I spoke a panel on history and mythology and realized Rights of Use had more history than I thought.
CLEVELAND WRITERS PRESS RELEASED THE RIGHTS OF USE COVER AT DRAGONCON 2015 IN THE ARMORY! Cleveland Writers Press helped sponsor the Armory at DragonCon this year. As always, the Armory displays weapons from stone arrowheads and katanas to rifles and grenades.…
There’s one last panel I want to elaborate on from Confluence this year (link): “Should Fantasy Acknowledge Physics?” This panel seemed to have a set of speakers who were a little too homogenous of thought. (The esteemed Tamora Pierce excepted,…
At Confluence this year, I attended a panel on “7 Things Every SF/Fantasy Novel Always Includes,” which was, as partially intended, a good overview of things a speculative fiction novel needs: a fantastical element, solid world-building, history, etc. Mostly, it…
Last weekend, I attended Confluence, “Pittsburgh’s Premier SF/F/H Literary Conference,” organized by Parsec, Inc , a collective of fantastic writers, readers, and fans in the Three Rivers area. Running since the mid-to-late 20th Century, Confluence distinguishes itself by being one of…
I had the fortune of going down to DragonCon this year and spending a lot of time in the Armory. Anyone who goes to DragonCon, watches anything with weapons in it, and doesn’t get down to the Armory is missing out. I…