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— feeling ashamed
If you ain't male, white and preferably paying homage to Lovecraft ... *sigh* the fix is not to double down and make it worse.
If you ain't male, white and preferably paying homage to Lovecraft ... *sigh* the fix is not to double down and make it worse.
Steampunk continues to, er, steam along with the World Fantasy Convention coming up soon in England. W.K. Jeter, steampunk author, comments on the greying of the science fiction crowd found at WorldCon in San Diego and some of the friction between them and the newer, younger steampunk crowd. Hey, people, there's enough friction and arguing in Washington, let's keep it friendly out here in book country. There's plenty of room for all of us regardless of genre preference or age!
Things: Approved the new Dark Victorian event banner last night, 'n it's being shipped to me already. :-0 I am pretty pleased with myself with coming up with this nice image of Artifice and Jim---pleased enough that I'm thinking (as long as I don't wreck it, I hope!), of taking this lovely 3x7ft banner stand all the way to Phoenix Comic-Con 2014 in June. wooo!
And when I say 'wreck it', it's a retractable banner, and if not handled carefully I could jam it. Or fall on it, or it can fall on me, or I can accidentally kick a hole in it during the tizzy that is maintaining a table at a media convention. Event hijinks!
Regarding Sundark: An Elle Black Penny Dread's paper book, that needs a 2nd proof---interior illustrations (and the story itself) look excellent, the over-saturation on the colour cover, not so much (arrgh). Too much use of a percentage of 'dark' made the printer machine go 'whoopee!' and dump black into everything. But I've adjusted all such dark areas to lighter percentages on the cover file and have re-submitted. If my magicks work, 'twill be ready for Comikaze Expo, SOON.
Am behind on stuff I was planning before foot breakage and medications: a third promo card with Elle Black. I'll try and do that, and also get Charm School #1 and 2 issues ready for the digital formatter. Would a print version be ready by holidays? I would think so (scratches head). If I'd done this before (put together an actual graphic novellette), I'd know if this were a no-brainer or not. What is nice is seeing how great the POD printers can handle interior b/w artwork. Then it's just up to me to layout a graphic novel competently.
I'm not talking about the Charm School omnibus, but the series of 48pp volumes (1 and 2, 3 and 4, etc), that would lead up to the omnibus. I'm doing this more for giving new readers an entry point and letting people fill in ye olde floppy comics set (originally published with SLG Publishing).
And then of course, I must return my attention to the manuscripts, Poison Garden: An Elle Black Penny Dread is still hovering at whatever word count it was last, and Dark Victorian: Everlife needs setting up.
Events! (!!!) Doing Duarte Festival of Authors with the lovely Kate Danley tomorrow (!), then Comikaze Expo, first week of Nov with (TBA---I know who it is, but she hasn't said publicly yet ;) ), and Long Beach Comic-Con a week before Thanksgiving week with the most excellent children's illustrator and soon to have her own title published, Kim Dwinell, and my last event for the year, Loscon 2013, which I may actually appear as Just Me at my table, but I'm rather digging sharing my space with fellow writers and creators, it gives me a bathroom break! ;)
A Happy Fall to all~~~^v^
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Kate and I will be appearing at Duarte Festival of Authors 2013, this Saturday! (I know, I just said that a post ago).
We each have quite a few events coming up---Kate will be at San Diego Comic Fest, I think (I won't be, still right foot-unenabled), Big Orange Book Festival, and I'll be at Comikaze Expo, Long Beach Comic Con, and LosCon 2013, the oldest science fiction/fantasy convention in Southern California, Thanksgiving weekend. And that will be that for 2013!
When does writing fit into all of that, I ask you! ;)
Here are links to the Comic-Con site plus a few media sites that are covering the event. May the force be with you!
