Post-Penguicon

Posted on May 5, 2010 by David Crampton

My two panels went off pretty well. Saturday’s was standing room only, and Sunday morning’s actually had attendees. I sold a couple of books, got a bunch of badge ribbons, and ran into a crazy amount of friends that I hadn’t seen in forever. All of the webcomic flyers got picked up, and 90% of the badge ribbons are gone. Not to mention that I sold some books!

I uploaded the new pics to my Penguicon gallery.

The writery site has a new WP theme (which you already know if you’re reading this there), which I think is much more clean, crisp, and readable than the last. Feel free to let me know what you think.

PenguiCon!

Posted on April 29, 2010 by David Crampton

Looks like my panel schedule hasn’t changed yet. I’ve gone through and added all of the panels that I’d like to attend to my Google Calendar. I was planning on hitting the bar and/or the pool at some point, right? *squints at the double-booking* They have to make their panels so damn interesting…

I’ve got some packing to do, some gathering of my homemade promotional materials, and a double-check of the driving directions. I intend on taking some photos, and linking to others, but I hope to see you there in person. :) The quest begins in earnest tomorrow!

Busy Bee

Posted on April 28, 2010 by David Crampton

I guess that completing Yeesha’s path, even if it is for a second time, is something worth noting. All four sets of tapestries have been found and touched; all four lessons have been learned. As before, I’m putting Yeesha’s paths aside for a moment as I work on calibrating the Great Zero Machine with marker hunts.

These views, all along Yeesha’s path, struck me as worthy of pictures. Ignore the viking helmet. ;)

Horoscope

Posted on April 13, 2010 by David Crampton

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus genius Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called the greatest songwriter who ever lived. Among his 1,500 compositions were iconic tunes like “God Bless America” and “White Christmas,” as well as scores for 18 Hollywood movies and 19 Broadway shows. And yet he never learned to read or write music. Was he embarrassed about his handicap? Not at all. He even bragged about it. He felt that having such a minimal grasp of the conventions of songwriting was an advantage, giving him the freedom to be extraordinarily original. Is there any way in which you’re like Irving Berlin, Taurus? Do you have a seeming limitation that is actually an aid to your creativity and uniqueness? Celebrate it this week.

Penguicon Updates

Posted on April 10, 2010 by David Crampton

Badge Ribbons – rescued from the attic!
Copies of The Remembrance and Todd’s Story – received and ready to go!
Panel schedule – received and subject to change!

Methods of Life-Hacking

Methods of life-hacking to make writing easier, such as avoiding/dealing with distraction, mixing job/family/massively multiplayer online game life with writing.

@ Saturday 3PM

w/ David M. Crampton (m), David Erik Nelson, Jim C. Hines

The End is only the beginning… of the work

Following directions isn’t that hard, really. In other words, every time I read an agent or editor or publisher’s blog, there’s an amazing rift between the work put into creating the piece and the work put into shopping the piece around.

@ Sunday 10AM

w/ David M. Crampton, The Ferrett, Sarah Monette (m)

Horoscope

Posted on April 7, 2010 by David Crampton

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I got a spam email containing supposed words of wisdom from the Dalai Lama. “We spend more, but have less,” it said. “We have more conveniences, but less time; more experts, yet more problems.” It went on like this for a while. I was suspicious. It seemed to contain too many pop platitudes to have been uttered by the Dalai Lama. With Google’s help, I did some research and discovered that the passage was actually the handiwork of pastor Bob Moorehead, who resigned from his Seattle church under a cloud of allegations about misconduct. I urge you to make similar investigations of the ostensible truths you receive this week, Taurus. You may find discrepancies as major as the differences between the Dalai Lama and Bob Moorehead.

HOP

Posted on March 31, 2010 by David Crampton

I’m incredibly excited. With everything that’s hit the fan this year, I was hesitant to let myself believe that I’d get to go back this year. With the hotel room reserved and the books ordered, I think that it’s safe to say that I’m going to PenguiCon!

I’ve armed myself with stuff again this year:

Next (and last) installment of Remembrance badge ribbons. Expect the link to go live in the next week or so.
Copies of The Remembrance
Copies of Todd’s Story
Promotional fliers for Fight or Flight

My panel schedule has yet to be confirmed; I’ll post it here as soon as I get the info. I’m not sure if I’ll be on as many this year. If not, no biggie. Maybe I’ll spend some time down at the bar or bring my swimsuit.

If you see me there, don’t be shy about flagging me down. I plan to be caffeinated to the gills and having a ridiculous amount of fun.

Doctor Who: The Beginning, Futurama: Bender’s Big Score, and Richard III

Posted on March 25, 2010 by David Crampton

Man, that original Doctor was saucy! Not only that, he was full of himself, totally convinced of his and his granddaughter’s superiority, and totally senile! He was GREAT! Holy cow, sixties sexism was alive and well. Four stars.

Like the Simpsons movie, this one was pretty much an elongated episode. It was an enjoyable episode that actually had repercussions for stupidity during time travel. And since Bender was doing most of the time traveling, there was a whole lot of stupidity with a whole lot of repercussions. Enjoyable, but now wow-worthy. Three stars.

Man, that Richard was a rat bastard! The lesson from this movie adaptation of a play: Lie. Lie a lot. When you get caught, lie more. And then lie. Make reference to deformed genetalia and wanting nookie. Then lie more. Also, lie. Three stars.