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Gremlins Galore! Geeking Out About Hideously Adorable Sidekicks

November 18, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Steampunk fantasy author Beth Cato geeks out about some hideously adorable creatures in this week’s Geek Speaks…Fiction!

Get Ready WriMos – National Novel Writing Month Approaches

October 23, 2015December 4, 2017Jena Burne

Your imagination is more than capable of this challenge, but you need to get your ego and inner critic out of the way.

Keep Kids Creating With ‘The Superhero Comic Kit’!

September 26, 2015December 15, 2017Jenny Bristol

Kids love to create and come up with some of the most ingenious stories and drawings.

Geek Speaks… Fiction! With Veronica Scott

August 11, 2015December 15, 2017Corrina Lawson1

From her fascination of the sinking of the Titanic to her work with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, best-selling author Veronica Scott has had numerous influences in her science-fiction romances.

Gen Con: The Once And Future Podcast's First Live Event

July 20, 2015December 3, 2017Melanie Meadors

Melanie Meadors talks about what event she is most excited about at this year’s Gen Con.

Geek Speaks…Fiction! With Guest Brian Kirk

June 30, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

This week on Geek Speaks…Fiction! we welcome author Brian Kirk. Brian’s highly anticipated psychological horror book, ‘We Are Monsters,’ is coming out on July 7th from Samhain Publishing.

What’s the Gen Con Writer’s Symposium?

June 12, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors2

GeekMom Mel asks fifteen year Gen Con veteran and past Gen Con Writer’s Symposium Guest of Honor Anton Strout what he thinks of the Writer’s Symposium, and what other folks could glean from the experience.

Catching Up With Delilah S. Dawson, Author & Geeky Mom Extraordinaire!

April 14, 2015December 15, 2017Melanie Meadors

Delilah S. Dawson is an author, a mom, a geek, a cowgirl, an artist, and more.

Jeff Salyards: Finding Magic & Living Fantasy

April 8, 2015December 2, 2017Melanie Meadors

Grimdark author Jeff Salyards puts down his deadly flail and puts on his dad hat to talk about a special Renaissance Faire experience.

Social Planes: Soar Into New Communication Heights

June 6, 2014November 23, 2017Dakster Sullivan

Social Planes gives us a means of communicating in a fun way that doesn’t involve our phones that makes the message more personal to the writer and the receiver.

Catching Up With Storium

May 14, 2014November 23, 2017Helen Barker

GeekMom Helen catches up with online collaborative storytelling game Storium. What happened with its Kickstarter campaign?

Telling a Tale With Storium

April 24, 2014December 15, 2017Helen Barker8

GeekMom Helen explores Storium, an online collaborative storytelling game.

Writing Bone Dust II: Embracing the Vibrant Post-it Note Colors

April 23, 2014December 15, 2017Natania Barron

Natania takes us deeper into the process of writing Bone Dust by embracing the joy of Post-it Note colors.

Writing Bone Dust: Learning to Love Process With Evernote and Post-it Brand

April 16, 2014November 26, 2017Natania Barron3

When a disorganized mom meets the magic of Post-it Brand and Evernote, amazing things can happen.

Women Destroy Science Fiction! This Kickstarter Will Wreck Everything!

January 28, 2014November 26, 2017Fran Wilde2

Women Destroy Science Fiction, an all-women double-issue coming in June from Lightspeed Magazine, got Kickstarter-funded in under 24 hours. But they’re not done yet! Here’s what you can do to help destroy even more horror, fantasy, and science fiction.

Reality Is for Those Who Lack Imagination

January 24, 2014November 26, 2017Rebecca Angel

All setting, no plot, made creating an imaginary college the fun way to deal with illness.

NaNoWriMo 2013 – Are You In?

October 18, 2013November 24, 2017Sophie Brown1

Two weeks today Nanowrimo 2013 gets underway; come and join in with our Facebook discussion group.

The Cliffs of Insanity: Facebook Stats Show 40 Percent of Comic Readers Are Women

September 20, 2013November 24, 2017Corrina Lawson2

What did I learn this week? One, there is actual hard evidence that show women read comics (about time); two, as a reader, I can develop a really hopeless crush; and three, that I should let my eldest daughter brainstorm plot ideas for my writing all the time.

History Geek: Radio Plays

June 25, 2013November 26, 2017Rebecca Angel2

Old Timey radio is so fun to listen to, but writing and recording your own is even better. During my history camp, we did just that!

History Geek: 1930s Week

June 19, 2013November 26, 2017Rebecca Angel

Swing dancing! The creation of Superman! Adagio for Strings! Radio Plays! Migrant Mother photojournalism! Heath bars! The Wizard of Oz! Monopoly! Last week I directed a summer camp all about America during the 1930’s.