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upcoming conventions...
I have been quiet, but it has been for reasons.
Not only have I been in editing hell (second edition of Commit to the Kick, first edition of the first Seven Lakes book), I have also been preparing for convention hell. Heaven? Pick a term--I have three conventions three weekends in a row. One is simple. One is HUGE and I have to fly to get there, plus get all my merch there. The third I am helping run which requires... meetings.
But this means that I have appearances!
I will be with Duck Prints Press at Fandom Fest in Schenectady NY the weekend of August 26/27. We will have a presence in the Vendor Hall. We are doing a panel, currently at 5:30pm on the Saturday. You can see the schedule for Fandom Fest on their website. Our entry is listed under "Fanfiction" but we will be talking about navigating the path from Fic to Original work. If you're around, come see our merch and come talk to us at the panel!
I will be at Dragoncon in Atlanta over Labor Day weekend. I don't know yet if I will be on any programming items; those will be a last-minute add if I am. However, I am sharing space in the vendor space, and the second edition print copies of Commit to the Kick will be available there for the first time, along with information about the upcoming Kickstarter for books 2 & 3 of the Twinned trilogy. Please come see me if you're at Dragoncon.
And lastly, our local fan-run convention Albacon will be September 8-10 in Clifton Park, NY. I am again sharing some space with Duck Prints to run vending out of my hotel room (Dealer/Artist Row), and I will be on panels (don't know which ones yet). Albacon is a tiny local convention and we have both in-person and remote attendees and participants, and the fully hybrid model works SO WELL. If you decide to attend, via either way, please reach out and say hello. If you're remote, I'm in the Albacon discord so you can feel free to @ me there, too.
It's going to be a LOT and there are so many things to accomplish beforehand, so I've been run a bit ragged. Add in local social things, the Duck Prints meetup last weekend, my father's illness (and helping my mom), and well, day job... it's been chaos. *exhales* *deep breaths* I think my schedule calms down a bit in November, after Astronomicon at the end of October... (yes, another convention, I am going to be So Worn Out).
#convetion schedule#appearances#my fiction#tris talks#books#queer books#dragoncon#albacon#fandom fest
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Celebrate the End of May by Meeting Us!!
The US is celebrating Memorial Day this weekend, and all around the northern hemisphere, we’re enjoying the warming weather and the end of a lovely May!
And what better way to enjoy the end of the month than getting your book on?
For only the second time ever, people involved with Duck Prints Press – the independent press founded by fandom folks to publish the original work of fancreators, with an emphasis on works featuring LGBTQIA+ characters – will be attending cons and book events to (officially and unofficially) share more information about the Press!
Interested in learning more by meeting folks involved with the Press? Well, if you’re going to either of these events this weekend, you can!
The Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales, UK
Rachael L. Young, Press staff editor, will be attending The Hay Festival today, tomorrow, and Sunday! We have no official presence at the Festival, but you’ll know Rachael by her awesome Press swag, including several of our books, our pins, our bookmarks, and this amazing Dux tote bag she got custom printed! If you see her, stop by and say hi – and don’t forget to grab one of our business cards before you leave!
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Balticon, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Author Tris Lawrence is attending Balticon tomorrow, Sunday, and Monday, where she’ll be promoting her own work and her work with the Press, including participating in multiple panels and doing a reading from her novel Commit to the Kick. She’s also got several of our anthologies for you to take a look at, a pile of business cards, the last unsold print copies of the first print run of Commit to the Kick (we’ve got a reprint in the works, though…) and the debut of our first-ever entirely free Duck Prints Press zine, assembled by author and editor Alec J. Marsh!
Want to meet Tris? Here’s her panel schedule:
Sunday 11:30am – Spear Carriers and Background Characters
Sunday 2:30pm – Works I Wasn’t Ready to Write
Sunday 4:00pm – How to succeed as an ND (NeuroDiverse) creative
Sunday 5:30pm – Reading (with Elektra Hammond)
Monday 11:30am – Small press or self-publish?
If you’re going to either of these events, we really hope to meet you there!
Not able to attend either of these events? You’ll have other chances! We’re still fleshing out our 2023 convention schedule, but we know for sure we’ll have people – and tables! – at these events:
NordCon, Hamburg, Germany – June 2nd – 4th: Alessa Riel and possibly other German Press folks will be attending NordCon! We’ll have a table there, along with cards, stickers, and some other fun freebies.
