ApolloCon

August 2, 2011

August ain’t so late, or at least that’s what I’ll try to convince myself. Eek, so many great things have been happening. I went to ApolloCon in June, presented by the Houston Science Fiction Association (HFSA), and met some incredibly amazing people. Of which I will only be able to mention a few.

The panelists and guests of honor were wonderful, sat on several panels then also made themselves available for friendly conversations with fans, authors, and others with just something interesting to say.

Martha Wells, Ann Vandermeer, Jeanne Gomoll, Rocky Kelley, Lou Antonelli (always a favorite panelist of mine), Dr. Paul Abell, Reverend Keri Bas, Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Michael Bracken, Chris N. Brown, David H. Brummel, Ahliana Byrd, David Bennett Carren, Chuck Coshow, Bill Crider, Marianne Dyson, Gabrielle S. Faust, Melanie Fletcher, Larry Friesen, O.M. Grey, Bennie Grezlik, Mark B. Hall, Kim Kofmel, Alexis Glynn Latner, Stina Leicht (another fave panelist), A. Lee Martinez (a man of incredible talent and surprising humility – I might have been prompted to write that), C.J. Mills, Cat Osborne, Katy Pace, Lawrence Person, K. Hutson Price (the coolest 8th grade teacher in Texas and a fave panelist), Patrice Sarath, Mel. White, and many more.

The Four Redheads of the Apocalypse had excellent advice and comments to offer for impending doom and took the time to write them down in the front of my book. Rhonda Eudaly, Julia S. Mandala, Linda L. Donahue, and Dusty Rainbolt (all fave panelists) put together a hilarious tale. The premise is:

Death, War, Famine, and Plague have died. Now their wives are taking over. Too bad they don’t have a clue how to do their new jobs. Look out world, here come the Four Redheads of the Apocalypse!

You can find their books at www.yarddogpress.com

Please take time to look up some of these authors. You might just find a new favorite author.

Again, the ultimate message to writers is WRITE. Good, bad, ugly, uglier, doesn’t matter if it’s not written.


The next Conventions I hope to attend are:

ArmadilloCon 33 – August 26-28, 2011 in Austin, TX www.armadillocon.org

FenCon VIII – September 23-25, 2011 in Addison, TX www.fencon.org


Hope to see y’all there,


Carolyn Haven