Hey friends, if you don't subscribe to the YA Lit Track LJ, I'm cross-posting this here.  We have shirts for our programming track, and ordinarily I just order them for the staff.  This year, we're offering them for sale.  If you'd like to purchase one, please read below.

Consider this your LAST CALL if you'd like to purchase this year's YA Lit ( Read more... )

It has been a big week for me and Dragon*Con planning.  I'm working on several authors, the staff is hard at work on awesome programming stuff and panels, and we have a HP guest, but I'm also very stoked about this:  we can has author!  We have NY Times bestselling author, Tamora Pierce coming this year!


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Why, all of us, of course.  That's Daniel Logan (little Boba Fett from SW), me, and Devon Murray (Seamus Finnegan from HP) at Star Wars Celebration III in 2005.  I go to D*Con every year, but this year, they're both coming also.


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One of the panels we're working on for this year's Dragon*Con is about issues with fandom and copyright.  You may have missed this post on Orson Scott Card's website, but it got a few of us thinking.

This is not really my panel, so here's a re-post from Mary's LJ about the info she's seeking:

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My after-Dragon*Con chores are finally done, and all the track boxes and costume things are once again stored in the garage.  I just have to say, despite the crowds, I had an absolutely fabulous Dragon*Con this year!  Did you?  What were your favorite parts?

Here's my top ten list, with pictures! :

10.  Having the best staff any director could hope ( Read more... )

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I am so pooped out right now.  If I had done all of my Dragon*Con stuff over the summer, I wouldn't be so tired right now.  I know I overplan things.  It's either that or be so stressed that I can't enjoy anything. I feel like once I've got all the pre-planning stuff done, then I can de-stress, have fun, visit other tracks, and do ( Read more... )

Eleanor is one and a half.  Where did the time go?  Super cuteness beach pictures to follow soon.  She is cutting a tooth this week and isn't too happy about it.  Neither am I ( Read more... )

Yay- the new Harry Potter movie is out. I loved it. I'm re-reading Order of the Phoenix now and am about halfway through. I will post about my Potter book plans after this post.

Yay- Jason got his new job. He now has shiny new Sergeant's stripes on his uniforms and is the Jail Training Officer, but it looks like he's actually going to be more of a ( Read more... )

LiveJournal just ate the post I've been typing for about an hour.  I used to get pissed, but now  I'm just used to it.     NEVER NEVER NEVER say to yourself, I'll just go edit one last thing, and then I'll post this.  It never works out.  I will never learn.  Stupidhead LiveJournal. Autosaved, my ass.  Liar ( Read more... )

I just wanted to take a few moments to thank those that helped out, and to reflect on our track this year ( Read more... )