The original article from The Hartford Courant is viewable here. SIMSBURY — On Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m., four science fiction authors will speak at the Book Odyssey Sci-fi Night at the Storyteller’s Cottage, 750 Hopmeadow St. For a $5 cover charge, fans of science fiction can meet and discuss recent books with Elizabeth…
This month, The Westport Library welcomes the Fairfield Scribes for a panel conversation and workshop focused on the craft of writing short stories and getting those short stories published. Six writers from the Fairfield Scribes (Edward Ahern, Gabi Coatsworth, Elizabeth Chatsworth, Alison McBain, Robert Tomaino and Peter Keeler) will open the day with a panel conversation about the craft…
I recently answered questions posed by writer and blogger Kyle Overstreet. KO: Tell us about your acting career! I’m primarily a voice actor. This means that I spend most of my days in a soundproof box talking to myself. A voice actor provides the speech that you hear on commercials, websites, audiobooks, video games, etc….
ConnectiCon 2016 was a pleasant surprise following the crowds at Dragon Con. The Connecticut Convention Center was the perfect size for thousands of attendees. This allowed fans to walk through the vendor area with ease, lines were short and everyone seemed to be in a terrific mood. There seemed to be a roughly 50-50 split between male…
This week’s East Coast blizzard dumped up to three feet of snow across New England. In my part of Connecticut we got off relatively lightly with only a foot of snow falling overnight. As anyone without a snow blower will tell you, that is still quite a large amount of snow to shovel from a…
Did you know that in 1864 it was possible to build a home with central heating, indoor plumbing, a geo-thermal air conditioning system and a burglar alarm? These futuristic marvels are not the imaginings of a steampunk author. Two years before the birth of H. G. Wells, the residents of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion embraced the very…