Gaslight Expo 2018 panel Maker’s Workbench Tools Every Maker Should Have and Know About

 – Join Gaslight Expo 2018’s Maker Guests of Honor, Scott Brodeen and John Harrington, together with local maker Bob Mogg, to discuss which tools will maximize your creativity and output in your personal workshop. – Scott Brodeen, John Harrington, Bob Mogg
 
Please see more fantastic things at http://www.gaslightexpo.org
Next Gaslight Expo is September 27-29, 2019 and 2019's Guest of Honor Gail Carriger!
 
Scott Brodeen
http://www.vulcaniasubmarine.com/SCOTT%20BRODEEN.htm
 
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Wild Wild West Con 2018 panel If the Teacup Fits, Join the Tea Scouts!

The Tea Scouts want you to join the fight against bad tea! Learn how to prepare tea in the field & the best way to pack an emergency tea kit. Come meet these veteran Tea Matrixes to learn more about this noble organization.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeaScouts/
Greetings and Salutations! Welcome to the Tea Scouts, a non-profit group of tea enthusiasts from around the globe. This benevolent group is led by the Tea Scout Matrixes - each Matrix has their own area of expertise:
Madame Askew - Ring LeaderGrand Arbiter - FlirtationEvie - The Super Scout Pepper - The LibrarianThelonius Rex - AlchemyTemperance - HaberdasheryThaddeus - Game Master Minerva - NavigatrixAndie - LogisticsGodzilla - Kaiju
 
See more fun and shenanagins from Wild Wild West Con at https://www.wildwestcon.com/
And https://www.facebook.com/WildWildWestCon/
 
 
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Thank you to the panelists, volunteers, and the wonderful Wild Wild West con staff and directors!
 

Wild Wild West Con 2018 panel Totally Intentional: A Compliment Course

At Wild Wild West Con we join the delightful Madame Askew & the Grand Arbiter as they share strategies for wielding a well-timed compliment in the heart of a duel or during teatime. Smooth your way, make friends, & further the plots of world domination with the perfect compliment.
I like that they even provide tips on how to receive compliments!
For more on compliment dueling please see our other videos and recordings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9rhWTuv4M0&t=170s
 
Please take a moment to drop a compliment to Madame Askew and her temporal entourage on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MadameAskew/
See more fun and shenanagins from Wild Wild West Con at https://www.wildwestcon.com/
And https://www.facebook.com/WildWildWestCon/
 
 
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Thank you to the panelists, volunteers, and the wonderful Wild Wild West con staff and directors!
The Tea Scouts can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeaScouts/

Wild Wild West Con 2018 panel Business as Unusual

*NSFW*
I got to sit in on an awesome and candid panel on business from the point of views of Thomas Willeford, Tobias McCurry, Cedric Whittaker!
So you want to be a professional Steampunk? Even a professional maker or artist? It’s not impossible to live the dream but there’s a reason they call it a dream. We would love to help you out with tales of our experiences.*By the way some personal information of the panelists was deleted for privacy sake of these Awesome Panels!*ASI is Airship IsabellaQuotes:'Don’t do it''Make allies not enemies''Dont watch movies and drive!''Let’s get off the tangent dragon''Makes the jump from day job to...''This becomes an obsession when it’s your job''Don’t be afraid to downsize''Do not pay to play!'
https://www.facebook.com/BruteForceStudios
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Willeford
https://www.facebook.com/SkyCaptainTobias
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6184963/
https://www.facebook.com/CaptainCedricWhittaker
https://www.facebook.com/Airship.Isabella.Fan.Page

Magical History Panel at the 2018 Tucson Festival of books

Join Gail Carriger, Beth Cato and Mindy Tarquini, all wonderful authors of novels filled with wonderous magic and mystery as they discuss their points of view on alternative earth histories where magic, the paranormal or time travel are real.
“Why use magic at all?”
“How d you know there wasn’t vampires and werewolves running around Victorian England?”
“I want to write about airships!”
"And that is Steampunk ladies and gentlemen!"
"...love steampunk and make it their own!"
 
This panel was moderated by our friend David Lee Summers!
 
 
NYT Bestseller Gail Carriger writes comedies of manners mixed with paranormal romance (and the sexy San Andreas Shifter series as G.L. Carriger). Her books include the Parasol Protectorate, Custard Protocol, and Supernatural Society series for adults, and the Finishing School series for young adults. She is published in many languages and has over a dozen NYT bestsellers. She was once an archaeologist and is fond of shoes, octopuses, and tea. Join the Chirrup for sneak peeks & giveaways! http://gailcarriger.com/chirrup and her amazon page at https://www.amazon.com/Gail-Carriger/e/B002BML6TE/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1520798068&sr=8-2-ent
 
