Category Archives: Spooky

COSine 2024 – After-Action Report

Posted on January 26, 2024 by fpdorchak

Last weekend I attended my fourth COSine conference. My schedule had been the following: Sat 9 a.m., Main Events: Give Yourself Permission to Suck Sat 2 p.m., Lobby Nook: Encouraging Advice for Artists and Writers Sat 5:30 p.m., Atrium: Author … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Fun, Metaphysical, Music, Paranormal, Reincarnation, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, Technology, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Art, Books, Conferences, Conventions, COSine, COSine2024, Fans, Fantasy Cons, Movies, Pikes Peak Makerspace, Tandy Computing, TRS-80 | 4 Comments

COSine 2024

Posted on January 11, 2024 by fpdorchak

Next weekend (Jan 19 – 21, 2024) I am attending COSine 2024 in Colorado Springs. My panel schedule is as follows: Sat 9 a.m., Main Events: Give Yourself Permission to Suck Sat 2 p.m., Lobby Nook: Encouraging Advice for Artists … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Covers, Books, Fantasy, Fun, Leisure, Metaphysical, Music, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, Technology, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Anthologies, Cons, Conventions, COS, COSine, Fans, Independant Publishing, self publishing, Short Stories, sine, Writers | 3 Comments

MileHiCon55 – After-Action Report

Posted on November 22, 2023 by fpdorchak

Apologies for being late in getting this here, but I had several huge projects I had to first complete. That said… My schedule last month consisted of: Tuckerizations (moderated) Successful Indie Publishing (moderated) The Reading Game (moderated) Mass Autographing Tuckerizations … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Metaphysical, Paranormal, Reincarnation, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, Technology, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Books, Ed Bryant, ERO, Fantasy, Fun, Fun Ribbons, Horror, MHC54, MileHiCon, paranormal, Science Fiction, Short story, Space, Spooky, Technology, UFOs, weird, Writing and tagged Conventions | 2 Comments

Attending MileHiCon55 2023

Posted on October 25, 2023 by fpdorchak

This weekend I’m attending the 2023 MileHiCon in Denver, Colorado. Here is my schedule: Fri 5p, Conifer 2: Tuckerizations. I’m moderating this panel. Fri 6p, Evergreen B: Successful Indie Publishing. I’m moderating this panel. Sat 2p, Evergreen C/D: The Reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Fantasy, Fun, Leisure, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Books, Ed Bryant, Fantasy, Fun, Fun Ribbons, Horror, MHC54, MileHiCon, paranormal, Science Fiction, Short story, Space, Spooky, Technology, UFOs, weird, Writing and tagged Conventions | 1 Comment

COSine 2023

Posted on January 18, 2023 by fpdorchak

This weekend I am attending COSine 2023 in Colorado Springs. My panel schedule is as follows: Saturday 2 p.m., event room: Cripple Creek: Short Stories / Anthologies. Saturday 4 p.m., event room: Front Range: A-Z of Self-Publishing. Sunday 10 a.m., … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Metaphysical, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, Technology, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Anthologies, Cons, Conventions, COSine, Fans, Independant Publishing, self publishing, Short Stories, Titanic, Writers | 6 Comments

MileHiCon54 – A Look Back

Posted on October 28, 2022 by fpdorchak

I attended my second Con of the year last weekend, MileHiCon54. The first one I attended was COSine 2022. The Con had changed hotels to the Denver Tech Center’s Marriott. It was a pretty nice hotel, but my room had … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fantasy, Fun, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, Technology, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Conventions, Ed Bryant, Fantasy, Fun Ribbons, Horror, John Stith, MHC54, MileHiCon, Science Fiction, Telecons, Videocons, Virtual Conventions, weird, Zoom | 6 Comments

MileHiCon54!

Posted on October 7, 2022 by fpdorchak

I am attending MileHiCon54, October 21 – 23. My schedule be as follows: Fri 3 p.m., Room: Conifer 3: Author’s Favorite Tools (you might be surprised at my favorite tool…) Sat 2 p.m., Room: Evergreen B: How to Handle Rejection … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fantasy, Fun, Science Fiction, Short Story, Spooky, Technology, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Books, Fantasy, Fun, Science Fiction, Short story, Spooky, Technology, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | 6 Comments

COSine 2022 – A View From Behind the Mask

Posted on January 21, 2022 by fpdorchak

COSine 2022 is my first foray out into the world of cons during the pandemic. All attendees and participants (those who sat on panels and performed for the audience in some fashion) were required to show proof of vaccination or … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fantasy, Metaphysical, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Aliens, Books, Conventions, COSine 2022, Extraterrestrials, Fandom, Fans, Fantasy, Readers, reading, Science Fiction, SF/F/H, Short Stories, Technology, Writers, Writing | 5 Comments

2022 COSine Convention

Posted on January 11, 2022 by fpdorchak

This weekend I’m attending my first convention since the pandemic. It will be my second attendance at this particular convention, which I first attended in 2020. That con occurred just before all global hell broke loose. I passed on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fantasy, Fun, Health, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Spooky, Technology, To Be Human, UFOs, Writing | Tagged Aliens, Books, Colorado Springs, Conferences, Conventions, COSine 2022, Extraterrestrials, Fandom, Fans, Fantasy, Readers, reading, Science Fiction, SF/F/H, Short Stories, Technology, Writers, Writing | 7 Comments

Shameless, Shameless Self Promotion….

Posted on December 20, 2021 by fpdorchak

Perhaps a little late/behind-the-curve, but here are a few last-minute gift ideas for your reader friends and yourselves! Novels and an anthology: Short Stories: Hopefully you can all find something of interest for the readers in your lives! I wish … Continue reading →