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I am Doing the Thing and Going to a Con as an Author
Been many years, for many reasons, since I could say I am going to a con.
Several years back, now, there was the annual Steampunk World’s Fair in New Jersey.
It was a fun local convention (con) — especially since I was getting into Steampunk at that time.
In fact, I was so enamored of it that I wrote a Steampunk pirate/magic short story for the Spells and Swashbucklers anthology called The Vapor Rogues. Then, since I did a ton of world-building for that, I followed it up with the first novel of a series in the same universe called Clouds of Authority.
Publishing these afforded me another opportunity that was a first — presenting at a con. As such, I got to be a part of a couple of different panels — and read an excerpt from my novel and sell some copies.
The panel was with a couple of other Steampunk authors I have a lot of respect and admiration for. It was a super cool experience. And it feels like it was a long time ago, now. I think it was 2016.
However — at the end of February, I am attending a con, sitting on panels, signing and selling books as an author for the first time since then.
