As of the time of this writing, it is now May 10th, 6:00 in the evening.
In another six hours, it will be May 11th, 12:00 in the morning.
As my birthday is May 11th, by 6:00 in the evening of that day, I plan to be on my way to getting extremely drunk and already formulating what kind of deranged rant I’m going to be babbling about (I’m leaning toward a vast conspiracy in which the FDA is trying to keep my miracle drug, Sykesium, off the market because they can’t handle its amazing truth-quality, but time will tell).
With that in mind, I thought it’d behoove me to get a head start on telling you what I’ll be doing in May besides getting biblically astonished.
The big thing of course is Phoenix Comicon.
Tadow.
That’s right, for the fourth year in a row, I’ll be attending PHXCC as an author! You can see my schedule here, but just for kicks, let’s see what I’m doing.
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Social Media for Authors: Thursday 7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Writing Believable Fantasy: Friday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Author Chair Dancing: Friday 3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Magic Methods: Saturday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Different Approaches to Non-Traditional Fantasy: Saturday 1:30pm – 2:30pm
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The Epic Fantasy Panel: Sunday 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Well, that’s incredible! I know nearly all of those things.
Copies of my books will also be available for purchase at PHXCC! That’ll be incredible, right? RIGHT?!
But wait, there’s more!
On the evening of the 25th, at 5:00 PM, I will be interviewing my good friend and science fiction Renaissance man, John Scalzi, for the Poisoned Pen! We’ll be discussing John’s newest work, The Human Division, and all about what he’s got planned for the future as far as work, love and liberty.
Liberty.
If you can’t make it, though, you can check out the webcast here.
PHXCC is my favorite convention of the year and I’m amazingly pleased to be a part of it again. I hope, if you’re a fan of mine or of any of the other authors who are not as attractive as I am, you’ll swing by and say hello and maybe bring a book for me to sign.
If you don’t, I’ll cry.
Me this afternoon: Here’s what I’ve put in our Conquest so far…
14 year old son: (Seeing various Scalzi and Wheaton type things) Where’s SAM SYKES? We have to hear him swear! (Son still talks about your cursing at the “just a minute” panel at PHXCC 2011.)
Me: He’s in the Chair Dancing panel. Plus we’ll find his table and have him sign his book and you can meet him.
Son: Oh. Well okay then.
It’s true, Scalzi and Wheaton rarely spew limericks with the same finesse that I do!
I’d love to attend the biggest con in my ‘neighborhood’ (with Phx a 2 hour drive). But holding it on a holiday weekend makes it a no go for me. I really wish they would schedule it for some other weekend.
I think it’s moving weekends next year, so you might just get your wish!