Category Archives: Technology

A Philosophy of Stars – Release Date

Posted on May 10, 2024 by fpdorchak

As things currently stand, A Philosophy of Stars (APoS) will be released May 31, 2024, versus this week. I’d forgotten that the Ingram upload process involves aspects that require folks to wait certain amounts of time. And I will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fantasy, Metaphysical, Science Fiction, Space, Technology, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Books, Class Clown Publications, Cover Art, Greg Dorchak, Lon Kirschner, Novels, Philosophy, SF Fantasy, Technology, Zen | 2 Comments

A Philosophy of Stars

Posted on April 15, 2024 by fpdorchak

NOTE: I updated the cover image to better represent no fire in space. Even thought an argument could be made that the flames were in the planet’s atmosphere…it just didn’t hit the “physics” part of me right. I’m thrilled with … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Covers, Books, Fantasy, Metaphysical, Science Fiction, Space, Technology, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Books, Cover Art, Lon Kirschner, Novels, Philosophy, SF Fantasy, Technology, Zen | 1 Comment

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

AI v. Ethics – A Real Existential Crisis

Posted on June 7, 2023 by fpdorchak

See June 11, 2023 Update at End. I just read a Publishers Weekly article on Facebook and it absolutely infuriated me! I don’t know if you’ll be able to read it, but it’s called “AI Is About to Turn Book … Continue reading →

Posted in Metaphysical, Technology, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged AI, ChatGPT, Do What's Right, Ethics, Existential Crisis, Philosophy, The World, Writing | 7 Comments

COSine 2023 After-Action Report

Posted on January 27, 2023 by fpdorchak

I’d attended COSine 2023 last weekend. I’d been on the following panels: 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., event room: Main Events: … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fantasy, Metaphysical, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Short Story, Space, Technology, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Anthologies, Conferences, Connie Willis, Conventions, Indie Publishing, Liquid-Nitrogen Ice Cream, self publishing, Short Stories, Titan, Titanic, Writing | 3 Comments

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 →