Tag: Loscon
Loscon 48 review
Actually, we didn’t see a whole lot of the con because we were busy. It started on Thanksgiving Day when I made cookies for the Blood Drive. Kris was also busy helping me with quality control. Friday, we did catch one panel we really wanted to see. Gene Turnbow and […]
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Back From Loscon
Just got back from Loscon and unpacked the car. Full review next week. Going to bed, now… Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz… Dennis 139th blog completed. First Steampunk novel: 72,193 words. Need to expand to about 80,000 words. ß Didn’t work on it. Catching up on critiques and working on Blood Drive […]
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Get Those Needles Ready
The Loscon Blood Drive is now two weeks away. And while the Red Cross is sharpening their needles, I have my own preparations to make. The flyer on the cover picture, for example. I also had to make the raffle tickets and the raffle ticket drop box. It’s actually the […]
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Getting Ready to Bleed Them Dry
With Loscon about a month away (Thanksgiving weekend), it’s time to start prepping for the Blood Drive. This weekend, I sent the sign-up information to the Loscon press info. I also signed up myself. I’ll be one of the first to donate at 10:00 am. Next, I had to check […]
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So Long and Thanks for all the Platelets
Aside from the Writer’s Conference last week, Kris and I attended a memorial for Charles (Karl) Lembke. I wrote about him a few weeks ago when I donated blood at the American Red Cross in Woodland Hills, California. Karl had donated platelets 997 times (the updated plaque was off by […]
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Busy Weekend
It started Saturday morning at 6:00 am. I was on kitchen staff at church making breakfast burritos for the woman’s conference the way we make them at the men’s monthly breakfasts. Hey, women need burritos, too. Luckily, I’m ¼ Mexican, so I know how to wrap a burrito. After getting […]
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An Emotional Blood Letting
I’ve been nervous to give blood, light-headed a few times, but I had never gotten emotional until yesterday. First, the blood center in the West Hills moved. I went to the old location only to find the doors locked and a sign with their new location at 21333 Oxnard St, […]
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Loscon Day Three
Day Three of Loscon was Sunday, the last day of the con. Kris and I started the day at 10:00 am with our panel, “I Got the Music in Me”. This was mostly Kris’ panel. It was about how music can invoke certain moods and how that inspires her writing. […]
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Loscon Day Two
Saturday at Loscon is always our busiest day – it’s Blood Drive Day! Unfortunately, because it’s such a busy day, I didn’t take a lot of pictures. The day started at about eight in the morning when we met the Red Cross truck and started setting up. They had all […]
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Loscon Day One
The first day of Loscon was a busy day for us. It started with our first panel, “Married to a Fan: Fan Guests of Honor interview”. Nick Smith of the Los Angeles Filk Harmonics moderated, asking us questions. We’ve known Nick for many years, so he was the perfect person […]
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