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I'm excited to announce that Shadowcasting, book three in the Mia Graves Saga, is now out!
I could run through a brief description of the book and I give the back-of-book synopsis again (like I did when pre-orders went up), but you can go back and read that post if you want to. The short version is "how do you talk a twenty-something out of using a magical nuke, especially when you just work retail."
In all honesty, this is my favorite book in the series so far. In some ways it's very different than the two earlier books in a couple of ways, but still feels like the same series. There's not much else I can say without major spoilers, so you'll just have to trust me on that one.
Like my earlier releases, for the first three months the eBook will be available only on Kindle (and Kindle Unlimited), but you can also get the paperback a couple of ways. First off, there's always Amazon, but you can always direct order a copy if you want to avoid Bezos. Finally, you can get it through any bookseller with the ISBN 9781088207031.
So yeah, the book is here, and I'm excited that folks will get to read it finally.
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I don’t think it’s physically possible to get a (clear) picture of John Barrowman in a hotel lobby. My experience is that he’s surrounded by several concentric rings of handlers, security, and shrieking fans at all times.
Ew, Brew-Con is a nickle-and-diming for-profit con? I can’t stand those kind.
I can understand the no-hallways-photos rule. It can lead to massive backups and blockages and all. But I hate when cons charge you to take photos or get autographs from the guests.
Rhode Island Comiccon is partially there. If you want a photo taken with yourself at a celebrity’s booth, it’ll cost you. And you can’t take a picture of the main celebrities (who get a separate area on a podium!) BUT if you take a picture of a celebrity on the main floor, no one says anything. One celebrity (Vic Mignogna) actually had to have a handler at his table to make certain he charged since he liked posing and would do it for nothing.
Dessa as someone who works very hard at multiple conventions I feel that I can speak as to the charging for pics and autographs. In today’s world it is absolutely necessary as there is no way today to get a media guest without those monies involved.
Nobody stops me from John sexysexysexy Barrowman. NOBODY! *fangirl max level*
But yeah, I seen this rule. It’s very Wizard, isn’t it?
This rule has driven me bonkers for years. Unless you’re a celeb-level guest, and I’m talking HOLLYWOOD HERE, I don’t understand the need of you super-charging for pictures.
Weill wait, if you’re ridiculously popular and get swamped at every con if you don’t, I understand then. There’s such a thing as over working a guest and some cons do the charge-per-autograph with some guests due to their popularity, not necessarily as a overall rule.
Others do it to cover the guests fees. Some are super skeevy about it (hello current con in arch).