I hadn’t intended to go to FC. I hadn’t gotten a table. Hadn’t negotiated for a room with anyone. But there I was, going down to the airport, with a con ticket and room share I’d set up maybe a month before on impulse. “What the hell am I gonna do without a table to give my con structure?”, I wondered.

The day before I’d been doodling some ( Read more... )

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I will be at Further Confusion in a couple weeks, drawing stuff like this and turning it into 4×6″ badges. I might take a couple of pre-orders; I’m not sure. Probably about $40.

The theme I’m using for these is “cocktail/tiki party”, which I think meshes nicely with the con’s theme of “1950s diner”. I may or may not have an endless loop of bongos ( Read more... )

Recently, I decided to try an experiment. I bought a bunch of stickers from Moo. Just simple rectangular ones, with an assortment of my art on them (and my URL of course) - nothing fancy. My plan was to put them on my table at cons and sell them; I’d also give one or two away with every purchase, or to fans who already have everything I have on ( Read more... )

It's 7:30 AM and I'm wide awake. Am I jet lagged?

It is also possible that I'm just awake because I went to sleep pretty early last night; I forgot to have food most of the day, then kinda collapsed into bed when I came back from getting a sandwich. Plus I have something like a cold that I caught at SPX or on the way home from it. Probably on the ( Read more... )

It's 7:30 AM and I'm wide awake. Am I jet lagged?

It is also possible that I'm just awake because I went to sleep pretty early last night; I forgot to have food most of the day, then kinda collapsed into bed when I came back from getting a sandwich. Plus I have something like a cold that I caught at SPX or on the way home from it. Probably on the ( Read more... )

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This year at ECCC, phone reception was abysmal. And the Internet was usurious - $150 per device for the weekend, not too good when you have six people in one booth. Or $2400 for them to drop a wireless repeater in your booth. Or $3500 for them to run a dedicated line to a hotspot in your booth. Neither of these two options were attractive either.

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so - the combination of cold and lots and lots of talking has pretty much blasted out my voice.

except for one thing. i used to be a boy. i shifted my voice up a few notches to use a different part of my voicebox several years ago. this means that when it comes to losing my voice, i have an extra man.

unfortunately it's a man. it's gravelly from ( Read more... )

Quick notes on Anthrocon ( Read more... )