20books Vegas! Dragons at Large! I’m currently in the USA! Yes, this is a big deal. Although I’ve been around the world many times, and even lived in Switzerland for years, most of my international travel was before I had kids. And man, did I have kids … lots of them. So coming to the…
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GeyserCon 2019 in photos GeyserCon, NZ’s 40th national SFF convention, came, and it went — in a blur of sci-fi & fantasy discussion, events, education, networking, crafting, hilarity and fun. I had a busy weekend. For me, there were many highlights, best shown in photos! Okay, the photos aren’t brilliant, but they’re all I have!…
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GeyserCon At the end of this week, I’m traveling to Rotorua to GeyserCon, the 40th annual National science fiction & fantasy convention. Sounds like fun, right? Yeah, it WILL be fun, but it will also be a working holiday. On Friday, A.J. Ponder and I are teaching a writing workshop for 9-10-year olds. We’ll have…
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Meet Ravenheart Cosplay! Checkout These Homemade Wings! I recently attended Armageddon in Wellington, a sci-fi fantasy extravaganza where cosplay folks come out in droves to strut their stuff. I was lucky enough to meet Lucifer Morgenstar, a,k.a. Ravenheart Cosplay or Lotte van Ginkel, who told me about her journey into cosplay and why giant wings…
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Armageddon was a blast! Armageddon was a blast! Three days of wing flapping, crazy cosplay, weird storm troopers stalking me with menacing glares (Chewbacca was away in Christchurch, sadly) and keen readers popping by to say hi. Three days of talking non-stop (which wouldn’t surprise my friends — I love meeting new people). Three days…
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Today I had fun at the Writers Plot & Readers Read Midwinter Book Festival. Writers Plot is a cool bookstore in Upper Hutt that only stocks books by kiwi authors They invited me to read some of my dragon books and bring along my dragon costume. Well, if I’m going to bring a dragon costume,…
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The Big Book Bash is coming up! The Big Book Bash is a book festival for kids and teens , featuring many Wellington and Wairarapa children’s and Young Adult (YA) authors. It’s all happening this weekend on December 2nd in Carterton. There’s fabulous line-up of well-known NZ authors, music, workshops and a carnival atmosphere. Libraries,…
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