Upcoming Appearances & Events
Costume-Con 42
Costume-Con is a 4-day, international, annual, traveling convention all about costuming, cosplay, and creating! In my official capacity as Towel Day Ambassador, I will be co-creating and judging the Towel Contest!
Glasgow 2024 A Worldcon For Our Futures
The 82nd World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) will be at The Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, Scotland.
Previous Appearances & Events
LosCon 49
Closer to home meant I could drive to LosCon November 24-26, 2023 and participate on the following program items:
Nov 24: Friday, 8 PM – We had a fabulous discussion on the panel How do I use Social Media to Promote My book?
On Saturday I joined three other brilliant costumers to discuss the continuum of Costuming As An Art Form. Later in the day, Hitchhiker Fans talked Adams at Do You Have Your Towel – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
On Sunday we talked How to Find a Publisher and had a brilliant time! This panel was recorded and the video will be available in the future.
Imaginarium
I had a great time as a guest/panelist, at the 2023 Imaginarium Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.
My panels were well attended and I offered participants free worksheets. I’ve linked them here too, so you can grab them if the topics sound interesting to you.
- Fri 2:30 pm Audiobook: A How-To – Get a free decision worksheet for authors who don’t know where to start on their audiobook creation journey.
- Sat 9 am Increasing Reviews – My free worksheet for this talk included 9 Basic Strategies for Book Reviews
- Sun 9 am A Guide to Writing Non-Fiction – With no idea what we would be covering, there was no handout for this talk. The top advice was:
- Write the book you are deeply passionate about
- Sometimes your topic isn’t clear until your draft is done
- Research is never wasted
- Book proposals are an excellent tool
- Short non-fiction can be published in many places, providing you with authority and a ready-audience
- Know your audience
Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference
In June, I attended the 2023 Santa Barbara Writer’s Conference.
Friday, June 23rd, 1-3:30 PM – Podcasts & Audiobooks
Friday, June 23rd, 4-5 PM – Author Platform Panel
I also offered free one-on-one coaching sessions on Author Business Plans. What’s an Author Business Plan, you ask? Email me and find out.
