Events – Page 2 – Joe Monson

Retreat, FanX, and Authorpalooza

Posted on April 17, 2019 - April 17, 2019 by Joe

Just one of the many books you’ll be able to get at FanX and Authorpalooza!

So, I got really busy (and also sick) during March and the beginning of April, so I wasn’t able to post anything. Sorry.

Last week I attended my first ever author retreat, where you sit around all day and write, and write, and write, and write. I ended up with a short story that became a novelette, and is now well on its way to becoming a novella at 12.5k words and counting. We’ll see what happens. The retreat was great fun. I even prepared breakfast for dinner on one of the days (dirty scrambled eggs served with pancakes and cream cinnamon syrup). I believe the total word count among all those who attended was around 225k, so pretty good!

This coming weekend (April 19-20), I’ll be at the Bard’s Tower booth (1531, so come visit) at FanX Spring at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. There will be several other authors and editors at the booth, so stop by, pick up a few books, get them signed, and say “Hi!”

Next Saturday, I’ll be participating in the Spring Authorpalooza at the Orem Barnes & Noble, along with about 20 other authors. It’s free to attend and you can buy a few books, get them signed, and chat for a bit. It’ll be fun!

LTUE 37 is next week!

Posted on February 6, 2019 - February 8, 2019 by Joe

Life, the Universe, & Everything 37 is coming up next week, February 14-16, 2019. It will be held at the Provo Marriott and Conference Center in downtown Provo.

Outside of the events below, I’ll be attending a few panels that interest me, chatting with people in the hall, and hanging out at the LTUE Benefit Anthologies table near the elevators and the Board Room. Drop by and say “Hello!”, pick up a Trace the Stars bookmark (limited quantities, while they last!), and get your own copy of Trace the Stars. You can also see the amazing artist Kaitlund Zupanic at the table (we’re sharing).

I’ll be participating in the following panels and events:

Manga and Graphic Novels: What to Read First
(Thursday, 11am – 11:45am in Elm)
Antarctic Mythology and Folklore
(Thursday, 1pm – 1:45pm in Birch)
Trace the Stars Anthology Launch
(Thursday, 3pm – 3:45pm in Elm)
In addition to releasing Trace the Stars, we will be revealing the cover art and some of the authors for A Dragon and Her Girl—the second LTUE Benefit Anthology—coming out in 2020.
Book Signing
(Friday, 7pm – 9pm, Exhibit Hall B in the Utah Valley Convention Center)
This is a mass signing, and will likely have around 100 authors, artists, and editors signing. This is open to the public and free.

Hope to see you there!

High school nostalgia

Posted on December 8, 2018 - December 8, 2018 by Joe

For the first time in over twenty years, I’ve run into one of my high school teachers. Cindy Clark taught various art classes, and I took a least one (I forget if I took more than one). It was one of my favorite classes. My favorite part of it was ceramics, where I sculpted an ice cream sundae from clay, paint, and hot glue (it makes great hot fudge). It was one of the most fun experiences I ever had, and I still have it (in a box somewhere, so I can’t show it to you right now).

Cindy Clark at the "Women in Waiting" exhibit. — Cindy Clark at the “Women in Waiting” exhibit.

Cindy opened her first solo art exhibit last night at the Eccles Gallery in the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo, Utah. The title of the exhibit is “Women in Waiting”, and the thirty works display a variety of activities and situations where women currently and previously had to wait. The works are done using encaustic painting, a medium that uses beeswax, pigments, and resins to achieve a unique, somewhat translucent quality.

The exhibit goes through January 28, 2019, on the lower level. I highly recommend taking the time to visit it.

Strange and Fantastical – The Art of Wayne Barlowe

Posted on August 28, 2018 - August 28, 2018 by Joe

This is from a panel at Life, the Universe, & Everything in February 2018. Bobbie Berendson W., David J. West, Devon Dorrity, and I were on the panel discussing Wayne Barlowe’s works.

Sorry for the low volume. We’ll have to use the microphones next time. You can download a PDF of the presentation here.

LTUE 2018, days 2-3

Posted on February 18, 2018 - February 18, 2018 by Joe

The second day at LTUE was quite relaxed. I didn’t have any panels I was on, so I relaxed and chatted with friends. It was good to catch up with Jessica Douglas, Kaitlund Zupanic, M. Todd Gallowglas, and others. I finally got to meet Sarah A. Hoyt and Todd McCaffrey, too.

On the third day, I hosted the LTUE Benefit Anthology Preview, where we unveiled the cover art for the upcoming Trace the Stars anthology. You can see the post about it here. The cover image is attached to this post. I’m looking forward to accepting the last few stories we need (with my co-editor, Jaleta Clegg) and releasing it next year at the symposium so everyone else can read the stories, too.