Tag: Edmonton

  • Get in the Con Game!

    Gen Con started today, with tens of thousands of gaming nerds gathering in Indianapolis to celebrate the hobby they love. Sadly, I am not among them this year, though I have made the pilgrimage to gamer mardi gras in the past. If you have the means, I highly recommend attending Gen Con at least once…

  • Nerdiness Afoot in YEG

    Ahoy, nerdlings!  Winter seems to have passed us by and it is time to shake off our hibernation and get out into the world.  Conveniently, your fellow geeks are running events  firmly in your wheelhouse.  So give yourself a shake, put on your best pop-culture t-shirt, and hit up one of these upcoming events: 50,000…

  • Public Displays of Nerdery (and where to find them)

    There is nerdery afoot and aflight in the city of Edmonton!  And you need to get out there and take part, lest your nerd cred atrophy over these long winter months.  To forestall any nerd-cred shrinkage, why not take in some of these fine events: An Epic Valentine’s Day of Epic Epicness Join the Graphic…

  • Update: The Year of the Con

    Those of you in my inner circle (anyone who reads the blog even once) will know that I declared 2012 The Year of the Con.  I am still on track to attend more cons this year than I have in years past.  But as with many great plans, the exact details have changed since implementation;…

  • NaNoWriMo Will Not Orphan the Blog

    If you read my previous post, you know that NaNoWriMo is upon us!  I want to assure my tens of readers that my participation in that will not slow down blog entries at all.  I’ve found, as have other writers have, that the more I write the more I am able to write, limited only…

  • Edmonton Nerdery and Future Plans

    Today is sort of a two for one post; I have some local nerdery to promote, and I want to talk for a bit about my plans for Renaissance Dork. But, nerdery first! Costuming Help 101: An Informal Affair Join the Edmonton Steampunk group for a casual afternoon of costume planning and instruction!  If you…

  • Random Acts of Publicity: LitFest

    For the final instalment in Random Acts of Publicity Week, instead of talking about a single book by someone I know, I’m going to talk about a single book festival by someone I know.  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you LitFest, produced by my pal David Cheoros. As described on the website: “Litfest is a…