FlameCon, New York City, New York, USA – August 12th – 13th: we might be attending FlameCon! We are on the waitlist for a small table, and if we’re able to get a table, we’ll be there with bells on (possibly literally). If not, we’ll skip this year, but we’re definitely going to try to make it next year!
FandomFest, Schenectady, New York, USA – August 26th – 27th: I (Nina Waters/unforth), Tris Lawrence, Catherine E. Green, Shea Sullivan, Willa Blythe, Nova Mason, and possibly other Press authors and contributors will be attending this convention, local to where the Press is based! We’ll have a vending table with merch and books for sale, and we’ll also be hosting a panel about transitioning from writing fanfiction to original fiction. We’ll post more about that, including scheduling, once the con organizers formally announce the schedule.
Albacon, Albany, New York, USA – September 8th – 10th: Tris Lawrence and I will be at Albacon in Albany, and we’ll be vending too! We don’t yet know about panels and readings, but we’re definitely looking to get involved. When the event is closer, we’ll absolutely be sharing more information.
We’re looking to expand our con attendance in the future, so be on the look out! And if you know a local con you think would suit us, do let us know!
What about y’all – attending any fun cons or book-related events this summer?
#duck prints press#balticon#hay festival#book events#cons#tris lawrence#rachael l. young#nordcon#flamecon#fandomfest#albacon
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Albacon starts tonight!
For anyone looking for me at Albacon, unless things change, it looks like I'll be at:
- the ice cream social at 8p tonight (Friday)
- doing a reading at 10a on Saturday morning (PLEASE COME)
- a panel on dealing with changes in fandom Saturday 6:30p
- a panel on the death of the one book a year lifecycle Sunday 10:30a
Hope to see you there! I have FIVE remaining physical copies of the first edition of Commit to the Kick. I have some post card, buttons, and keychains. I have little flyers on where you can find my work. :D
Say hi! I love to talk.
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Me and my older sister that's my roommate normally share bacon pieces as we cook it and this time instead of directly handing it to me like normal she just set it on one of my laptop stickers fjakdjskjdskfj
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Albacon Afternoon
What we’re going to be doing Sunday afternoon:
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FILM PROGRAM: FANAC History Project
FILM PROGRAM: FANAC History Project
The FANAC Fan History Project is striving to collect as much fan history as they can…including videos and films from the past. Today – David Hartwell interviews David Drake at Albacon 2004: and, a rare occurence – Toastmaster Robert Silverberg turning the microphone over to Isaac Asimov at the Pacificon Hugo Awards Banquet in 1971 –
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after Fandom Fest
I had a blast...
...I am exhausted
...I am achey
...I am WAY too awake and kind of vibrating with leftover energy
...did I mention the achey?? (like OWWWWWW)
...my brain is locked onto "in a few days I leave for Dragoncon" and I'm not sure how I will day job in the meantime...
Writing? What writing? I laugh at the idea that writing will happen prior to uhhhh mid-September.
Is anyone going to be at Dragoncon? I'll get some official posts up about finding me there, and at Albacon, from the PHU account, soon!
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Duck Prints Press Summer 2023 Con Wrap!
We’ve now vended at our first two cons, and we wanted to take a few minutes to blog about it!
I (press owner Claire Houck/unforth) attended Fandom Fest in Schenectady, NY, and Albacon in Clifton Park, NY, and vended on behalf of the Press. Authors Nova Mason, Shea Sullivan, Catherine E. Green, and Tris Lawrence helped me out with manning the booth, handling transactions, participating in our first DPP panel, and more, so huge THANKS to them. (Also to Prof. Robert Heverly from Albany Law School, for contributing his expertise on copyright law to our Fandom Fest panel). I wrote about our Fandom Fest panel here, and about our events at Albacon here and here.
To be honest, we really had no idea how things would go, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that we far exceeded our expectations. Going into this, I’ll own I was very afraid – would people be interested in our Press? Would we make money? Or would we be that sad, lonely table that everyone walks quickly by? But things couldn’t have gone better – they went so well we’re already looking at more events to attend in the future.
From a fiscal standpoint, we made almost double what I anticipated and completely made up the expense of buying the supplies and equipment necessary for us to vend at these events and going forward. From a panel perspective, our events were nicely attended. From a “growing the business” standpoint, we added many names to our mailing lists and gained social media platforms. And, from a networking standpoint, we had a fantastic time and met a lot of awesome people – and that’s primarily what this post is about!
You already know about us; we’re here to shout-out some other folks we’re now very happy to know!
