This morning San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (SFSFC) announced that should the San Jose in 2018 bid for the 76th World Science Fiction Convention succeed, I will be the convention chair.

You can read the complete press release on the SFSFC website ( Read more... )

Carla Meyer did a very nice job on this interview, especially considering she couldn't always tell whether it was Andy or me answering her questions!

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/28/5527085/time-to-suit-up-for-westercon.html

It's probably worth mentioning that I managed to build a Westercon 66 merchandise store via Zazzle.

You can check it out here: http://www.westercon66.org/westercon-66-merchandise/

The shirts with Eric Shanower's "Secret Agents in Oz" artwork are amazing.

bovil and I have been at Further Confusion all weekend, taking today to pack up, but not moving home until tomorrow, so we can avoid the zoo that is the bell/valet service at midday on the last day of the convention ( Read more... )

Originally posted by bovil at This weekend, at Convolution, at the Hyatt Burlingame!

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bovil and I got to Seattle without incident and are checked into the SeaTac Doubletree.

More important, we have ALL our pre-con errands run: ThinBot collected from FedEx, all our share of the party shopping done. This means we can do whatever we want for the Fourth!

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Vintacon 7 (StuckCon) will be in Lodi October 7-9 ( Read more... )

I haven't done much in the way of videogaming for years (truth: I remember the Magnavox Odyssey, and Pong, and played lots of Atari 2600 games at my godparents' house), nor costumed from them.

I do, however, write for a costuming magazine (YIPE! if you've somehow missed that fact over the last 3 years) and am working on a feature about video game ( Read more... )