Protected: BtS – Bend Women’s Expo Debrief
I’m not doing AC, and not just because of COVID
First, the bare business bones: I will not be attending/vending at AnthroCon this year, despite having a membership rolled over from 2020. It was a hard and gut-wrenching decision, I will miss my friends there deeply, and I sincerely hope the con does well, and everyone has a great time and doesn’t get sick. Second, …
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Highlights from FC 2020
Got everything packed. Doggo got to come with since she could stay with brother at his house in San Jose and so leaving was easier than it sometimes is. On the other hand we got to experience the full spectrum of Winter Driving Conditions, from snow and ice on 97 to high gusting winds at …
Grimby Grats – August 2019
Grimby’s Gratitude – Comic-Con 18/31 the E-Newsletter of Goldeen Ogawa • Issue 21, August 2019 Originally posted for Patrons on August 2 on Patreon What have I done? Cleanups for “Sir Camilla” (The Camilliad, Book 4) “Blueberry Eater” standalone Released eBook of Driving Arcana Rotation Five Interior illustrations for The Aubergine Spellbook (Felpz Volume III) At-con commissions for AnthroCon What am I doing? Cleanups …
After AnthroCon, before SDCC
AnthroCon is a furry convention, one of the largest, and I have gone every year since… oh boy… since 2009. I’ve grown up with the convention, and am now on staff by dint of the volunteer work I do for the convention’s security team, organized by the Dorsai Irregulars. Add to that the load of …
BLFC 2019 Report – Summer is Coming
This time last weekend I was in Reno NV for Biggest Little FurCon, selling books and art in the vendor’s hall next to my good friend and colleague Mary Capaldi. It had been a rather uncertain road to the con, what with the dealer liaison staff being somewhat uncommunicative and my own natural inertia when …
The Monday after Norwescon
Monday morning after a con is a surreal experience. You drift through empty halls and past quiet coffee kiosks, where just the day before were thronged crowds in colorful costumes and lines of tired people bedecked with ribboned badges stretching around corners and into said hall. The memory of a hundred voices amplifies the silence, …
Iceland and the Future
I am writing this in Keflavik airport, and I hate it here. Luckily we will be leaving soon. Let us speak no more about it. Instead, let me tell you about Iceland and the Future. Iceland was gorgeous. Majestic and stark and frightening and beautiful. I am much obliged to Icebike Adventures who took us …
The Half-Arsed Helsinki Post
I’m writing this in the little dining area across from Upper Crust in Helsinki-Vantaa Int. Airport, with about 30 minutes to boarding, since I just know once we get done with Iceland this incredible weekend will be blown from my mind. With that in mind: WorldCon75 was absolutely magical, fun, exciting, and overwhelming in the …
