Last October, at Archon 32, Mike Cole and I made the acquaintance of Wei He, a costume goddess who has had a four year career coming to Anime, Manga, and other conventions raising the bar on what is possible for amateur costuming. Her talents have brought to life many favorite Anime characters. Her portfolio photo [...]
There is a well known series of popular computer games called “Guitar Hero”. Today, I would like to extend special thanks to two “Computer Heroes” who have made the functionality of this site possible. I (Jon) am in their debt and Smerdiverse.com would not work right without their support during two recent crises. John Schmidt [...]
Well, it’s the weekend. It’s been a busy, busy month of June so far. I am at GameClubHQ June Game Day sitting in on a “Mutants & Masterminds RPG” session set in the Smerdiverse. It’s a big game and as the Game Master goes around the table giving each player their turn, I am taking [...]
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Here we are at Hypericon 5/Deep South Con 47! Woo-hoo! Since Velocity Girl No. 1 was supposed to be out from my new publisher by now and I only have one copy left of my old publisher’s version, here is a FREE e-book version! So here I am at Hypericon with Books 2 and 3 [...]
Here is my good friend John Schmidt seated at the Smerdiverse table at ConQuest 40 in Kansas City. Powered by ScribeFire.
After a hiatus because of Demi-Con and Mother’s Day weekend, the Friday night Smerdiverse “Mutants & Masterminds” game is on at 6:30pm ’til the cows come home at the Wandering Sage Bookstore. 3224-1 Rue Royale, St. Charles, MO 63301 Powered by ScribeFire.
On May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, I went with artist Mike Cole and my two older children, Sabrina and Max, to Des Moines for Demi-Con 20. It was a great con. I always enjoy spending time with Mike; I ran into my fellow author and acquaintance Glen Cook. I also made a lot of new [...]
At Cape Girardeau Comic Con four this past weekend (April 25th & 26th), artist supreme Mike Cole, three agents of GameClubHQ and myself had a blast. The hard work and sweat behind the con came from Ken Murphy, who hussled like an entire con staff in one man the whole weekend. The con took place [...]
Last night, my daughter’s elementary school choir sang at the Cardinals vs. Mets 7th inning stretch at Busch Stadium. Here is a stadium shot in which 2-year-old Ian dodged the camera (right corner), but we got his older brother Max (6) and Sabrina (11). Bridge between the paring garage and the stadium: Here’s the parking [...]
