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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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This sums up every con that I have attended and staffed. And pretty my anime viewing rooms and VGR are the only things running and those are very quiet at this time too.
Let the boy go on patrol. Give his enthusiasm and energy an outlet.
he’s an ass and making him sit on it will annoy him
I disagree. Let this guy go “on patrol,” and I guarantee you, he will FIND “violators” to harass.
Wait, Bork Con is a 24 hour con? Why are there still 24 hour cons?
Caffeine and sugar.
…there are multiday cons held in hotels that AREN’T 24 hour cons?
Those sound like disappointing cons to attend.
…why wouldn’t there be? I work nights. 4am is just after break, time to start wrapping things up before morning shift shows up.
At Con, 4am means the drunks are finally gone, the crowds are gone, can finally enjoy the place.
Wait, there are NON 24-hour cons? I mean, yeah, PAX and crap, but fan-run anime cons that aren’t?!
Err, yeah. I mean it’s been a while certainly, but I don’t think I ever hit any kind of con that wasn’t 24. Some of them would shut down certain bits after it got seriously late, but that was just some of the official stuff. Not even all of that.
Yes, if the fan-run con is in a convention center.
Yeah, we have to shut down the dance at 2A and even that means we’re paying extra to keep the center open an extra hour.
Most Arizona conventions are not 24 hours. Things may still run super late depending on the event, but most official programming ends by 3am at the latest and picks up again by 10am the next morning. There might be some attendee-run room parties, but I’ve never been to one so I don’t know how common those are.
Some of this does depend on the venue. I worked a con in a small town that had to close by 11am due to security and safety reasons. The entrance to the hotel’s panel rooms used to go through the gift shop, so the con had to close up when the gift shop closed. There was a back entrance, but the con staff agreed not to push it since it wasn’t well-lit and located at the back of the hotel.
Moving to a different location wasn’t an option since the local convention center is ridiculously expensive – way over the con’s budget. Plus, the hotel staff are incredibly accommodating.
Do you perchance mean 11pm?
Yes! I did mean 11pm, my bad! XD