Loscon Day Zero
After waiting two years, it finally arrived. Loscon 47: the year we were Fan Guests of Honor. We were very well treated. Normally we commute each day from home to the convention at the LAX Marriott, but the committee paid …
Category: Conventions
It’s over.
The con was fun. We are dead. details next week. Dennis Amador Cherry 88th blog completed. First Steampunk nov Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…………………………… But I did finally get my copy of Brandy June’s book, “Gold Spun”.
Next week is Loscon!
Still doing con prep, especially prep for the blood drive. That includes flyers, buttons, raffle tickets and a raffle ticket box. Kris is also getting her costume ready for the reading from her novel series, “The Dragonfly Chronicles”. And there …
And the Prep Goes On…
Getting ready for the Loscon blood drive, but I’m not alone. Three years ago, the American Red Cross started putting ALL of its blood drives on their website so people could find the location nearest to them. This includes blood …
Now How Much Would You Bleed?
That was our slogan for our “As Seen On TV” themed blood drive. Every year Kris and I host the Loscon blood drive. Generally, we tie our theme to the theme of the convention. When Loscon had a steampunk theme, …
Paneling
Last week I mentioned that Kris and I are going to be the Fan Guests of Honor at the upcoming Loscon http://loscon.org/47/ this Thanksgiving weekend. As such, there are a number of events we will be partaking in. We will …
Busy Saturday
It started with a Men’s Breakfast at my church, Calvary Bible Church in Burbank. I’m on kitchen staff, so I got up at 4:20 am to be there at 6:00 am. We’re famous for our breakfast burritos and I’m the …
What Inspires Me, Part 1:
I’ve been to many conventions. When Kris and I were dealers, we would go to up to eight a year. When I met Kris (or more precisely, re-met Kris – that’s another story) she introduced me to Loscon, the Los …
Return to Loscon
Kris and I were supposed to be the Fan Guests of Honor at last year’s Loscon, but because of reasons, it was canceled. So, our status was carried over to this year’s Loscon 47 http://loscon.org/47/los-angeles-oldest-running-science-fiction-convention/ The one of the first …
Things I Don’t Understand.
I created this blog and the associated Facebook page to promote my writing and to let people get to know me. That’s why I write on all kinds of subjects that interest me from cooking to Star Trek and My …