Kal Spriggs

Category: Conventions

  • Kal’s Liberty Con XXX Schedule

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    After some really tight finances and a whole lot of uncertainty, I’m happy to announce that I’ll be at Liberty Con this weekend!  Here’s my schedule of events, and I hope to see people there! Scheduled Programming Events Featuring Kal Spriggs Day Time Name of Event Fri 05:00PM Opening Ceremonies Fri 08:00PM Author’s Alley (Holmes,…

  • Starfest 2017 Schedule

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    Hey everyone.  Just a quick post.  Here’s my Starfest schedule for this year: Friday, April 21  8:00pm Combat in Fantasy and Science Fiction Saturday, April 22 8:30am Supporting Casts and Creatures Sunday, April 23 12:30pm Villains, Masterminds and Ne’er-do-wells Starfest is this weekend (April 21-23) in Denver.  They’ve got a lot of neat events and…

  • COSine 2017

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    For those in Colorado, I’ll be attending COSine, a Colorado Springs Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. It’s a fun little convention, if you haven’t been before.  I highly recommend it.  There’s always a few excellent authors in attendance and they have a variety of great topics for their panels. My schedule: SATURDAY   11-noon    Characters…

  • Free Short Stories for Honor Con

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    Since I’ll be at Honor Con this weekend, I’m making two of my short stories (Look to the Stars and The Freeport Mutineers) available for free from 28-31 October.  Read below for details. Mason McGann is a smuggler, a liar, and a cheat. With his ship impounded by customs, he figures he has no choice…

  • Honor Con 2016

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    Hey everyone, just a quick reminder that I’ll be at Honor Con 28-30 October, 2016.  If you’re in Raleigh, NC for the weekend and are up for a Military SF Convention, come see me! I’ll have a table for the whole weekend and you can find my events listed below.  For more about the convention,…

  • Writer’s Toolbag: Attending Conventions Part 2

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    In part one I discussed a bit about attending a convention and some of the things to look for when selecting whether to attend or not.  Here in Part 2, I’ll discuss how to go about attending as a panelist. Getting into a convention as a panelist is quite a bit more difficult than merely…

  • Writer’s Toolbag: Attending Conventions Part 1

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    It is possible to have a career in writing and never attend a convention.  That said, conventions provide a wealth of opportunities for an author.  Conventions are gatherings of like-minded people.  Genre conventions, especially science fiction and fantasy conventions, are where you’ll be able to find lots of potential readers in one spot.  They’re also…

  • MALCon 2016 In Review

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    I enjoy all of the Colorado SF & Fantasy conventions very much, but Myths and Legends Con is by far my favorite.  I think it’s the fact that there’s no drama, everyone is there to have fun, things are extremely well organized, and it’s just all around a good time. Jim Butcher was the guest…

  • Kal’s MALCon 2016 Schedule

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    Here’s my schedule for Myths and Legends Con 2016: Kal Spriggs (7 panels): Fri, 9:00 PM-9:50 PM, Writing Combat in Science Fiction & Fantasy (Lawrence, KS) Sat, 12:00 PM-12:50 PM, Get’r done: Fighting the Day Job (Helms Deep) Sat, 1:00 PM-1:50 PM, Sympathetic Villains (Helms Deep) Sat, 4:00 PM-4:50 PM, How to Kill Your Best…

  • Free Short Stories

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    Because of Myths and Legends Con in Denver this weekend I’ll have Look to the Stars and The Freeport Mutineers available for free. Mason McGann is a smuggler, a liar, and a cheat. With his ship impounded by customs, he figures he has no choice left but to auction off information about the lost Dreyfus…