L. A. Times Festival of Books
On April 16th, Kris and I attended the annual Writers and Illustrators of the Future awards dinner. Then on April 17th, I went to USC to set up the GLAWS booth at the L.A Times Festival of Books. This year, …
2026 Writers and Illustrators of the Future
On April 16th, Kris and I attended the annual Writers and Illustrators of the Future awards dinner. This was a special one as it was the 42nd annual awards dinner. Many jokes and references were made to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide …
The Laptop with Two Brains
Computerismo Francisco Deep Thought Fanko is not completely dead. He’s getting better. It’s been a long road to recovery for my computer, Deep Thought. About a month ago the hard drive died, putting him in a state of brain death. …
Spent the Weekend at L.A. Times Festival of Books
It was great as always, but long days at the GLAWS booth. I’ll tell you all about it next week. Going to bed to get ready for work tomorrow. Dennis 316th blog completed. Second Steampunk novel: 18,234 words. …
Spent the Weekend at L.A. Times Festival of Books Read more »
ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM
I’m a bit Zoomed out from this weekend. On Saturday, I had a Zoom meeting with the Loscon committee. All department heads discussed their progress to this point. Programming is coming along as they wait on some of the Guests …
First Quarter GOAL Check
The first quarter of the year is behind us. I’m not sure how that happened, but here we are. Time to check up on my progress on this year’s goals. Get published: These are the steps that have been a challenge …
Bug-Chicka-WOW-WOW!
Hi all, it’s Kristine. I’m usually the emergency non-medical holorecorder (i.e. Dennis’s backup blogger) for when he’s too sick, busy or burned out to do the weekly post, but this time, it’s for a special occasion and I volunteered to …
Computerismo Francisco Deep Thought Franko is Still Dead
The saga of my dead computer continues. My IT Department is concerned, not knowing how long my computer can sustain that state. The concern is that the longer it stays dead, the more likely this may become a permanent condition. …
Computerismo Francisco Deep Thought Franko is Still Dead Read more »
R.I.P. Deep Thought
Friday, I came home to a big surprise, my computer’s operating system died. For those of you on a PC, my C drive crashed. I named my computer Deep Thought after the computer in, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” …
All Chefs to the Kitchen
Our church supports various missionaries across the world. Once a year, we have a missionary conference where many of them come to Burbank, CA, and tell us what they have been doing and the people they have reached. And we …