P-Con ( https://www.p-con.us/ ), the writers-oriented convention in Dallas, Texas runs Friday, September 15 through Sunday, September 17, 2023. Their wonderful con staff has been rushing some last minute schedule changes through, to take advantage of newly available space at the hotel. Once again, we used the utility at ConversionToolsIO https://conversiontools.io/convert/excel-to-html to convert the formatted […]
Tod here – the husband half of A. Kristina Casasent. We’re getting ready for P-Con ( https://www.p-con.us/ ), the writers-oriented convention in Dallas, Texas. The con runs Friday, September 15 through Sunday, September 17, 2023. This will be Anna’s first science-fiction/fantasy convention. She’s been to lots of biomedical research conventions, but they aren’t quite the […]
More Nano-Sapiens Yay! Tod and I got into another anthology with Raconteur Press. We received the notice last week on Sunday, but it was after I had written and posted the Sunday Salutation. So, instead we get spread out the celebration! This story is another story in our Nano-Sapiens Universe (https://akristinacasasent.com/books/). The new story will […]
Being the Game Master! For all those RPG players out there in cyberworld, I have now officially joined the ranks for someone that has been a Game Master (GM) for at least one game. Our Traveller group has been running one-shots this month since at least one player each weekend was going to be traveling […]
We are in the middle editing our first novel tentatively titled Trials of Taste in our Chef world universe. The current pitch for it is Zelda meets kitchen stadium, where cooking for strangers is reserved for the select few, just as magic is also for the few. (Although it does feel like everyone has magic.) […]
A grilling recipe for an apple cider vinegar and maple steak marinade, grilled over charcoal to a nice medium rare – relaxing fire therapy for a chaotic week.
Sunday Salutations from the Writer Cave Have you ever thought you knew what you were doing only to realize you completely missed the mark? Yep, that is where I am at on the writer skill chart. This week has been a strange mixture of writing success, changes, and rediscovery of items I thought I already […]
A dog-training lesson on ignoring distractions, as Crokell faces cones, poles, and bouncing tennis balls while working on stays, come, and the top five obedience commands.
One of my favorite cookie recipes.
Squee! Tod surprised me yesterday and scored us both Liberty Con tickets, after telling me that he didn’t think we could go next year. He pulled a fast one on me and surprised me a lot! The sneak! I had figured we wouldn’t be able to make the Con because the sign up started during […]
