Theyyyyyyyy’re back. Yes, after a bye last year, ArmadilloCon, the best little sci-fi convention in Texas, is back. I’m looking forward to seeing my friends and all the fans who make ArmadilloCon the legend it is. There will be workshops! Panels! BarCon! Gaming! Art! The dealer’s room (my usual downfall). Read more…
In a word: overwhelming. I think there were several thousand more people than the last time I went, a few years ago. Jessica Reisman and I drove down on Friday and got in, got our badges, ate something, and did a turn around the dealer room. Then she went to Read more…
Mark Shepherd, a fantasy author who was Mercedes Lackey’s secretary and co-author for a time, committed suicide in May. I just found out reading the obituary section of Locus, and was shocked and saddened by the news. Mark was the author who ran the ArmadilloCon writer’s workshop back in the Read more…