It’s the last day of KillerCon. I missed saying goodbye to about half of the people that I meant to, but I’ll email them to continue our conversations. These conversations include: working with sociopaths (and the “deletion of the empathy gene”) cookie recipe, shopping tips, and agent pitches. I’m excited to sit down tomorrow and write a real post about … Read More
KillerCon Day 2
I was bullied into pitching to agents, and it worked out in my favor. We learned about digital marketing techniques, listened to a band made up entirely of writers, bid a few fond farewells, and then took off for the Freemont Street Experience. I’m really sad that it’s over tomorrow. I feel like I learned a lot in a short … Read More
KillerCon Day 1
I’m going to make this short and sweet because I’m exhausted. KillerCon rocks, no joke. A wonderful Englishman introduced me to half of the authors. (Names and links later.) I met a writer with permanent vampire fangs, and a very sweet reader named Tim. Cookies were eaten, Shock Totems were sold, and I got two over-tired East coast authors lost … Read More
I’m Off To Con Those Killers
Today is the beginning of KillerCon. I’m pretty excited. I’m also lucky because I don’t have to worry about the logistics of flying, booking a room, etc because baby? I’m already here! The downside of living in Vegas is that everybody else will be starry eyed and foaming at the mouth, and I have to remain realistic. While they tour … Read More
121 Characters
Also, I had a twitter fiction go up on Nanoism. Not only does the editor have personality, but the clean, sparse look of the site really appeals to me. Cleanliness is elegance. It makes me want to put on a white dress and throw paint on the walls. You can see my story here. OH!!!! And I just thought, “Yay, it’s … Read More
Hairy Gorillas and Killer Squirrels
There are the necessary things in life. Food. Clothing, shelter. And then there are the things that just improve your quality of life. Like this: Hairy Gorilla Half Marathon and Squirrely Six Miles. No joke. Now it isn’t feasible for me to fly to New York in order to be chased by gorillas, squirrels, chainsaw wielding maniacs and pirates, but … Read More
In Which One Curses the Cyberverse
Arrg! I say. My brain has just exploded. Why, you ask? (What do you mean, you didn’t ask?!) Well, I’ll tell you anyway. The Blog. By “The Blog” I mean this blog. I love this blog. I love to blog. To blog, have blogged, will blog. Awesome. But I am horribly computer illiterate at times, and it hurts. Throw in … Read More
I Declare Today….National Carrie Harris Day!!
Why, you ask? Well. Looky here. Richard Simmons can explain it so much better than I ever could. Mostly because I refuse to wear those shorts in public. And nothing conveys good news like shiny, stripey shorts. Anyway, for those of you who don’t know, Carrie is just awesome. She inducted me into the (Semi) Secret Order of the Blog … Read More
Dignity, People.
What’s this that I’m hearing about Kanye West? Serena Williams? Joe Wilson? Michael Jordan? My daughter just hit the terrible twos. If she doesn’t get her milk/puppy show/cookie, she does what we call “Bret’s Angry Dance” (you can see the namesake here). She usually doesn’t get to finish Bret’s Angry Dance, because it is interrupted with a time out. Why? … Read More
SFWA, Here I Come!
I made these horns last year for Halloween, and then I forgot to wear them. First I sculpted them, which was fairly easy. The only part that was remotely trixy was getting them to match each other. Then I baked them, painted them purple with silver highlights, attached them to the headband, and practiced wire-wrapping in silver. I’m quite pleased … Read More