Beth Cato hails from Hanford, California, but currently writes and bakes cookies in a lair west of Phoenix, Arizona. She shares the household with a hockey-loving husband, a numbers-obsessed son, and a cat the size of a canned ham. She's the author of THE CLOCKWORK DAGGER (a 2015 Locus Award finalist for First Novel) and THE CLOCKWORK CROWN (an RT Reviewers' Choice Finalist) from Harper Voyager. Her novella WINGS OF SORROW AND BONE was a 2016 Nebula nominee. BREATH OF EARTH begins a new steampunk series set in an alternate history 1906 San Francisco. Follow her at BethCato.com and on Twitter at @BethCato and her amazon page at https://www.amazon.com/Beth-Cato/e/B006S84MNO/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1520798286&sr=8-2-ent
 
Raised by traditional people in a modern world, Mindy Tarquini is a second-generation Italian American who grew up believing dreams are prophecy, the devil steals lost objects, and an awkward glance can invite the evil eye. She’s served as assistant editor with the Lascaux Review, also Spinetingler Magazine, and is a member of the Perley Station Writers’ Colony. Her work has won recognition from the Philadelphia City Paper, the Maui Writer’s Conference, and the Oklahoma Writer’s Federation. A native Philadelphian, Mindy packed up her pizza stone and westward-ho’d. She now resides in Phoenix, where she divides her time between writing and wrestling with her pasta maker. Mindy loves writing heroines with special powers. Alas, she has none herself. Find out more at her Amazon writers page at https://www.amazon.com/Mindy-Tarquini/e/B01DHO8THG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1520798670&sr=1-2-ent
 
David Lee Summers is an author, editor and astronomer living somewhere between the western and final frontiers in Southern New Mexico. He is the author of ten novels. His short stories and poems have appeared in numerous magazines including Cemetery Dance, Realms of Fantasy, Star*Line, and The Santa Clara Review. David is also the founding editor of Tales of the Talisman Magazine. When he's not writing, he operates telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
Check out David’s amazon authors page and the ton of great books he’s written!
https://www.amazon.com/David-Lee-Summers/e/B003LLIC3C/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1520798827&sr=1-2-ent
 
Thank you to the panelists, moderator, and the wonderful Tucson Festival of Books!
http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/
 
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The Tea Scouts can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeaScouts/
 
 
 

Interview with Jim Miller and the word on Crit Hit 2018!

Crit Hit! is Phoenix's Tabletop Gaming Convention!
featuring board/card games & tabletop RPG's. Returning for our 3rd year July 13-15 at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Phoenix. Now back for our 3rd year and we are going bigger and better than ever before! From Role Playing Games, Board /Card Games, to panels and night time entertainment, Crit Hit is a weekend of adventure and fun!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crithit/crit-hit-3-arizonas-tabletop-gaming-convention?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=crit%20hit
 
http://crithitaz.com/
 
 for 7th Sea RPG check out http://7thsea.com/
The Sword the crown and the unspeakable power RPG check them out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wheeltreepress/the-sword-the-crown-and-the-unspeakable-powerChuthulu Dark RPG they have it at DriveThruRPG http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/98137/Cthulhu-Dark?affiliate_id=49631
Lazers and feelings RPG go to http://onesevendesign.com/
 
"Gaming is a great way to interface with people!"
Full Metal RPG PODCAST over at https://soundcloud.com/full-metal-rpg
 
Also a few more honorable mentions! 
Wild in the Streets miniture game
Frog god games
Big publisher with a tiny game?
The inside track on GM perks and Swag! 8 hours equal a free pass plus more!
The oliver House
Crit Hitaz.com
@crithitaz

TusCon 2017: The More the Merrier, masterminding group Cosplay

At TusCon 44 this year it was all about the Cosplay, so why not make plans to Cosplay as a group?
Join our panelists at TusCon 44 as they talk about rounding up group cosplays and events
Kellie Spinger
Wendy Trakes
Sabrina Floyd

Tucson Comic Con 2017 Anyone can write

*Adult Cotent*
Join us for another fun Panel that we enjoyed at Tucson Comic Con!
Yes you too can be a writer and share your stories!
Panelists: Monica Friedman, Mira Domsky and moderator KJ Kabza
http://www.tucsoncomic-con.com
 

Gaslight Steampunk Expo 2017 Creating a Steampunk Persona

The Atlantean Foundation helps bring illumination to a common question asked of the Atlantean Foundation. How do they create such detailed and in-depth personas that continue to bring to life as part of their performance. Well, wonder no more! This interactive workshop offers tips, tricks, and guidelines for creating your own unique steampunk persona so the next time someone asks, "Who are you?“ you can respond with more than just a blank look.
 
The Atlantean Foundation on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/atlanteanfoundation
Find out more about one of our favorite Conventions at http://www.gaslightexpo.org/
(also some great photos on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GaslightExpo/ )
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TusCon 2017: How to create compelling characters panel

https://www.tusconscificon.com/
It's great to have a killer plot and a well designed world, but your readers are going to spend a lot of time with these people, how do you make them worth it?
Join these great panelists is the discussion of how to create compelling characters Participants: 
Ron Collins http://amzn.to/2B0VCIJ
 
Erika Lewis http://amzn.to/2hNhXoE
 
H Paul Honsinger http://amzn.to/2zSLxzq
 
Jill Knowles http://amzn.to/2z1IAJJ
 
 David Van Dyke http://amzn.to/2B1TS25