We joined the Revolution
Until our niece, Annie in Riverside told us about it, we had never heard of Comic Con Revolution https://www.comicconrevolution.com/ontario/?utm_source=CCR+Ont+Attendees&utm_campaign=a36090b444-CCR23-052023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3bb3bf536-a36090b444-128066380&mc_cid=a36090b444&mc_eid=196940ccea in Ontario, California. It was held last weekend, May 20th and 21st. For a con I had never heard of, in a not-so-major city, it had quite an impressive guest list, […]
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I’m your substitute, Vincent Reinhart.
Dennis is not in this week. He and Kris are celebrating their 34th wedding anniversary weekend. Yesterday they spent the day at Comic Con Revolution in Ontario, California. Today they are at the California Strawberry Festival in Ventura, California. I’m sure Dennis will have a lot to say about both […]
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The D.E.P. (Derail Every Plan) Method
I’m in two critique groups, one for novels and one for screenplays. My novel group met yesterday and chapters 4 and 5 of my first steampunk novel were up. The great thing about being in a critique group is that, while all will comment on story structure and characters, different […]
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What a Week He’s Having
I took Thursday and Friday off work this week. A lot of my fellow coworkers told me to enjoy my days off. Yeaaaaahhh… Thursday was car repair day. I needed to get some work done to pass a smog check. Turns out I also needed a brake job, new tires, […]
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Vincent Steps Out
It was time for the 39th annual “L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards Dinner”. I had heard much of this event, and this year Dennis invited me to be his guest along with Kris. The decorations of the Taglyan Complex were extraordinary, the centerpiece being the […]
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LATFoB 2023
LATFoB 2023 I spent this weekend at the LA Times Festival of Books volunteering at the GLAWS booth. There, you see, here’s a picture of me at the booth. Usually, I go to big events like this and take lots of pictures, but I’m never in them. So this time […]
Read MoreGetting ready for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
First of all, the LA Times moved its headquarters to El Segundo, so I don’t know why it isn’t called the El Segundo Times. But anyway… The LA Times Festival of Books is next weekend. You can see all the information, vendors and events here: https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/ GLAWS will once again […]
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… it’s Seder-Day Night!
Happy Easter, everyone! Three days before we celebrated Easter, my church, Calvary Bible Church in Burbank, held a Seder, the traditional Jewish celebration of Passover. Why celebrate Passover? Because as Christians, it’s part of our heritage as well. We have the Old Testament, Moses, the Ten Commandments, the exodus from […]
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Falling Behind
Next week, I will be reviewing my goals for the first quarter of 2023. I’m doing pretty good in most categories, except one, which is arguably the most important one. My writing. I should have finished chapter three of my second novel by now, but I’m still on chapter one. […]
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