This Week's Plugs
Master Plan - Ryan Macklin's latest game design podcast features a conversation with Joshua BishopRoby of Kallisti Press about beta playtesting.
The webcomic Dark Red by Lynn French and Joanna McKenzie has a new page up here. You can buy the first issue of the print version here.
Elizabeth Donald's pop culture column, Culturegeek has been updated with a story of Fox raining on the parade of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer fans by canceling licenses for theatrical showings of "Once More With Feeling". Recent installments of the column also feature a discussion of Nintendo's attempts at marketing to women, as well as some eography quizzes. Ms. Donald also has a new novel out called Abaddon.
Good Causes
My school, Cape Cod Academy, is holding its annual Giant Yard Sale this Saturday, October 13. If you're in the Cape Cod MA area and you enjoy a good bargain hunt, this is a creat event. Doors open at 8:00 AM. I'll be working there from 8 til noon. There is also still time to donate if you're local and you have junk... er, rather, treasures, you are looking to part ways with.
For those of you who live in the vicinity of Marietta GA, you're invited to join House Koloth's Warriors Challenge, a Toys For Tots event for Georgia science fiction fans. The kickoff is November 17, 2007 at Dave and Busters in Marietta.
Upcoming Events
This sunday, October 14, we will have a table at The Comic Book Show in Nashua NH. This is an inexpensive show, admission-wise, and they have some great dealers and artists scheduled. Stop by our table and say hi if you attend.
We are currently considering getting a dealer table at Wicked Faire, February 8-9 2008 in Edison NJ.
It's sill October, but it's definitely not too early to start thinking about Nanowrimo, National Novel Writing Month. Get signed up and get ready for 50,000 words in 30 days this November.
Information is already online for next year's Pi-Con, August 22-24 2008 in West Springfield MA. We are tentatively planning on attending. My latest "On the Road" column covers our experiences at last August's Pi-Con. We had a great time. You can read the article here.
We are also confirmed for next year's SPACE (The Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo) is scheduled to return to the Aladdin Shrine Center in Columbus OH on March 1-2, 2008.
Plugs For My Stuff
I write comics. My latest is Zephyr & Reginald: Minions for Hire #2, illustrated by my wife, Gynn Stella. Minions for Hire is also a weekly webcomic. The latest installment is here.
I also write an ongoing fiction serial at The Edge of Propinquity, which appears each month along with four other stories by very talented writers. New stories will be going online this weekend.
I have three stories appearing in the Finis collection, which is now available for purchase.
My personal zine is Caravan, which appears in the Phoenix APA. The new issue of Phoenix just arrived. You can find out more about Phoenix on their yahoo group.
You can also check out my Comicspace page, my Deviantart page, and my Livejournal. I have four groups here on Gather: Geek Travel, Magic the Gathering Players, Wildlife Identifications, and Panel Discussion (Comic Book Reviews).
For the gamers out there, I sell Magic: The Gathering cards on Cardshark. My seller ID is rsilva. You can find my inventory here.
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Yes, I teach chemistry at CCA. FA is our main sports rival (to the extent that we have sports rivalries; neither place is much of a "jock" school).
I have not attended Wicked Faire, but I have met the person running the event and had some fairly in-depth conversations with him about it. Wicked Faire is a combination of indoor Renaissance Faire, LARP, and science fiction convention. We were scheduled to attend their other event, Wicked Labyrinth, a few weeks ago, but had to cancel due to a family emergency.
The people who I spoke to who attended Wicked Labyrinth all had a great time at the event.
Follow the link in the article to the Wicked Faire website to get the details directly from the source if you're interested in attending.
...then again, I am kind of biased. :)
-Jeff Mach