Fans at the New York Times

This is actually Ardith's win - it took me four! In 2021, Feral Daughter, aka ShaChri Patel, made her first appearance as the heroine of the Spark Chronicles novels. Today, as I’m working to finish up the series, I’m getting shown a little love by the New York Times –…

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Back to the Future of ComicPalooza

Aside from hurricanes and tornadoes, one of the things that can generate 1.21 gigawatts of enthusiasm in Texas is ComicPalooza. This year there are more celebrities than ever, a bigger cosplay crowd, and a pretty cool NASA/STEM tie-in. With the tornado in the past and most of the lights being…

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Rethinking Survival

Ardith shepherded this guy to safety We live in Houston and last Thursday got hit with a Spielberg-class storm. 100 mph winds, heavy rain, memorable lightning. We’re well away from the nearest pond/lake and a turtle ended up in our yard. Power was out for 3 days and is back…

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ComicPalooza is coming

Just over a week from today. ComicPalooza is almost here! I'd rate the odds of Shannon dropping by at less than 1 in 10,000 As most of you know, CP is the one BIG event I do every year. It’s been that way since Pfitz invited me to go with…

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