Convention Fodder

How Two Snakes Made a Hobbit

I’ve got a panel coming up for CoSine 2013 and decided to do a bit more research than normal.  In this case the panel will discuss whether or not the makers of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” are justified in stretching out the original novel “The Hobbit: There and Back Again” into  three movies. I […]

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A Writer’s Group is Born at OsFest 5

I’ve met a plethora (yes, I said plethora) of writers and authors over the past two years, and from every level of the craft both in skill and career level.  I’ll tell you the one constant for pretty much all of them:  writers groups.  Writing is, for the most part, a solitary craft.  We write

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OsFest5 Panel Schedule

One day of the convention has passed by.  We pulled in at about 2:15 after an 8-hour drive from Denver to Omaha, Nebraska for OsFest5.  Special thanks go out to Guy De Marco and his lovely wife T. L. De Marco for putting pretty much all of this even together for Peter J. Wacks and me.  Last

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On Aliens and Westerns

The panel on aliens and westerns went pretty well. Just got back from the bar where I had a fantastic single-malt and then sat in on some most interesting conversation. Tomorrow is more of a me day. I’ll be in the audience for a few panels and then some reading and writing time… including the

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