Last night, I sent out the first ConQuesT 40 E-Update (electronic progress report) with the following key points: Register By April 30 For Best Rate Discount membership rates end April 30. Don’t wait! You can register online or mail it in the old fashioned way. See details at http://conquestkc.org/registration.htm Hotel Discount Expires May 5 ConQuesT 40 will be held at our new hotel, the fabulous Hyatt Regency Crown Center. Our incredibly low room rate of…
My absence: I haven’t posted for a while. Too much going on in my life, compounded by late winter blahs and fatigue from an arthritis flare. I’ve accomplished very little in the past several months. But it feels like spring might actually arrive soon. I do read my friends page every day, even when I don’t post in my own LJ. Firefox News: I just posted another NCIS review at FireFox news. As always, I’m…
I have elected not to participate in a con art show that I’ve been in for the past several years, for specific business reasons. In return for letting them know that I will not be needing space this year and the grounds on which I based my decision, I am receiving incredibly hateful emails containing personal attacks and other invectives… Given this response, I feel confident that I have made the right decision.
Here’s my tentative schedule for Conestoga, July 25-27: Sat 3:30 PM Yarddog Press Presents “The Merlene Show” Sun 11AM When You Care Enough to Run the Best…ConSun 12PM Favorite Fannish Blogs & WebsitesSun 1 PM Firefly – Why Everyone Loves a Big Damn Hero I’ll also have art in the artshow.
I had a great time at Archon / NASFIC / TuckerCon last weekend. Still a bit worn out and frazzled, but recovering. Saw some old friends. Met some new ones. Sold some art. Mingled at bit. Had a blast at the Yard Dog Press Road Show. (Someone somewhere has video of the interpretive dance that accompanied my reading… when I find it, I’ll link it in.) Keith Stokes and his camera were busy busy busy.…
