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CodCon returns April 12-14 at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn! Only two weeks left to pre-register! Register by Friday April 5 to save! I’ll be there with the usual freebies, fun, and Forging of a Knight fables! Hope to see you there as well!
https://www.codcon.com/
Happy New Year! Hopefully everyone had a safe and happy holiday season, as 2024 now gears up full blast - here in Illinois we had roughly 3 months of snow-free, frigid-free weather, but the Snow Miser was finally unleased and below zero temps and inches of snow have fallen at last.
Despite that, PeoriaCon March 2-3 is looming close, and they are bigger and better than ever before! They have moved to the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL, and have landed some awesome guests, like the voice of Squidward Rodger Bumpass himself, and James Pax from Big Trouble in Little China fame!
We'll be there, of course, with more books, more freebies, and more fun! Hope you can stop on by and say hi!
https://www.peoriacon.com/
Tomorrow is the Gail Borden Authors Fair!
Gail Borden Library's Annual Authors Fair is this Sunday, October 8th from 2:00-4:00 PM. The event will be held in the Meadows Community Rooms, located on the 1st floor of the Main Library (to the left upon entry - past the KCT branch & cafe) at 270 N. Grove Ave. in Elgin, Illinois.
Hope to see you there for some fun, freebies, and fantasy!
https://gailborden.info/authors
Always be wary, writers, and do your research when receiving out of the blue interest in your writing - this example from Writers Beware (a MUST resource!) shows just how careful you have to be...
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwriterbeware.blog%2F2023%2F09%2F15%2Fanatomy-of-a-fake-film-company-scam-the-greendot-films-better-bound-house%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3NXai-gQLwTHi1XpsWxEA0ASYD93lCaw_E7pec2nS7MTubFF5ZgOTsuxQ_aem_AdgijKSNs2ZQrw-fVFUqF5aBEYEyOoHMaIXi3nEAqLd0_6hiQVY6e4Xl4Arui0uuROY&h=AT1kIRd_OMkUIdUfVap8NJHToCN2zhNlpU6EmJZJP2BZHOWNCAJU3FJCUR3vNQ_McdHiNadBxkCayRfY8j9JdvjYogM-yFJsgKG_fgsh2YJJqcnt2uniec8F1qHQcDjJ5bcsTv6xflL2&s=1
Gail Borden Author Event Sunday October 8th!
It's back! Gail Borden's author fair Sunday 10/8/23 from 2-4pm in Elgin, IL!
I'll be there with books and fun giveaways and looking forward to saying hi if you stop by!
https://attend.gailborden.info/event/8861209
Welcome a new gaming convention!
GameOn, P.H.S.G.C. (Peoria High School Gaming Circuit) will have its inaugural gaming event Saturday, July 8, 2023 at Peoria High School, 1615 N. North Street, Peoria IL 61604 10am-4pm! Card games, RPG's, cosplay, console games, and more!
Forging of a Knight will be there - hope you will be too!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091611472014
Get ready - the awesome PeoriaCon in Peoria, IL will be here sooner than you think! March 4-5, 2023! We'll be there of course - and hope you will as well!
Barnes and Noble book signing for Forging of a Knight!
I can't wait! Coming back to Barnes and Noble at their new Algonquin location (that's Algonquin Commons, 1802 S. Randall in Algonquin, IL) from their previous West Dundee digs. Saturday 9/24/22 at 1:00pm. Stop by to visit, say hi, share some fantasy talk, purchase a signed copy or 10 (I'm not greedy!) from the Forging of a Knight book series, and grab some fun freebies to those that purchase a copy as well! Verily, it cannot be missed!
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062150123-0
Great online article on safety tips for authors - young and old!
https://medium.com/@cindyotis_/online-safety-tips-for-authors-13b0af90735
CodCon XXV has dropped the mike for another year...
After a two-year Covid hiatus, College of DuPage's CodCon completed today, and it's always sad to say goodbye (until next year 4/14-4/16 2023, that is!!). Amazing vendors, amazing College of DuPage volunteers, and of course, the amazing head mage/honcho himself of CodCon, Dr. James Allen.
Role playing games, maid cafe and masquerade, a LARP gauntlet, appearances by the awesome 501st Legion as well as Dan the Bard, video games, and more - despite the delay, CodCon was an absolute success!
Check out some fun pics from the event over at my Forging of a Knight website:
https://www.forgingofaknight.com/blog