weekend ahead…
Yes, it has been a little quiet on my blog…but that doesn’t mean I’ve been standing still. Our first steampunk exposition, The Steampunk World’s Fair in Somerset, New Jersey, is happening this week;...
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The Ministry MAY-hem Wrap-up at Balticon 45!
So, I’m all rested up and recovered from an amazing weekend at the Steampunk World’s Fair (review in the works). What’s next? Why, another con appearance, of course… Concluding The Ministry MAY-hem...
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Worldcon — Where I’ll Be
Next week, at this time, I will be kicking off a few days of panel appearances at Renovation: the 69th Annual World Science Fiction Convention in lovely Reno, Nevada. If you are out west for the...
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A New Look and a New Venture
As you may have noticed, in the midst of edits for Of Cogs & Corsets, planning the trip to FenCon in September, and launching a brand new podcast (more on that later), I have decided to finally...
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The New Venture: A Friday Addendum
So, this eBook thing. Itâ€s been a trip. Weâ€ve not been at it for very long, but Pip and I have learned a lot. The biggest thing is that Smashwords†“Meat Grinder†(the one-stop online...
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FenCon VIII: Where I’ll Be
As mentioned on The Shared Desk, Pip and I are heading to the Lone Star State for FenCon VIII (also the host of DeepSouthCon 49). We’re looking forward to it as the guest list and programming promises...
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The Latest Guest of New York Comic Con (Seriously? Seriously.)
When Pip and I first got the email from Harper Voyager asking if we would be interested in speaking at ComicCon, I thought it was a longshot. We’re talking about ComicCon, right? The East Coast’s...
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Stranger on a Train: New York Comic Con
And awwwaaaay we go!!! Between the surprise priority video job at work, our child getting sick, the drama of getting out of Manassas, and WordPress for the iPhone borking on me and devouring my post,...
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Full Court Press: Harper Voyager Puts My Steampunk On Sale
Just a quick bit of news before the holidays — the 99¢ sale of Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel is now officially on! And here’s where you can find it… Kindle —Â...
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Tee’s Top 5 from 2011
Recently, J.C. Hutchins asked across various social networks for people to sum up their 2011 in one word, and then sum up their hopes for 2012 in another. I responded with three. Yes, Iâ€m a rebel....
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