Top Row, Left Picture: The amazing Syrren (@syrren) and I bonded instantly over our shared love of the men of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu books and Stardew Valley romance options. I miiiight have ended up with some merch (though the Genshin Impact ones are gifts for a friend).
Top Row, Middle Picture: jiadoesart had many lovely things, and I picked out some stickers for my Ghibli-loving kids.
Top Row, Right Picture: The Consol Collection, sadly, has no website that I can find, but they had a lot of things such as this adorable Totoro sticker I got for my kids. And when the owner of Eclectic Arts approached me in an absolutely fabulous Hawaiian shirt featuring Pride-flag-colored twenty-sided dice, I instantly agreed to a sticker trade.
Bottom Row, Left Picture: According to the Fandom Fest organizers, it was 100% a coincidence that we ended up next to Duck and Cover, but we couldn’t have had a cooler or more appropriate neighbor. A con attendee felt it was so on-brand for Duck Prints Press that they actually bought us this one-of-a-kind hand-painted James Bond duckie! We also talked with Duck and Cover about maybe offering some of their custom ducks as campaign add-ons in the future, so be on the lookout…
Bottom Row, Right Picture: The owner of The Cogitation Zone, Lisa, is a long-time friend of Tris Lawrence, who commissioned us this custom Duck Prints Press business card holder that’ll be accompanying us to all our future cons! Lisa also had made a large number of adorable creatures, and I miiiight have traded a copy of one of our anthologies for an axolotl. Because. Axolotl.
Some Other Neat Folks We Met:
Pastel Prince Shop: lots of gorgeous queer art and merch; I’m hoping to get one of their asexual pride bracelets in the future (it got sold before I could grab it, sadly).
Bear and Bird Boutique: a local business that was vending at Fandom Fest, too, they have a lot of amazing bits and baubles, both fandom-related and original. We’ve bought everything from the Hilda graphic novel to a dragon puzzle at their store.
Picnocline: the only reason I didn’t buy things from Picnocline’s shop is that there were so many cute things that I literally couldn’t pick.
It’s Getting Dicey: dice, one of my true weaknesses! They have metal pride-flag dice sets, and lots of queer dice trays. I wish I could get them all…
Two-Penny Nerdlesque: a local burlesque troupe; they were very enthusiastic about And Seek (Not) to Alter Me and our queerifying of Much Ado About Nothing, and delighted told me about their own very queer versions of Shakespeare and other plays – I’m definitely going to have to check them out in the future.
(There are others too, but I didn’t grab everyone’s information, and I think this is plenty for one post. 😀 )
If any of you all are seeing this post, it was an absolute delight to meet you, and please don’t be a stranger!
Going forward, we’re looking forward to participating in more events and making more connections with other creators, especially other queer creators! Just today, we’ve applied to vend at A Big Gay Market, taking place in Washington Park in Albany on October 29th, 2023. We’ve also got a tentative schedule for 2024, and we’ll post more about where you’ll be able to find us as the dates grow closer and we find out if the juried shows have accepted our applications. We’re going to do our best to continue the success we’ve enjoyed at our first two conventions by pursuing vending as a way to meet potential readers and customers, grow relationships with other queer creators, and get the Duck Prints Press names out there for the benefit of all the authors, artists, and others we work with!
Got a con in New York State or Massachusetts that you love and think we should try to attend in 2024? Let us know in the comments or by dropping us an e-mail at info at duckprintspress dot com!
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In Person Appearance!
Hey, all!
I'll be attending Albacon, in Clifton Park NY, this coming weekend (Sept 16-18, 2022). I'm not sure exactly what programming I'll be on yet--I'm waiting on the schedule--but I'll post it here when I have it. I will also hopefully be doing a reading!
I'll be bringing my few extra paper copies of Commit to the Kick with me, if anyone's in the area and looking for a copy. I'll have some of the extra Kickstarter merch for giveaways, too!
So if you're around, stop on in and meet up with all the folks who will be there. If you want to catch up, please feel free to drop me a comment/message. I'd love to say hi!!
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hey my smol children so im planning to go to 2k17 albacon, and i would like to know if anyone else is going or has plans to go
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Where We'll Be This Weekend
Where We’ll Be This Weekend
This weekend, Jim Macdonald and I are going to be at Albacon, in (surprise, surprise) Albany, New York. This will be the first convention we’ve fully attended since Arisia, back in January — Readercon was a bar-and-lobby con for us this summer, for one reason and another, so we didn’t get the full experience with that one.
Albacon isn’t one of your big crowded conventions that sells out its…
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