August 29, 2012 – Scribblings From The Public Restroom Stalls Of The Gods

GlitchCon diary

By Earl
August 29, 2012
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Sellin' stuff The first weekend of August saw my first attempt at running a vendor table at anything other than a video game convention (next year marks ten years of OVGE and ten years of me having a table at OVGE). The convention in question was heavy on anime and steampunk, though there was also a healthy science fiction contingent there, including authors such as Kevin J. Anderson (of Star Wars and Dune spinoff novel fame). A few days before the show, while looking over the vendor room layout, a light bulb went off over my head and I started looking up the other vendors online. Nobody with general sci-fi swag. I pretty much leaped into my closet and started hauling stuff out that could be sold.

While I was sitting at my table, I had my trusty MobilePro plugged in and charged, and was writing one of two things: a hasty “GlitchCon diary” of my observation and in-the-moment impressions, or slices and pieces of WARP!1 and/or VWORP!2. … Read more

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I edit Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast and its sister shows Mission Log: Prodigy and Mission Log: The Orville for Roddenberry Podcasts. I was a frequent writer, editor, and voice on the daily Sci-Fi 5 podcast for Roddenberry, and I created and currently co-host Mission Log: Gene-ology. I handle video production on Mission Log Live, Mission Log: Prodigy and Mission Log: The Orville. I'm the technical director for the TrekTalks online telethon event benefiting Hollywood Food Coalition.

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