Scribe Award Nomination & Comicpalooza Time

fhimtw2Earlier this week, the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers announced their Scribe Award nominees.  To my utter surprise and delight, my SG-1 short story, Perceptions, (appearing in Fandemonium’s Stargate Horizons anthologywas nominated.  The other nominees are fantastic, serious heavy-hitter authors so I’m blown away to be in their company:

Pathfinder: Hunter’s Folly by Josh Vogt
Mike Hammer: It’s in the Book by Max Collins and Mickey Spillane
Pathfinder: Queen Sacrifice by Steven Savile
Tales of Valdemar: Written in the Wind by Jennifer Brozek

You can read the full list of nominations at:  http://iamtw.org/the-scribe-awards/scribe-award-nominees/

The timing is wonderful since I’ll be appearing at Houston’s Comicpalooza (aka the “Texas International Comic Con”) this Friday through Monday.   There’s a slew of terrific writers that will be there and I’ll be on several panels including:

comicpaloozaSaturday – May 22nd
2:30 to 3:30 pm
No Holds Barred Critique Workshop
w/ Shannon Winton, Jason Kristopher, Carrie Patel, Kevin Ranson

Sunday – May 23rd
11:30am
Law & Society in Science Fiction
w/Raymond E. Feist, C. D. Lewis, K. J. Russell, Shannon Winton, Marianne Dyson
4 to 5 pm
Star Trek: Evolution of a Sci-Fi Franchise
w/ C. Stuart Hardwick, Rebecca Schwarz, Wayne Basta, Marshall Ryan

5:30 to 6:30 pm
Writing the Media Tie-In
w/ Jonathan Maberry and Amy Sisson

Monday – May 24th
4 to 5 pm
SciFi Writing on TV: The Best (and Worst)
w/C.D. Lewis, Rick Klaw, Wayne Basta, C. Stuart Hardwick

If you’re in town for Comicpalooza, I hope to see you there.  When I’m not on one of the above panels, I’ll be signing books, scripts, and other fun things at Booth #1912 along with the talented RPG podcaster Ross Payton (who also happens to be a former grad student mine).