The only discussion panel I made it to on Thursday night was “The Lone Star State of Fantasy”. The panelists were Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Rick…
World Fantasy Convention 2006 took place in Austin, TX, November 2-5, 2006. It started on a Thursday night. Here are some pictures of writers and…
E loves it when somebody blows soap bubbles. She pokes them with her fingers and grabs at them to catch them. E pokes a soap…
LoneStaRG is a yearly Regional Gathering of LoneStar Mensa, the local chapter of Mensa here in Austin, Texas. It took place on Labor Day weekend.…
Turkey City is a science fiction writing workshop where people gather and critique each others’ stories (which they have read in advance). Traditionally it’s followed…
On September 23rd, 2006, the members of the Atheist Community of Austin went on a cruise on Town Lake, and watched the bats emerge at…
This month is all about climbing stairs. We lived in an apartment on a second floor back then, and E quickly mastered the stairs —…
A con-goer named Melissa in the dealers’ room ArmadilloCon 2006 Fan guest Grant Kruger in the dealer room, in an outfit whose colors match the…
Just like worldbuilding is a classic science fiction / fantasy convention panel topic, creating believable aliens (for your SF/F story) is another classic. Two main…
At ArmadilloCon 2006, I went to several panels that the special guest, science fiction author James P. Hogan, was on, and thought he was a…